Wrap it up!

So the end of the summer is coming closer with each day. School for me starts on September 3rd and I am extremely nervous. I am moving back into campus housing Monday and meeting my new roommates. That's exciting. The month of September is the last for tourist season. Thus, my job at Era will be ending soon. After school starts I will only be working on weekends. I already miss the place just thinking about it. One thing that sucks is that all the people we have worked with for this summer may not return. Most the newer people only stay one year. Who knows who will be working next summer.
We had our company party this past Thursday. It was held at the zip lining company at Eagle Crest. We had a blast. The group that I was set to sip with didn't seem to exciting and I would never have chosen them by hand. However, the odd combination of mechanics, pilots, grounds crew, and dock reps, worked out great! It was soo much fun and man the jokes that were told. Granted they were mostly perverted, thanks Wayne and JJ. Still, I had a great time and will be missing these guys until next year.
Well, I just wanted to throw in a quick update while i still had the time. Wish me luck on the busy week ahead. I'm jumping in!
♥ Melissa

So I made it home...

After a very long day of flights I am officially home. I did loose my cell phone on an airplane though. It has been found and now it is being mailed to me. Hopefully I will get it soon. I guess I will just have to use email until I receive it. Keep that in mind if you need to get a hold of me. And because I had no phone to call for a ride, I ended up walking home in the rain. Lovely...I made it though. :)
Today was my first day back at work. It was pretty nice. I was loading Johnathon and Jenn who always make the day go by fast. A couple who sat by me on the plane ride in had talked about taking an Era flight and they showed up at the end of the day. Unfortunately, as we were getting ready to send them off the weather turned pretty bad and we canceled the rest of the day. Hopefully they will be able to get up another day this week.
Luckily for me, that let me off work a bit early to finish up some things around the house. Call some companies and get things ready to move back into housing.
Now tomorrow I am on Dog Bus which really sucks. I hate sitting on a bus all day with weird bus drivers. Not all of them are but it seems like I always get stuck with the ones that are. Ah well. At least the day should go by pretty quickly. Welp, I should get back to house work. So many things to do and so little time to do it in.
♥ Melissa

Leaving on a Jet plane. Don't knwo when I'll be back again!

I was up at 3:30am this morning getting ready to leave. We were at the airport by 5am and the plane departed at 6am. Its the beginning of a long day of flights but I am extremely excited to get home and in my own bed again. I am currently on a 3hour layover in Salt Lake City (very ugly place by the way). Hopefully the time will go by faster then it seems. I just really really really am ready to be back in Juneau.

Surprise!!! A Week in Missouri!!

This week I made the long flight to Missouri for a surprise visit! I knew my week here would be completely full and somewhat crazy but I didn't expect this agenda.

Monday morning I started my journey home. It was a 12hr day of traveling with many stops in between. The planes were small and gross. Thanks Delta. And the day could not have lasted longer. However, once I arrived, 20 min early, in Kansas City my night got much better. My mom, Debbie, My brother and Kinsey were there to meet me and we made a pit stop at 11:30pm to grab some grub. Once at my moms house I unpacked and jumped into bed in preparation for a long Tuesday.
Tuesday started off with a drive to the grandparents house. Now, no one actually knew I was in town. So my grandparents were super surprised to see me. We had a short visit then headed back into town to see my aunt. Aunt Tammie answered her office door and didn't even notice me at first. She only saw Kinsey who I was holding in my arms. Once it clicked for her we stepped inside and had a short chat before heading to our next destination. The schools here just started this week so I thought it would be fun to surprise Piper during work. Sure enough, I rounded the corner to catch her with a cookie in one hand and a coke in the other, completely unsuspecting. She had No idea I was even thinking about coming into town. It was a great surprise. From there we went to my step grandparents house and caught my step aunt as well. Lastly I headed to my dads house and was about to crash when my great grandma and grandpa D stopped by to visit. After they left i passed out.
Wednesday was full of pretty much nothing. I was able to sleep in a bit and relax as all my parents were working and Kinsey was at pre-school. For lunch I met Nanny and great grandma at the nursing home. Then I went back to dad's house and finished some school stuff online. I also got the chance to talk to Kari via Skype whom I miss bunches. A phone call from my aunt informed me of a BBQ and swimming at her house around dinner time. On the way back to the house we could see the storms rolling in. I fell asleep that night watching the lightening storm. We don't have lightening in Juneau. Not often anyways.
Thursday started off nice with a bike rise across town to my Moms house. Then it was on to a day of shopping for me. I returned home from the city around noon with five shirts and two new pairs of jeans. Also, I picked up some more goodies for Kinseys' Birthday. Once back home I received a phone call from the University of Alaska Southeast. The lady on the other end told me I needed to update my shots before I could move into housing. The problem was that I have limited time here and once I return home, I move into housing on the 30th. Thats not much time. Luckily, I was able to get a hold of my doctor and get everything taken care of. Then it was off to the Mexican restaurant to meet my aunt and cousins for lunch. Then Kinsey and I napped for an hour or so and headed to the city again. Dinner was at Texas Road House and it was delicious!
Today, Friday, was Kinseys' Birthday. Sarah needed to head to the city to pick up a gift and so Mom, Kinsey and myself tagged along. We stopped at Chuck E Cheeses for Kinsey to play for a bit and then to the mall play ground for her to play some more. Needless to say, we were all exhausted. I just got home an hour or so ago and am now figuring out dinner.
As for tomorrow, Saturday, the family is heading to the Zoo. It is likely to be an all day event and will surely end at the grandparents house for a fish fry.
The sixth day here, Sunday, will start in church of course. I am so excited to see everyone at FBC. Seems like forever since I enjoyed and took away something from a sermon. After church we are heading to great grandmas house for sunday lunch. The best food in the world is here and I used to eat it almost every week. It was a huge change heading to AK simply because I didn't have that great food every Sunday. At two is Kinsey's official birthday party at the park. It will be Sponge Bob themed and it seems like everyone will be there. Both family and friends. Lastly, after the party we will head to the city for some family pictures.
Monday is the dreaded flight back home. While I have loved visiting, I have realized how gorgeous Juneau is and how much I really miss it. For now, I am enjoying the family and just living one day at a time. I will deal with that Monday when it gets here (which I'm sure will come sooner then expected). Hope Everyone is having a great weekend.
♥ Melissa

Things still left to do before school begins:
-Order books
-Distance class packet
-Call ACS
-Check in online

I've Lost my best friend... can somebody find her?!

So this month has been a mess. Work has gotten crazy. Apparently, this is when everyone starts vacationing and heading back to school, which means we are extremely short staffed. One thing that is nice about being understaffed is that we are all running around like chickens with our heads cut off and this makes the day go by faster.
A few things have happened this past week, one of them being Kari leaving for Norway. It's extremely exciting but I'm still waiting for some good pictures!! *cough cough* I can't imagine how hard it must be to be so far away from home and in a different country. On that same note, I can't imagine how amazing the experience would be either. There would be so much to learn and so many memories to tell everyone in the future. How cool. I miss her and yet hate her because I am extremely jealous! :)
I must admit it is a little hard not having Kari around. With no TV I rely on others for entertainment. I've been bored these past few days. hehe. But that's okay. School will be starting up here shortly and I will have plenty of dumb freshmen to watch roaming around campus. By dumb I mean scared and lost. Yeah that's what I meant...
Moving on, I have been hiking lately and bike riding. It's nice to come home after work and unwind with a little walk or ride. Lately, I have been hanging out with some friends from work. This past weekend a few of us went to watch one of the pilots husbands' band play. They were not really that good or maybe they were but you couldn't hear the girl singing. Kind of hard to judge. Either way, it was pretty fun with good company and it helped me to come home and crash.
This next week is going to be crazy. I will start a new blog about that one soon. For now I have to leave the apartment so my landlord can "show" it to another interested party. Just a reminder that school is right around the corner and there's so much more to DO!!
♥ Melissa

PS: Pray for Kinsey who is in the hospital for swallowing a magnet. She is curious about the world around her, just like her aunt. :)