Well. I am in the sticks for sure! I have seen 5 moose and 5 deer in my 8 days here, along with 2 foxes and lots of general road kill! I got a job working with Adults who have MR. But I am totally enjoying this vacation thing. I manage to keep myself busy. A moose ran out in front of my car, and then realized I was there, and tried to outrace me to avoid getting hit, while I slammed on the breaks. I think the moose would have been a mid distance guy, he was large and muscular, yet sleek at the same time. Anyhow, he was a fast one. So that was good all around!

I have found the only runners within a 50 mile radius. They are the Spudland Racers. www.spudlandracers.com They have singlets with a potato on it, but really it looks like a turd.

Today is my birthday so I decided to treat myself by paying for an optometrist appointment. I have been using just one contact for the last couple months. So, it turns out I was about to go blind, so that was a good move. The optometrist chewed me out (rightfully so) for wearing contacts without taking them out to clean them for, ho-hum, at least the last year. Apparantly this caused my formerly avascular corneas to vascularize, almost to the center of my eye. This would have caused problems if the bv's reached the center, or if a bv ruptured, it would cause permanent blindness. Anyhow, she took a picture, hoping it may be publishable as a text book problem. And I will take out my contacts from now on. Moral of the story: Don't be lazy, it can cause blindness. On another note, you guys should post your logs each week on the e-mail list. That encourages accountability, and can be interesting in general.

Going into Lottie this evening was humbling and difficult. I felt like 8 worlds were colliding, and  I was confused... I was even told that I looked skinny, which threw me off even more. And then no one wanted to run with me, except people who aren't allowed to . I feel weirder even still in the computer lab. Now that my assignment is done, I am going to leave ASAP! Gotta leave the college thing to the young'uns.

Susan's Guidelines to Relationships (to be taken with a grain of salt).

A number 1: Do not let your relationship interfere with TRACK.

B number 2: Even if you are not doing track, hold your special friend accountable to doing schoolwork, sleep and RUNNING TRACK.

C number 3: Chill out. Relationships are not things to get sick over. They are usually horrible, but life goes on. At least that is my experience

Enjoy your freakish youths.