It's still Tuesday...And other dangers of napping during an Alaska summer

I was so tired today when I got home I decided to take a nap.  I know that it wasn't the best idea for sleeping during the night but I couldn't stay awake.  But then I woke up at 9:20 to a room of daylight.

Bummer.  I was supposed to be at work at 9 am.  So I get dressed.  Mumbling at myself the whole time.  How could you oversleep so late when you went to bed so early last night?  Where is your cell phone?  I have to call in to work and let them know I'm on my way.

And then the manager on duty answers.  The conversation went something like this.

"This is (Manager) how can I help you?"
"Manager, this is Tawnya.  I don't know how it happened but I'm supposed to be there at 9:00.  I just woke up.  I'll be leaving my house in about five minutes."
"What is your shift?  Tonight?"
"No. Nine til 5:30 in the afternoon."
"Uh, It's still Tuesday.  It's 9:20 at night."  

To his credit, MOD kept it together pretty well considering I'd be laughing my head off.

But seriously? So that really means I need a day off. Who knows how long it'll take me to live this one down.  But at least I'm not late. :)  And at least I didn't drive to work.  

I guess that's the danger of it looking bright as day when you wake up during the Alaska summers that you never know am from pm sometimes.  Perhaps I'll invest in a clock that tells military time so I know what time of day it is when I wake up.  

Until then, we all will have a good laugh over this one for awhile - well most of us will.  Safe to say I win the Goof award for the week.  It's all mine friends!  

Enjoy the rest of your summer all and remember...Be kinder than necessary.  You never know what the person on the other side is going through.  Everyone needs someone to understand and make them smile through the battle.

Much Ado about Moving

Well, it's been a saga.  A house searching, deposit saving, potential landlord meeting SAGA.  But I finally found exactly what we need.  Jehovah God has provided gloriously.  It's a small space but with organization it will work well.  It has a storage area of nice size that comes with it and it is right on the river. As Joe puts it:  "Whoo hoo!  Fishing out the front door!"  Indeed, babe, fishing out the front door.

There were two larger, nicer places that I really truly wanted to live in. But the rent would have been a stretch and we would have had to change congregations.  While I was trying to convince myself that these were survivable circumstances, it just wasn't working.  Nothing was working.  The commute into Anchorage got further and further the more I looked or the landlord just didn't give off a good impression or there wasn't space to park the trailer or this or that.  You get the picture.

Then out of seemingly nowhere this little apartment opened up just when I had given up.  Plenty of storage and a place to park the trailer.  Only one bedroom instead of two but more than affordable at $750 including all utilities.  Incredible find for here in the Mat-Su valley.  And it is only two miles from where we are at now.  So the commute stays basically the same for Joe when he gets home if he works in Anchorage, we have fixed expenses to budget for which means we can really budget extra in for bills and we don't have to change congregations   I'd say that's a triple win for the home team.

While it is smaller than I've lived in in quite some time, possibly ever, I am looking forward to the possibilities and the easy housework and the organizing ahead of me.  I told a friend: "If it only had 120 more square feet..."  She said "That just means you have to get rid of 120 square feet worth of stuff."  Good call, Friend!  That's looking at the glass half full.

I don't have much to get rid of, but well I'm willing to look into it.  For now, I am just so thankful that I move into a new home soon and that the trauma of the sell of the rental we are currently living in is soon to be behind me.  I will not elaborate further but suffice it to say that it has been a very rough month on me.

But it's all over now and we have been provided for in abundance.  It's amazing how things just open up and work when Jehovah's blessing is there.  It continues to boggle the mind.

For now, I have my happy thoughts focused ahead on moving and getting settled.  Yay!