Well, I am safely back from my 3,000 mile trip to Idaho, even though I am still not fully caught up on my sleep yet (I went to bed at 8:30 last night). It was a lot of fun but I am glad to be home. We left Kansas City around 5:30 Tuesday night and drove until we got to Loveland, Colorado. This was where we had to get a hotel room since the snow ( Read more... )

It has been a while since I have last written. Mostly because I have been lazy. There is a lot going on. The main thing is finances are a mess. Chris decided to start subbing, which is fine, but with subbing you only get paid once a month. So he will get a paycheck at the end of October for a few days he worked in September, but his first real ( Read more... )

My mentor is a wondeful guy who is always trying to get me involved in other things so I can gain more experience. So today (and tomorrow) I helped a graduate student on her project. I have got to say it is one of the nastiest things I have done so far. She is doing research in a kind of wetland environment. They just drained the wetland and ( Read more... )

As I was walking through the river today, I heard a frog making a funny noise. Upon closer investigation, I noticed a frog that seemed to be struggling against something that had caught it's leg. A small garter snake had caught the frog by the leg and was in the process of trying to consume the leg while the frog tried to get away. I have seen ( Read more... )

Things have been very busy for me lately. Almost every week we have some kind of overnight trip at work, and on those days we usually work anywhere from 11-14 hours, so I am pretty exhausted. Two weeks ago we had a two night canoe trip. We surveyed the Little Niangua River by canoe and then would snorkel areas that looked promising for Niangua ( Read more... )

This week was a bit different from previous weeks at work in that I attended a fish training conference Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, a Driver's Training course on Thursday, and an internship luncheon today (Friday). The fish training was very educational and I did learn a lot about different procedures. On wednesday they had a session called " ( Read more... )

Things are going well with my job. I am learning a lot and think I am doing well. It has been hard at times to deal with my stomach acting up, but I think I hide it well and I push through. This week has been a bit different, I have been attending a fish training conference that is here in Columbia. Most of it is really just review for me, but ( Read more... )

Day one of my new job is over! I never thought that snorkeling would be such hard work! Wet suits are very bouyant and when you snorkel you kind of just float and let your legs float behind you. Also, you start out downstream and work your way upstream. This means you basically pull your way up stream with your arms. And when the water gets ( Read more... )

Well, we are officially settled in to our new apartment. Chris and I worked our tails off to get everything unboxed and sorted. It took us all yesterday and most of today, but we are done! The whole time I was doing it, I kept thinking: we are just going to have to pack everything back up in eight months. But for the next eight months, we are ( Read more... )

I worry about money and God provides bigger-than-normal paychecks. I worry about not finding a job and being stuck at hobby lobby forever, and God provides an internship. I worry about not finding an apartment and God provides a beautiful place for us to live. Moral of the story? God provides and I worry too much.