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| Wednesday, June 16, 2004 |
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I have made it back to Colorado! It is as beautiful as ever and again the question arises, "How could I leave it for Texas??" (no offense) I am due to go hiking this weekend. My sister is a hiking fanatic and has decided to hike every 14,000 foot mountain in Colorado. She has a couple of easy ones picked out for this weekend so I get to join her. I just hope I can manage to breathe. This altitude thing is killing me! I also have been sort of looking for jobs. I am tossing around the idea of heading up to Alaska for a few months so the job search has not been too intense. I do have some options so we'll see what happens.
The trip home was interesting. After stuffing my car to the hilt with books, shoes, CD's, and everything else that I own, I headed to Austin to pick up my mom - four and a half hours, no air-conditioning. I had warned her to pack light since she would have to hold anything she brought on her lap unless she was really lucky. She did a wonderful job with packing - a tiny suitcase for a whole week. Impressive. Also impressive was the shopping spree she went on right before I picked her up. Hello? Did I not say to PACK LIGHT? I guess I should have been more specific about the amount of space that was available, it's only a Honda. However, we managed to get all her stuff in the car (no small feat let me tell you!) and even had room for her. Then we drive over to New Mexico - seven hours, no air-conditioning. Immediately upon arrival, we had to move my granddad from an assisted living home to a full blown nursing home because his alzheimer's had gotten to the violent stage and they could not take care of him. That was pretty rough. I have not seen my mom cry so much and my two aunts were no help at all so I had to be the moral support. :( Not a fun time. Another "feel sorry for me" aspect: my aunt has five dogs. Not just any dogs. Chihuahuas. Wow. We were only there for a couple days, then began the drive home - 11 hours, no air-conditioning. It was a really cool time to be able to spend with my mom. It was also really cool that I only filled up once all the way from New Mexico to Colorado. Yay. The rest of the ride was just really hot.
I have now just been chilling at home. My brother came down from Wyoming to see me on Sunday when we got in. And Monday night, we had a party of just a few family friends to say congrats on graduating. Oh, and I finally got to see Joanna again! So, yeah, that's about everything ... I'm starting to drool on the keyboard so I think I'm going to go find my bed. It is quite an ordeal considering I have everything that was shoved inside my car now spread out all over my bed, floor, desk, even the ceiling fan. Will I ever be organized? Oh oh oh, guess what? I am looking into phone plans and phones! I might actually have a cell phone that works! I know! Stop the presses! But I'll let you know more details about that later. Goodnight! |
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