I'm still waiting.
It's making me crazy.
I want everything to happen RIGHT NOW. I want to know how things are going to turn out in several areas of my life. I want to get in my car and leave for Smoky Mountains tomorrow.
But for now, waiting is my only option.
So in the meantime, I'm preparing.
I was slightly hungover today after staying out till 3:30 last night, watching my friend's band play. As a result, I spent the better part of the day on the couch watching the Moonshiners marathon. This, of course, got me thinking about my trip (I am determined to find some real, illegal moonshine), and it occurred to me that, rather than being bored, I could actually be productive and start working on some of those wilderness skills I really should know. I have tried reading my Mountaineering: Freedom of the Hills book before, but it is SO boring. However, I plan on doing solo off-trail hiking in the Smokies; it would probably behoove me to at least read the chapter on navigation.
I muddled through most of it tonight while listening to the Avett Brothers. I am learning a lot, but it is so hard to concentrate. There is just no way to make a text about compasses exciting. The good news is that a lot of it is review, or stuff I know I heard before. So I was able to connect it to my schema, thereby ensuring that I'll remember it. (I'm sorry, I'm such a reading teacher.)
Although I wasn't excited to be sitting, at least I'm doing something. I'd really like to test out these skills before I'm actually in the Smokies alone... the book makes it sound so easy, but I know from experience it isn't. Too bad there are no mountains around here. Oh well. If it's life or death, I'll figure it out. And I'll have my Survivor Man blanket with me just in case.
Anyway, that's really all I have to say. Oh, and I checked out this bagel place up in Skokie this morning and was super excited to find that they're almost as good as my favorite bagel place in Phoenix. They even make their own cream cheese. So that was a win.
Other than that, not much is going on. Actually, that is a lie, but my blog is not the appropriate forum for the other stuff going on. But I think it's enough to say that it all falls under the theme of waiting.
Luckily, I think most of this will be resolved by the end of March. My district will have to give me notice about my job by then, and by then my relationships should be a little less ambiguous. And no matter how much the outcomes of these situations suck, I'll be okay because I can just disappear into the mountains and deal with my disappointment (or happiness) there.
To quote John Muir:
It's making me crazy.
I want everything to happen RIGHT NOW. I want to know how things are going to turn out in several areas of my life. I want to get in my car and leave for Smoky Mountains tomorrow.
But for now, waiting is my only option.
So in the meantime, I'm preparing.
I was slightly hungover today after staying out till 3:30 last night, watching my friend's band play. As a result, I spent the better part of the day on the couch watching the Moonshiners marathon. This, of course, got me thinking about my trip (I am determined to find some real, illegal moonshine), and it occurred to me that, rather than being bored, I could actually be productive and start working on some of those wilderness skills I really should know. I have tried reading my Mountaineering: Freedom of the Hills book before, but it is SO boring. However, I plan on doing solo off-trail hiking in the Smokies; it would probably behoove me to at least read the chapter on navigation.
I muddled through most of it tonight while listening to the Avett Brothers. I am learning a lot, but it is so hard to concentrate. There is just no way to make a text about compasses exciting. The good news is that a lot of it is review, or stuff I know I heard before. So I was able to connect it to my schema, thereby ensuring that I'll remember it. (I'm sorry, I'm such a reading teacher.)
Although I wasn't excited to be sitting, at least I'm doing something. I'd really like to test out these skills before I'm actually in the Smokies alone... the book makes it sound so easy, but I know from experience it isn't. Too bad there are no mountains around here. Oh well. If it's life or death, I'll figure it out. And I'll have my Survivor Man blanket with me just in case.
Anyway, that's really all I have to say. Oh, and I checked out this bagel place up in Skokie this morning and was super excited to find that they're almost as good as my favorite bagel place in Phoenix. They even make their own cream cheese. So that was a win.
Other than that, not much is going on. Actually, that is a lie, but my blog is not the appropriate forum for the other stuff going on. But I think it's enough to say that it all falls under the theme of waiting.
Luckily, I think most of this will be resolved by the end of March. My district will have to give me notice about my job by then, and by then my relationships should be a little less ambiguous. And no matter how much the outcomes of these situations suck, I'll be okay because I can just disappear into the mountains and deal with my disappointment (or happiness) there.
To quote John Muir:
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