Things

Here are some things that I have realized are of great importance to me currently


1. Music....my ipod is my new best friend. I listen to it when I run, work, after work, on the way to and from work and just about anytime......it helps that I got all of steve's (helicopter pilot) music from him so I have new things to listen to. IF anyone has any suggestions about good music let me know or send me cd's I can always use more

2. Boxed wine.....I never thought I would say that I am a fan of boxed wine, but in reality I am. once you don't have the ability to go out and just buy whatever you want you find the beauty in other things....boxed wine is easy to transport, you don't have to drink the whole bottle all at once, it doesn't go bad and it taste good....yes wine is important in my life currently.

3. light and sun....it is amazing how much it being light all the time affects you...when it is cloudy and rainy it is kind of derpressing because the sun isn't shining....actually it is only depressing when it has been nice for a couple of days

4. internet......Tonight I figured out that the helicopter that just got here now has internet and they have a wireless router that for the time being works in my room...whohooo.....it is slower than crap but it is internet and gives me something to do at night as long as it keeps working

5. running...it seems like I run or work out quite a bit these days...gotta occupy my time somehow

6. mail.......it makes me think I have some sort of contact with the outside world...sometimes I send myself some just to get stuff



Things I want to go away......

1. the rain...how are we ever going to get fires if it doesn't stop raining....yes I know that there are fires down south but there is still fire danger here so I don't think that I will be able to go down south quite yet

2. the crazy kids that are staying at my house...my one roommate has her daughter and grandkids staying here...dont get me wrong I love kids, but these people just don't pay attention to their kids and let them cry all night and then don't get up with them in the morning

3. false alarm fires...tonight we had a false alarm fire...we got in the helicopter and headed out to a reported fire...we found it but it was just the dump burning....we turned around and came home.

4. the crazies here at work.....people are bored and sometimes get crazy...it would be nice if the FMO (person in charge) here like smokejumpers...then we could have some stagged here and it would give me something to look at during the day



ok for those of you who are wondering about it being light here is what I can tell you

yes it is pretty much light 24/7
I am used to it now and can sleep no problem...one trick is that you have to close all your blinds like and hour before you want to go to sleep so that you can make yourseld think it is dark
you end up staying up or out way longer than you had planned if you aren't paying attention.....staying out till 5 in the morning is no big deal here beacause it is light out the whole time and you don't know if it is 10pm or 5 am
plants and stuff grow like crazy right now because of the light.......it is a short growing season if you count the days but it is almost like each day is 2 because of the light