So after our awesome hike to t-rex, our bus never showed up. we had to wait an hour for our boss, greg, to come get us in a suburban. We played mafia and mango mango mango while we waited so it wasnt too bad. I was hoping to stop by CHQ to see if there were any buses going out to ponil tomorrow morning. I'll have to go later though. We have a staff meeting at 6:15 then our closing ceremony, so it may be pretty late. Oh well. If I get to see matt, it makes it all worth it.



i gotta make this post short, since its almost 8 and i need to be over at PTC very soon. but im going to T REX TODAY!!!!!!!!!
its a pretty short hike and at the end is a dinosaur footprint of the KING OF DINOSAURS!!!!!!!!! hell yeah!
im wearing my t-rex shirt and i brought my dino cards (cathy's birthday present to me) and im super excited.
more later, i think i'll actually be able to get a computer some other time today.
every time i check, they're both being used. i usually just go on my ipod, but i cant get my blog that way.

Happy Trails,
Kim



So our actual jobs started yesterday. im working in small fry, which is kids five and under. theres only five of them and since ive worked with that age before, its a piece of cake. Matt came back today!!!! we're going to western night tonight and tomorrow is my (half) day off so we're gonna be able to spend lots of time together.
that'll be nice because most of my downtime lately ive spent by myself. its really getting to me and i dont know how much more of it i can take. When im working i'm having fun, but outside of that i feel like i dont really have a group i fit in with. everyone has become rather cliquish and i dont really fit into any of the groups. I'm trying but it just doesnt seem to be working. I spend most of my time in my tent reading.
Hopefully things will get better, but if they dont, i think i'll be coming home before july.



So as training continues, i'm getting to know the people i'm working with better. We had first aid training all day yesterday, and a western dance at night (i wasnt the best but whateves.) The night before that we made cobbler in a dutch oven (SOOO GOOOD!)
The tents are super cold at night. im glad finn & cathy gave me an extra sleeping bag to lay over mine. (which is supposed to stay warm up to 20degrees) Hopefully as the summer continues, it gets less cold at night. It's hard to wake up in the morning, partly because i wake up at 6, and partly because its freezing and i dont want to get out of bed.
The first people come to the training center (where i work) on July seventh, so four more days!
Matt leaves on friday, and i'm seeing less and less of him as training continues. Hopefully its not too hard to see him once the summer gets into full swing.
My bed time here has turned into 9:30. i kinda feel like a granny, but i'm so tired otherwise. It kinda stinks i've been missing Conan on the tonight show, we cant stream video with the internet here so i guess i'll have to wait til i get home for that one.

My summer here is going to be ending a bit earlier than i had anticipated because i need to get my wisdom teeth pulled out. I think i'll be leaving here at the end of the first weekend in August, but i'll have to get everything sorted out before i can be sure.

Thats all for now!
Happy Trails,
Kim



woah! i updated my template for the blog and now its all purty!
i'll try to customize it later



So today was my birthday!
i was determined to make it a happy day, and i think i succeded. Matt picked me up bright and early at my tent at 6:45 for breakfast. Then i had training all day from nine til 4. i had a lunch break so matt & i hung out for a while.
I finally was able to meet people who i'll be working with today. we played a lot of get to know eachother games & they sang happy birthday to me.
not much for this post besides that! i want to get back to my tent area so i can take a shower before the sun goes down. MAN does it get cold her at night! i thought minnesota had bipolar weather but i was WRONG!

Happy Trails,
Kim



I had trouble sleeping last night. On top of how cold it was, i was feeling pretty lonely in my tent all by myself. I've had some trouble making friends, and I feel like i dont fit in here. I called my dad and that made me feel a lot better. I also texted a few people back home which really helped. I promised myself today would be better.
It wasnt much. The weather was a lot better, I'll give it that, but I still have that whole not fitting in very well thing going on. I woke up at 6:30, and met matt for breakfast. We were going to go to this harrassment seminar, but when we got to the PTC (where i work & where the seminar was being held) I saw my supervisors loading a bus with a bunch of people. I went to talk to one, and apperantly my group was all going on a day hike, and when i checked in, they forgot to tell me. So to make up for it, they had me cleaning and doing chores until 11:30 with some high school girls.
Luckily, matt showed up when i was going through the tents to check if light bulbs worked, and he was able to make time go by so much quicker. We had lunch together & hung out for a bit. I went back to my tent for a couple hours while he took a nap. Now i'm in the staff center at base camp & matt is at a meeting for his Dan Beard group.
Its getting to be hard to break out of my shell, since it seems like a lot of people already know eachother, and i don't feel like i have too much in common with that many people here.
I'm not gonna give up hope quite yet though, I've heard too many good things about this place to give up on it this quickly

Happy Trails,
Kim