How COLD is it?

Sunday's temperature a balmy -18 with a wind chill or -32.  A very brisk snowfall.  Yesterday it was -43 for the wind chill.  To give you an idea of how cold that actually is, my hand sticks to the door knob of my house if I touch it without gloves on.  Also, we have ice on the INSIDE of our door.  There's ice about three feet up on the inside of our inside door.  That's cold.  We have a little "artic entry" and that leads to our "inside door"  that mean, that technically the ice is inside the house.  neat, huh?

The new semester starts tomorrow, and I should have gone up to the school and done some work, but it was just too cold.  My roommate walked to the post office and said that she felt like she had frost bite in her lungs.  I wonder if that is possible.  

We are supposed to warm up later in the week, to about -5, and I plan to take full advantage of it.  I haven't been to the "store" since I came back from holiday vacation, and I really would like to have a box of milk.  I will try to remember to take my camera to the store so you guys can see what sort of facilities we have here. 

Slavic finished with no other incidents, thank goodness.  We have had a lot of students absent, but it should improve on Monday.

Big times in the little village of Kipnuk.  Our kids are going to get to take drivers' ed and welding.  How, you may ask, are students going to take drivers' ed in a village with no roads??? It will be "virtual" drivers' ed.  I can't wait to see what that means. Apparently welding will also be done virtually.  At the end of the class, the kids can take the Alaska State Permit Exam and get their drivers' permit.  That way, if they are ever somewhere they can find a car, they will be able to practice driving.  Go figure.  I will definitely be updating everyone on that.

Warm wishes from your eskimo friend.