Getting Ready for a Rocky Mountain High

Today was spent largely in preparation for Colorado. I sent off a letter to our friend Luc at Hands On, hung out with Perry, watched a bizzarre Denzel movie called "Fallen" about some weird demon Azazel who transports himself to different people, except Denzel, 'cause he's unbeatable. Except in "Training Day". A strange day. Tied up a lot of loose ends. I talked with Tony from Mt Snow at its Human Resources dept., who told me to apply for a job in October, and also told me, reassuringly, that I wouldn't have a problem! That was neat. Also spent a good hour with Nene on the phone discussing Frankie, my year off (he wants to hike the AT for a good time! cool!), and his many girl problems. Haha. Just kidding. Sort of.

I got a great pair of ASolo boots at Blue Ridge Mountain Sports in Madison. They are kind of intense looking, but they fit, and that's the important thing. Also got a pair of hiking shorts/pants. Perry got basically the same. We didn't get her Chocos because I saw a pair of 23 dollar (!!!) ones online. We may go back tomorrow. The guy who fitted my boots went to Green Mountain College in VT... he was very helpful. He introduced me via phone to his friend Sam who has hiked the Long Trail! In 13 days no less! Wow!!! So Sam and I are meeting up in August. If I want to try and get my pilot's license in September, I really ought to get the written test done before/at the beach. So that will be the post-camp question. What will I use September for? What's the flight instructor's schedule? We will see.

Thom-Thom met me for a nice dinner in Morristown. We ate at the office, and I had a hard time focusing because I was so hungry. I spent most of this morning browsing the AT websites, on discussion boards and other helpful pages. Very addicting.

I am very focused on Cheley right now; all day tomorrow will be dedicated to packing, organizing and so on. I will be wearing my boots around the house as well. Also a chat with Bama is in order. And Hilary! Who left me a message. And Alice, and Annie for that matter. Today was Jess Goldschmidt's birthday! Yay, Jess! You can vote! I love you! Please tell Kay I have some Nehamas news if you run into her... Nana hasn't called from Ghana, but I really can't blame her. Hoping for letters at camp too!