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Oct. 3rd, 2005 04:55 pmHey, quick update. I ended up stuck in Stamford for three months rather than three weeks. Although being there that long ruined a couple opportunities I was hoping for, it got better when I stopping whining and picked up a map of the city and started exploring. The two weeks finally came when Aunt G. left to deal with her matters in Portland, and it felt really good to be totally alone and feel self-sufficient and responsible for two little critters and one uncle in addition to myself. I walked all over the place, everywhere: an hour's walk to the hospital and back again, two hours roundtrip to the library. I found four really cool nature parks and saw skunks, deers, and raccoons right there in the middle of the crappy city. Found out what it was like to be on food stamps. It's cool- I had a little silver debit card-type thingy and you just zip it through the machine.
G-Ma and -Pa drove cross country and we were able to spend a few days together before I was off to the airport. I arrived back in P-town last Saturday night. Now I'm hanging out here for a few weeks or a few months, don't rightly know yet. I might be hired onto a travelling crew of the Washington Conservation Corps--I'd get to do all kinds of conservation/naturey type work in places like Olympic National Park, Mt. Ranier NP, etc. etc. And sent for at least one month to help out in the relief efforts on the Gulf Coast. And maybe fighting wildfires and getting all kinds of cool training, such as Wilderness Advanced First Aid and learning about the ecology of the NW.
Sorry have to type fast so lots of and's.
If I don't end up doing Washington CC, my next plan is to stay here in Portland for the next 4 or 5 months, meanwhile applying like crazy to Northern Arizona Conservation Corps, which starts Jan. 30th based out of Flagstaff.
And there's the flying fingers update.
I will be happy to someday have internet again when I can catch up on all the wonderful goings on of all you lj-friends.
G-Ma and -Pa drove cross country and we were able to spend a few days together before I was off to the airport. I arrived back in P-town last Saturday night. Now I'm hanging out here for a few weeks or a few months, don't rightly know yet. I might be hired onto a travelling crew of the Washington Conservation Corps--I'd get to do all kinds of conservation/naturey type work in places like Olympic National Park, Mt. Ranier NP, etc. etc. And sent for at least one month to help out in the relief efforts on the Gulf Coast. And maybe fighting wildfires and getting all kinds of cool training, such as Wilderness Advanced First Aid and learning about the ecology of the NW.
Sorry have to type fast so lots of and's.
If I don't end up doing Washington CC, my next plan is to stay here in Portland for the next 4 or 5 months, meanwhile applying like crazy to Northern Arizona Conservation Corps, which starts Jan. 30th based out of Flagstaff.
And there's the flying fingers update.
I will be happy to someday have internet again when I can catch up on all the wonderful goings on of all you lj-friends.
