Real World Barrow

This is the true story of 5 gusties, picked to student teach in Barrow, Alaska... working together and having their lives changed forever to find out what happens when we stop teaching in Minnesota and start teaching in Barrow...this is the Real World: Barrow.

Monday, April 18, 2011

W.O.W. (Weekend of Whateverness)


Here's the weekend update!

The weekend was filled with "whatever-ness" with all of us chaperoning the middle school on Friday. Kristian, Meredith, and Trevor line judged while Cassandra and I were spectators.

Since Meredith has already illustrated the middle school dance, I will skip that part and jumped to "Post Middle School Dance." We returned to the college in a very hyper-active state. Within about 10 minutes, most of us were circled around the study lounge with our laptops out prepping for the week ahead. It was a very productive night, but awkward because it was FRIDAY night. Some of us played cribbage, others went to bed early with plans to sleep in on Saturday.

Saturday arrived, and as planned, most of us slept in. As we gathered for brunch (which is ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS) and had our food coma, we realized that we really didn't want to do anything. Was it senioritis or was it laziness? Or maybe it was because it was the weekend and we just want to "chill" a bit. As Meredith so nicely quoted, "I just want to play in the snow." Barrow was blessed with warm temperatures in the "teens". It was soooo warm!! My mother thought I was semi-insane not wearing boots. Am I turning into a native?

I met up with my mother and spent the night at her house while the rest of the gang hung out at college and had a movie night, which was "dece" (slang for "decent").

On Sunday, some of us played a massive game of basketball...we had 10 players on half a court. Kristian was knocking shots down...he should be KB (kinda of like KG) or least Pirate KB because one man couldn't believe his awesome ability to play with "one leg."

Temperatures in Barrow look to be at the highest this week since we've been here with temperatures above zero. Super psyched about the possibility of having a bonfire on Wednesday. Day 17: No sightings of polar bears or whales.

May the force be you,
Brit

P.S. I recommend eating at Sam -n- Lee's! Slow service, but EXTREMELY nice people...did I mention their food is amazing?

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