Feeling Grumpy
Well, Steve and I were supposed to go on a road trip down south this weekend. So much for that.
First, it was cancelled because frankly, it's hard to be "just friends" sometimes and Steve wasn't comfortable with it. But he got over it, and we called the trip back on yesterday. We had been planning on leaving Thursday night, but we hadn't even decided where to go! Originally I wanted to go somewhere warm - Northern Florida, Carolina coast, even the Ozarks. I wanted to hire a climbing guide so I could finally try climbing with ropes instead of bouldering all the time, but can't afford it. I did, however, find out that you can go rafting/kayaking on the Chattooga nearly year-round. Need to remember that in the future! Then we were just going to do some long day-hikes a little bit closer; maybe Mammoth Caves in KY, Shenandoah in VA or something within 10 hrs. Alas, the weather was not on our side: Friday wouldn't be that warm, and Saturday it is supposed to rain nearly everywhere in the southeast.
Fine. I'm resourceful... so I thought dogsledding would be cool. The weather would be fine for it in Minnesota, northern MI, or even Ontario, Canada. But reservations are needed, and that doesn't work for my "spontaneous adventure" lack-of-planning. Fine again. We'll just suck it up and go up north, and learn how to snowboard. Well, this week was excellent - plenty of new snow up north. But then I find out that it will be 45 degrees this weekend, and that sounds like it might make for some sloppy-wet skiing. The lady at Crystal Mountain said people don't seem to mind, but I'm not driving 5 hrs to find that it's melted. Yuck. So here I am, sitting in my bedroom on my last unemployed Friday, writing about my failed trip.
It's not all lost, though. I think today I'm going to drive out to Pinckney and go for a nice wet muddy hike, and this evening we're going to try some climbing at Planet Rock. A disappointing end to my freedom, but I'm not dishing out money to drive south and get rained on. It's going to be 55 degrees and rainy here on Saturday, and my parents are out of town. "Party!" Ha ha yeah right.
So not looking forward to the new job... Bad vibes. My gut instinct is almost always right; still hoping to get the zoo job. I did write my possible advisor today at Montana State to see if there is any funding yet. Wouldn't that just be funny? I get all these full-time career job offers, and then funding comes through. How do you say no to free grad-school and project funding?? Especially when the project might involve studying ecological restoration in Yellowstone geothermal sites?
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According to Tickle, I will be married by Saturday, August 18, 2007. Yikes. Guess I'd better meet a boy who can put up with me pretty soon. ;)
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