On our way back from Anchorage the weather was too foggy to land in Ketchikan. We ended up having to fly to Seattle and spent four long hours in the airport before we could finally get a flight back to Ketchikan. Our trip from Anchorage to Ketchikan ended up taking us from 5:30 am to 9 pm! It was a very long day. When I got home and looked in the mirror I learned why they call those "red eye" flights. I thought I would be happy to never fly again. But I am flying home in two days and that makes me so excited! If I had the ability to sing to you now I would sing the Buble line "IM COMIN' BACK HOME"!

Had to add photos of my partner Jamie and I accepting our medals and of Jason and I following the long two day event.

Alaska State Special Olympics

Jason and I just got back from the Special Olympics Unified Bocce Ball
Tournament in Anchorage Alaska. It was so much fun to spend the weekend together and with our special needs friends. Jason and Joe played really well and placed fifth in the men's division. My partner Jamie Fitzgerald and I did really well too. We actually won the first place gold metal prize for the women's division. It was priceless to see the happiness in her eyes when we stood on the stage and accepted our gold metals! They all have so much to teach us, if we will only listen.

DAD! Now I know two things that I dont want to be when I grow up. The number one is a bus driver (great experience that I am happy to see end). The number two is a fisherman! I went deep sea fishing for my first time with Jason and the Fitzgeralds (family he lives with) this last week. I have always wanted to catch a halibut but I quickly got over that desire when we got out on the open ocean. I spent 6 full hours with my head in the toilet and over the side of the boat! It was a horrible experience. I told them "you catch the fish, I'll watch the toilet". Needless to say, I am cured of my desire to be a fisherman. So dad, I may still not know what I want to be when I grow up, but I do know two things I DONT want to be! We are going to slowly narrow it down, and maybe someday I will have an answer for you.