Summer time

For the first time in the eight years I have lived in Flagstaff I actually am working the summer here...  My first two summers I spent as a counselor at Camp Timbercrest,  one of my Favorite places as a child and may still be today. Then I took a summer off and visited Italy for the first time. Then I worked at DPF 4H camp on Long Island.  The past two have been working Camp Kushtaka in Alaska.   While this year I have been working here at my rest of the year job as a Sodexo Manager.  It has not been nearly as exciting as I hoped it would be.  However, it has had excitement too it. Since the Summer started my days off have not been consistent so it makes it hard to plan things with people.  I believe there has been two trips down to Fossil Creek one of my Favorite places in Az.  On the one trip I actually jumped into the whirl pool and swam,  I think we all know I hate deep water and can't swim well (so be proud).  Then there was a camping and day creek adventure to Wet Beaver creek in Sedona.  This weekend was suppose to be in Cali but plans changed and I ended up staying here.  But Today was a very adventures day.  I got in my morning run, had to bike to the other end of campus to get my phone charger, and then I went a few hikes in the woods just north of town.  And it doesn't matter how much sun screen I put on and no matter when I apply it I will still seem to miss spots and end up with a weird sun burn.  Well I guess its time to go and get some art walk on.

recent talks

Friends are important to have in life.  I know for many of us friends come and go.  However, I think you can tell one you hang with friends if they are a life time friend or the state in your life friend.  Both types of friends are important to have and you gain a lot from both of them.

I spent a good amount of time this weekend with friends.  Even through out the week I have shared some messages with Friends that I don't see often. I even had my longest phone conversation ever today that was over two hours long.  

2011 has brought on nothing but craziness in my life.  Work has never been so stressful,  I live with one cool roommate and one not so, I need to figure out to Alaska or not,  to move into the studio or find somewhere else and much more is going on.  

What I have got from friends and co-workers this week 

- "don't stay with any one you go home with and you wake up wet"

-"don't stay with the boyfriend who wants a three-some with you and your best friend" 

- "if he has to be high to have fun, leave him" 

- "don't go to Alaska"

-"Go to Alaska, if I was able too I would so be there"

-"I need to figure things out, I am not going"

-"I'm too much a friend with the guys, because I am too chill" 

-"We need you so you must go to Alaska"

-people are flakes so I refuse to be one

-"I am not that surprised that she's not here"

-"You are more of a Wednesday night person"

-half of my friends hate snow

-Come to Vegas it's a good time and your Boss is paying

- I need to visit Laura

- I need to see Regina

- Things have changed a lot in the past seven years

-Just take the summer and be ZITA to figure it out 

This list could keep going and out of everything I still have not decided what I am gonna do.

homeward adventure

My flight from Italy to the states was changed three times by Delta.  In the end the flight they placed me on wasn't too bad because it was the same one out of the country as Maria.  But that's not even the fun part.  Guy got sick the night before so when it would all depend if he'd be able to get us to Rome or not in the morning.  He woke us up and was still sick and Miriam was also not feeling well.  She was able to get us to the train station and get us tickets to Rome and then to the airport.  Maria and I jump on the train its a full one so we ride in the part of the car where you enter at with only one seat, we sat on out bags.  We are about a mile outside of the Rome train station one all of a sudden the train stops moving.  No one knows what's going on.  After being stopped for around a half an hour the doors on the train open and everyone gets off and starts walking along the tracks to the station.  We follow carrying our bags as we were walking along one woman fell out of the train on me.  It was crazy.  We reach the station to find out there is some sort of power supply problem and that all trains are delayed or cancelled.  But the signs say that a train is going to the airport we board that one.  We waited on it for a half hour before it leaves for the airport.  Once at the airport we have to walk to catch a shuttle to the right terminal.  No problems checking in and our flight is delayed an hour.  We get on the shuttle that takes us to the gates where we wait.  We land in JFK and have to be towed to the gate where the tow has power problems which post us on the jet way and stuck on board the plane for an extra 30 minutes.  Takes for ever to get through security where workers keep leaving even though there is a never ending line.  I get Maria to her gate say good and she waits.  I walk the 20 minutes to my gate and wait for my delayed flight.   Now I sit at the Phoenix airport waiting until 7 am when I can hopefully catch the shuttle bus to Flagstaff and be done with this adventure.  At least it was great time in Italy.

Here is the newest hat that has been created.  Miriam has claimed it and has tried knitting, and was doing a good job at it.  Now to find some more time for her to work on it.