extraordinary morning!

0Josh • 27th Oct 2004 • blog entries, nome., station life

Ok, so last night when I went to bed, I made sure that I had one of those annoying wind-up alarm clocks sitting next to my bed. The city was going to shut off the power for two hours at 6:00am, because of the storm last week they needed to re-route some down power lines.

I wanted to make sure that I would get up on time, so I set the alarm for 6:20. I woke up to the terrible sound of a metal bell alarm clock. It was the kind of wake-up that almost makes your heart stop it was so surprising. I got out of bed, and on my way to brush my teeth, I was surprised to see the power on. A few minutes later as I was starting to get dressed, the phone rang. It was Lon over at the station letting me know that the power was back on, however the FM automation system needed to be re-started. I told him that I would be over in a few minutes. During the process of getting dressed, I glanced at my watch….and it said 7:25, not 6:25 like I was expecting.

I ran next door to find that it was in fact 7:25, and because of the power outage no one was around to turn on the FM computers! It was pretty crazy. Then, about an hour later we had three men walk into the lobby, I asked them if they needed some help and I learned that it was Don Young, the Alaska representative in the US House. He said that he had come here to be interviewed…however the person who he had discussed the interview with was not here! We were able to call them up and get them in the studio to do a on air interview in a pretty good amount of time, and the Congressman was able to get out to his Alaska Air flight on time. It was fun to meet Don Young, he as been in the US House for quite a long time serving Alaska, and my Aunt Chris has worked for him back in DC for almost as long as he has been in office. He was excited to meet me once I told him our connection.

THEN, the morning kept getting crazier. Lydia was heading out to Unkakleet for her first village trip in her new job. She called me from the Airport to say hi while she was waiting for the flight. She then also mentioned that as she and others from her office were stopping at the store to buy a lunch, she saw Coke2 and it was on sale $1.99 for an eight pack.

I want to stop and tell you how incredible this is. First off, since becoming a fan of Coke2 this summer, I’ve yet to see it here in Nome. Secondly, a six pack of coke sells here for $4.99. I need to say no more. I ran to the store and bought the last two cases, and walked home an extremely happy man.