Saying Bye to Mom:(

Ok so you caught me, I am a day late. I am writing this on Sunday and not Saturday...But if I hadn't told you, you'd never know. I am writing late because I was out late last night and didn't feel like coming over to the hospital at 11.

Ok so our morning started off well. I went to get breakfast at the hospital and brought it back to my apartment so that my mom and I could eat together. Then we packed all of her stuff and got ready to go to the Lake. I wanted her to see it since Bill (the dentist) would not be around to take us out. Now, I was kinda breaking the rules because you are not allowed to take a company car out to the Lake (the roads not entirely paved yet and a rock could damage it). But I was prepared to try anyway.

When we went to go check one out there were both out. So my mom and I decided to work on her scrapbook instead. We went back to my apartment and around lunch I went over to see if they had a car to take out. They did. So I went back and grabbed my mom, we ate a quick lunch and then we went to get the car. I was very excited until I rounded the corner and saw two people standing beside the car I was taking out. They wanted to hitch a ride with us into town. So out of the goodness of my heart I said ok. So I took them to the post office and to the grocery store and then back home.

Then my mom and I were off to the Lake. Ok so its Saturday and its Dillingham. So you wouldn't expect road construction to be going on but it was. They were working on Lake road. (The big project in Dillingham this summer is to pave the Lake road) So we had to sit in like 30 minutes of traffic on the way to Lake road. Then we made it to the lake. We took pictures and watched planes fly in and out. Then we turned around and made our way back through the traffic and took pictures of the church and the welcome to Dillingham sign for my mom's scrapbook.

So ok not that interesting thus far right well it gets better.

I wasn't going to share something that my mom did, so as not to embarace her but I have to share now cause its so funny. So in flight on my mom's way her she lost her license. We realized it the night before we left Anchorage. So I like the good daughter called the airport and asked them what we should do. They said that she would have to come very early to the airport and speak to a manager and if she had a copy of her birth certificate faxed that might be a good idea. So we had my grandmother go to the Auburn city hall and get a copy of my mom's birth certificate. When we got to the airport at 8 am, 4 hours before our flight, we went to the ticket counter. There was a very nice man there who said that just the fact that my grandmother was willing to fax a copy of her birth certificate was enough for him.

Then we went to the Northwest ticket counter to see what she needed to do for her flight from Anchorage to Maine. Another very nice man said that she might have to go through some extra security but that we should be fine. Great I thought we are all set. So we go to Dillingham and I think everything is fine. At about 4 o'clock yesterday I called the airport and was like, just to let you know, my mom is coming down and she doesn't have her license. They were all like well she needs to go to the police station and get a new ID or she cant get on the plane. So I kinda started to freak out. I was already really upset about leaving my mom and such and then this. So thank goodness Laura was in my apartment saying goodbye to my mom. She drove us to the police station. When I told the policeman what was going on he just looked at me and said that there was nothing that he could do. So my mom got really flustered and started looking through her wallet and found her BJ's card. Guess what, it has your picture on it. The police officer said that she could use that! Who knew that a BJ's card was a valid form of ID!

Then we went back to my apartment and I feed my mom and we got her luggage and went to the airport. We checked in just fine at the airport, they said that it was ok to use. So we waited for my mom's plane to come in and it was late. So when they called her fight, my mom and I did a teary eyed goodbye and she went to board the plane. I wanted to get out of there because Laura and I had a cookout to go to and if I stayed any longer I might have burst into tears. So Laura and I left.

We went to Lisa's house last night for tacos. They were soo good. They were made of moose meat. I ate them and really enjoyed it. Its different up here. I am one of those people that cant eat anything killed in your own home but I am going to reconsider my stance on that. I will keep you posted.

Then Laura and I went to the Dump to look for bears. But we both had our camera so we were sure that we wouldn't see any. Guess what we didn't:)

Well that was my day
Signing off!