January 25, 2010

I worked all day on big and little annoying issues with the bank transition forced by the failure of Barnes Bank. Patiently worked through each one to a satisfactory conclusion, and only finished just in time for my tutoring shift. So, no walk as I had planned. I've decided not to wait for neighbors, human or canine, to walk with. Since my Wii died, I have had only a few walks for exercise, and with no way to determine weight gain or loss, I'm worried it's creeping up on me. I'm determined to be, if not skinny, at least respectable for a planned family reunion on Easter weekend.

However, the good news is manifold. Rumors of a washer and dryer available in the bunkhouse proved true, so no more laundromat for me, hooray! Budd went over this evening with the maintenance chief to take a look and asked if we could move in as it is one-third again as large as this unit. It looks like a mansion to him, now, haha. Brad said he could probably swing that, but we would have to share if anyone else needed a place for a few days. That's not so good. I'll get to see it for the first time tomorrow morning and decide whether that's feasible.

Two NPS co-workers took pity on my plight and sent over six or seven books each, which ought to hold me even if we are here for an extra six weeks. Only two of them are titles I've read before, and those are Dan Brown, tolerable to read again.

Finally, the Jazz won again, coming back from a 17-point deficit to the Suns to win by 9 points. Woo-hoo! Two more wins in a row and Deron Williams will shave that disgusting mess off his chin.

I'm excited that one of the books lent to me is a history of the Navajo and the Long Walk. I plan to read that while waiting for my own book about the Navajo to arrive, and will share any interesting tidbits that relate to the local area.

On balance, this has been a good day.

I have been forgetting to post information on the music festival at the end of the month that I mentioned a couple of weeks ago. Here are two links, one about the festival and one about the venue:
http://www.trivalleycentral.com/articles/2010/01/22/coolidge_examiner/top_stories/doc4b56175f7dfc0046162926.txt
http://www.nps.gov/cagr/planyourvisit/american-indian-music-fest.htm

I was hoping we would have the opportunity to get to at least one of the days, but it's a six-hour drive from here, so probably it's a no-go. Not far from Phoenix, though, so if you're in the area and can go, let me know what I missed.