FAIL: Adventure on the high seas! (& Jenny FTW)

I woke up yesterday to the sound of a text message

That up there, thanks to my internet "connection," is all Blogger was able to autosave of a blog I spent oven an hour writing on Monday. Since that crushing blow, I have not had the patience to blog. So Almost There... is missing out on my great story of sailing and picnicking and philosophizing with an engineer, an architect and a cellist.

In newer news, I once again proved my theory, "Put a Bottle In Front Of Me, and I Will Drink It Empty," by draining a cheap bottle of Merlot as I talked to Age, and then Dawna, on the phone until 2:30AM. Meanwhile I finally worked out a draft of my next tattoo that looks like something I'd be willing to get inked. Then I slept, and still managed to get to work at about 6:40AM. I don't understand why I wake up easier after a night of drinking. Anyway, I blame Katie, because I can.

But this is what I came to do today: brag about my sister. Here I am doing all I can to keep life interesting, she goes and tops me by living in the Biosphere-2 this summer. (Yes, the Biosphere-2 does still exist.) During our first trip to the Bs2 last year, Scott and Jenny and I were obsessed with the library--practically the only place we weren't able to get into. Now she's been sending me pictures from inside the library. And she's been living in the same dorm that we snuck into back then. Needless to say, I'm wicked jealous.
Not all of her time, though, was spent in the Great Indoors. She and the other three students who were selected have been hiking and camping, as I understand it. It's all connected to a water conservation project (or as we're saying these days, "initiative") lead by Arizona Rivers. Here is a news story on there-local station KUAT, discussing the project, and even interviewing my kiddo.

Here we go again...

New stuff, so new blog. Hopefully this one's for the long haul.
Last night was, well, my last night, at the BN here in Tucson. Now I'm giving myself three days to pack (that's really being generous; if I wasn't allowed to be so lazy, I'd be done today), and then the rest of the week to get as much done on the 3rd St house as possible.

Of course, I've also got other things to do:
I've got to return things to the Himmel library. This is sad for me, because it is the quirkiest library I've ever seen. They seem to have less than half of any series of books I've looked for, and never the first book of any of them. And then the selection of individual books is... eclectic. And of course they have Hot Librarian... sigh, I will miss her.

I've got one more Metal Tuesday left... The weekly MetalHead show at Cactus Moon is the most oddly unifying experience I've had... Josh went, then I went, then Josh and I went, and I met his friend Krista, and Adrienne went, then Dawna, and Corben, and now Pam and Kara and Kristen and Krystal. I've worked with all of these people for six months, and I'm only now getting to know them, all due to the power of this 80s metal cover band.

"Lost" will return to television before I leave. That irritates me a bit, only because it reminds me a dragged my feel a couple of weeks; I thought I'd be in Seattle by now. That won't stop me from getting my "Lost" fix, though. I should get a car charger for my phone, because I'll probably spend hours talking to Mark and Scott and my father about whatever new craziness develops within that hour.

I ought to also settle things with First Tennessee; clear up my account with them (last I checked, in August, I was $200 under), so I can open up a new account. It has occurred to me that I may not find hotels to stay at on my trip, since I don't have a valid credit/debit card for them to authorize (which is ridiculously a common requirement, even when paying cash for the stay).

Last but foremost, I have to get over something ridiculous that's been going on in my head since January...