And that planet is Wisconsin.
Don't worry, they are not really aliens, and I'm not really funny. I can live with that.
This is the blog where I announce with glee that Hayley and Dan, my sis and her boyfriend for anyone who might not know (why wouldn't you know?!?), are coming to visit me in A FEW SHORT DAYS and it's just not going to feel real until I pick them up at the airport! But I'm so excited to see their faces, I can hardly stand it.
I AM BESIDE MYSELF!
WITH GLEE!
In the meantime, I have to try and focus on work. Learning a new job is hard enough, but make that learning-a-new-job-while-going-into-crunch-time-on-the-other-new-job-that-I-just-felt-like-I-got-the-hang-of and YIKES I am more than whelmed, i.e. overwhelmed.
Yeah, not funny. I know.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Sunday, June 17, 2007
I Walked
We have two city parks that I love; one is Sequoia Park in Eureka, within a mile of my house, and the other is Redwood Park in Arcata. I'm sure I've mentioned both.
This past week I walked. I worked, and I walked. Sunday I walked from my house to Sequoia Park, which is attached to the local zoo. I hung out with the black bear at the zoo, who was looking for some food at about 10 in the morning. He was smaller than I would have thought, as I have only seen him from the back of his "area" sleeping. Sunday, he walked right up to the front and looked at us onlookers like we had fish in hand that we were withholding. I walked through Sequoia Park down one of the trails through the woods to the duck pond, and after walking back up another trail out of the forest, I sat in the gazebo in the small garden on the other side of the zoo and talked to my grandma. I had walked for about two hours at this point but wasn't ready to stop walking. So I kept walking away from my house and ended up at the video store. I picked up two DVD's that I still as of today have not watched. They are due back tonight, but it's so nice out that I don't know if I'll get to them. I walked a total of four or so hours. It was so ... relaxing ... and relieving. Walking, in solitude, is the best way to get to know oneself, I have found. Walking in pairs, is the best way to get to know each other, I have found.
Monday night after work Mike and I walked from our house to Sequoia Park (Eureka). Tuesday night after work I went to Arcata to pick Mike up from his work and we went to Redwood Park (Arcata) and walked. Wednesday, Sequoia Park. Thursday, Sequoia. Friday, Redwood. Saturday, Grizzly Creek, which is somewhere else amazing altogether, save for the poison oak they have growing in spades.
Each walk on the trails was over an hour and sometimes two hours. Each walk was downhill as well as up. It was exhilerating. My muscles feel the results of such consistent walking. I had been walking everyday up until this point, but the length and the level was incredibily varied and sometimes the walk was no more than 15 minutes, and essentially on flat land, though that is hard in this hilly county in which I reside.
We are about to go for another walk. It's beautifully sunny here, and not too windy. I like the structure of an everyday job, but I live for the stress relief that is walking. Taking a moment at the top of the trail to stand and behold the huge trees and listen to the sounds of the birds, to reflect on how alive and beautiful the forest is...well, I'm having trouble finding the words, so just go find out for yourself. Your body and soul will thank you for it, I promise.
This past week I walked. I worked, and I walked. Sunday I walked from my house to Sequoia Park, which is attached to the local zoo. I hung out with the black bear at the zoo, who was looking for some food at about 10 in the morning. He was smaller than I would have thought, as I have only seen him from the back of his "area" sleeping. Sunday, he walked right up to the front and looked at us onlookers like we had fish in hand that we were withholding. I walked through Sequoia Park down one of the trails through the woods to the duck pond, and after walking back up another trail out of the forest, I sat in the gazebo in the small garden on the other side of the zoo and talked to my grandma. I had walked for about two hours at this point but wasn't ready to stop walking. So I kept walking away from my house and ended up at the video store. I picked up two DVD's that I still as of today have not watched. They are due back tonight, but it's so nice out that I don't know if I'll get to them. I walked a total of four or so hours. It was so ... relaxing ... and relieving. Walking, in solitude, is the best way to get to know oneself, I have found. Walking in pairs, is the best way to get to know each other, I have found.
Monday night after work Mike and I walked from our house to Sequoia Park (Eureka). Tuesday night after work I went to Arcata to pick Mike up from his work and we went to Redwood Park (Arcata) and walked. Wednesday, Sequoia Park. Thursday, Sequoia. Friday, Redwood. Saturday, Grizzly Creek, which is somewhere else amazing altogether, save for the poison oak they have growing in spades.
Each walk on the trails was over an hour and sometimes two hours. Each walk was downhill as well as up. It was exhilerating. My muscles feel the results of such consistent walking. I had been walking everyday up until this point, but the length and the level was incredibily varied and sometimes the walk was no more than 15 minutes, and essentially on flat land, though that is hard in this hilly county in which I reside.
We are about to go for another walk. It's beautifully sunny here, and not too windy. I like the structure of an everyday job, but I live for the stress relief that is walking. Taking a moment at the top of the trail to stand and behold the huge trees and listen to the sounds of the birds, to reflect on how alive and beautiful the forest is...well, I'm having trouble finding the words, so just go find out for yourself. Your body and soul will thank you for it, I promise.
Friday, June 8, 2007
Where I Live (AKA The Best Dictionary Entry)
While looking for a word in my dictionary I came across the best entry ever:
la-la land (la'la') n. 1. A place renowned for its frivolous activity. 2. A state of mind characterized by unrealistic expectations or a lack of seriousness.
I have been accused by just about every teacher growing up of being in la-la land. But I did not know it actually existed, according to my rockin' dictionary, and that just clears up so much for me! You have no idea how excited I am.
I guess this means there is a real name for my condition.
Hahaha. Just kidding.
Changing the subject, the lowlight of my day was when a fiber optic in our little Humboldt County made the internet go away for all people everywhere/in Humboldt County. This meant at my second day at my new job I was able to do hands-on training MUCH less (like not at all) than I wanted.
In related news, the highlight of my day was that the internet was down so my coworker and I went for a hike on our property, which has its very own hiking trails. Oh yeah, I love my life and I love la-la land.
PEACE.
la-la land (la'la') n. 1. A place renowned for its frivolous activity. 2. A state of mind characterized by unrealistic expectations or a lack of seriousness.
I have been accused by just about every teacher growing up of being in la-la land. But I did not know it actually existed, according to my rockin' dictionary, and that just clears up so much for me! You have no idea how excited I am.
I guess this means there is a real name for my condition.
Hahaha. Just kidding.
Changing the subject, the lowlight of my day was when a fiber optic in our little Humboldt County made the internet go away for all people everywhere/in Humboldt County. This meant at my second day at my new job I was able to do hands-on training MUCH less (like not at all) than I wanted.
In related news, the highlight of my day was that the internet was down so my coworker and I went for a hike on our property, which has its very own hiking trails. Oh yeah, I love my life and I love la-la land.
PEACE.
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
End of Trail
Here is one pic for y'all - this is the only time you'll see me by this sign (this was the point at which we hiked up another gazillion yards to a "vista point" and THEN turned around and walked the entire trail back to the car).
I Get to Help People For a Living
OK I'll let the website speak for the organization I'm now proud to be a part of; it is called Humboldt Area Foundation and its website is here.
I oversee and advocate for the Angel Fund, which provides money for low-income families and individuals who need assistance in paying for health- and medical-related expenses; and also the Angel Dental Fund, which helps pay for dental needs of children.
I work two days per week at Humboldt Area Foundation and three days per week at Redwood Coast Music Festivals. After my assistant director gig at Blues by the Bay mid July I will go full time at Humboldt Area Foundation.
I feel like I've found my niche.
I oversee and advocate for the Angel Fund, which provides money for low-income families and individuals who need assistance in paying for health- and medical-related expenses; and also the Angel Dental Fund, which helps pay for dental needs of children.
I work two days per week at Humboldt Area Foundation and three days per week at Redwood Coast Music Festivals. After my assistant director gig at Blues by the Bay mid July I will go full time at Humboldt Area Foundation.
I feel like I've found my niche.
Monday, June 4, 2007
ALSO,
I haven't been posting because I've been too sore. Stupid, eh, but true. In a way.
A few weeks back we hiked 8 miles and it was rough, on the muscles; the scenery and the trail and the experience were all wonderful. Last Sunday, one day less of a week after the first hike at Headwaters Trail, we had another go. The entire trail is something like 11.6 miles. And we hiked the entire trail.
That may not seem like much to you, but holey moley was it hard. It's 5.3 miles in and then you loop around and come back. The entire fourth mile is very steep uphill. Everything after that (so that would be the entire fifth mile and then the .3 mile that felt like five miles all in itself) is barely a trail and completely overgrown with lots of stuff. I thought we were in the middle of a jungle or something. The "trail," if you can call it that, at that point is so uneven and rocky that it was a good thing I had such great hiking boots (that Mike bought me in January when I was out here for a visit) that provided ankle-saving support, no doubt.
I am so glad I did it, and I even have a picture of myself by the "End of Trail" sign to prove I was really there. But I tell you that will be the last time I make it that far. I felt the last mile and some was overrated. We have decided to hike 10 miles the next time around, for at the five-mile mark is a beautiful secluded little part of the redwood forest with streams and logs and growing things (i.e. ferns, wild purple irises, other things for which I know no names) everywhere, where we sat and ate our lunch (I have never eaten a more delicious turkey and swiss and avocado and black olive sandwich in my life as the one I ate after hiking five difficult miles).
I didn't know mere walking could be so hard. I no longer think of hiking as "mere walking." My muscles felt it for all of last week. I've just now recovered enough to type blogs again! My goal is to hike those 10 miles until they are not so difficult anymore.
A few weeks back we hiked 8 miles and it was rough, on the muscles; the scenery and the trail and the experience were all wonderful. Last Sunday, one day less of a week after the first hike at Headwaters Trail, we had another go. The entire trail is something like 11.6 miles. And we hiked the entire trail.
That may not seem like much to you, but holey moley was it hard. It's 5.3 miles in and then you loop around and come back. The entire fourth mile is very steep uphill. Everything after that (so that would be the entire fifth mile and then the .3 mile that felt like five miles all in itself) is barely a trail and completely overgrown with lots of stuff. I thought we were in the middle of a jungle or something. The "trail," if you can call it that, at that point is so uneven and rocky that it was a good thing I had such great hiking boots (that Mike bought me in January when I was out here for a visit) that provided ankle-saving support, no doubt.
I am so glad I did it, and I even have a picture of myself by the "End of Trail" sign to prove I was really there. But I tell you that will be the last time I make it that far. I felt the last mile and some was overrated. We have decided to hike 10 miles the next time around, for at the five-mile mark is a beautiful secluded little part of the redwood forest with streams and logs and growing things (i.e. ferns, wild purple irises, other things for which I know no names) everywhere, where we sat and ate our lunch (I have never eaten a more delicious turkey and swiss and avocado and black olive sandwich in my life as the one I ate after hiking five difficult miles).
I didn't know mere walking could be so hard. I no longer think of hiking as "mere walking." My muscles felt it for all of last week. I've just now recovered enough to type blogs again! My goal is to hike those 10 miles until they are not so difficult anymore.
I Got Another Job!
I haven't been on here in a while... busy with work, blah blah blah, same story different day or something like that.
But anyway, I had the strangest thing happen, strange because it's never happened to me before, not because it's actually odd: I'll have to tell you later, i.e. look at this post's title for a big "clue"/the answer. And why it's strange/odd? Again, I'll add details later.
But no worries about my assistant director job at the music festival non-profit; things are going absolutely wonderfully there - I'll explain the circumstances and details later/soon! I just didn't want y'all to think I gave up on this thing.
Love and Stuff,
But anyway, I had the strangest thing happen, strange because it's never happened to me before, not because it's actually odd: I'll have to tell you later, i.e. look at this post's title for a big "clue"/the answer. And why it's strange/odd? Again, I'll add details later.
But no worries about my assistant director job at the music festival non-profit; things are going absolutely wonderfully there - I'll explain the circumstances and details later/soon! I just didn't want y'all to think I gave up on this thing.
Love and Stuff,
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