Frantic February
My apologies to any of you who have missed my active contributions to our conversations and communities; 2009 has gotten off to a mostly great start, but it has kept me too busy and worn-out to write or comment as much as I would like. I have at least skimmed all your posts in this time, and have particularly wanted to comment where some of you have either made brilliant points or expressed great joy or sorrow, but I can only say that I kept you all in my thoughts even if I didn't say much.
As you might imagine, much of my business has had to with the Librarian. I still have a half a Humboldt trip to share with all of you, not to mention day trips to Bodega Head and the Monterey Bay Aquarium. We spend more days together than not, and that has meant way too much driving between Menlo Park and the kooky San Geronimo Valley, and way too much time and energy diverted into that driving. We have decided to find a new home together. We may end up on the ocean side of San Francisco (where the Boy's Mom has recently relocated [by the way, I have finally gotten to "cool" with her - that bodes well for everybody, I think]) or just south, close to the Librarian's library. We hope to find ourselves within walking distance of the ocean, but we'll have to see. Wish us luck!
In other news, the job at Muir Woods that I thought I had through May will only run through the first week of April unless I can enroll half-time in classes. This bureaucratic oversight has irked me much, but might not amount to much if certain online rangers-only classes will count (awaiting word on that before I sign up for the online history of underwater basketweaving and ukulele lessons). While I - grr - had planned on getting an advanced degree at some point, I had hoped to wait for the Boy to start his schooling before starting up again myself; but if going back to school keeps me employed in the place and line of work I love (and gets me a position with a higher wage grade), this just might amount to the shove I need to get that degree done. I have some hope of stringing together positions at different sites within the Golden Gate National Parks for the summer, and I know that if that falls through, I can at least resume my hellacious commuting to Point Reyes for another summer (having lived just 20 minutes' drive from there the whole time I haven't worked there).
While I don't foresee a ton of free time in my future, I do still hope to finally get myself to Yosemite ahead of summer's crushing crowds, I'd like to do something special for the Librarian's birthday (09 May), and I have decided that nothing will keep me from Anonymous Jess's wedding in Duluth (03 July). Hopefully, all of that can happen, and I can make it back to this journal enough to bring you all along for the ride.
I wish all of you a very merry spring!
As you might imagine, much of my business has had to with the Librarian. I still have a half a Humboldt trip to share with all of you, not to mention day trips to Bodega Head and the Monterey Bay Aquarium. We spend more days together than not, and that has meant way too much driving between Menlo Park and the kooky San Geronimo Valley, and way too much time and energy diverted into that driving. We have decided to find a new home together. We may end up on the ocean side of San Francisco (where the Boy's Mom has recently relocated [by the way, I have finally gotten to "cool" with her - that bodes well for everybody, I think]) or just south, close to the Librarian's library. We hope to find ourselves within walking distance of the ocean, but we'll have to see. Wish us luck!
In other news, the job at Muir Woods that I thought I had through May will only run through the first week of April unless I can enroll half-time in classes. This bureaucratic oversight has irked me much, but might not amount to much if certain online rangers-only classes will count (awaiting word on that before I sign up for the online history of underwater basketweaving and ukulele lessons). While I - grr - had planned on getting an advanced degree at some point, I had hoped to wait for the Boy to start his schooling before starting up again myself; but if going back to school keeps me employed in the place and line of work I love (and gets me a position with a higher wage grade), this just might amount to the shove I need to get that degree done. I have some hope of stringing together positions at different sites within the Golden Gate National Parks for the summer, and I know that if that falls through, I can at least resume my hellacious commuting to Point Reyes for another summer (having lived just 20 minutes' drive from there the whole time I haven't worked there).
While I don't foresee a ton of free time in my future, I do still hope to finally get myself to Yosemite ahead of summer's crushing crowds, I'd like to do something special for the Librarian's birthday (09 May), and I have decided that nothing will keep me from Anonymous Jess's wedding in Duluth (03 July). Hopefully, all of that can happen, and I can make it back to this journal enough to bring you all along for the ride.
I wish all of you a very merry spring!