the final countdown

With another week behind me, and only one more week ahead (at crabs), I am finally starting to slightly freak out. I am not scared about my physical safety…I know I will be ok…I am more ‘worried’ about the culture shock. I am going to be in Mexico pretty much…what the hell am I gunna do?!?

Things that will change…
No more perfect cell reception
No more easy access internet
No more fast food
No more bars
No more cable (even though I don’t have it now…but not even basic there)
No more Blockbuster
No more Crabs people
No more friends
No late night trips to the gas station for ice cream
No more candy bars
NO MORE OCEAN

Nope…nothing…just me…my fellow intern…and the dessert and cliffs…some shrubs…a tree or two…some wild animals and spiders…haha…what am I doing?

I know it will be a great experience. I am sure I will have a good time. At least I will lose some weight and get in shape!! Haha…and might get to see some snow!! Sweet!!

lobbyist shlobbyist

I would like to start off by saying that for the highest bribing lobbyist…I will sell my vote. Either way you want me to go…I am pretty sure if you just bought me a new car…even a used car…even a motor cycle…you would probably get me on your side…just throwing that out there!

Keeping up with politics is absolutely draining. Country this…economics that…all it does is rub it in your face that there is something messed up…and it is your job to choose the right person to fix it…between 2 people?!? What the hell happened to the green party…or the independents…Nader…HELLO?? I mean not even that…can’t we just blend a party? They could be a purple party! Girls will like that! Black people like purple too…and you would get the gay people! You’re a shoe in!! Hell…we could just find some intelligent black woman to run for that party…Oprah…or how about Venus Williams…she could make Serena her VP! YEAH!

In other news…I would like to say that I am beginning (mind you this have been a gradual yet steep increase in excitement since I found out that I am leaving…so that “beginning” word is to be used lightly) to get even more exited about my internship. I have all my bills paid for while I am gone…I am moving to Bama in 3 WEEKS! My last day at Crabs is only 3 weeks away!! That’s only 9 shifts…and really only 17 days away! Wow…it has been a long 4 years coming…but PEACE! I am out! My internship starts in only one month! My first day there is October 11th or 12th.

About that…one month…wow…how much can one girl think about one thing…you would think that after hours and hours of thinking about the same thing ones brain would start to smoke…or nose would start to run….or gears would start to squeal!! SOMETHING…but no…I fall asleep at 3 and wake up at 7 and bike ride at 8 and run around town all day…very unlike me. Usually I have to take a nap just to get through the day after I woke up at 1 in the afternoon. Speaking of sleep…it is about that time…so over and out!

what a slacker

Forgive me bloggers…for a have sinned…it has been 2 days since my last confession. I would like to tell you that a lot has happened in the past few days. Not anything that I can say public…but just a heads up. the several things have actually shaped the way that I will think about things from now on. Which is a great thing. I am very excited about the changes that will come in the future as well. One more month. It is getting really close. There are a few things here that make me want to stay, but who knows how that will work out anyways. I really hope that things in the past can be forgotten and that we could try everything again. I have changed so much in the past few years…in a big way. Not only with maturity, but also with security. My life is so much more care free now with the love of my parents…and the ability for them to be there for me emotionally. It makes me be able to live my life the way I want to rather than worrying about protecting myself and my heart from anything. I will just keep my fingers crossed. If it works out, it works out…if it doesn’t, it doesn’t…but I would love it if it did!!

slow ride

not only am i counting the weeks…but i am also counting the days and minutes it seems…no more sleeping until 12 in the afternoon for me…these eyes have been wide open by 8…i gotta get outta here before my anxiety drives me insane!!! Big Bend here I come!

high hopes

no more of this shoulda woulda coulda crap…i’m just gunna…and no one can stop me

one minute remaining

speaking of close calls…this post was almost a day late…

Today was very productive…I sorted everything…clothes, purses, shoes, jackets, crap…I was cut throat!! Things I never used or never wore were put into a big black trash bag…two and a half 30 gallon trash bags to be exact…and taken to the Waterfront Mission. I was very pleased. I have wanted to get rid of that old stuff forever.

I also bought everything I need for the start of my trip…including lots of canned food like soup, tuna fish and veggies…also order a pair of nice looking hiking shoes on-line…then read the reviews There were three saying that the tongue is too short…so I hope that I get a new model or something. I even bought extra shampoo, conditioner, face wash, bar soap, bug spray, sun block…binoculars…a bike rack!! Anything I could think of that I know that I would need. This way after I pay my rent and phone bill this month all of my money is going to be for the trip. I will know my exact budget which makes me feel good.

As for my love life right now…it is retarded as usual. Nothing too exciting. But that is nothing new! Lets keep our fingers crossed that Erin gets to make out with someone before she disappears for 3 months!

impatient

It’s 2 months until my road trip….but it is all I can think about. I am so excited about getting out of the south and getting into the west. It’s where I belong. Hopefully I will have as much fun as I possibly can before I get out there. Don’t get me wrong…I am super excited about my internship too. It is going to be a great experience and i know I will meet some awesome people. I am just so anxious to get out on the road!!

number one

This is the first post of my blog that will outline the most awesome oportunity of a lifetime. I will be leaving for a trip to western Texas for an internship at Big Bend National Park. Nothing could be better than pictures and videos of this adventure…so I have decided to make a little blog to share my travels with the world…or just my friends I am planning to take every chance I get to see something new on the trip out there…and Big Bend is a beautiful place…so it will be a lot of cool stuff to see.