THE PESSARY      CHAPTER TWO

    Upon rising I experienced anxiety that made me feel I was drowning. It was hot and stale and..

Bang, Bang, Bang, I was kicking out the wood nailed on the window. the cool arctic air poured in and I felt instant relief. Anna, however, came running to the room. 

"I thought someone was trying to break in!" she gasped.

I have no recollection what happened immediately following the kicking of the boards episode. Did we eat? How did we get tot he runway? I just recall we were suddenly in Unalakleet, another Bering Strait School District village. It had roads, and streets, and, so I understood, flights directly to Anchorage. Teachers from all the Bering Strait School District villages were there. We slept on the floor of a classroom. That's it. That's all I can remember. Walking the dirt roads, seeing trees for the last time, and sleeping on the floor. One teacher snored loudly enough to wake the dead. I slept inside my sleeping bag totally nude, cause that's the way I sleep. Oh, and the accountant nonchalantly told me he couldn't directly deposit my paychecks because my account number didn't work. I accompanied him to his office where I watched him type in the account number of a bank I'd been with for over 20 years. It worked just fine. go figure.

TBC