Beware of documentaries...

I have found that I am highly susceptible to documentaries. I can't seem to stop watching one once I start. As a case and point yesterday I decided to watch some tv while eating my lunch. I really meant to just watch it for a few minuetes while eating, but got sucked in. I ended up learning more than I ever expected about the storm water and sewaged systems in the US. Apparentely our infirstructure is really old and lots of people are having problems maintaining the sewage systems so that they don't contanimate our ground water supply. It was facinating, but this always happens to me. At least I learn something!

Hiking!

Now that I have some free time, I have started doing some of the things that I enjoy again. For instance, some friends and I went hiking in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park the other day. It was a long hike (around 6 miles) where with a lot of elevation shifts. It was lots of fun, but I was really glad that I was wearing my water friendly Keens that day, as the trial took us across the river that runs through the park twice. At the first crossing there wasn't even a bridge, so I had to ford the river. It was a lot easier for me, since my shoes were made for water. My friends all had to take off their shoes for the first crossing. Luckily on the second crossing there was a narrow log that they could use to get across. I didn't bother with the log and just walked across the river. It was quite a beautiful hike, even though I was really tired by the end of it. I hope to get some more hiking done while I am still jobless.

Graduation

So this is a bit late, but I have finished! I actually had a good time at my graduation as my brother and my parents came to see me walk across the stage. It was nice to see them and to show them around the city I have been living in. It is nice to be done with school and I have no desire to go back for a second master's degree anytime soon. Sadly, I didn't pick the best time to graduate as the economy is starting to affect may public services, and many libraries are cutting their budgets, which means they are not hiring new librarians.... I haven't had much success with the job hunt so far, but I am hopeful that things will turn around eventually. Anyway, it was a fun day and my parents took me out for a really nice dinner afterwords. They only thing that would have made it better was for it not to be so hot! Of all the weekends for a heat wave, why the one when I am stuck in a polyester robe! At least my graduation was indoors, so it had a/c!