I’ve been telling people to come visit me since the moment I stepped foot in this place, more for their sake than mine, and last week in one day I got the news that I would soon have not one but two visitors – a good friend at the end of this month, and my baby brother this past weekend. Continue reading “Baby Bro in Canyonlands”
Category: Canyonlands
Unusually Acceptable Behavior
“So there isn’t a lot to see in this area of the park then?” The lady says, her eyes blank. She is completely serious.
I take a deep breath. Patience Mariana, patience.
Her husband slaps her across the arm.
Finally, someone who understands me.
Observations from the Entrance Station: Part 2
After considering my last, mostly negative post from the entrance station, I thought I should write a second to cover my butt just a bit. Yes, there are a lot of frustrating things about working in the entrance station, but there are a lot of great things too. And I thought they deserved their own blog post. So here are some of the things I like about working in the entrance station: Continue reading “Observations from the Entrance Station: Part 2”
Observations from the Entrance Station: A Rant
I work the entrance station shift several times a week (in fact, I’m sitting in it right now), and I’ll admit it’s not my favorite part of the job. Being isolated in a little booth by yourself for 5 hours at a time, repeating the same thing to visitors over and over again, isn’t exactly what I’d call ‘fun.’ But most of the time it’s not too painful, and I’ve got a great view. The entrance station is a great place to watch the storms roll by, the rice grass glow in the sun, and the wildlife going about their merry day. But the best views of all are of the tourists. Continue reading “Observations from the Entrance Station: A Rant”
Copy and Paste: Canyonlands Week 1
An email I wrote to my family and close friends after my first week at Canyonlands (abbreviated, if you can believe it): Continue reading “Copy and Paste: Canyonlands Week 1”
Well, Hello
It’s been a long time since my last post, and to be honest, I didn’t intend on writing again. A lot has happened in the past few months. And my life seemed to be heading in a direction that wasn’t exactly consistent with the mood and message of this blog. So I abandoned it. Continue reading “Well, Hello”
Paperwork Paperwork PAPERWORK
Just got back from a trip to visit the family in the Dominican Republic, I’ll write about that (as well as my hellish trip home) in a few days. But for now there’s lots of catching up to do, as I returned home to find these two lovely packages at my doorstep:
Along with happy little official acceptances and a few pages of information on the programs, both of these packages are chuck full of paperwork. The more daunting of the two is the Peace Corp packet, which is filled with medical papers that need to be filled out by 4 different type of doctors – my primary physician, dentist, gyno and a psychologist to verify that I’m either sane (or crazy) enough to go through with this.
Bahhhhhhh
5 Months Later
I was accepted to the Peace Corp some time in November, and since then have heard almost nothing. Continue reading “5 Months Later”
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