Ok ok, so it's going to be one of THOSE posts. Yes, the introspective possibly mushy posts that we all love and secretly read most days when we're not feeling so inspired in our own lives. Yeah. There I go.
The summer is winding down and fall is already screaming it's way over our bay in the form of crazy winds and a heat wave that is scorching the mainland. Or so I hear from reputable sources who are on their way to distant lands to save the world. Or at least some electricity. Anyways, with this new development I face yet another of the challenges of living on this island, and that's the changing of the guard in terms of staff.
The people I've been working with this summer have been moving in and out so I'm a bit used to that by now but it's going to be a big change next week when MSA takes over the site and sets up shop to run their own program. I'm a little worried about how this weekend is going to work out with me losing yet another set of friends that I've become attached to. If today was any indication of how it's going to go then I'm going to be a wreck.
But then again such is the life that I have chosen for myself. Island life is hard. The friendships you make all feel a little temporary, there's a worry that I'll never see some of these people again. There are some that I am more attached to, and hopefully I can keep in touch with those. But it's not a fun thing to put people on a boat and watch them sail out of your life and not know when they're going to come back. It's been a bit of a theme at some points in my life to watch people go. I can't complain though because I love what I'm doing.
Maybe it's the change of the season that has my hyper-aware of what's going in my life. How I won't be going back to school this fall and how the friends I've made here will mostly be gone in a few days. And those who are already off to new adventures how I really miss them dearly. The price that you pay for living a dream.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
The Dangers of Catalina Living...
This is probably a post that my mother shouldn't read. Now with that disclaimer out of the way....
CATALINA IS A SCARY PLACE TO LIVE! First off, there's buffalo on this island. No joke, buffalo. They were carted out here a while back for a movie (thanks Hollywood) and managed to escape and are now running around the island. A few weeks ago we were driving to Little Harbor to pick up the High Adventure director for the director's dinner in Two Harbors when a buffalo came out of nowhere and almost rammed the truck we were driving in. You may not think it, but buffalo are really tricky animals and can really sneak up on you if you're not careful. And they're HUGE!! And by huge I mean REDICULOUSLY HUGE!!!
Also, we have black widow spiders out here. I know this because we pull one out of the SCUBA shop at least once a week. There's also one that's taken up residence outside of the marine center right near the door we go into. Yeah. I hate spiders. And if there's anything I hate more than spiders, it's spider that could kill me. Without even a second thought! Honestly, do they really have to hang around here? Can't they find a better place? A place that's not so close to me?
And if renegade bison and deadly spiders weren't enough, we've got to deal with the bane of all coastal living communities, that's the tsunami. Yes, we had a tsunami warning and watch last week. Following the large earthquake off of Peru we were put on a warning which was downgraded into a watch. The head folks here decided that I should sit by my computer checking up and making sure that we were going to get hit with a giant wave. Yeah, I'm not going to lie, it was a little terrifying to hear that the people here had no idea what to do if a tsunami actually came. Good thing I've already been through one set of warnings in my life. Hold hat. But seriously, folks should know that if there's a tsunami coming that you run to high ground!!!
CATALINA IS A SCARY PLACE TO LIVE! First off, there's buffalo on this island. No joke, buffalo. They were carted out here a while back for a movie (thanks Hollywood) and managed to escape and are now running around the island. A few weeks ago we were driving to Little Harbor to pick up the High Adventure director for the director's dinner in Two Harbors when a buffalo came out of nowhere and almost rammed the truck we were driving in. You may not think it, but buffalo are really tricky animals and can really sneak up on you if you're not careful. And they're HUGE!! And by huge I mean REDICULOUSLY HUGE!!!
Also, we have black widow spiders out here. I know this because we pull one out of the SCUBA shop at least once a week. There's also one that's taken up residence outside of the marine center right near the door we go into. Yeah. I hate spiders. And if there's anything I hate more than spiders, it's spider that could kill me. Without even a second thought! Honestly, do they really have to hang around here? Can't they find a better place? A place that's not so close to me?
And if renegade bison and deadly spiders weren't enough, we've got to deal with the bane of all coastal living communities, that's the tsunami. Yes, we had a tsunami warning and watch last week. Following the large earthquake off of Peru we were put on a warning which was downgraded into a watch. The head folks here decided that I should sit by my computer checking up and making sure that we were going to get hit with a giant wave. Yeah, I'm not going to lie, it was a little terrifying to hear that the people here had no idea what to do if a tsunami actually came. Good thing I've already been through one set of warnings in my life. Hold hat. But seriously, folks should know that if there's a tsunami coming that you run to high ground!!!
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