just show up

Sarah and I talked just now and she said not to worry about housing - it's taken care of when I get to Kodiak for Carrie's memorial.

"Should I rent a car or anything?"

"No, I just talked to my friend Natasha [Carrie's friend, too, and in Kodiak; Sarah lives in Juneau] and it sounds like there are enough beds and enough cars to go around for everybody."

"So, do you think I should call Natasha or just show up?"

"Just show up. Kodiak's a small town, and it'll all work out."

OK, but Kodiak's 13,000 people (wow, it's that large now??) is significantly more than Elim (population less than 300, usually), where I really did just show up, and took up the first offer from a four-wheeler to give me a ride. I hung onto the back of Jeannie's four-wheeler, clutching the rack with one hand and Selma's crate with the other (later of course, I'd let her out to run her way down, but I had just arrived and didn't want her shot as a fox) and let my future boyfriend's father take my luggage.

I'm thinking this won't be quite like that. There are cars in Kodiak, for one thing.

And while I am PLAN GIRL, I gotta say there's something really nice in just rolling with the flow. Maybe Natasha will pick me up or somebody else, or maybe not and I'll give a call when I get there. It's all good. Heck, I fly into Senegal and don't sweat it and to Ghana without a plan - I think I can handle Kodiak. And at the yurts too - I can just show up. I don't expect Tiff and Rick and Keegan and Rohnan to entertain me, and I don't have the need to entertain them - I can just show up and it'll be like old times of us hanging out at each other's apartments in Elim.

Hm ... now if I could just show up to my finals and have them turn out as well. But I did reschedule, so I'm set to go. And ready to go - except for that whole pesky studying thing. Sigh.