i leave tomorrow!! / please reply to this post...

Wow! I can't believe that I leave for Anchorage in just over 12 hours! I drove back to Kansas on Friday and have been here just two days before I head up to Alaska. In two days I've had to unpack all of the things that I drove back from Goshen, wash lots of laundry (thanks for the help, Mom), and pack everything that I will need to live for 4 1/2 months into a couple of suitcases and two backpacks. I still don't have an apartment lined up in Anchorage, but that is okay...when I get there I at least have a place to stay, with a fellow Goshen College graduate.

My training for the new job starts on Wednesday; I think that is what I'm most eager for, because right now I don't know too much about the job. I have found some pictures of the train cars that I'll be working on, however, which you can check out here, and here.

On to the 'please reply to this post...' part of this entry's title. I'm hoping that I'll have time this summer to do lots of reading for pleasure - but I may be working so much that that may not be the case. Nonetheless, I wanted to get ideas from everyone about what I should read. If you could suggest one book for me to read over the summer, what would it be? Could be a new book, a classic, one of your favorites, or one you've just heard is good...I just need some ideas for what to get at the library. If you've got a suggestion, send me an email, or just make a comment on this post.

Until next time, when I'll be writing from (and hopefully posting pictures of) Alaska.