Ah, Anchorage.

We arrived here late at night or early in the morning, depending on your view. I look at it as late at night, as that allowed me to head right to bed, get a decent night sleep and wake up for breakfast.

The breakfast here at the hotel is best described as "American". Large, cheap and good. They have a menu but it more of a list of suggestions than a strict menu. Basically, they'll make whatever you want. Nice but the portions are huge. I always eat half of what they give me - half the omlette, half the hash browns. I am not hungry until dinner time. So what did I have? Omlette with cheese and bacon, a biscuit with gravy, fruit and a danish. Hm. Sounds like a lot. Did I mention I just had half?

After breakfast I talked to CB. It was nice to hear her voice and to hear her laugh. She was busy finishing things up at one job while doing a few things at another. At one of her jobs she got a big opportunity to branch into another area. It sounds like she'll really enjoy the opportunity and in her line of work it is very prestigious. I suppose it sounds like I work her to death, but I think she enjoys the mental gymnastics that come with having three part-time jobs. At least it isn't montonous for her to go to the same job every day.

We're making plans for Thanksgiving as I have the week off this year. Last year we had some of her family over which went really well. My family is a bit more demanding but we're going to give it a shot this year. As they live in Ohio, some of them might want to spend the night. However, we are limited in the number of beds we have and all the bedrooms are on the second floor meaning my grandmother might find them hard to go up. So, we'll see if they want to stay in a hotel or just drive back to Ohio after dinner.

During the afternoon I did my laundry and talked to a few friends about what happened my former company (some people got fired all the sudden making for great discussions about who did what). Ran into some other pilots and made arrangements for dinner at the Moose's Tooth - a great brewpub with excellent pizza. Should I have the Spicy Thai Pizza or the Blackened Halibut?

Well - I should wrap this up - early show in the morning to return to Seoul. The 6:40am show in the lobby will come early.