Posted on November 17, 2009 by davitajo
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 [...]
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Posted on October 22, 2009 by davitajo
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 [...]
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Posted on September 29, 2009 by davitajo
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… [...]
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Posted on September 29, 2009 by davitajo
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 [...]
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Posted on September 16, 2009 by davitajo
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 [...]
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