I am bad about blogging. However, things are busy and I do not blog from work. They monitor my internet usage (as well as when I go anywhere in the building that I have to swipe my card for–i.e. everywhere except the main floor) so I am trying to keep this here blog off their radar. Not that I say anything about my job, but just in case.

Anyway, I love Anchorage’s weather. Apart from being more humid than I really like it is yet to be above 72 degrees here. Its lovely. The office, however, is aggresively cooled so I am wearing my sweater to work every day no matter what. I hate Anchorage’s traffic. The pedestrian never has the right of way, not even when the little white man shows on the crosswalk light. Yesterday, I got off the bus and waited patiently to cross. A jackass in a huge white truck pulled the entire way across the crosswalk so I very nearly got hit because I couldn’t see the car coming on the truck’s far side and they couldn’t see me because the truck was between us. This afternoon I was amazingly jumpy and realized I don’t feel like a six foot wide sidewalk is wide enough when a semi-truck is driving RIGHT next to me. I also felt extremely jumpy and unsafe while crossing the street. Oh, how I pine for the pedestrian friendly streets of Eugene.

Anyway, my sunburn has started to peel leaving bright pink, somewhat sore patches all over my face that are framed by small hanging bits of white, dead skin. I am afraid that I will end up being brown and white splotched, because I’m afraid the tan bits won’t all peel off and that the red bits will not turn brown. I guess only time will tell. For the time being my face is slathered with lotion and itchy, and my arms are the same. They haven’t started to peel yet, my estimate is that they’ll start tomorrow. Stay tuned for more updates!