Monday will be the first day of a four-week long camping and hiking trip. It's a requirement for my graduation called 'Field Geology', more commonly known as 'Field Camp'. It's a summer course where we go out to Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona doing mapping projects - basically looking at the structure of the geology out there and then putting it down on a map.

Yes, we actually use colored pencils. (Which it's strange that you actually cannot find any at Wal-Mart of all places.)

Anyway, I just wanted to let you all know that after Monday, May 10th, I will be on this trip and will have little access to the internet. I may occasionally get to jump on someone's laptop, but for the most part I'll have to limit my time to e-mail and Facebook.

And yes, I will be taking a lot of pictures, and I will show them on here. This will be my first time ever in the southwest United States. I've been to Washington state but we flew there, so I never was really 'in' the states we flew over. I've been to San Antonio, Texas, but never past there, so it'll be a first to be in New Mexico and Arizona.

Here's where I will be at:



B - Ink's Lake, Llano, Texas
C - Palo Duro, Canyon, Texas
D - Rio Grande Recreation Center, Taos, New Mexico
E - Sunset Crater, Flagstaff, Arizona
F - North Rim, Grand Canyon, Arizona

Stops on the way home -

G - Albequerque, New Mexico
H - Austin, Texas

We literally climb down the Grand Canyon!

Also check out the virtual tour of Field Camp and what we get to do!

So anyway, after Monday I'll disappear from the Internet for a month. Look for my return around June 4th. XD



Geologist-in-training, babeh!

My best friend and I have been friends for nine years... until recently. She seems to be obsessed with my other friend, and they hang about each break together. I try to join in, but I feel left out, as they are joking and laughing, not paying any attention to me. I feel kinda embarrased to say this, but I feel as though I'm being abandoned. I'm pretty sure I haven't done anything wrong.

Whenever I approach my best friend and she is on her own, she asks me why I am there. I've been hanging around with another friend for a while, but she has other friends, and I want to still be friends with my best friend. She does have problems at home and she used to talk to me about them, until recently.

I just dont want us to drift apart, but I do want the best for her.

Also, I feel quite guilty, as I think the friend she seems to be obsessed with has been telling her that I've been saying nasty things about my best friend(which of course I havent), as my best friend has been glaring at me for some reason. Then she comes up to me later, and tells me how my best friend is quite selfish and annoying..

Does anyone know what to do? I have considered asking my best friend about this but she gets awkward and shy when this happens, and would probably say that it was nothing and what was I talking about.

How do people do that?I want to look like how I WANT to! I only know how to do it on other people.

P.S. I'm a Full Grown deer now!YAY!

Hey guys, I think I mentioned to a few of you before that my Dad was going through some tough times with cancer. If I haven't told you what was going on, here's basically what has happened:

Dad developed cancer last year. They tried chemotherapy and it helped but didn't get rid of it, so they operated on him. The operation was successful, and he had two colostomies put in.

We thought everything was fine, and then he developed liver cancer. They originally said that it was the kind where they could remove that part of his liver and it would regenerate, but instead they decided to do more chemotherapy.

Well, weeks went by, and the chemo didn't help. Didn't hurt, but it didn't do anything to the cancer.

Today, they said that his cancer has spread to pretty much everywhere in his lower stomach area, and that there's nothing more they can do. Operating on him would be useless since it's spread so much. They will continue to do chemotherapy to try to help him out, but as far as fixing it, it's not going to happen.

So all the grief and trouble we've gone through trying to make my dad better has gone to waste. The doctor didn't give him a life expectancy, but now we can pretty much say that it's only a matter of time. What I understand is that if the liver fails, his brain could shut down.

It's really hard to think about, especially since this month I'll be in the western US for four weeks. This could be my last week to spend with him if...well...it happens during my trip. I'm praying not, I'm hoping that I'll be able to come home in June and he'll still be here watching sports and telling me game show trivia. I'm really hoping so.

Please, if you get the time, keep my dad and my family in your prayers. It'll really help, no matter what happens.

Please read the updates in the comments, but Dad passed away on 7/24/10 at about 5:30 AM.

I know he's at peace and am glad he isn't suffering anymore.