Rant part 2!!

Okay, just a few things tonight since it's late....

#1 - I realized tonight that we have been here 1 week and 5 days. (Yes, I am counting!!!) Okay, we sitting in Costco (YEA!) eating lunch and I realize that there are only a handful of people I would recognize. BJ & Stacie (but they don't have a membership), Laura & Heath (they don't have a membership either), Kathleen (A Dr. at Aaron's work who lives in Eagle River and wouldn't be shopping in my neck of the woods anyway), Chris & Linda (good Dr. friends from Ohio) and Ron & Arianna (From medical school, also just moved up here). That is about it. Only 1 set of people from our ward. When we were in Ohio, after 2 days, I would have known at least 15 families or more. Oh, I want to go back to Ohio.

#2 - I WANT MY VAN! Seriously, why does it take more than 2 weeks to get a car from LA? (That's in California.) It took 5 days to get to Seattle and then 5 days to get from Seattle to Tacoma. WHAT??? Oh, I could spit nails! I realize that I really need to scrapbook to get some of this aggression out.

#3 - Not specific to Alaska, but I was standing in the line at Fred Meyer tonight and could have thrown something at the couple in front of me. They had 2 orders. #1 - 3 gallons of whole milk and eggs. This is a WIC transaction. Order #2 - 5 gallons of Ice Cream, 3 bottles of Chocolate Syrup, 3 bags of peach ring candy, a beard trimmer and a package of crackers. Okay, seriously?? If you can afford 5 gallons of ice cream, you should put them back and buy milk for your kids. Why, if you can afford it, does the state of Alaska have to provide your ice cream for you?? Oh, sometimes Government programs really don't do what they are intended for.

Now that it's 11:25 and the sun just set, I am going to go to bed and hope that I am not up with Maggie until 2:30 tonight!!