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Wow, it's been a year already? Insurance is a good thing to have for sure.

That may be worth looking into. Right now I have a couple promising things out there. On Friday I had an interview at Movado, which is a store in the mall that sells fancy watches. Tomorrow I have an interview at Dress Barn, and on Thursday, I have orientation for substitute teaching (required to just get into the system, and doesn't guarantee a job). So, hopefully those work out.

Welp, I'm still unemployed, and now I have less than $200 in my bank account. I don't suppose you know anyone who's hiring in CT? >_<

Haha nice.

lol yeah, I noticed that when Shane looked the song up after seeing the commercial, and then proceeded to dance while sitting on the couch next to me.

Hokay, picked out five pictures. I made them 25% of the original size, but I have a feeling they may still end up huge. The view from the summit of Mt. Clay (the one next to Mt. Washington) Me at the summit of Mt. Washington the next day, with the "view" behind me. It was so foggy that we were maybe 50 feet from the top, wondering how far away we were. Then some fog blew away, and there were huge buildings looming over us. The result was a collective, "OH!" A shot of a couple hikers getting ready to board the cog train. Artsy shot on the way down. I'm broke, but after seeing so many "This car climbed Mt. Washington" bumper stickers, I HAD to get this shirt. (Sitting at our campsite just below tree line on Mt. Clay.)

Some of the trees were just starting to turn when we were up there, but going up Mt. Washington any later in the season than we did increases the chances of snow. In fact, they had snow at the observatory just a few days after we left. I'll have to find and resize a couple of pictures.

My dad has a Miata, and he loves it! They're great cars.

Okay, I have to ask, what are your thoughts on the new Kia Soul commercial, with the wierd robot things and the hamsters?

Haha yeah, but Shane is in possibly worse shape than me. Aside from that, he probably would have really enjoyed it. I'd like to someday drive and take the cog railway as well, but that's expensive.

So, I kinda ended up going on a backpacking trip to Mt. Washington with my dad, sister, and her boyfriend. It was tough, but fun. My legs are still a little sore.

WHAT. That's AWESOME!

I haven't heard anything from my interviews yet. I have to make some phone calls. My house is fine. The power was out until Sunday evening, but it's back on now. The faire was still held on Saturday, and it was pleasantly uncrowded.

My house was totally fine. The power was out, but it was restored sometime Sunday evening. My family in CT is fine, their house is fine, but they have a tree down (which fell conveniently in the direction of the wood pile out back), and the power's probably going to be out there until at least the weekend. I've heard camp is fine, but the roads to it are impassable except by off-road vehicles. Oddly enough, it was the western part of NJ that got wrecked by flooding. I saw some pictures of Rt.1 looking like a river. My part of NJ, however, saw only minor flooding, and a handful of trees down. It was mostly just small branches and leaves though.

I'm at Shane's for the night; slightly more inland than my house, which will probably be fine anyways.

I'm doing laundry while I have the chance.

Hurricane is coming, and I'll be in NY. Shane and I plan to go to the ren faire on Saturday, I think it's gonna be soggy. So, I dunno how much damage it'll do, power's probably going to get knocked out, so if you don't hear from me, don't worry.

Nah, only getting to see Shane every other weekend over the summer was bad enough. In other news: earthquake in NJ! That was quite bizarre. It's not unusual for passing trucks to rattle the windows, but I noticed that my bike and the things hanging on it was moving in the kitchen, and I felt a little unsteady. Quite interesting. Yesterday I applied to two different Applebees and a TGI Fridays. One Applebees wasn't hiring, one was just hiring hostesses, and Fridays is hiring, and the manager was super nice. So, we'll see where that goes. I also might have an interview at a charter school tomorrow. I'm waiting to hear back on an exact time.

What? New boards? Shiny. Anyways, camp is over. It was fun overall, but I'm glad to be back in the land of properly functioning internets. I still have no teaching job, and also no any other type of job. I'm looking into waitressing, and also taking an online masters program to get a M.ed in School Counseling. I would likely be able to defer my loans while I take the classes, and it would give me another job option. Anyone have any suggestions on good online universities that offer that particular degree?

Oh uh, right. *is still alive but very busy and with bad internets*

That was one nice thing about working nights: I was able to sleep any time of day, and could adapt to new sleep schedules fairly easily by staying up longer or sleeping in.

It was great having Shane here for the week! Yesterday I taught him how to paddle a canoe. Also apparently yesterday, our "fat" guinea pig had three babies, which surprisingly look like mini guinea pigs, rather than hairless blobs as rodent babies tend to.

The problem is they go to bite when you do that, probably thinking the fingers are a snack. My boss showed me how she picks them up with a cardboard tube, and puts them in her hand, and didn't get bit, which was interesting. Definitely gonna be awhile before I let the kids touch them. In better news, Shane is here! He's visiting for almost a whole week!

Yeah, I honestly wasn't too keen on so many hamsters, but the camp likes them because they're cute and fluffy. We also have a teddy bear hamster which doesn't seem too friendly either. I know handling them should get them used to people, but I need a way to do it without getting bit. >_< Unfortunately, there aren't many quiet spots in my area of camp.

Today starts the first official week of camp! Though, I've been there all this past week for archery training, ropes training, new camper orientation, and getting my animals. Last Monday was rocket training, but that was outside of camp. I was with the same people for archery and ropes training for four days, so I've made some friends, one of which is living at the camp and has volunteered to take care of the animals on the weekends. I have SO MANY animals. Outside we have a goat, a sheep, chickens, ducks, bunnies, and guinea pigs. Inside we have three dwarf hamsters, a teddy bear hamster, a guinea pig that I'm 75% sure is pregnant, a large bunny, a laughing dove, a baby leopard gecko, baby bearded dragon, tarantula, hermit crabs, and a betta fish. We're going to be getting a green snake, but it's coming in later. I do have some questions about the hamsters. The three dwarf hamsters lived together in the pet store, and were brought home in the same small box, but they beat the crap out of each other on the ride home. They were still fighting a bit after I put them in the cage, so I separated them. I also got bit when I tried to pick one up. Is there anything I can do about that?