Life in Alaska

And there was light. Today’s sunrise was at 5:36 a.m. and the sunset isn’t until 10:15 p.m. That’s almost 17 hours of sunlight! It’s difficult getting used to. We bought some blackout curtains for our bedrooms but they don’t block out all of the light. They do a pretty good job, but it still feels weird going to bed when it’s still light out. It’s especially weird when you get the room pretty dark and then have to go get something from the kitchen and it’s as bright as noon in there. I think it will be more difficult for us to get used to the abundant sunlight than it was to get used to the lack of sun in the winter. I would trick us by closing all the blinds at sunset and turn on all the lights. It’s more difficult to block out the light and create darkness.

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