I guess the perks of working in the woods.
I've seen more wildlife in the past few days (whether on our commute to/from work or driving through the virginia/maryland/dc countrysides) than I have probably since childhood. I have tried countless times to capture the beauty of this area (mainly through blurry/low definition/last minute iphone camera snapshots) and can't find a way to do it. so in the meantime, I'm trying to figure out a way to convince myself it's ok not to store anything and everything on my overflowing iphone photo gallery and to just live in the moment and appreciate my beautiful surroundings for what they are.
this first week of work has been full of information, trainings, run-throughs, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches (because I'm an adult), phone call trials, powerpoints, new passwords, coffee on coffee on coffee, welcoming words, (somewhat risky) van mountain driving, and the most encouragement I could have ever asked for. the people in the unit we work in at mt. weather are incredibly kind, warm, supportive, generous, and open. I am looking forward to moving out of training and into our job of (if I leave out all of the technical details and spare you from three days worth of training notes) essentially deploying FEMA personnel to various disasters. due to the high volume of information my brain has been taking in and probably the lack of nutrients my body has been receiving (likely the result of an excessive amount of pb&j...) I am writing this blog from my bed in our housing while attempting to justify a 6pm sleep time to my to-be-24yr old self.
I must say that I am incredibly content living in a small country town in northern virginia where my coworkers own farms and race their racehorses and the leaves are promised to show signs of fall soon. I couldn't imagine being anywhere else on a newly-humidity-free brisk september evening.
however, I am now off to thoroughly examine the inside of my eyelids...
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