Well folks, it's official: I'm just not the blogging sort. But I am not quitting it. I feel as though I have some what of a valid excuse, as my family has been on vacation for the last month or so and the place we are currently staying in has no Internet. I do have stuff I want to post about... but I'm afraid that is just going to have to wait until we get home. We leave next Wednesday and I simply can't wait. It's not that being down here hasn't been lovely, or meeting Craig's family hasn't been interesting, it's more just that I am ready to be home. I miss my Alaska in an amazing way. I miss the mountains that will all be covered in snow by now, and all the naked trees, ready to take on winter. I miss the icy wind that cuts right to your bones as it blows the left-over fall leaves into their respectable ditches; natures way of tidying things up. I especially miss the anticipation of the first snow and watching for the sky to turn that foreboding gray. The first snow of the year is still one of my most favorite things ever, and I may have already missed it! I hope not.
But I am learning an important lesson: I am learning that no matter how homesick I get for the land, I still have the things that matter right with me... my family! As cheesy as it sounds, it is so true. Being the oldest kid and the newest member, along with a whole lot of other crap, certainly provides its challenges, and there are so many days that I find myself focusing on all the things I hate about being here with these annoying siblings of mine. But when it comes right down to it, and I've had to apologise to several people, I am truly over-joyed to be right where I am, with the people that I love.
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