I'm finally done with planting! The days of 5am wake up calls, hiking all over clearcuts in hopes that I won't fall and get a stick in the eye, and 55 hour weeks are over. It's kinda weird not having somewhere to be all the time, or tired at 4pm. In fact I might actually be enjoying my time of resting and relaxation.
I often times go through a little freak out after working intensely for a couple months, mostly wondering what do I do with myself, what is my purpose, and what am I going to do with all my time? Duh that's hard, sleep?
After the first day of being done I had no freak out, I was extremely relaxed, and in fact went for a bike ride and made a list of what I need to do before I head off to Yosemite.
That list is what I will do with my time. I have created many tasks to get my life on track, organized, and rolling, with my Yosemite departure only a month way. I think a better question to ask myself is, do I have enough time to get everything done that I want and see my family and friends before I move? Organizing ones life is no small task. Many of us think of spring cleaning as an enormous duty in which we do every other year or so, but I am working with a slightly larger scale. I'm thinking of what I might need for possibly the next YEAR and to get it to all fit into my 2001 Subaru Outback. I'm talking about figuring out what I do need or not need (The definition of need is up for debate), and re-boxing items in my storage unit, which is always fun in its self (not). I have learned that when you are living out of your car what you need is much different than what you think you need. I think I need more shoes, but when I can't get them all into my milk crate then realize, perhaps I don't really need all of them (Yes, I know I am almost 28 and still using milk crates to move and live out of, but they are very practical, heavy duty, and free if you know the right people). It makes me a much more simple person who ends up wearing the same thing time again and again. But as long as I have my cute favorite pair of shoes. I really know how to prioritize.
It's amazing that the winter has gone this fast, I guess that's what happens when you work all the time and have no personal life, it flys by you. The next thing I know I will be packing up my car for another great adventure!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
When it rains, it pours.
If you don't like the weather here in Oregon wait five minutes. This seems to be very true to word, especially today and this week for that matter. The funny thing about weathermen is that they seem to be right only 50% of the time, the biggest question I have is, what 50%.
As someone who works outside I depend on a weather report every morning. Regardless of the weather I am out there, except for snow, but that is a visual thing mainly. But the morning weather report allows me to gather myself, think about what I will need for the day, and brace myself for a humdinger of a storm. Monday of this week I read that there was a 90% chance of rain, so the good worker that I am I prepaired myself early in the am and dressed myself in my horrible unbreathable rubber rain gear for a long day of rain. When I get to the site where we're working there are hardly any clouds in the sky. By lunch we had about ten minutes of rain and after that it was clear and beautiful, in fact I got a wicked sunburn on my face. Yes, it rained, but nothing that I would think 90% chance would equate to. Tuesday same thing, but this time I was smart and left the rubber rain gear to the truck to hold on to "just in case". Finally today the weather report reads 30% chance of rain, now most of the time I would enjoy the day of no horrible rain gear. But when I drove to work this am at 5:30 it was pouring outside! In fact it didn't let up until after lunch when it decided to hail, then snow, followed by a short visit by El Sol him self, a very short visit.
So, I guess what I have learned about the weather report is that if is says 30% chance of rain it is not necessarily going to rain for only 30% of the day, that goes for 90% also. I suppose what I really should do is just stop looking and come to terms that if it rains it pours and it doesn't really matter what it does, because I will be out there regardless.
For those of you who know about the rubber rain gear I wear you know that it sucks. I would invest in a nice pair that breath, move with my body, and still keep that rain out, but that crap rips in one day out in the field I work in. Not to mention I am not the most graceful when I'm walking around clearcuts, really I don't know anyone who is. So If you have a good recommendation of rain gear to try let me know.
As someone who works outside I depend on a weather report every morning. Regardless of the weather I am out there, except for snow, but that is a visual thing mainly. But the morning weather report allows me to gather myself, think about what I will need for the day, and brace myself for a humdinger of a storm. Monday of this week I read that there was a 90% chance of rain, so the good worker that I am I prepaired myself early in the am and dressed myself in my horrible unbreathable rubber rain gear for a long day of rain. When I get to the site where we're working there are hardly any clouds in the sky. By lunch we had about ten minutes of rain and after that it was clear and beautiful, in fact I got a wicked sunburn on my face. Yes, it rained, but nothing that I would think 90% chance would equate to. Tuesday same thing, but this time I was smart and left the rubber rain gear to the truck to hold on to "just in case". Finally today the weather report reads 30% chance of rain, now most of the time I would enjoy the day of no horrible rain gear. But when I drove to work this am at 5:30 it was pouring outside! In fact it didn't let up until after lunch when it decided to hail, then snow, followed by a short visit by El Sol him self, a very short visit.
So, I guess what I have learned about the weather report is that if is says 30% chance of rain it is not necessarily going to rain for only 30% of the day, that goes for 90% also. I suppose what I really should do is just stop looking and come to terms that if it rains it pours and it doesn't really matter what it does, because I will be out there regardless.
For those of you who know about the rubber rain gear I wear you know that it sucks. I would invest in a nice pair that breath, move with my body, and still keep that rain out, but that crap rips in one day out in the field I work in. Not to mention I am not the most graceful when I'm walking around clearcuts, really I don't know anyone who is. So If you have a good recommendation of rain gear to try let me know.
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