Isolation Can Be a Pain in the Neck

Thursday I found myself in another unusual predicament.  My neck got a nasty and painful kink that made movement next to impossible.  After a few tears and much difficulty I was able to get myself together enough to get to school and get lesson plans together so that I could take the day off and fly to Homer as there are no resident chiropractors in the village.  I was able to find a chiropractor who had room and flexibility in his schedule to fit me in as long as I made it over by 1:30, but come daylight I realized getting a flight would not be so easy.  Thursday morning greeted us with a low ceiling, showers of snow, and winds gusting up to 35 miles an hour.  I spent most of the morning annoying the airports with constant calling.  We usually fly Smokey Bay Air to show our appreciation for secure parking for the truck, but I called both airports several times to no avail. 

While the weather was full of difficulties, Thursday was also full of very kind people.  Since Smokey Bay still wasn't flying,  they called Homer Air to share my sad story and their pilot was willing to come get me.  Considering Homer Air is their competitor, I'm going to say that shows how much they care about their customers (they really do a lot for the village, but I'll save that for another day).  The pilot (who's probably the best who flies into the village from what everyone has said) was also kind enough to chat the entire flight to distract me from a very bumpy flight and I learned they really can fly around the big bumps - pretty cool stuff.  The pilot also arranged for the owner of the airport to drive me to and from the chiropractor so I wouldn't have to worry about cleaning snow off of the truck or trying to drive with nearly no mobility in my neck.  I thought that was incredibly nice considering I've only flown with them twice since we've moved here.  The chiropractor was also very kind and stayed 2 hours past their normal closing time on Thursdays so that I could get there and get treated.  He also didn't make fun of me when he heard my answer to "What were you doing when the injury occurred?"  A reply of "Laying my head down on the pillow" felt ridiculous enough as it was.