Welcome to 2012. I wonder if it will be the last year of the world, as we know it? Three years ago when I first came to Fairbanks there was a lot of talk about the Mayan prediction of the end of the world in 2012. The 2012-topic was a good conversation starter and you could really get into some philosophical discussions about the meaning of life and what one should achieve or experience before the end of the world. Bungee jumping came up and so did having children, which resulted in a heated discussion of the selfishness of having kids right before the end of the world. I don’t think any of us could really grasp how short a time it was until 2012 actually arrived and none of us have had the kids or done the bungee jumping yet, so hopefully the Mayans were off with a couple of centuries. Someone pointed out to me that the Mayans didn’t foresee their own fall – only the world’s, so maybe they weren’t the most accurate prophets.
The cold snap is still on in Fairbanks, Alaska. NYE was a lovely – 43 and on this 8th day of being trapped inside I’ve been feeling the cabin fever. I needed to get OUT and not just to visit someone else’s cabin or shop, but outdoors out. It was a good day for testing whether my winter gear is actually accommodating and so a short walk of about twenty minutes proved, that I need to shop for new boots. I made a bargain some years ago shopping for winter boots in the children’s department, which I’m now paying for because the boots are not warm enough for Alaskan winter walks and I need to move to keep from going stir crazy.
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