Seriously

My trusty iPhone tells me that the current temperature in Eagle River, Alaska is a balmy -6.
Seriously.
Earlier it was -10. 
So, the good news is that it’s getting warmer. 
Seriously.
I’ve only been gone for two months…but it’s already hard for me to find a frame of reference for that. 
It was 45 degrees yesterday and I made a [...]

Race for the Cure

Last weekend, on a day sandwiched between car shopping, work, and family time, I did something cool.
At the prompting of a friend (who is currently fighting breast cancer) I walked in the Race for the Cure. 
Saturday I (and 30,000 of my closest friends) walked (or ran in some cases) 5K and became part of the [...]

A Happy List, DFW Edition

Sometimes during times of change and struggle I have trouble keeping things in perspective.  I know this isn’t a struggle specific to me…it’s something many people struggle with from time to time.
Over the past few weeks, as my life has changed at a rapid pace, I’ve sometimes had trouble seeing the forest through the trees…  [...]

An Apartment

When I moved to Dallas just over three weeks ago I needed to find three things. 
A Job – Done
An Apartment
A Car
So…this weekend I decided that I would find an apartment.  In the past this process has painstakingly taken me WEEKS.  I take measurements and pictures.  I make detailed maps and spreadsheets with graphs and such. 
This [...]

Where am I?

Hmmm…Seems like I need to catch you up…
I arrived in Dallas on Saturday, September 5th.  The flights from Anchorage to DFW were uneventful except for a slight delay that made for a rather entertaining mad dash through the Seattle airport.  I was greeted at the airport by two really special people and promptly made my way [...]