I'm on my feet, I'm on the floor, I'm good to go.

I just realized I answered some questions that I sent to Chris yesterday by going to the RMBL site. Doops, hehe. Alright, so THIS is a picture of the cabin up close. It fits up to four people, has one bedroom, no indoor toilet, no shower, and no hot water. I win.

So now I'm just hoping to make really, really good friends with someone who has a shower and possibly hot water - the indoor toilet is something I can do without. And I may never shave unless I can find hot water, because razors + goosebumps = profuse bleeding; and frankly, I'd rather look like one of the bears by the end of the summer than need skin grafts.

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Also, since I don't want to write another post for this, I'll just add it. Chris responded to more of my questions. He knows one of the researchers I'll be living with, Jamie Winternitz, and he says "she is great." The other people I'll be living with are her assistant and someone by the last name of Clarke, all women. He also assures me that Gothic has all the basic stuff - electricity, showers, running water, washing machines, clotheslines, and high speed internet. He says "there's a nice shower facility in the townsite and a couple of other showers scattered around." Looks like I'll be shaving after all!

But can I still growl like a bear? Please? It'd be fun. *raaar*

Currently listening to: "A Praise Chorus" - Jimmy Eat World

That's alright - let's give this another try.

Chris sent me an e-mail about the cabin I'll be staying in! =D

I will be living in Enders Cabin with about three cabin mates. I'll have a great view of Gothic Mountain but I have to walk up a big hill to get to my cabin. As though I weren't already used to that with the campus hill we have here! Copper Creek runs down the slope below the cabin, so I get to listen to running water 24/7. No evil morning bird distractions for me! Take THAT, mourning doves!

Do they have mourning doves in Colorado?

At any rate, here's the picture he sent me. The cabin in the red box is Enders Cabin (had to make one in GIMP because the arrow Chris made disappeared - apparently it was part of Power Point?). Unfortunately, if I make it larger than this, it gets all pixellated because Google only lets the picture be a certain size and then it saves it that way. I'm thinking, though, that by the time I get there, there won't be so much snow. This was probably taken during the winter.

At least, I hope so.

I'll be home this weekend overnight to grab some of my bedding and such that I have to give to Chris so he can drive it out there for me. I'll probably just send my sleeping bag, pillow, blankets, sheets, coat(s), and guitar out with him. That's all the bulky stuff that would be a pain to send via plane. The rest of the stuff I can pack in a suitcase and it'll be mostly clothes, toiletries, and knitting supplies. The truckloads of bug spray and sunscreen should arrive via semi shortly after the plane lands in Denver.

Just kidding, of course. But wouldn't that be epic?

Alright, I have to go to the dumbest class in the world. I will check you guys later. In the meantime, this is too adorable to resist sharing: xoxoxo.

Currently listening to: "So Cold" - Breaking Benjamin

So it turns out that my plane schedule has changed again. Chris said not to be surprised if it changes once more before June.

I'm going to San Diego from May 17-21 to visit family and go do whatever else we want (ZOO?!) with my friend Keri, who also has family living there. The ironic thing is, we're visiting aunts/uncles, they both live in the same city, and they're from our dads' sides of the family. Needless to say, I'm pumped for SoCal.

I know that has nothing to do with Colorado. But it does have to do with travel, and it does have to do with the fact that Keri and I are both crazy nerd people that like getting dirty. Luckily for us, there are hiking trails, telescopes, the San Diego zoo, and plenty of dirt.