Monday, March 17, 2014

Gonna try this again...

It has been very long since my last post.  I have had many adventures.  Most of them full of details that aren't mine to share, or out in the desert beyond civilization.  It has not all been good, nor all bad.  I have had many moments of joy & made a few new friends who if I am lucky I will get to keep.  If not, I have loved all the interactions we've shared & I adore the time we were given.

So let's sketch out the basics:

Last spring the department I worked for proved to have the drama Lynn warned me of.  It was personally devastating but in hindsight I did what was right for me in the end.  Note to self, listen to Lynn even when she's being subtle, she is most often RIGHT.

I spent the spring and summer being the "order manager" (yes I gave myself that title) for Phat Jack'shttps://www.facebook.com/PhatJacks?ref=br_rs.  It was stressful (especially while Glenn was in the hospital) but we all banded together and broke in the trailer.

My adventure as order manager came to a rather abrupt end during the Lincoln County Fair.  After 24 hours of no contact from Scotty & much worrying, I dropped everything. I threw myself into Mum's car & made the drive home to Utah in record time.  Mom, & the Keeleys took good care of Oscar & the Behemoth while also rocking the county fair & selling a whole lotta cotton candy.  Me & Scotty learned a lot too, about burns and upper extremity prosthesis.

Then we all followed thru on what had been a huge joke...starting years ago when I made Thom pull over to take a picture of a hot dog cart for sale at Tyson Wells in Quartzsite.  I won't go into the whole story, I've told it too many times to count.  End result is early november Scotty & I loaded Glenn's house trailer & the four of us headed to Brenda, AZ.  They spent a few weeks setting up shop while Scott & I bob tailed home & reloaded Behemoth for our manual  trip.

We had Christmas at Phat Jack's, followed by a short visit at Oxbow with some of our chosen family for the new year.  Then Scotty flew home in the beast & I settled in to work for as  long as I was needed.  I had a few adventures (one particular incident with a rock in a wash sticks out) but all has been mended.  I met many new awesome people, and gained an appreciation for prime rib.

Then I drove home, too fast....and slept in an IHOP parking lot cuz I'm too stubborn.  I am paying for this.


Them's the highlights.

Live long & Prosper!
~m