Fairbanks for the First Time

Scott and I left the Austin Hyatt (Austin, 90 degree weather) around 4 am this morning and, 21 hours later, I am sitting at a desk in the Westmark Hotel in Fairbanks (Fairbanks, snow on the ground). Tomorrow I start training for StoryCorps, an organization that I’ve wanted to work for since July 2005. This is when I first visited their website (storycorps.net) and listened to their stories from a dorm room in York University, England, and cried from being so touched.

I never got the internship I applied and interviewed for in Brooklyn, in August that same year. But now I am here, about to learn how to become a StoryCorps facilitator, and I am thrilled.

(Laura and Jonathan’s wedding was superb. Laura was beautiful. Scott and I danced till my legs hurt. I finally met Jonathan, which was as natural as seeing an old friend. And I spent time with Amanda and Jason.)