ashleyhnesslerApr 10, 20208 min readLiving with the new normal - spoiler alert I hate it. Imagine this, you are walking down a street, one you are almost too familiar with, you see on your right the house where the older couple...
ashleyhnesslerApr 1, 201910 min readEaster Eggs The third week of November. Months ago. It was cold, dark and rainy. And there was a night where I spent 5 hours sitting on the floor of...
ashleyhnesslerMar 19, 20197 min readTrue or False What is really going on in Alaska? What you thought and what I know after 6 months. From earthquake drills to tsunami warnings my poor...
ashleyhnesslerFeb 9, 20195 min read“fight some crime” - the saga that is finding a stolen bikeIt was mid day when I got home from school on a busy Friday only to realize that my bike was not in its usual spot outside of my house....
ashleyhnesslerJan 21, 20196 min readLiving on a Prayer and $1200.00Every week presents new and sometimes exciting challenges as a single individual who only makes $1200.00 a month. This is an AmeriCorps...
ashleyhnesslerJan 10, 20193 min readConversations of a College Graduate “Congratulations! You are now a college graduate” This is something written in endless cards, wrapped in way too strong awkward family...
ashleyhnesslerNov 18, 20184 min readTales Of a Wet Season - Part 1Episode 1: Rain pants: The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread With rain comes wet clothing. And with wet clothing brings you looking like a...
ashleyhnesslerNov 2, 20183 min readAlaska Day 2018 For those of you that do not know, the great 49th state in the USA was sold to the US from Russia. That selling occurred on October 18th...
ashleyhnesslerOct 27, 20187 min readWake me up when September is over...Hello fine people of the internet.......over the past month a lot has happened in Sitka, Alaska.....rain not being one of them. Which is...
ashleyhnesslerOct 3, 20184 min readGlamping Day 2Everyone was up super early in the morning. Some of us eager to get back to Sitka, and others were taking in the scenery of the water and...
ashleyhnesslerOct 2, 20181 min readPhotos from Month 1 Mt. Edgecumbe View of the sunset from SeaMart Julia and I at the Welcome to Sitka sign after searching for it for a week! In a valley...
ashleyhnesslerSep 28, 20184 min readBushwacking or Survivor? Camping Trip Day 1 This past weekend all of the AmeriCorps members had the opportunity to go camping at Samsing cabin about 20 minutes away from Sitka off...
ashleyhnesslerSep 18, 20182 min readFish are friends not foodAfter all the years of me attending field trips with on looking chaperones and teachers who wanted to be there less than the kids.....I...
ashleyhnesslerSep 12, 20182 min readMt. VerstoviaSo for all of those beautiful people out there still reading my blog, we have a weather update that it is shockingly still hot and sunny...
ashleyhnesslerSep 9, 20182 min readOrientation Day 1This morning at 8 am we had our fist day of orientation for AmeriCorps. It was filled with a lot of information and a lot of laughs....
ashleyhnesslerSep 8, 20181 min readpizza pizza pizza Happy Thursday everyone! We made it this far, which for me feels like a marathon since I go to school and tutor students in math all...
ashleyhnesslerSep 4, 20182 min readWoofSince it was labor day weekend, we all had a three day weekend which was much needed. Instead of spending my usual labor day weekend on a...
ashleyhnesslerAug 26, 20181 min readAre we calling it a hike or half marathon? So this week has been very uneventful. I have just been setting up my classroom, meal prepping(I have to bring lunch to school every day)...
ashleyhnesslerAug 26, 20182 min readCoffee Coffee Coffee Today it rained. A lot. But it was also my first day at the high school. It was very exciting and underwhelming at the same time. At...
