Haven't updated in awhile...
Let's see...where to start.
My brother proposed to his GF of 10 years.She said yes.I'm the maid of honor.
I turned 24.
My 3 month probation period (for work) is over.
Thanksgiving dinner was a success.
Black Friday shopping was interesting.
Work still sucks.
My FAVORITE pair of 6gauge earrings broke.CRIES.I bought a new one.It's growing on me.
It's getting colder and colder.
Southern Buttes, near Yuba City.
Taken at sunrise...that's actually the moon.
I've never seen so many until EDAW. I've been working 12 hour days...for about a month now.
I even work on Saturdays...only for a few hours though...but that just takes up my weekend.
I am worried that...I will soon be numb to sunrises...as a kid I used to wake up early to watch the sunrise...and then crawl back in bed.
I love the colors of both sunrises and sunsets...
But...now...
I wake up at 5am in the morning...drive an hour or more to a work site...and in that hour of driving...I see the most amazing sunrise...but I don't take it all in...I think to myself, "meh, I'll see it 2m, I'll take a picture of it 2m."
When work is done for the day, the sun is setting...and all I can think about it getting home...and sleeping.
I want to be a kid again...
So, what you going to do about it?! HUH?!
I haven't been on this thing for awhile...I haven't been on AIM either.
I've learned that working takes a lot of my personal time.
I don't have time to take pictures.
I don't see my Berkeley friends as much as I would like...I doesn't help that I'm living in Davis.
Sitting in my cube is so mindless. My supervisor likes to screw me over with the scheduling. He knows that I drive back to San Francisco on Fridays...and I get every other Friday off...but he still schedules me to work on my Fridays off and on Saturdays...
Going in the field is starting to get a little discouraging too. I'm never really confident with my direction skills...(I'm those type of people that will still get lost with a GPS)...
I know it's only my first month...but I hope this feeling of overwhelming hopelessness is over soon.
I work for an on-call Wildlife Biologist...so I have to be ready for a field day at anytime...so, I have a locker with all my field clothes in it...
But for now...He has me reading project reports on Levees...
...and Valley Elderberry Long Horned Beetles, Giant Garter Snakes and Fairy Shrimp...
Yesterday was my last day working for Park Conservancy...it was kinda bittersweet...
I spent most of my day hiking the trails that I grew to love and hate...
I sat at the Point and watched the fog roll into Pacifica.
I weeded mustard, radish, and tistle.
Most of all, I took in the sounds of the ocean.
I know I'll miss my co workers and boss. They are amazing people that do so much for the environment...
summer gone?!
It's already mid-August?!
Summer goes by so quickly when you're working...(well, at least for me...my work is kinda enjoyable...)
We made PBnJ sandwiches for breakfast one morning on our camping trip...
When he was finished, I cut our sandwich in half. He took one half and I the other. Without knowing it, we took a bite on the same place...
We didn't even notice until we put our halves down.
I went to the Parks Conservancy's tribute to "The Celebration of his Life"...and was blown away by the amount of people gathered to celebrate it.
Think of a crowded lecture hall (say, 500 seats)...+ people standing, sitting and listening outside.
This young man has touched so many people...
and I was lucky enough to know him...
http://inmemoryofryanjones.blogspot.com/
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