Shipping ~35 lb boxes (10) at $30 each = $300 dollars
Note: If a box weighs over 30 lbs there is a $3 surcharge, so if you're going to send a box more than 30 lbs, you might as well make it the max of 70!
One-way plane tickets: Seattle to Anchorage = $210
Anchorage to Nome = $200
Nome to Shaktoolik = $190
Total = $600
Note: I purchased my plane tickets about 1 month in advance while purchasing a round trip ticket from Anchorage to Seattle 5 months from now (Christmas!) costs $377, so that's not too bad.
$900 is pretty cheap considering I'm moving over 2000 miles away to a remote area. The only major purchases I have left are food and a new laptop (the ol' PC isn't going to cut up in the AK). I'm currently developing a very intense shopping list and hope to have it posted in the next 2 weeks. I'm buying consumables frontier style in Anchorage in bulk by determining my daily caloric needs. Underestimation could prove disastrous. 19 days left here in Washington!
Monday, July 16, 2007
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Teaching Application Away!
Today I sent my official teaching application to the Personnel Office of the Bering Strait School District. Even though I was long overdue to send it in, I guess that little hesitation is the last butterfly to leave my stomach after being hired for the job at the Washington Educator's Career Fair. I still remember the moment when I asked Jim the personnel director for the BSSD, "Are you sure you don't want me to think about this for a few days?"
His reply, "The first thing you have to do is learn how to trust me," made the world slow down, like I was watching myself in a movie. A thousand thoughts rushed through my head and I knew that this opportunity was an adventure I couldn't pass up. I answered him with the coolest one-liner I could think of.
"Okay, let's do this."
Now that seems like forever ago, and I have been substituting almost daily. As I begin to pack my curriculum for teaching math and reading in the Shaktoolik school, it again dawns on me that I will leave in 2 months for this unforgettable experience.
His reply, "The first thing you have to do is learn how to trust me," made the world slow down, like I was watching myself in a movie. A thousand thoughts rushed through my head and I knew that this opportunity was an adventure I couldn't pass up. I answered him with the coolest one-liner I could think of.
"Okay, let's do this."
Now that seems like forever ago, and I have been substituting almost daily. As I begin to pack my curriculum for teaching math and reading in the Shaktoolik school, it again dawns on me that I will leave in 2 months for this unforgettable experience.
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