Camping: difficult to do when you leave the tent behind.

*sigh*

I guess it’s better this way; now I can research better (ie more remote) camping spots and actually get a lantern so that I can see and those sorts of things. But I’m so bummed.

So, I am trying to decide how to best spruce up my backyard.

I have this little patio area (pictured here from when the previous owners had it all cute) that is just begging to have some lounging furniture. But alas, I am torn. Do I go for a hammock that can sway gently in the breeze, or do I go for a porch swing? I’ve always wanted a swing. Some of my favorite memories are relaxing on my grandmother’s front porch swing, watching the swallows swoop in and out with food for their babies. But then those memories are tangled with the memories of drifting in the hammock that Liz brought back from Uruguay (until the stupid neighbors stole the ropes we used to tie it to the tree) on warm summer afternoons. So obviously I can’t make this decision based solely on nostalgia. 🙂

My friends last night were also talking about this ceramic fire pit that they had purchased and I almost instantly had visions of a little firepit in my backyard as well. That one is an easy decision; I’m getting one this afternoon. 🙂

I really want to go camping this afternoon. It’s warm enough and should still be in the 50s overnight. Maybe I’ll give some of my girl friends a call up and see if they want to come.

Name: D******, JULIA
Credential Type: Medicine and Surgery
Credential Number: *********
License Type: regular
Status: credential license is current (active)
Eligible To Practice: YES

Interpretion: I am officially licensed to practice medicine in the
state! More importantly, I will be employed come July! WHEE!

Next step is getting DEA credentials but I think I’ll give me a day to
savor this relief before I start going through that nightmare (it
never really ends, ever).

So I’ve been sitting here on my sister’s couch, catching up on the internet, trying to figure out her TV so I can watch LOST (still catching up on season 3. Two disks to go!), and wondering why my flist wasn’t alive in DW gushing about the latest episode. No reaction posts, nothing. It’s only dawned on me now, that it’s Friday, not Saturday. 🙁

My flight yesterday was delayed by 3 hours because of a blizzard in Denver. A blizzard on the first of May. I shouldn’t be so surprised, my mother couldn’t make it to my college graduation because of a blizzard on May 5th (and my roommate’s mom and sisters were actually in a wreck because of that same snowstorm in Colorado when they were driving out). But still. SO I didn’t arrive to Phoenix until almost 1 in the morning, which is 3 in the morning my time, and I’ve been utterly exhausted all day long. I’ve taken one nap, am contemplating a second, but I’m still in my PJs. and I probably shower before they get home from work. Usually a wise idea.

I’m also getting a cold sore. Usually a harbinger of other symptoms. Maybe that’s why I feel so drained.

I’m in Phoenix for the weekend, to see my sister and her husband and my mom’s family. As usual, it’s been the comedy of errors trying to figure things out. But I hope to spend good quality time with my grandma and I should catch up with a friend from high school as well.

It’s 90 degrees today here. And it was snowing in Denver. Weird. I was going to swim this afternoon, but May is National Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and I know better than going out at noon to go swimming with my fair skin. Even with SPF50. So instead, I’m lathering up, and going to go take pictures of baby ducks. Ta!