wildlife feedings pics for the fish n game

pretty sweet job for a couple weeks. fed starving mule deer, rode snowmachines around the sand dunes and foothills, got to drive a cat on some pretty rough terrain, and i loved watching the sun crawl over the tetons (my camera didn't do it justice)!

Them texans caint drive as fast in the dark

crepe party, alfalfa pellets, ringlet dreds, and snowmachines

So i made enough money doing odd jobs in UT to go climbing down in Red Rocks, (heaps and loads of fun!) and get back to idaho. And i finally had a small stroke of good luck, i got a job with the fish and game again until i leave for my sea turtle job in texas. So the past few weekes i've been feeding about 4,000 lbs of alfalfa and beet pellets to ~800 mule deer. it's pretty cool, we load 50 lb bags of pellets into sleds that we pull with snowmachines. we then drive over the sand dunes to the foothills and drop the pellets in piles along the feed lines. We also have been using a cat to haul pellets on and feed off of. it's awesome driving that thing straight up the little dunes, seriously, we get pretty close to perpendicular!

last friday, we had a crepe birthday party! it was put on by the awesome girls at Beuna Vista #2. we loaded the crepes with delightful toppings, such as blueberries, strawberries, bananas, whip cream, Etc. Sven and John put on a little concert for us with the mandalin and a chair for drums. pimpin party.

the next night we went to table at jordans, the corn bread, guitar playin, and wrestling match was a sweet time. we didn't really get to tableing though, ha

sunday was a series of unusual events for me. t-bor and elise got me to go to church with them, All of it! and then elise gave me this sexy dress to put on, put makeup on me, and tried to ringlet my dreds. only the ends curled, but she put it up somehow and it looked pretty good. hardly recognized myself. amazing what i can be convinced into doing. fun times fo sho!

well, got to go, pics to come. peace out

A little trouble at work. No, i wasnt loading that sled, in case you were wondering

so, the past few months have not turned out like i had planned, which is my fault because i didn't have a plan to begin with. but im still alive and barely making the bills, so far. I've been living in my truck with my dog. Very crammed and uncomfortable, but at least i have a truck. This past month I've had the cops sent after me for pan-handling with my guitar. Which, in the few times i've gone has been relatively successful. One afternoon, i made almost $40 an hour. I've been threatened to be arrested. I've slept in my truck with temperatures at only -30 degrees F. I found a new brand of dog food for granite, which she likes more and has been better on her digestive system; and lucky for me, is cheaper. most days i'm not sure how i make it to the end of the day with a relatively content stomach; thank goodness for the meager food supply in my tool box, good friends, and Great Harvest bread samples.
I was counting on working for Aspiro to make enough money to get by until i get a pay check from my job in Corpus Christii that will be starting mid march. So this whole past month has entailed: getting an interview for the job, waiting an extra week after my interview, going on my "trial week" (which went really well), having six days off in which i was positive i had the job, driving back to utah for my first official week of work only to be informed after i get to base camp, that they are overstaffed and not going to hire me. I was pretty shocked by the news. i had put this whole last month on the line for this job, when i could have been working somewhere else. instead i didn't make a single cent, i didn't get paid for my trial week, i had to pay $220 to get my truck out (which had been towed while i was at my trial week), and i spent the last of my money driving down to utah. So here i am, stuck in utah, with only 22 dollars in my bank account. Thank goodness for friends, yet again, they have been essential to my survival. My friend Marlayne has let me hang out at her place in Provo. And my friend emily, got me some odd jobs working for her sister, Laura. I've done some painting for her and worked around her yard. they are the nicest family with six little kids, that are so hilarious and cute. I have enjoyed running and hiking in the mountains here in utah, i love how they are so close where ever you go. And i went bouldering at the quarry with emily and darren when they came down for the weekend, that was a blast.
Why does life seem to revolve around money? Its a dark cloud that i can't get out from under lately. Well, got to go, my dog just threw up on Laura's carpet in her really nice house. WHY?!! love my life right now. peace out

Me and granite summited this peak today near provo

View near the summit