The housing situation here in Alaska is really leaving a lot to be desired. First of all we are forced to live in on-base lodging for the next 30 days, this wouldn't be so bad but for a few things;
1. The Guinness Kitty is not allowed in the room, so we've had to bring her to a new place and put her right into a kennel which is tres not cool.
2. We have a full sized bed to sleep on for 2 people that are above 5'9". Oh the comfort...
3. The heating system is not centralized so the heat from the neighbors seeps into our room making it a toasty 90F even though we don't have the heat on in our room. It's fucking snowing out and we have the windows open.
4. We don't have a kitchen. We will be here for 30 days with no kitchen and a minuscule microwave which means we are forced to eat out for almost every meal. This is no beuno.
Most of this is the fault of our "sponsor." This is the person who reserves your room for you for when you get here, shows you around town, and takes you house hunting. She really screwed the pooch on us and forgot we had a cat, or a need to eat healthy food I guess. Also we've been forced to spend money on a rental car and find our own way around a new place to look for a house. Can't you just feel the love.
First of all, Anchorage is a shit hole to live in. The houses are right on top of each other and have no more than 5 (five) inoperable vehicles sitting in the front lawn. Our sponsor really keeps pushing us to live in Anchorage because apparently she loves the idea of living on her neighbor's lap, or borrowing spare car parts. Housing for us is slim pickins yo. Mostly because of the Guinness Kitty. Most landlords won't allow pets or if they do, cats are not allowed. Also we refuse to live in an apartment or in town because we hate people and don't want to hear our neighbors having sex to create their 7th child so they can get more food stamps. This left us with 4 houses to look at. We still have one of these to look at but so far our choices are having a really awesome house on the lake (and Sarah Palin's lake house was seriously across the lake from it) but having to commute 50 minutes to Anchorage for work and school, or having a kind of crappy house but only living 20 minutes away. We're totally screwed any way that you look at it, so I'm hoping with every fiber of my bitter being that this last house pulls through. If not, I'm taking a page from the termites and finding the first piece of wood, hopping on, and living there...as long as there are no neighbors.
