Nearing the end of Fall.

The season are definitely starting to change. Got the first taste of Port Angeles snow while we were in Poulsbo…Got 4 inches in the afternoon while we were at the grant writing workshop (which was a good workshop). Speaking of workshops, roommates and I went to Olympia this week for a day long SEPA workshop, learned a bit about the process and the challenges of jumping through the hoops for SEPA, but not much about the environmental side which I am sure we will get a good taste of in environmental impact assessment next quarter. I might need to spend some more time in Olympia, might be a good place to live post college…there has got to be some sort of work down there.

We are playing in the show a bit more! We are getting feedback about the snow sampling sites and we are getting better places to look…Better means more accessible by foot and more acceptable for sampling conditions. Only a few sites were difficult to get to, but with some snow pack and proper clothing we will be alright. The sites that the engineers are picking are pretty good, the biggest challenge is staying close to their sites, but staying away from where off road vehicles won’t be to disturb the equipment. We get to go back out on Tuesday to check a few more sites, can’t wait to see how much more snow is out there.

The quarter is winding down, just two more official weeks until it is over, but in the mean time lots of work to do, plus I get to start an internship (pending final paperwork) with the local public utilities district. Don’t quite know what my exact tasks will be, but they will be involving GIS and hopefully some field work. Tomorrow is prospectively my first day.

Dependence on technology is starting to bug me. My laptop has been on the fritz and I did a backup today and restored the laptop to factory settings, looks like everything transferred well, but it is really making me realize how we live and die by technology. I would love to say to hell with it, but I don’t want to write things by hand or search through libraries. Hopefully the end of the quarter will bring some much needed play time and some recreational reading.