Wyle E.

This little guy visited our rig every night to eat bugs and hope we would feed him.

Rocks In My Head

I like rocks.
Rocks like me.

I should just stick to rocks. I hurt a coworkers feelings. I kinda freaked out on him because I didn't know how to do the work I was expected to do on the night shift. It is really hard to be tolerant and to understand what people are telling you when you show up on site at 10pm. Sleeping during the day is against nature and the brain does not respond well. I'm making excuses. Maybe I'm just mean. Maybe, lol.

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Well, I haven't written in a while. I have felt completely unmotivated. I'm sitting in a hotel room in Casa Grande, AZ dreading the time I have to leave for work.

This particular job has been very stressful and I have 4 more shifts left before I go home. After it is over, I will be much more confident, but for now everything feels unknown. I don't handle "unknown" very well. At the slightest hint of stress, I go to sleep and hope things will be better when I wake up. (by the way, that never works) Speaking of sleep, I am not getting enough. Working nights sucks. The only upside I can see right now is that it isn't hot. It was kind of cold last night.

Other stuff . . . I don't know. I hike when I'm in town. I try not to spend too much money. I need to go to the dentist and the eye doctor. This is probably the most uninteresting blog ever. Eh.

Oopsie!

I am finishing up week one of an Atkins diet redo. Once upon a time I lost 80 lbs on Atkins. I have put on some weight since moving to AZ and would like to undo that damage and more. The hardest part of Atkins for me is giving up bread. I love it. I love bread sooooo much. Today I was searching low carb stuff online and ran across a recipe for a bread substitute. It is called an oopsie. It is awesome! I can have a sandwich!! Woohoo!! With a little cinnamon and Splenda, it tastes like french toast.

Work is picking up and I will be super busy into the New Year. I have however requested vaca days Oct. 25-28. So Marcy and Bobbie I hope y'all can pull it off too. If no one else can go I may be forced to camp by myself.

Ok, I need to pack. I'm leaving town tomorrow morning early. Ugh.

Hail Storm, Happy Hour, and . . .

Last night The Valley of the Sun was darkened by a crazy big storm. It woke me up at 11pm when hail started coming in horizontally and hitting my bedroom window. There was a huge crack of thunder that almost made me cry out. This morning there were power outages and trees down in the central Phoenix area. It reminded me of home. I have remarked before that I missed the big thunder storms of springtime in TX. Sorry Phoenix, in the future I'll be more careful of what I put out into the universe.

I have been incredibly active this week. I have worked out every morning and been hiking every evening except last night. I had to bond with coworkers over happy hour.

I have a good weekend planned. I am going camping tonight. I will be going to Flagstaff to hike with my hiking group Sat. and some of us are camping at the trailhead the night before. It is supposed to be 50 something degrees at night!! I haven't felt that in a whiiiiile.

Y'all have a great Labor Day Weekend! Smooches!

The Glad Game

I am glad that:

I don't have cankles
I can walk up the North Mountain trail without stopping
I like veggies
I have good friends who care about me
I have a home to call my own
It is raining
I started knitting again
I have a job
I can lose my self in a book
I have three rock hammers (all for different purposes)
I have a big light up turkey

:)

Per Bobbie's request, here is photographic proof of the turkey.
(for scale that is a key chain flip flop)

Fantastic People I Love!

I hope you enjoy this journey through my past. Don't be scared by the hair and puff painted shirts.

Lovely ladies: Valerie, Bonnie, and Patrice.

Aren't we gorgeous! I loved that hair clip mum, and I'm not sure but it looks like my hair could be crimped. Ah, the carefree days of youth.

My Granny (left) is fabulous. Nuff said. The other lady is her little sister, Mary. This was taken on a trip to FL, where they grew up and Mary still lives.

Bonnie and Mom look so much alike.

My sisters and my cutie pie niece, Lilly. I am the one reflected in the window taking the pic :)

My Dad is the greatest. Skiing is one of the things we all like to do as a family. I call him The Bullet. Yay Dad!!

Mi Familia ~1990

This is one of my favorite pics because it has all of us with Daddy Paul and Grandmother. They look so small in this picture but that is not how I remember them. An aside: I am now in possession of the nativity set in the foreground. Check out the mustache on my dad.