Hurricane

So this Hurricane Dennis turned out to be pretty wimpy. I wasn't expecting much since we're so far inland, but I don't even think we got thunder and lightning. Not enough to wake me up anyway, and that usually doesn't take much. Oh well, I haven't checked, but I suppose it wasn't too bad for the people that are silly enough to live in Florida.
I started working at the bike shop on Friday. Things went pretty well. It's amazing how much I can get done when I don't have to deal with customers and kayak stuff like I did at the kayak shop in Maine. Don't get me wrong, I loved that job, but working on bikes was always frustrating because there were a million other things that had to be done, people that needed the tides explained ("Where'd all the water go?", "Some drought this year huh?"). Not to mention dropping small parts into the water or through cracks in the deck. But I loved it. I miss Maine. I really miss being on the water. I miss the breeze and the lack of humidity (most days). I wonder how the shop is running this summer... and who's working there... Good ol' Tidal Transit.
Back to the bike shop here though, Saturday I worked with another mechanic (besides the owner, Mike). He's some highschool kid (well, he just graduated). He's quite a good mechanic, better than me at a lot, so it made things a bit more stressful since I didn't want some kid to be correcting me. Turned out he's a nice guy and we can learn from eachother. I can assemble a mountain bike a lot quicker than him, but he can smoke me on a road bike. I haven't seen him do any repairs yet, so I don't know how he does with that. It doesn't matter though, it's not a competition.
Kristen has started another summer term. This time it's Calc 2 and French 2. She's good at the math, but her French is a lot harder this time. She'll still do really well in it I'm sure. In the fall, she's planning on taking 23 credits or so, which sounds insane to me. She's determined to get done the same time as me, AND she wants to do a double major. AND she got work study, so she'll have to get a job on campus. She is crazy, but she'll pull it off somehow.
Zephyr (the puppy) got spayed on Thursday, but she's pretty much back to normal already. Don't want her to get too peppy yet, because she still has stitches in for another week and I don't want her to pull them out. Gave her a rawhide bone to chew on today so she doesn't run around all over the place. So far so good. It's like marijuana for puppies. Keeps her busy and calms her down... She always has the munchies anyway...
Still haven't gotten my pictures developed, and it'll probably be a while since we're very low on money at the moment. I may put up a link to pictures from someone else on the trip, and my best friend from the trip, Katie, is supposed to be sending me some as well. Not to mention some awesome CD's we listened to ("Shot through the heart, and you're to blame, You give love... a BAD name!"). :)
So here's some links to some other people's field camp pictures:
Mike Ksionzyk
John Frame
That's it for now. Enjoy.