My head is going to explode, so this will be short...
I am "Lead Intern" at work... I do mostly behind the scenes stuff and am the "cruise director" for the teachers that come up....
I 'got' to lead a trail Tuesday PM... the group was really good and I was SO glad that I went out... I lead the Tree Nursery trail thta not only takes students to *work* in the TN, but also to the infamous 'bear cave' and around the hill on a nice hike... all in all we saw:::: 2 deer, a red-shouldered hawk, had a stare-down with a bobcat, and upwards of 25 salamanders... most of which where doing the "salamander dance" LOL....
Now, none of these things are that rare, but to see them ALL in one trail period? Pretty impressive.
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Tuesday night I got a slight headache and my stomach was a little flip-floppy.... I figured I was just stressed so I finished off the night and went to bed only to wake up at 1:30am shaking SO bad I could not get up...
After about 1/2 hour I stopped and was able to get up and crank up/turn on my heater and wobble my dizzy self into the RR... once I got into bed I began shivering yet again and that continued for a good 3 hours at which point in time my alarm went to signaling me to get up and get dressed in order to be ready by 5:10 to do our morning 3 mile hike with a co-worker... there was a knock at my door.. low and behold it was my co-worker who was also feeling sick... so we both went back to bed...
I got up at 6am and called "boss woman"... and I spent the entire day in bed beginning with a 102.2 fever and ending the day with a 103.4 fever...
This morning, Thursday, I called "boss woman" again at 6am and decided it would be a good idea to follow my moms directions and go home and see a doctor...
So... came home... saw the dr... and I have Influenza and a Kidney infection... lovely... not to mention that my throat is VERY raw and my ears and jaw hurts AND my head is pounding...
Over-n-Out...
The Adventures of "Smart Ash"Just me and my occasional ramblings!
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Friday, February 15, 2008
We began this work week, on Tuesday, with 9 of our normal 11 because 2 were out with pnemonia and the flu... by Wednesday we were down to 6, by Thursday we were down to 5 and this morning we lost one more and were down to 4... FOUR people to do the work of 11... now... our jobs are not so much "hard" as they are VERY demanding... but 4 people for 11?
Our nightime activites were VERY difficult as we only had 4 people for campfire, and 3 for folk dance. A typical campfire has about 6 or 7 people and a typical folk dance has 5 or so. It was do-able... but difficult... NOT TO MENTION that our Lead Teacher was out all week and our Activities Coordinator was sick ALL week, but still came (bless her!) However due to being sick she could not help as much as usual, (but still a GREAT deal!)...
We managed to get everything in line and in order all week and clean up wise. Go us!
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On another work note... here is part of the reason I <3 my job:
This is Bob (and me). Bob is an American Kestrel, one of the smallest types of Falcons. Each trail I get to bring him and out use him to teach the students about Raptors and Birds of Prey and Adapations and some other things... He's a great little bird.
He not a pet, he's a wild animal, however he's been worked with enough so that we can, usually, coax him into letting us pick him up.
We have 5 birds at our raptor center. All of our birds have come to us due to injury and we, with the help of vets have not been able to rehabilitate them, thus making them non-releasable... so they stay with us and we care for them. Bob is at our center because he only has 1 1/2 wings. (A BIG problem for a bird who flys 80mph and has to fly in order to hunt and catch his prey.) We have another Kestrel "Peggy" who has 1 1/2 wings and 1 leg, a Turkey Vulture named Charlie who had a severly broken wing that was unable to heal correctly, a Great Horned Owl named Chip who for the lack of a better term has "emotional problems" and is unable to hunt because of it, and Zephyr a Peregrin Falcon who had a severe break near her shoulder that needed a pin to fix and then it still never healed well enough for her to fly (a problem for a bird that has been clocked at speeds of up to 220 mph!)
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....And now I am late for my vocal lesson.... more later!
***BLACKOUT***
Our nightime activites were VERY difficult as we only had 4 people for campfire, and 3 for folk dance. A typical campfire has about 6 or 7 people and a typical folk dance has 5 or so. It was do-able... but difficult... NOT TO MENTION that our Lead Teacher was out all week and our Activities Coordinator was sick ALL week, but still came (bless her!) However due to being sick she could not help as much as usual, (but still a GREAT deal!)...
We managed to get everything in line and in order all week and clean up wise. Go us!
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On another work note... here is part of the reason I <3 my job:
This is Bob (and me). Bob is an American Kestrel, one of the smallest types of Falcons. Each trail I get to bring him and out use him to teach the students about Raptors and Birds of Prey and Adapations and some other things... He's a great little bird.
He not a pet, he's a wild animal, however he's been worked with enough so that we can, usually, coax him into letting us pick him up.
We have 5 birds at our raptor center. All of our birds have come to us due to injury and we, with the help of vets have not been able to rehabilitate them, thus making them non-releasable... so they stay with us and we care for them. Bob is at our center because he only has 1 1/2 wings. (A BIG problem for a bird who flys 80mph and has to fly in order to hunt and catch his prey.) We have another Kestrel "Peggy" who has 1 1/2 wings and 1 leg, a Turkey Vulture named Charlie who had a severly broken wing that was unable to heal correctly, a Great Horned Owl named Chip who for the lack of a better term has "emotional problems" and is unable to hunt because of it, and Zephyr a Peregrin Falcon who had a severe break near her shoulder that needed a pin to fix and then it still never healed well enough for her to fly (a problem for a bird that has been clocked at speeds of up to 220 mph!)
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....And now I am late for my vocal lesson.... more later!
***BLACKOUT***
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Okay.. I was half way through typing out a blog about my works biggest loser contest and I JUST realized that I had already blogged about...
Anywho... about about school?
I do okay in school when I am going to class everyday and learning from a teacher face to face... but this online stuff is kicking my butt! I feel like I am seriously messed up, but really the whole read-the-book-and-teach-yourself thing isn't for me.....
One day at a time...
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Yesterday, I took my mom and sister to my work... I took them out to Quartz Mine a short 2 miles, mostly flat-ish hike... and then they decided they wanted to do Sky Trail... *shiver* I really don't like Sky, it's a 5 mile, not at all flat hike... it's my least favorite... but knowing they really wanted to go I did not mind... and it was not THAT bad... it's our schools biggest baddest trail and they made it... I was very proud of them.
Here's a pic of me, from the top...
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I guess I better head off... I have to trek back to work in the morning...
Over-n-Out
Anywho... about about school?
I do okay in school when I am going to class everyday and learning from a teacher face to face... but this online stuff is kicking my butt! I feel like I am seriously messed up, but really the whole read-the-book-and-teach-yourself thing isn't for me.....
One day at a time...
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Yesterday, I took my mom and sister to my work... I took them out to Quartz Mine a short 2 miles, mostly flat-ish hike... and then they decided they wanted to do Sky Trail... *shiver* I really don't like Sky, it's a 5 mile, not at all flat hike... it's my least favorite... but knowing they really wanted to go I did not mind... and it was not THAT bad... it's our schools biggest baddest trail and they made it... I was very proud of them.
Here's a pic of me, from the top...
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I guess I better head off... I have to trek back to work in the morning...
Over-n-Out
Friday, February 01, 2008
3 weeks ago we began a "biggest loser" contest at work... each person puts in "X" amount of money and the person who loses the most % of weight by May 9th wins the pot...
Each month we have challenges for prizes... this months is for movie tickets...
Soooo, this week was our 3rd weigh in... and thus far I have lost a 3 week total of 8 pounds.
So... I AM doing this the healthy way. But me... see.. I'm the type of person that wanted it yesterday... so, any rate is too slow for me...
Anywho... I figure that the only way to reach my dreams... *Broadway* is to work on everything possible: image, voice, acting, dancing...
All of my *dream roles* require my voice and image to be top notch, a second to the other 2... and whether or not I am what the directors are looking for, I still want to be able to audition and be cabable in every aspect of doing so.
I'm currently focusing on image and voice seeing as my job does not allow for any time to take dance or acting classes or time for any theatre, working on show wise, what-so-ever.
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On another note, when I arrived home the Idina Menzel's new cd "I Stand" was waiting for me... it arrived Monday, but I live at work Mon-Fri. Handy, eh?
In any case, it's better than I expected, and I had really high expectations!!!
It's musical bliss, listening to it makes me happy, sad and inspired all at once.
I'd like to share the following....
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On a random note... my left side "shift" key is sticking and it's bugging the crap out of me....
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On another random note, I've gotten my co-workers hooked on Legally Blonde the Musical..the cd and MTV showing...
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Leg warmers... are AMAZING... I now love them... and I have decided that I am bringing them back one co-workers at a time... I've already got 3 of them! Ha!
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Over-N-Out
'Smart' Ash
Each month we have challenges for prizes... this months is for movie tickets...
Soooo, this week was our 3rd weigh in... and thus far I have lost a 3 week total of 8 pounds.
So... I AM doing this the healthy way. But me... see.. I'm the type of person that wanted it yesterday... so, any rate is too slow for me...
Anywho... I figure that the only way to reach my dreams... *Broadway* is to work on everything possible: image, voice, acting, dancing...
All of my *dream roles* require my voice and image to be top notch, a second to the other 2... and whether or not I am what the directors are looking for, I still want to be able to audition and be cabable in every aspect of doing so.
I'm currently focusing on image and voice seeing as my job does not allow for any time to take dance or acting classes or time for any theatre, working on show wise, what-so-ever.
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On another note, when I arrived home the Idina Menzel's new cd "I Stand" was waiting for me... it arrived Monday, but I live at work Mon-Fri. Handy, eh?
In any case, it's better than I expected, and I had really high expectations!!!
It's musical bliss, listening to it makes me happy, sad and inspired all at once.
I'd like to share the following....
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On a random note... my left side "shift" key is sticking and it's bugging the crap out of me....
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On another random note, I've gotten my co-workers hooked on Legally Blonde the Musical..the cd and MTV showing...
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Leg warmers... are AMAZING... I now love them... and I have decided that I am bringing them back one co-workers at a time... I've already got 3 of them! Ha!
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Over-N-Out
'Smart' Ash