Well... I had the bug the other day to play with Linux again - something I haven't really had the chance to do in going on two years now... So I went ahead and started the 3-day long process (yes, you read that right - 3 DAY process, I'm on dial-up. Still.) of downloading the newest version of Ubuntu (6.10) - Afterall, 3 days of no phone calls is better than waiting 4-6 weeks, right??

Anyhow. I finally got it downloaded, at which point, it ocurred to me that I inexplicably did not have any blank CDs - so I ran to town, and bought 20. Got home, burnt it, got it installed. OK, all good so far.... only I couldn't figure out how to get wvdial to configure for the life of me, so I figured I'd just reboot to windows... and realized that my bootloader had gotten changed, and I was thus locked out. So I started trying to figure Grub out, gave up after a bit an figured I'd just throw collegelinux back on, and all would be good, right? Wrong. Long story short, after (trying to) install various old linux flavors I realized I'd somehow accidentally formatted my Windows partition... So I re-installed Ubuntu. And after a bit more effort... figured out wvdial. And am currently loving Ubuntu.

Now, when I say that, I realy mean it. For the first time, I've succesfully gotten my modem working, my soundcard working... hell, even my iPod's up and running (I'm listening to it right now!!). In short, I really don't think I'll bother to re-install windows... I can't think what I need it for. Now, its always possible that at some point in the future I'll want/need it... but, for now, meh.

I think it all boils down to the fact that I've been living off of other people's computers for the past 1+ years. As a result, most everything I actually use on a day-to-day basis is online to one degree or another - pics (smugmug), email (gmail), documents (google docs), and of course all my mp3's are on my iPod, so not even they have been lost this time around (and even if they hadn't bene, my wonderful brother burned them all to CDs when I formatted THAT in spain!!)

Anyhow, its just a really strange feeling to be toatlly free of Windows for the first time, well, ever. And not the least bit worried/unhappy about it. As I think about it... my computer probably needed a good format anyhow - its been a good 4+ years afterall

Well, crazyness has continued to ensue around here. Kevin and I got married yesterday afternoon, so thats pretty crazy. Now we're on our last few hours of time-off, before the long 8-9 hour drive back down to camp. Its been a fairly fun, crazy few days. 5 days sounds like a good bit - untill you realize your splitting it between 2 different houses on different sides of the state of ohio. So yeah.... its been good though.

Have to say I'm starting to actually feel pregnant now though. My stomach just feels, heavier I suppose. Tis hard to explain. But yeah, we're excited. Going to start looking for jobs in Ashville, NC when we get back to camp, along with an apartment. Its just such an awesome area. Its beatiful, the people are nice, pretty laid back, theres tons to do as far as hiking, climbing, etc goes. So yeah. Hopefully we find some good stuff.

Hmm, well its been a while since I posted on here so I figured I'd do a little updating.

Camp's going well again - after a bit of a rough time with staff 3 weeks ago or so, I once again have a great staff and some pretty decent horses to ride, and am once again having a blast teaching kids.

I've luckly not had too many issues with horses this summer ::knock on wood:: Just had to call the vet out for the first time about a week ago, since a horse had a nasty puncture wound (from god knows what), that was nastily infected. But she's better now, so tis all good. I had him look at a couple others while he was there (I've learned, if you have one big-ish problem, call them out... don't bother telling them bout the other 10 lil things, tell them when they get there:wink.

Aside from that though, my big news, my crazyness news... is that I am, pregnant Which is, believe it or not pretty cool and exciting. Of course, it messes up plans on going back to spain, but thats OK. I'm about 1.5-2 months along at this point, dealing with stupid annoying ass "morning" sickness, which is more like "feel like crap all day" sickness... but meh. Other than that its cool.

As a result I'm trying to figure out if I can stick around here for the fall, where we can both save money and stuff... it would, really, be the preferred option at this point. But yeah, thats about all thats new with me.