I am shiny! He said so! Shiny!
um…yeah…if you go through all the trouble to have custom designed and printed invites to your big housewarming party, perhaps you should put your name on them. Hmm. oh well, most people know it’s me and there’s a url on there and if you go to the site you’ll see a picture of me and my name is repeated many many many times. Lesson learned, or something. I never was all that bright. So…yeah…the pink invitation in your mail is from me. Go to the website for the rest of the info.
I took 200 pictures this weekend, I’m still shuffling through and will post some of them soon. I think. I always say that and I never do.
Highlights:
* I got to walk on a beaver dam
* I got stuck on a rooty stump and almost killed david being rescued
* David took me out on the lake after the sun set and the stars came out and we watched the stars in the perfect black and listened to the loons call to each other
* Eating massive amounts of wild blueberries, next time I’m totally bringing Jiffy pancake mix for wild blueberry pancakes!
* Floating along in the canoe withut a care in the world.
* Discovering I have mad paddling skills
* Campfires! Toasted marshmallows and fried summer sausage and being so civilized we had tea every afternoon at 4.
* Being able to identify upwards of 4 different kinds of wild turds based only on the size and contents (bears make big hairy turds, go figure).
* Reeking of bug spray and sun screen all the time.
* Not getting eaten by a bear.
* No cell phone.
* Sitting quietly on my special rock and watching the sun set every night.
* Learning that I’m not so soft
Lowlights:
* Cold rain
* The giant spider that lived on the toilet
* You get kind of stiff and sore sleeping on the ground.
Anyway, it was a goodly good trip and we’ll get pictures posted and all that.
I came to work today for no good reason. I have a ton of vacation time, i could have easily taken the day off but I didn’t. It’s good just to get out of the house. I didn’t really do anything important today anyway. I’ll go home and see my dogs! That seems like fun.
And maybe help david pack. That seems like less fun but not so bad.
So long shobos
oyo chobo
when I grow up I want to drive a Chocho Road Brick.
So what do you do after 4 nights in the woods? You stay in bed too long, you wander over to get coffee and waffles, you try to catch up on your emails, you try to describe what it’s like to be on a completely calm lake after sundown watching the stars and listening to the loons calling to one another on the next lake over.
Work in the morning? I suppose. Sigh.
Okay, house warming party time. Must get my plan in gear. Must get menus and schedules and things together. If you’re coming in from out of town, consider bringing a sleeping bag! Pre-party brunch at Cupcake! Be there!
One time I stood in line for over an hour to get Milli Vanilli to sign a photo. This was after their downfall. There was not a single person in this very long line that was there for any reason other than to snicker.
Oooh also, aquarium time.
bed time, i’m all disconnected and not making sense.
later, chochachos.
Lord what a foolish girl I am
Amen.
Man, what was I worried about? That trip was freaking amazing. I didn’t die, I didn’t get seriously injured (though I am bruised all over), I survived.
I have many stories to tell, I’ve seen the most amazing things. I had one of the most beautifully romantic moments I could have hoped for.
And I learned a very valuable lesson. I’m not just soft, city-fied and useless. I’m not slow or lazy. I’m strong, I can do hard things.
Still, though, pretty miserable in the cold rain.
more later.
yeah…okay…finally
Feeling better about things. Got a lot of untapped anxiety floating around that keeps trying to attach itself to things like “i will suck at camping” and “maddie will feel abandoned and freak out and hate me” and “why won’t this stomachache go away!”
so, did the dishes, talked to 8 million different members of my family, took an unreasonably long shower.
David called to assure me that things would be okay, and he promised to keep me safe.
Now, if only i could get to bed.
Be good to each other, chochachos! and like I said, if I never post again, you can assume I’m dead.
Hold my head, love, I’m sick tonight
Today really wasn’t any better. My stomach hurts like you would not believe. I hate this. I hate having anxiety about things like this. I travel better than anyone I know, but this is different. I’ve never done anything remotely like this.
So yeah, I’m going to die in a place where no body will ever be able to find my body.
But I don’t feel any better today and the crises haven’t really lessened. My phone rings but I can’t answer it. I just sit there and stare at it from across the room.
I’m dumb.
But we’ll focus on the good.
My invitations came back from Dena, the pretty printing princess! They’re wonderful! They’re delightful. They are already in the mail because I’m good like that.
I hit Surdyks wine sale today. I figured it would be easy on a Friday afternoon, but I’m not so bright. Super packed, super overwhelming…BUT I did good. 1/2 case of Beaujolais Village (shut up, alex) for cheap and another mixed case of this that and the other. Mostly Proseccos, Sp�tleses, and Sangioveses, these are the things I like the most. Not too light, not too heavy, easily match most of what I serve and let me tell you, there is nothing like cracking open a Sangiovese and drawing a bubble bath and chilling with a good book.
Man I wish I had time.
I talked to someone today who didn’t warn me about bears or mosquitos or anything, she was so positive. She loved the BWCA in all ways and gave me good advice.
Okay, I’m off to do dishes since they don’t really clean themselves.