Things are going well here... we've been busy (kind of) but the snow didn't come till about yesterday (its just been COLD!) and now, of course, we don't have any crews for a LOOONG time, so we still can't do any winter camping... oh well, at least i can go skiing.

we just got finished with a crew on monday... stayed up around hunting lodge... did some hiking... (thats the only benefit to not havign snow... we hike a ton--the other week we did trail peak!) at night we cuddle in the sleeping bags... its not so bad, really.

i was up in utah the other week... went to park city to see some peopel i worked with in the summer/fall (you remember lizzie the RT, and sean casey ACR?) we had a blast and i got in some skiing too! I got to see laura michaels and hang iwht here... the only bad part was that my car got towed and i had to pay $100 to get it out... oops.

so i just wrote the dg newsletter... kind of interesting to see how everyone is, or how they act like they are... the overwhelming majority said that nothing remarkable is happening and i wonder... do remarkable things have to always be happening?

"Katie said that she & Colin are planning on getting married in the summer of 2005. She just broke it to us yesterday, but your father thinks it isn't too serious because it is such a long time off & they don't have a definite plan."

so this was in an email that my mom sent me... i think its crazy talk... i mean, hes a nice guy and everything, but they are young.. and have so much they should do...

but then again, they are happy, and who says you need more than that? (well, besides me.) i just know taht i couldn't do it... but then again, i haven't even met the wrong guy yet, let allow the right one.

so didn't knwo how to respond and i still don't but i'm trying to...

man... so i'm back at philmont as a kanik (inuit for "its really damn cold outside") guide... its not bad except that one of the peopel i work with is the guy i hated over the fall... but i live with some super cool morman girls and i get paid to sleep outside in the snow...

well, we actually haven't had so much snow so far... it was 52 degrees according to my car today... we hiked trail peak and just had a pretty good time. but theoretically it should be snowy outside.

i've been back here since the day after christmas and will stay till the end of march. during this time when i'm not "working" i will be searching for jobs and studying for the actuary exam. neither of which is a very intriguing plan, but its a plan as it were, so i go with it.

basically i hope to pass the time till sept. when i will hopefully be going to SE asia with lauren. not the most financially responsible idea in the world, but fun, right?

anyway, i told my self that i was going to put in 2 hours of productive job searching, and i've been sitting here for that long, but have only applied to one job. oops. i'll try again. later.