BACK IN ALASKA... BACK TO BETHEL... BACK TO ANCHORAGE... AND REPEAT AGAIN... BACK TO REALITY!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

AFTER AN AWESOME 12 DAY VACATION IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA...  WE ARRIVED SAFELY BACK TO ALASKA.

IT WAS TRULY AN AMAZING TRIP AND READJUSTING BACK TO THE PRE-WINTER WILL BE AN UP-HILL BATTLE.  BUT I'M THANKFUL FOR MY OHANA & FRIENDS IN ANCHORAGE WHO CONTINUES TO KEEP MY SANITY GOING...  LOL!!!

SO MY FINAL NIGHT IN ANCHORAGE BEFORE I HEAD BACK TO BETHEL, I DECIDED TO EAT AT PHO BOWL AS I CRAVING VIETNAMESE FOOD...  SO MY SISTER AND I DECIDED TO GIVE THEM A TRY.  I GOTTA SAY THEY WASN'T TOO BAD AT ALL.

AFTER A NICE DINNER WITH DENISE, I HEADED FOR BED BECAUSE I HAD AN EARLY MORNING FLIGHT BACK TO BETHEL.

BOY DO I LOOK EXCITED TO RETURN BACK TO BETHEL...  NOT!!!

AS SOON AS I ARRIVED IN BETHEL, IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO ADJUST BACK TO REALITY, BUT THANK GOD FOR ALASKA AIRLINES, I HAVE A HAPPY WORKPLACE TO COME HOME TO.

 

I LOVE SEEING PEOPLE AT THE AIRPORT COMING AND LEAVING, ITS ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE ALL MY FRIENDS!!!

I ALSO GOT TO DOG SIT FOR MY FRIEND, MAN THAT WAS AN OPENER AND REALITY CHECK FOR ME BECAUSE I WAS PLANNING ON GETTING A BEAGLE SOME TIME AGO BUT WORKING 2 JOBS AND LEAVING THE DOG IN THE KENNEL FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT IS TOO MUCH AND I FELT SO BAD BEING AWAY FOR TOO LONG.  BUT WHEN I DID COME HOME, HE WAS ADORABLE TO HAVE AROUND AN CUDDLE WITH AND FUN TO WALK WITH TOO.

SO ITS BEEN ABOUT 2 WEEKS AND I WAS READY TO HEAD BACK TO ANCHORAGE FOR MY "VICKIE FIX"...  HE HE HE.

 

WE WENT TO THE LAST FRONTIER BAR TO GO SEE H3 PLAY LIVE MUSIC AND VICKIE MET UP WITH ME AND LOOK HOW WE RAN INTO... 

 ZULY, JOANIE, SHANNA, AND SAMART!!!

WE HAD A BLAST AND IT WAS GOOD TO REUNITE WITH EVERYONE!!!

GUESS WHAT I GOT TO SEE IN THEATERS...

AND BACK TO BETHEL ALREADY...  LOL!!!

AND OMG...  ITS ALREADY THANKSGIVING WEEK!!!

I WORKED AT MY JAIL JOB FOR THANKSGIVING DAY BUT I WENT TO THE LION'S CLUB FOR A QUICK DINNER BREAK WITH FRIENDS.

AND GUESS WHAT...  BACK TO ANCHORAGE!!!

AND THIS TIME FOR SOME SALSA & BACHATA DANCE CLASS!!!

  

ANOTHER FUN WEEKEND WITH VICKIE AND FRIENDS.

AS I WAS HEADING BACK TO BETHEL...  LOOK WHO I RAN INTO...

MY BEST FRIENDS AND BROTHERS, TAYLOR AND ETHAN AND THEIR MOM JOELEEN TOO!!!

I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE THEM, THEY DEFINITELY SENT ME BACK BETHEL IN A VERY GOOD MOOD.

AND NOW ITS DECEMBER AND THE FINAL MONTH OF 2017...  OH WHAT TO DO... WHAT TO DO...  WHAT TO DO...

ANOTHER TRIP BACK TO ANCHORAGE, AND THIS TIME ITS A DOUBLE WHAMMY WEEKEND OF AWESOME LIVE MUSIC AT WILLIWAW

FRIDAY NIGHT IS H3 PLAYING LIVE AND THIS TIME WE CAME WITH A BIG GROUP OF FRIENDS COMING FROM SEWARD AND TOK AND BETHEL TOO...  LOL!!!

MY BRO, MAURICE AND CHRISTIANA

MY NEW FRIENDS, LAMON FROM SOUTHERN, CALIFORNIA AND ADAM FROM SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA...  THEY WORK AT THE MILITARY BASE AS I.T. SUPPORT TECHS...  SO I THINK THEY DO...  LOL!!!

 

MIKE FROM SEWARD WITH JACOBY FROM MOLOKA'I.

 

CAROLINE FROM ALABAMA AND TERRY FROM SEWARD!!!

AND WHO CAN EVER FORGET MY CRAZY AND ADORABLE ANABEL!!!

UNFORTUNATELY I DIDN'T TAKE MUCH PICS AS I WAS UNDER HEAVY INFLUENCE OF LIQUID ALOHA BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.

H3 AS ALWAYS, DEFINITELY BROUGHT DOWN THE HOUSE AT WILLIWAW AND ANOTHER FUN EVENING WITH OHANA AND GOOD FRIENDS!!!

SO THE NEXT NIGHT...  SAME PLACE BUT DIFFERENT BAND, "I LIKE ROBOTS" WHICH IS AN 80'S BAND WAS ANOTHER FUN NIGHT OF NOSTALGIC MUSIC.

 

THIS WOMAN IS MY ROCK AND SOUL AND I'M SO DAMN BLESSED TO HAVE HER.

VICKIE AND MARY = BEST FRIENDS FOREVER!!!

ONCE AGAIN...  BACK TO BACK OF FUN LIVE MUSIC IN ANCHORAGE!!!

GOOD VIBES BRINGS HAPPY MEMORIES THAT IS FOREVER IN HEART!!!

TO BE CONTINUED...

STAY TUNED FOR MORE BLOGGINGS!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA

BACK TO BLOGGING AGAIN... WOW, MY BEAUTIFUL LIFE JUST GOT BUSY!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

DAMN...  THE LAST 3 MONTHS JUST WENT BY LIKE THAT AND ITS KEEPS GOING FASTER THAN EVER!!!

SO BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER...  LET ME FINISH UP THE LAST PART OF MY NOLA TRIP AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD ON AND GET CAUGHT UP.

AFTER OUR AMAZING SWAMP TOUR, WE HAD SET UP DINNER WITH ONE OF OUR LYFT DRIVER FOR THAT EVENING AND WE MET AT JACQUES IMOS RESTAURANT

DINNER WAS AMAZING AND MEETING UP WITH NICK & PATRICIA WAS EVEN BETTER.  SUCH AN AMAZING MOMENT DURING THIS TRIP THAT VICKIE AND I MADE INSTANT FRIENDS WITH.  ALL I KNOW IS THIS, WE CAN'T WAIT TO GO BACK TO NOLA AND VISIT OUR NEWLY MADE FRIENDS.

WE LOVE YOU NICK & PATRICIA, WE CAN'T WAIT TO COMEBACK SOON!!!

AFTER DINNER VICKIE WANTED TO HEAD BACK TO FRENCHMAN STREET TO GO CHECKOUT FOR LIVE VENUES.

AND THIS TIME WE REALLY ENJOYED OURSELVES...

WE FOUND A COOL CLUB CALLED BAMBOULAS, THEY HAD A LIVE SWING BAND THAT WAS KICKING HARD AND WE LOVED THEIR MUSIC AND DANCES.

WE HIGHLY RECCOMEND THIS PLACE TO CHECKOUT IF YOU LOVE WAST COAST SWING AND JIVE DANCING AND MUSIC.

THE FOLLOWING DAY WAS OUR LAST DAY AND IT WAS A BITTERSWEET FEELING FOR ME BUT I KNOW I'LL BE BACK!!!

WE VISITED ANOTHER PLANTATION, THE LAURA PLANTATION, I WENT LAST YEAR AND I WANTED VICKIE TO GO BECAUSE I KNEW SHE WOULD LOVE IT AND APPRECIATE THE HISTORY.

AND OUR FINAL AND LAST STOP FOR THE EVENING...

BACK TO TRACEY'S IRISH BAR TO GO SEE OUR OTHER NEWLY MADE FRIENDS, JEFFRY, JUSTIN, JACOB, SAM, AND CLARE.

THIS CRAZY BUNCH OF PEOPLE MADE US FEEL SO WELCOMED WHEN WE FIRST MET UP SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE, SE WE HAD TO SPEND OUR LAST EVEING WITH THEM.

SORRY WE DIDN'T GET ANY PICS AS A GROUP, BUT COME NEXT TIME, WE'LL GET IT!!!

AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT...

IT WAS TIME TO FLY BACK TO ALASKA.

TO EVERYONE WE'VE MET AND MADE NEW FRIENDSHIPS, VICKIE AND I THANKS ALL OF YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS.  WE LOVE YOU AND WE MISS YOU ALREADY.   WE CANNOT WAIT TO COMEBACK AND CONTINUE WHERE WE LAST LEFT OFF FROM.

ALOHA A HUI HOU!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA