Quick update

[theatokos]

Have been in Alaska for 4 days now. It is amazing and lush and beautiful and I am in love. The home of my heart. I miss this place so much. Even the grubby, shake your head, heard it all before, why did they ever build that, tedious bits of it. It's also a challenge to stay with the parents. In addition to the fact that I can only go to town when my dad decides to go (and then we have to be on his schedule to catch a returning ride), he's just... so... difficult. I feel physically and spiritually alive and fed, but emotionally exhausted and protective. Adam is struggling, but I'm focusing on how glorious the land is and how quiet it is and how I've seen killer whales, humpback whales, bald eagles, a seal, and sealions. But we have not caught any fish. My freezer will be empty for the winter. So sad, but there is no time to try again or get worried about it. Wedding Stuff begins tomorrow.

In good news, my dad is teaching me to use the boat. Finally.

I also wish I had a camera. And more than two weeks of vacation a year.

Comments

[goddessofmercy.livejournal.com]

I feel physically and spiritually alive and fed, but emotionally exhausted and protective.

i absolutely understand. we are so looking forward to finally seeing this beautiful alaska you love so much. i hope you get a little bit of an emotional break.

[ewigweibliche.livejournal.com]

Things are already getting better. Tonight is the last night on the island. We have a rental car and Wedding Stuff has begun! I'm looking forward to seeing you soon.

I hope you too get an emotional break!

[makeda55.livejournal.com]

When I returned to the Bay Area after several days of visiting the in-laws in dry, brown, high-desert Arizona, I had the same visceral reaction: gratitude for greenness and moisture, and appreciation for the folding, complex landscape I call home.

It's relative, of course.

Love to you both in the midst of the richness and difficulty.

[ewigweibliche.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your well wishes!

It is all relative of course. When I moved to the Bay Area I was like, where are all the trees?? And when Adam moved (from San Diego) he was sooooo grateful for all the green. !

[ginger-root.livejournal.com]

WEDDING STUFF!!!! good luck, mon amie!

[hrafntinna.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're soaking it in up there. I am really looking forward to seeing it all, and not only to get out of the flatness and the heat here.

And of course I know exactly what you mean about loving even the ugly bits of a place. Eventually, though, I fear that that the things for which I bear affection -- the ugly as well -- will be plowed under by new, slick kinds of ugly to which I have no relationship.