FiRSt dAy OF sChoOL

I love, love, love school. Except for the first day. I always get so nervous. I kind of feel like somehow I'm going to forget everything I ever learned and make an absolute fool of myself. Well, I haven't yet but it is only 9am. I still got time. So I still have no idea where the majority of my clothes are, which is probably a good thing because I have no idea where I would put them. Moving in and unpacking can be a royal pain in the behind. So I am wearing a dress, which provides a nice breeze to be honest ;) and my red Nevada cowboy boots. I love these boots. Although I thought that the boots would cover my legs a little better than they are...meaning that they aren't at all. Unfortunately 250+ miles of Nevada sagebrush, cacti, and dead trees have tattooed my legs...actually I don't think that is a proper description. I look like I tripped into a paper shredder. Unfortunately my boots are not covering this fact as much as I would like so I'm getting a few looks. Don't worry folks I'm not being beaten to death, I'm just super hard core and a major klutz. :) Well life goes on and I am getting ready to go to my first class of the day. Speaking of, is it wise to go from 10am to 7pm on Mondays and Wednesdays just so I can have Tuesdays and Thursdays off? Well I'm about to find out. Adios amigos! Wish me luck!

Whoa Bessy...

Coming back into Provo was a bit of a shock. The first shock came when I got on I-80 and the roads were over two lanes. That was pretty fantastic. The next was how loud it was. Not an annoying kind of loud, just noisy. Sounds silly but after living in the middle of nowhere for three months with hardly a soul around some weeks, the sound of a car running is like grinding in a megaphone for me. Then i walked up to campus and that was a bit of a culture shock as well, but then again, it always has been. Good to be back, but it will definitely take me a bit to adjust.

Leaving Tonopah...

Well I'm getting ready to leave Tonopah, Nevada and can I tell you how crazy that is?!?! Time this summer has absolutely flown and I'm not quite sure what to do with myslef. I started packing my car and suddenly I was having to worry about drama, and finances and jobs and school and relationships and run on sentences... Basically completely opposite of how I am right now. I've loved it here. It was so perfect this morning when I ran out to my car at 4:30 in the morning and looked at the most beautiful star filed sky I have ever seen. It seemed that there were more stars in the sky then black. It was beautiful and I just stopped and stared. I'm sure I'll be happy back in Happy Valley and know that it is time to move on but I just want to say that this experience has been so perfect for me. It is just what I needed, when I needed it and I am so happy at times I could absolutely burst.
So in closing feel like some stats?
- This summer we have surveyed over 2000 acres officially.
- I have also hiked over 250 miles...believe me, my shoes and feet show it.
- I saw my first rattlesnake
- I also got to play with the tail of a rattlesnake, yes we killed one and Sam cooked it for Luke and Nick for dinner.
- There has been a million things more but I can't say them all.
I'm happy, what else can I say?