Kivgiq, 2011, part 6, day 2a: My Kivgiq work gets interrupted by family and love
Friday, February 18, 2011 at 10:39PM 
Earlier today, I was busily editing day 2 of Kivgiq and I kept seeing the words, "Family" and "love," - just like you see them here, behind the Kaktovik drummers.
There was evidence of "family" and "love" all around - sometimes mixed with a bit of mischief, such as when little Jessie James Bodfish Panik of Wainwright boy went running across the dance stage with a drum stick.
Of course, today when I would look at such pictures, I would think of my own family, especially my own small grandsons, Kalib and Jobe.
I have pretty much been alone all week. On Monday, we got a call from Jacob. Lavina was not feeling well and needed help with the little ones. So Monday afternoon - our anniversary - I drove Margie into town, dropped her off to help with Kalib and Jobe and then turned right around and drove back home to Wasilla.
In the time since, except for momentarily glimpses of Caleb just before he goes to bed after working his night shift, I have been all alone.
It doesn't bother me to be alone, not when I have all these pictures to sort through and edit. I can just go and go and go without interruption and so I do.
Perhaps too much. Without Margie here to rein me in a bit, I tend not to stop, but to keep going when I should give up and go to bed. I posted last night's blog at 2:04 AM, for example, then stayed right here, at this computer and dabbled with other things until about 4:00 AM.
I did not expect to see Margie until this evening, but, right after lunch, I heard a knock upon my office door. Guess who was here?
This guy, Jobe! Lavina was feeling much better and had driven Margie home.
I'm afraid my work fell apart after that. My picture editing slowed down to almost nothing.
I accomplished very little workwise, but accomplished a bit more "family" and "love" wise.
Kalib came, too, but he had fallen asleep in the car and never woke up. Lavina soon left, taking the sleeping Kalib with her. She left Jobe to spend all or part of the weekend with us - depending on how lonely she gets without him.
And I discovered something else late this afternoon. Monday is a holiday. That makes this a three-day weekend. My readership tends to drop off on weekends - especially three day weekends.
And the truth is, I am very tired. "Exhausted" would be a better word. I pushed myself hard day and night during Kivgiq and I have done the same since my return.
So I decided to take it a little easy this weekend - to get some visiting done with Jobe. I will keep editing my Kivgiq pictures, but I will hold my further Kivgiq posts until the weekend has passed. By then, maybe I will have a better handle on the material that I have.
I will still make little posts through the weekend - maybe on Jobe, or whatever.
Then, on Tuesday, I will resume my Kivgiq posts. I am not covering a news story anymore anyway. I am now putting out a record of a historical event - but one that I want to share the pictures from, particularly with my friends on the Arctic Slope but also with anyone else who is interested. It's going to take more time than I originally anticiapated, but that's okay.
Maybe I will find some time this weekend to hang out with moose. I found this mom and her two nearly grown calves as I was driving home from my coffee break.
Reader Comments (1)
Some times just must be spent for time family and love, if it is this weekend, take it!! We enjoy and learn from the posts and the time you need to do them as you please is well spent.
Our moose out here in the bush are not as 'tame' as those you see so it is fun to see such close up pictures of t another family!