Alaska!

Alright, so I landed in Anchorage shortly after noon and got picked up by this guy Micah my parents know who lives out here - he's a professor at the university.

He gave me a ride to the school I'm working at and I got to meet everyone there.  There were about 10 teachers there, and they all seemed really cool.  I got to meet the kids I'm working with and they're all adorable.  I'm really excited to start on Tuesday!

Also, this is the view from outside the school

Then my roommate came and picked me up.  She's really cool!  We came back to the apartment and I got set up.  It's a really nice place.  Not much else to say about it except we spent 45 minutes cleaning out the fridge because her roommate had left some food in there.  There was also some food there that had long expired.  Pretty gross, but we got it all out and cleaned the fridge too.

Then we went out and got dinner at something like a steakhouse.  It was called the Cattle Company.  It was very good.  There're also a some Arby's and Red Robins in the area, which I've always seen commercials for in Gloucester and Amherst but never actually been (I'm not even sure they're in Mass)...  So looks like there's a lot of restaurant options to try!

So yeah, that was my first day in Anchorage.  I'll update this blog every week or so with fun or exciting stories, and pictures whenever I get some nice ones.