Every piston sounds like freedom, and every white line says goodbye.

It's snowing today. I took a shower earlier this morning when it was sunny but since it was cold yesterday the water wouldn't get hot. So I took a shower somewhere between lukewarm and cold. Not pleasant. Then it started snowing a little and I went and got more firewood before it got too wet, which turned out to be a good idea. I also helped Chris move Dr. Wellnitz's things out of his old lab and into his new one, then take Chris's stuff into Dr. Wellnitz's old lab. At first, the weather was sort of snow, sun, snow, sun, and then it started snowing pretty hard core and hasn't stopped. It's starting to accumulate. The snow here is different than in WI. It comes in balls like hail, but it's softer than that, and may or may not stick to things, depending on how soft it is. Now that I look outside it's starting to come in wet flakes.

We got our third roommate, Jamie, yesterday. She's here to do her Ph. D. work and she's a lot younger than I expected. She didn't spend the night, and spent it instead with her boyfriend somewhere, who helped her move in. But she came back today, did some shopping for us, and went off with her parents, who showed up a little later this morning. I want my parents (and brother) to visit! Jealousy!

Friday night I went to a bonfire. It was fun. I brought my guitar. Got to know some more people. Everyone is nice here; I like them (though I'm inclined to like just about anybody). Of course, when biologists get together and there's peach-ginger moonshine, whiskey, a couple cases of beer, a really big fire, and Cody, we get into some pretty hilarious conversations. For example, if we want to roast a pig on a stick, and stuff it with pineapple, how are we gonna come up with an excuse for bringing a pig to the lab in the first place? Some good excuses were that it's roadkill, even though the speed limit is 20.

Also, people were talking about how when they get to this altitude sometimes they have weird dreams. I didn't experience this until possibly last night (though my dreams are usually vivid and sort of trippy). "Alive" by SR-71 came on the radio in my dream, and I got really excited about it, and belted along with the song to a gray and black old dog, which sat there and listened to me sing. Of course, the dog could understand what I was saying to it, as I explained that this song never comes on the radio. I got through the second verse before I woke up, and it's been in my head all day. I think I also dreamed that Adam was in Boy Scouts or something similar, and they were all dressed in old style uniforms with red shirts, blue shorts, high white socks, and little hats like you see illustrated sometimes in books from like the '50's. They were going on some sort of adventure. He was little again. That's all I remember about that.

I'm trying to hold off lighting a fire because I want to save wood. We'll see how long that lasts. It's stopped snowing again for now and the sun came back out. Freaking mountain weather - it can't make up its mind!

We got that mouse. I stuck it in the freezer in the lab. I told Kevin that when we set the trap, we were thinking of him because he's the one that needs the mice for his experiment. He replied, "Thanks! I'm glad you think of me when you think of death and killing!" :P

And on that note, I'm gonna either see what's up today or keep reading. Eddings is so addictive. I blame Frances for that one. So is SR-71 and I blame Joe for that one.

Song stuck in head: "Alive" - SR-71