The streets of gold I've yet to find.

EEEEE! *does the dance Grandma does when she beats everyone at Apples to Apples*

I get to see Grandma and Steve tomorrow! I'm excited. I get to see them, I get Wisconsin cheese, I get to go out and eat real food, I get to swim, I get to use a flushing toilet...What's not to look forward to?!

I saw a bear today on my way to the research plot! I got pictures. I didn't think it was a bear at first because I was looking through my bug net trying to find the game trail that goes through the willows so you don't have to climb through them all wishing you had a machete (I may be the only person that knows about said trail). I saw it and thought, "Oh, that looks like a bear." But it didn't register because there are a lot of stumps or misshapen rocks that look like bears at first so they're nothing to get excited about. And then I actually LOOKED at it and realized it WAS a bear! It was sitting or standing, relaxed, quite indifferent to my presence, way up at the start of the willows next to the ravine. I was just looking around, surveying Snodgrass like "Hey guys. Whatcha doin?" I'm sure it saw me before I saw it since it was higher up, but it neither ran nor came closer, and I didn't feel threatened. It couldn't smell me so at least it saw me. We were at a comfortable distance - close enough to see but far enough not to be afraid, for both of us. It was pretty exciting! :D Very neat. I will post pictures, maybe later tonight, and then I'll post the link to another album on Facebook for everyone to look at.

Yay, out to CB tonight for a couple drinks with friends! I need it after today. It was a very long day on the research plot. Not terribly difficult or evil, just very long.

Current music: "Tomorrow Comes A Day Too Soon" - Flogging Molly