Just a quickie! :)

Well, it has yet again been a while since the last "real" post....sorry 'bout that.  Life in PI is as busy as usual, for example, last night while on duty I got to deal with a possible case of appendicitis (this was okay) and not even 4 hours later I was given the incredible opportunity to clean condoms off door handles(this was NOT okay)......that was not a night I love my job........GROOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!

Honestly, I think when the number of men in a group increases, the brain cell function exponentially drops. 

I'm leaving tomorrow afternoon to take a bunch of students to hike Katahdin :)  Can't wait!  It will be fun, I'm praying for at least decent weather for the students, but it will be fun no matter what :)

A couple nights ago we had had some beautiful days and the sunsets were GORGEOUS :)  for example, Sunday night I got to watch this out my apartment window:

The following evening I was about going nuts from being stuck in my apartment for the past 72+ hours so I jumped into the Black Widow and went for a scenic sunset drive :)

Just as the sun dropped behind the hills out in Castle Hill

 As I was driving around to Mapleton there was a GINORMOUS flock of Canada Geese flying....this is only 1/4 of the flock.

 The purple ones are purple from the "dusk" setting on my camera, this is looking out over Haystack "Mountain" from the Mapleton end :)

I'm so excited for fall :)   It is my favorite season, a season of death, but of so much more :)

Changes, yet the same

This is a continuation of my "From the Moon" blog that was no longer compatible with multiple emails. I did move those posts here because I like to be able to look back and see where I've been, but this is also appropriate because from Autumn 2011 on is kind of a new chapter anyways. So yes, this is "new", but is sprouting from the "old"......just like seeds.

FABULOUS deals of the week!

It's Thursday once again and that means: YARD SALE DAY!  

This morning started a little shaky as mom's alarm didn't go off and as we were about 15 minutes late leaving.  Since this is homecoming week we expected GREAT deals and my aunt even drove down to go with us and our friend Annie.  We all piled into the Prius (best vehicle for all those starts and stops :)  ) and we were off!  The first couple yard sales only yielded a couple "finds" but the third one was a HIT!   Very cool stuff and very cheap prices......mom, Annie and I had the back of the Prius full and spent the next hour driving around with a kayak paddle in the back seat.   After a quick stop for some breakfast sandwiches from High St. Market we were quickly on our way to the next one; embarrassingly, I still had my mouth full and was chewing as we ran up the driveway to check for some more bargains. LOL

Overall it was a great day, but the heat and humidity definitely could both be better and I returned home exhausted and ready for a nap.

Today was one of those yardsale days I was glad I had grabbed a little extra money on my way running out the door.   My "Treasure" list this week consisted of:

• 3 Pictures (for the apartment)
• 1 Really cool tea canister
• 1 Set measuring cups
• 1 Like new tupperware container (in the shape I like)
• 1 Handmade napkin/muffin basket
• 18 Books
• 2 High quality pottery mugs
• 3 Joan Baez LPs
• 1 Grease Soundtrack LP
• 1 Mary Poppins Soundtrack LP
• 1 Bert and I LP
• 1 Yellow sundress
• 2 Vintage "Lady and the Tramp" figurines (wicked cool!)

All for a grand total of $30.......but spending 4 hours crammed in a car with 3 of my favorite ladies was priceless LOL

HAHA, LOL, and ROFL

O dear.  God has quite a sense of humor, and thankfully my friends do, too!

I packed up my stuff on Friday and headed north to my apartment for the weekend.  I had a wedding to attend on Saturday afternoon and a couple of movie dates with friends to catch.  Yes, one of them was the new Harry Potter :)  (But, I will certainly admit, while the movies are pretty good in their own right, the books are FAR better.)

I had a very long, hot ride up with no air conditioning and was VERY much looking forward to a nice, cool shower to clean up.  I had my arms full of stuff to lug into my apartment and when I opened my back door to drop it off I was dumbfounded.  My apartment was a DISASTER.  Ceiling tiles out, disposable drop cloths covering everything and all my cupboards, the floors had protective stuff on them, too.  AHHH!! I was entirely confused.

I had been told at the beginning of the summer there would be no work done in my apartment this summer (a welcome change from last summer when I had to move 5 times around campus as they were remodeling.....) so to find my apartment in this kind of shape when I'd been planning on staying for 3 days was a bit frustrating.  No one had even called to say they were going to be working on it!

Thankfully, I have a fabulous friend who, even though we had just been planning a movie night, let me sleep in her extra bed all weekend.....even though we ended up with a seven-girl girls night last night and it was a little cramped in the 2 bedroom apartment!

We had a blast, watched the last HP, ate ice cream (Jess and I reminisced about how we ate half of a 3 gallon tub of black raspberry ice cream all by ourselves in the cafeteria last spring....over 2 days :)  (She's not supposed to eat sugar and I'm lactose intolerant LOL)

Overall, it was a great break and mini vacation......now it is back to cleaning and weeding the garden.  Woohoo summer!

e.