Kona at the Hoover dam

Leaving Brian's house on the way down to New Mexico.

This is a shot of where I live from a tree in the back yard. Kona and I are both up here and it reminds me of a time when I was in third grade and home alone and scared. I had freaked myself out pretty good and decided the safest thing to do would be to lock the house up like no one was home, climb the biggest tree in the yard, and tie the dog to the base of it.

it's hot here

It's hard being all by myself in a city that is not dog friendly and not very safe (less than a mile from Mexico and ranked above the national average for vehicle thefts and rapes). I pretty much don't go outside after it's dark and try to always lock everything up. It kind of makes me wish I had a more secure vehicle. This summer when I locked my keys in my truck, a guy I work with broke in in less than 30 seconds. I was grateful, but a little suspicious. I've forked out the cash to stay in a hotel because I'm a scardy cat and don't want to camp here. Plus the free breakfast is nice. The hot tub is closed for maintenance but since I am here alone I guess the bathtub will do just as well. Another perk of being by yourself in a hotel is you can eat chips and dip in bed. Also you don't have to worry about if you shut the door to the bathroom. I'm going to institute tomorrow and will ask around to see if anyone has a room for rent. There are some places on craigslist, but I want to try at church also. I need a place with a yard-which usually means I have to pay more-but I found out today that there are ABSOLUTELY NO DOGS ALLOWED! at work. Yeah, they weren't very nice about it. So Kona has to waste more of her life in a backyard while her owner works like a dog (don't know where that phrase comes from...Kona seems to have it pretty easy, along with every other dog I know) to pay off stupid debt. Never again though. After this job I'll be debt free and can take whatever job I like, even if it doesn't pay well.

The rio grande

on the road again

New Job in New Mexico

Here's a pic of where I'll be...or at least where I'll be close to. Well, I got a call while I was at Home Depot yesterday from a lady about a job...and lucky me got hired! So I'm going to New Mexico to be the token Biologist monitoring the building of the new border patrol fence. the best part about it is the pay. It lasts for 16 weeks and by the end of it I'll be debt free!! Wahoo! Oh and not to mention it's by a place called Hueco Tanks (pronounced wake-o) that is supposed to have some of the best climbing in the WORLD! I leave this weekend and start on Monday which makes things here a little hectic for the next few days. As usual, I'm up to my neck in projects around the house to keep me busy while I'm jobless. So I will be scrambling to get them done and get my stuff packed and find place to live. I think it's going to be really hot down there. The weather up here is absolutely perfect right now. I kind of wish I could stay another week or so. There's still a lot I wanted to get done. Well, I'm off to do what I can...