Yay Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! If you haven't seen this movie yet, you should go see it!
I do my first apprentice traning on this coming Saturday... a week from today. Yikes! At least I'll get it over with soon, that first training.
I'm off to get that stupid Peace Corps application in.
oh, and ps - guys who joke about having to 'find a wife, house, etc...' because society expects it really make me mad.
Sunday, July 31, 2005
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
PLANTAINS!!
Public - 8:51 PM -
Mmmmm! I made some good dinner tonight. And oddly enough I can't remember the name of the main course... it was what Emily made at the hall... with black beans and rice and tortillas. AH! I can't believe I can't remember. I ate it less than an hour ago. I'm ridiculous.
Anyhow, it was tasty. And Laura ate it and enjoyed it (yay!). She's not picky, but I'm always worried what people will think of my food.
We had mango too. It was to die for. What we had were like bananas, but you have to cook them to eat them. Dang, what were they called?
Well, anyways! Hopefully I'll be heading up into the mountains soon. Despite tomorrow being my first entire day off since last Saturday (over a week here w/o a day off), I will most likely be doing laundry so I have socks to wear to work Thursday. Uhg! But next week I may go camping if I get 2 days off! I'm continuing to volunteer with Girl Scouts and it is really very nice. I'm getting to know everyone there and it just feels really good to know that they are happy to have my help, however little it feels like I am helping. It's great, I'm working in an office full of smart women... I haven't seen a guy there yet. I think one does work there, but maybe he leaves before I get there or something.
Public - 8:51 PM -
Mmmmm! I made some good dinner tonight. And oddly enough I can't remember the name of the main course... it was what Emily made at the hall... with black beans and rice and tortillas. AH! I can't believe I can't remember. I ate it less than an hour ago. I'm ridiculous.
Anyhow, it was tasty. And Laura ate it and enjoyed it (yay!). She's not picky, but I'm always worried what people will think of my food.
We had mango too. It was to die for. What we had were like bananas, but you have to cook them to eat them. Dang, what were they called?
Well, anyways! Hopefully I'll be heading up into the mountains soon. Despite tomorrow being my first entire day off since last Saturday (over a week here w/o a day off), I will most likely be doing laundry so I have socks to wear to work Thursday. Uhg! But next week I may go camping if I get 2 days off! I'm continuing to volunteer with Girl Scouts and it is really very nice. I'm getting to know everyone there and it just feels really good to know that they are happy to have my help, however little it feels like I am helping. It's great, I'm working in an office full of smart women... I haven't seen a guy there yet. I think one does work there, but maybe he leaves before I get there or something.
Monday, July 11, 2005
Joy! I've ridden my bike to work yesterday and today! Avoiding the hot interior that is my car is so worth being kinda sweaty at work the first few minutes. Gross, huh?
I work 8 hours today, but luckily have a break of about 3 hours in between my two shifts.
Has anyone ever seen Lost on TV? Reruns are playing on CBS this summer and it's a really interesting show. It is the Wednesday night show I watch when I'm home for "family night."
I work 8 hours today, but luckily have a break of about 3 hours in between my two shifts.
Has anyone ever seen Lost on TV? Reruns are playing on CBS this summer and it's a really interesting show. It is the Wednesday night show I watch when I'm home for "family night."
Saturday, July 09, 2005
Currently Listening
In My Hands
By Natalie Macmaster
Home, again, but this time I'm spending the night because tomorrow I take Sam down to her counseling job at church camp. You know, that sounds super religious, church camp... and I guess it is when you are there, but I don't think I could belong to a more liberal denomination, unless I was Unitarian. Even the liberal churches have church camp too folks!
I wrote this poem in January that I read again recently and thought was so applicable to my being out here in CO when so many people I know and love I left in Kansas and others I know and love have moved away from F/C (eg: Naomi to Texas this week). I wish I could type it here for you to read, my friends to whom this poem applies, but sadly I didn't bring my (real) journal with me and you will just have to wait in suspense till I 1) have my journal and 2) am simultaneously at a location with internet access. I think I like the poem being more appropriate to the present than the reason why I wrote the poem.
The weather is hot and sticky in Colorado. Our high was 98o today. It's the kind of weather that makes me feel drained and dull. Weather that makes me take my car and then sweat profusely when I should really be riding my bike (which would be cooler). The brightness in the surroundings seems to have become more dull as well. I'm hoping for some more rain to brighten things up again. The grass is turning brown.
I really like fall. I know it is the season that everything starts to go dormant and loose its color, but before it all goes nature gives us such a spectacular explosion of dying color! I'm looking forward to my first fall in Colorado in four years, Colorado has a very distinctive "fall smell." The breeze seems to come straight off the mountains and the scent of pine fills the air along with a clear quality that seems to blow the ozone away from our cities (which is beginning to become a very big problem here along the Front Range). The air feels lighter and on occasion you start to smell burning fires from fireplaces. I'm so glad we get a fairly lengthy fall, from late September to (sometimes) early December. But the best month of all, by far, is October (and no it isn't because of my birthday). This month is when the weather finally comes out of the late Indian Summer and begins to cool down. Sometimes we get small snowstorms, usually around Halloween (I've been a Snow Bunny for Halloween before... not of my own choosing). This month is when the leaves are the most brilliant and the smell in the air is most unique to the season. Then November arrives and we get dreary grey days and rain. Real Colorado snow often doesn't arrive till January, at least along the Front Range.
I guess it is the best thing that I came back to Colorado. I must be in love.
I think that's the end of that. You've put up with enough musing.
I love Heather musings about the weather, the environment, life in general...hehe always enjoyable! I'm going bridal dress shopping today with the gals- should be tiring but fun!
Posted 7/9/2005 8:01 AM by steph421
In My Hands
By Natalie Macmaster
Home, again, but this time I'm spending the night because tomorrow I take Sam down to her counseling job at church camp. You know, that sounds super religious, church camp... and I guess it is when you are there, but I don't think I could belong to a more liberal denomination, unless I was Unitarian. Even the liberal churches have church camp too folks!
I wrote this poem in January that I read again recently and thought was so applicable to my being out here in CO when so many people I know and love I left in Kansas and others I know and love have moved away from F/C (eg: Naomi to Texas this week). I wish I could type it here for you to read, my friends to whom this poem applies, but sadly I didn't bring my (real) journal with me and you will just have to wait in suspense till I 1) have my journal and 2) am simultaneously at a location with internet access. I think I like the poem being more appropriate to the present than the reason why I wrote the poem.
The weather is hot and sticky in Colorado. Our high was 98o today. It's the kind of weather that makes me feel drained and dull. Weather that makes me take my car and then sweat profusely when I should really be riding my bike (which would be cooler). The brightness in the surroundings seems to have become more dull as well. I'm hoping for some more rain to brighten things up again. The grass is turning brown.
I really like fall. I know it is the season that everything starts to go dormant and loose its color, but before it all goes nature gives us such a spectacular explosion of dying color! I'm looking forward to my first fall in Colorado in four years, Colorado has a very distinctive "fall smell." The breeze seems to come straight off the mountains and the scent of pine fills the air along with a clear quality that seems to blow the ozone away from our cities (which is beginning to become a very big problem here along the Front Range). The air feels lighter and on occasion you start to smell burning fires from fireplaces. I'm so glad we get a fairly lengthy fall, from late September to (sometimes) early December. But the best month of all, by far, is October (and no it isn't because of my birthday). This month is when the weather finally comes out of the late Indian Summer and begins to cool down. Sometimes we get small snowstorms, usually around Halloween (I've been a Snow Bunny for Halloween before... not of my own choosing). This month is when the leaves are the most brilliant and the smell in the air is most unique to the season. Then November arrives and we get dreary grey days and rain. Real Colorado snow often doesn't arrive till January, at least along the Front Range.
I guess it is the best thing that I came back to Colorado. I must be in love.
I think that's the end of that. You've put up with enough musing.
I love Heather musings about the weather, the environment, life in general...hehe always enjoyable! I'm going bridal dress shopping today with the gals- should be tiring but fun!
Posted 7/9/2005 8:01 AM by steph421
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
Currently Reading
Tokyo Cancelled
By Rana Dasgupta
Laura is away for a few days to go and visit Scott. We had a tiff about the fact that I still want to move out and into the International House in August since now the other roommate punked out on her. Grr.
4th of July was nice, however! At one point we were in an alley in downtown (during the day, and we were actually traversing it to get somewhere) and ran across some cast-away rolly chairs, with which we had some fun (picture myself careening down an empty alley on a rolly chair!).
I'm reading this great book currently. I picked it up by chance at the CSU library a week ago. You should check it out if you like crazy stories. Honestly, some of them are a bit far out there and I'm not that incredibly fond of them, but overall it's an interesting book.
I'm starting to volunteer at the Girl Scout Service Center this week. I'm glad to have something to do with my time that is more important than working at the library or lounging around the house!
Hi My Heather! I'm sorry to hear you and Laura had a little tiff- i'm sure it'll be smoothed out by the time she comes back. Glad to hear things are going well and you're using your summer time productively!!
Posted 7/6/2005 10:22 PM by steph421
Tokyo Cancelled
By Rana Dasgupta
Laura is away for a few days to go and visit Scott. We had a tiff about the fact that I still want to move out and into the International House in August since now the other roommate punked out on her. Grr.
4th of July was nice, however! At one point we were in an alley in downtown (during the day, and we were actually traversing it to get somewhere) and ran across some cast-away rolly chairs, with which we had some fun (picture myself careening down an empty alley on a rolly chair!).
I'm reading this great book currently. I picked it up by chance at the CSU library a week ago. You should check it out if you like crazy stories. Honestly, some of them are a bit far out there and I'm not that incredibly fond of them, but overall it's an interesting book.
I'm starting to volunteer at the Girl Scout Service Center this week. I'm glad to have something to do with my time that is more important than working at the library or lounging around the house!
Hi My Heather! I'm sorry to hear you and Laura had a little tiff- i'm sure it'll be smoothed out by the time she comes back. Glad to hear things are going well and you're using your summer time productively!!
Posted 7/6/2005 10:22 PM by steph421
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