Back in action

OK! Had a minor setback with the blog and let me just say that if anyone is offended by anything that I have ever written on this blog, I truly apologize. Unless you were never intended to read this in the first place. In that case, I could really care less and I think you should get a life instead of reading about people that don't want you to be reading this to begin with. We don't read your letters home.
I find it ironic that people that I see routinely will not take the time to say "hello" or "How are you?" but will take the time to search, find, print and distribute what I have written in this blog as if it is something so scandalous that it requires secret meetings and a phone tree activated.
Anyway, had a little trouble with the blog. This explains the password and, on a serious note, everything in here is meant to be a humorous depiction of our lives out here on a remote island in the North Pacific. To interpret this as anything else is, in my opinion, ridiculous.
So, despite people being offended and the debacle around here, we still enjoy our life on Adak and are appreciative of the community that we are part of.
Cassidy is heading into Anchorage tomorrow and taking Isabel with her. FOUR days without any assistance here!! Who is going to explain to me all the questions that I rely on Cassidy to answer. "How do I attach a file to this email again?" and "Where is my other shoe?" and "How many cups of soap do I put in the washing machine?" I have jumped out of helicopters into the North Atlantic and have literally saved lives. Somewhere between then and my marriage to the most amazing woman on earth, I have become a bumbling idiot that needs constant supervision. I am actually terrified of what will happen without her here!
Speaking of terrified...Cassidy and Isabel went for a drive and a walk around Clam Lagoon. This really is nothing unique; it was a beautiful day and they were just enjoying being out. What is unique is the phone message I received when I got out of a meeting. Let me tell you what Cassidy ACTUALLY SAID first; "Honey we went to clam lagoon and got the car stuck in the sand. We are walking on the beach and I thought it would be O.K."
Harmless, right? With the 47 foot range that our cell phones get on Adak, this is what I heard; "Honey, (static)agoon(static)stuck (static)beach(static) not (static) O.K!"
within about twelve seconds I had taken my superintendent's suburban and arrived at Clam Lagoon to find our suburban, Beatrice, stuck in the sand and no wife or daughter. About an hour, a mild stroke, angina, and a severe case of laryngitis later, I found my beautiful family on the road next to town. Isabel and Cassidy had walked the several miles along the beach all the way back to town. A student and her father, along with another student were at Clam lagoon and walked the entire shoreline following their footsteps in search for Cassidy and Isabel. I cannot thank all three of them enough and it speaks volumes for what kind of community we live in.
When I say beach, well. It is a beach for a while. It then quickly turns into cliffs and rocks. Needless to say, Isabel slept well that night. She really is a trooper!
All is right with the world now and our house is filled with laughter. The beatles were right; Love is, in fact, all you need!