so tired

getting water from the river

we found an antler on the trail!

It's 12:42 a.m. here and I have to be up at 5 a.m. to go to work!!! 5 a.m.!!!!!!!!!! IT'S BLASPHEMOUS. Anyway, today was my first day to work in 5 days and I am soo tired. I went on my first hike the other day-called the Blacktail trail-and I'm in so much pain that I hobble (not walk) to places I need to go. I have a huge blister on the heel of my left foot that is still not soft enough to bust (sorry if this is graphic) and then I screwed up my right ankle while going up the mountain. The hike was a total of 8 miles and towards the end of it I was about ready to feed myself to a passing bear just so I wouldn't have to walk the rest of the way! I was with my roommate and we ran out of water so we filled up at the running river that was beside the trail (the Yellowstone River). We're still alive so I guess the water was safe, but I'm not going to be doing that again because there were a lot of ....little "bubbles" we'll call them...in my jug! Anyway, yesterday some friends and I went to Jackson Hole, WY for the day and it was SUPER fun. The town was just like old western movies. There were shops all around and a town square right in the middle. We even saw a shoot-out. It was pretty fun. Anyway, ok well I'm gonna try to post some pics on here and then go to sleep. I now have 4 hours of sleep left! WOOOO!!!

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Persian food!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yum

It's almost 2 a.m. here and I'm JUST now getting to bed. Work today was really hectic; the lunch shift was really slow and irritating because the kitchen crew is really slow and then the guests think that it's our (i.e. the servers') fault that their food is taking a year to make it to the table. Dinner, however, was a little better; I actually made some money without having to work my butt endlessly. I want some HOME COOKING!!!!! I've been thinking about good food for a while now because all we get is cafeteria food. I mean, dont' get me wrong...it's not terrible food. Wait, yes it is! I've been living off of cottage cheese and pineapple bits and an occasional sandwich...I guess it's healthy. Ha! Anyway, I'm gonna post more pictures!

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In Yellowstone

So I've been here at Yellowstone for a little over a week now and it has been GREAT! I knew that it was going to be different and awesome but I wasn't sure how different and awesome it would be. The people here are ok I guess; some are cooler than others. For example, my roommate Courtney is pretty awesome and I'm so lucky that I met her on the first day and snagged her as my roommie! There are a few other people who are worth talking to but the rest can be considered acquaitences. The views here are all spectacularly breath-taking. I've taken so many pictures but I'm afraid that none of the still-life photos give the viewer any inclination of how grande the real thing is. Oh well...other than my memory my pictures are my only other means of remembering this place so I'll just keep taking as many pictures as my pink little camera lets me.

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