getting chilly

oh yea... it felt like -3 this AM when I left for work... I didn't even zip up my coat. no hat/gloves. Think I've acclimated yet?

Not live-fire... but...

We got an email after the JACO accredidation team was here saying that they commented that  visiting us was a humbling experience. I was telling mom this and this is how the conversation went:

me

so JACO visited us last week for accreditation

apparently it was a humbling experience

Mom

So why was it humbling?

me

humbling that we do as much as we do with so little

i'd assume

in some ways i feel like it's like Doctors without Borders

without the live fire risks

Mom

Yep..you just have bears, possible exposure risk between car / house, bedbugs, & patients risk plane accidents or river thawing....8 - D

 

Alaska Dispatch warnings this morning...

Alaska Dispatch

Anchorage Police have sent out a bear advisory via Twitter for Hillside residents:

Caution advised Hillside & DeArmoun area wounded brown bear in the area. Concern for children enroute school and joggers/walkers.

Take care this morning, folks

Gas

I recieved this email today...

Hello all, I just heard unofficially that gas prices will be going up .52 cents in Bethel very soon. If that is true, then you might want to fill ‘er up before gas is more than 7 bucks a gallon.

This makes me sad. OVER $7 a  gallon for gas. NYC would be cheaper.

Honeybuckets

Honeybuckets Vs. Plumbing

This is an article from this week in the Alaska Dispatch. This is 2012 and a large chunk of the US is still without plumbing. I know this is also still the case in parts of Appalachia. After seeing the impact plumbing has on health and well-being... well lets say I will NEVER take plumbing for granted again.

getting chilly

it's a brisk 28 degrees today... in the sun. I actually broke out the gloves. Still wearing a vest and fleece though. Ears are a little pink after being outside in the wind though.

Northern Lights... in color... well in green