Hello everyone!
It has been just a FEW weeks since I have been able to write in my blog... whoops! Anyways, a lot has happened in the past weeks! First, I would like to say Happy New Year to everyone and hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season with their loved ones. :]
Lets see...
I got to go home to California for a few days during Christmas. It was soooo fun and very warm compared to here. I was melting! After two days I was ready to get back to the cold. It is definitely not winter in California.... at all. We are still in summer. I only hope that we get some rain there for my farm family! I'll try to send some your way since today it is raining cats and dogs outside! It was so fun seeing everyone and spending time with all my favorite peoples while I was home. Though it was short, it was sweet :] Thank you to everyone that made time to see me while I was home, it really meant a lot to me!
I got back to Maine last Saturday night and started working on Sunday and haven't had a day off since until today! Work is amazing. I still love my job and I am getting to know everyone a bit more each day. This month is the start to our busy season. This past weekend we had our first freestyle competition. It was so cool! Minus the fact I had to stand outside all day on Saturday in freezing cold temperatures. I still can't feel some of my fingers and was told that it will be a few weeks until I will get full feeling back. AWESOME. I also couldn't eat my lunch because my sandwich froze, could make any phone calls because my phone froze, and my walkie talkie froze. So to say the least... it was cold outside. The cold takes a lot of energy out of you and I am exhausted. It was definitely an experience and something that I need to adapt to more... I suppose :] This week is going to be crazy busy... it is College Week on the mountain a long with Frozen Rush by Red Bull on Friday. Not only are those things going on but we have Locals Challenge starting on Wednesday, a race on Friday, and another freestyle event on Saturday and Sunday. Locals Challenge is where a team of 7 local peoples get to race between the hours of 9-12 and whoever has the most points wins that day of events and then there is a champion at the end of the season. We have a party every Wednesday night to celebrate the winner of that day. It sounds like a lot of fun and it is sponsored by BudLight.. (water beer but oh well). So this week will be busy, stressful, but a lot of fun and I can't wait :]
I have been meeting more and more people each day, week, weekend, etc... and making more friends. Friday was Devin's birthday and a bunch of his friend came to visit. We went out to this bar called the Funky Red Barn. It reminded me a lot of the Dirty Bird in the sense that it is the last place you go at night, there are a bunch of locals, and we were the only ones dancing. It was great. I have gotten close with Emma's best friend out here named Kate. She is a doll and very down to earth. We both have said that we feel as though we have known each other forever and this friendship was destined to happen. :] Emma and Kate are my girls out here and I am thankful to have them everyday. I have met some other cool kids in the past couple of weeks. I will write more on them the next time I have a moment to write in the blog.
Anyways, a lot of other things have been going on while I have been here. I have some big decisions to make in the next couple of months. I love it here and I would like to stay longer if I could. Mom and Dad, I know you don't like that idea but... I may have to do it!! More to come on that later as well.
I hope everyone is doing well and to hear from you all soon. I'd love that :] Missing everyone and loving you all from Maine!!!
Talk soon,
T
Winter Wonderland
Monday, January 6, 2014
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Hello everyone!
There is much to write about since obviously it has been awhile and I apologize! But I have a moment to write to you all before I go to a Christmas party on the mountain. Where to start... well our first big competition of the season went really well. We had a total of 220 participants both male and female and it was a Slalom open... so basically the race down the mountain and they have to hit every gate on the way as fast as they can. The first day was sooo cold and windy and by far more interesting than the second day. One of the guys I work with had to be taken to the hospital because he was setting up for the competition and was going under a rope and got clotheslined in the process by a rope at the top of the mountain. He is ok now.. he just has a rope burn on his neck and had a concussion... we are happy he didn't loose his head. That would of been a real bad day. But it was fun watching all the athletes ski and to learn more about Slalom racing. At the end of each day we do a medal ceremony for the top 3 placers. again... it was cold and windy at both ceremonies. I have met most of my volunteers for the season. They are all older. Like older than my parents or around the same age. (I'm not saying that my parents are OLD... sorry mom and dad if you thought that...not what I meant.. just giving everyone an idea... please let me come home for xmas still!) Anyways, before I met any of them, some people warned me not to let the volunteers walk all over me. So keeping that in mind, I killed them with kindness on the very first day and I think I have already won most of them over. It felt good knowing that I was getting along with them and they felt comfortable around me. That was a major plus!
After the long weekend, I had two days off of work (monday and tuesday). Monday I went skiing for the first time!!! It was snowing and cold but I ended up loving it. Well, that is a lie... the first run I acted like a brat and complained the whole way down the mountain because I was scared and kept falling. I fell about 5 times but then I started to get the hang of it and by the time I was at the bottom of the mountain I wanted to go again, even though my body already hurt and I was grumpy. BUT we ended up going two more times (because that is all my body could actually handle) and I only fell two more times. It was a great success! AND to answer my dad's question.. NO I DID NOT GO ON ANY OF THE BUNNY HILLS!!!! (that wasn't me yelling. it was me being excited and proud that I started on the big kid slopes) so anyways, skiing was amazing...quiet the workout. I'm finally not sore and can put my pants on without having to sit. I'm ready to go again this week! wahoo! Tuesday we drove out to Hebron to Emma's parents house to do laundry and bake Christmas cookies. It was so much fun and so nice to be at a home home for the day. I am so thankful that Paul and Nadine (Em's parents) have adopted me into their family. They have been great to me and have opened up their arms and given me the love and attention I need from adult figures like my parents. They have given me a home away from home which is amazing. Tuesday night we went to a Christmas party at Emma's other job at 22 Broadway which is an Italian restaurant. They did a Yankee swap which is kinda like a white elephant party. We won a bottle of wine and two Ski the East pint glasses which we gave to Devin. It was a lot of fun! I am pretty sure I also scored myself a hostess position there a couple nights a week which will be awesome because then I'll have a little more money to stay comfortable on. :)
Work this week has been pretty slow because we didn't have a competition this weekend. But this week we have a 4 day competition called the Eastern Cup. It is going to be a busy week all around the mountain because it is the week before Christmas and people are starting to show up for the holiday festivities. Today is Winterfest at Sunday River. It is the first night for night skiing, we have fireworks, a warm coat drive, and an Ugly Sweater party at the Foggy Goggle. Emma, Devin, and I don't have ugly sweaters, but we have plenty of Christmas decorations to decorate ourselves with. It is suppose to snow 12-16 inches tonight... YIKES. and I have the day off tomorrow... maybe I'll build a snowman.
Anyways, I am about a week away from coming home to warm California. I can't wait to see everyone and spend a few days with all my favorite people. I am missing home every once and awhile and it is still hard to believe that I live all the way across the country now. But for positive thoughts, I have found a list full of jobs I will be applying for back in California the next couple of weeks. So good news is is that I will be returning at the end of the season, if any of you were concerned! I love and miss you all! See youuu soon! Well maybe... I look like Casper now so I may blend into the walls. hehe just kidding!
Lots of loveeeee
Tor
There is much to write about since obviously it has been awhile and I apologize! But I have a moment to write to you all before I go to a Christmas party on the mountain. Where to start... well our first big competition of the season went really well. We had a total of 220 participants both male and female and it was a Slalom open... so basically the race down the mountain and they have to hit every gate on the way as fast as they can. The first day was sooo cold and windy and by far more interesting than the second day. One of the guys I work with had to be taken to the hospital because he was setting up for the competition and was going under a rope and got clotheslined in the process by a rope at the top of the mountain. He is ok now.. he just has a rope burn on his neck and had a concussion... we are happy he didn't loose his head. That would of been a real bad day. But it was fun watching all the athletes ski and to learn more about Slalom racing. At the end of each day we do a medal ceremony for the top 3 placers. again... it was cold and windy at both ceremonies. I have met most of my volunteers for the season. They are all older. Like older than my parents or around the same age. (I'm not saying that my parents are OLD... sorry mom and dad if you thought that...not what I meant.. just giving everyone an idea... please let me come home for xmas still!) Anyways, before I met any of them, some people warned me not to let the volunteers walk all over me. So keeping that in mind, I killed them with kindness on the very first day and I think I have already won most of them over. It felt good knowing that I was getting along with them and they felt comfortable around me. That was a major plus!
After the long weekend, I had two days off of work (monday and tuesday). Monday I went skiing for the first time!!! It was snowing and cold but I ended up loving it. Well, that is a lie... the first run I acted like a brat and complained the whole way down the mountain because I was scared and kept falling. I fell about 5 times but then I started to get the hang of it and by the time I was at the bottom of the mountain I wanted to go again, even though my body already hurt and I was grumpy. BUT we ended up going two more times (because that is all my body could actually handle) and I only fell two more times. It was a great success! AND to answer my dad's question.. NO I DID NOT GO ON ANY OF THE BUNNY HILLS!!!! (that wasn't me yelling. it was me being excited and proud that I started on the big kid slopes) so anyways, skiing was amazing...quiet the workout. I'm finally not sore and can put my pants on without having to sit. I'm ready to go again this week! wahoo! Tuesday we drove out to Hebron to Emma's parents house to do laundry and bake Christmas cookies. It was so much fun and so nice to be at a home home for the day. I am so thankful that Paul and Nadine (Em's parents) have adopted me into their family. They have been great to me and have opened up their arms and given me the love and attention I need from adult figures like my parents. They have given me a home away from home which is amazing. Tuesday night we went to a Christmas party at Emma's other job at 22 Broadway which is an Italian restaurant. They did a Yankee swap which is kinda like a white elephant party. We won a bottle of wine and two Ski the East pint glasses which we gave to Devin. It was a lot of fun! I am pretty sure I also scored myself a hostess position there a couple nights a week which will be awesome because then I'll have a little more money to stay comfortable on. :)
Work this week has been pretty slow because we didn't have a competition this weekend. But this week we have a 4 day competition called the Eastern Cup. It is going to be a busy week all around the mountain because it is the week before Christmas and people are starting to show up for the holiday festivities. Today is Winterfest at Sunday River. It is the first night for night skiing, we have fireworks, a warm coat drive, and an Ugly Sweater party at the Foggy Goggle. Emma, Devin, and I don't have ugly sweaters, but we have plenty of Christmas decorations to decorate ourselves with. It is suppose to snow 12-16 inches tonight... YIKES. and I have the day off tomorrow... maybe I'll build a snowman.
Anyways, I am about a week away from coming home to warm California. I can't wait to see everyone and spend a few days with all my favorite people. I am missing home every once and awhile and it is still hard to believe that I live all the way across the country now. But for positive thoughts, I have found a list full of jobs I will be applying for back in California the next couple of weeks. So good news is is that I will be returning at the end of the season, if any of you were concerned! I love and miss you all! See youuu soon! Well maybe... I look like Casper now so I may blend into the walls. hehe just kidding!
Lots of loveeeee
Tor
Monday, December 2, 2013
It's been awhile...
and today is my first day of relaxation since I have been here! It has been a crazy week and a half and it makes it seem like I have been here for months already... so here is a update my friends and fam!
work: my job is awesome and i love it so far. my building is a little shack of a building next to the slope like i had mentioned before. Kate (my boss) wants the resort to remodel the inside because it needs some work. Emma, Devin, and I call it the frat house office. the wooden floors are worn in, the windows are old, the couches were donated, things are falling a part, and there is always a 30 rack of beer in the fridge... but i love everything about it. apparently the building was the first ski shop at Sunday River back in the day and it was called Frosty's or something like that. I love my boss, Kate. We get along really well already and she is open to new ideas that I have to share with her, which is really nice. Last week she took me on a non-related work field trip to play with a bunch of puppies... AWESOME... and they were black and yellow labies... my life was complete. i miss my pups.. we have cats here.. they are cool tho... anyways.. this past weekend was my first event! and Kate was gone on the first day! the event was called Demo Days and guests could register for $10 each day to Demo brand skis from 12 different vendors on the mountain and then if they wanted to buy a pair, they got $50 off their purchase. It was a pretty sweet deal! the first day we had 179 people demo and sunday we had about 85. It was a great turn out this year and everyone was happy. Today is my day off and i have thursday off as well because Emma and I are going on a little adventure! but our first big race is next weekend and it is a FIS Open... apparently they are a big deal, I have no idea about anything on competition skiing but I guess I will find out soon, won't I?
life in general: outside of work, we have been pretty busy. I love living with Emma and Devin... I honestly dont think I would of made this move if I had to live by myself. yikes. we all get a long really well and things are just easy for all of us. Emma and I have been on a couple fun adventures together. I'm learning and seeing a lot of Bethel and the surrounding areas. It's beautiful and there is a lot of space... meaning everything around here is pretty spread out.. reminds me of home. The STARS at night are probably the most amazing things I have ever seen in my life. and if you know anything about me... you would know I LOVE STARS. However, it is too cold at night to sit outside to look at them but you can see them from inside which is still pretty amazing. the sky is so dark and clear, you could almost reach up and touch the stars. I have never seen such a beautiful site.
There is this place called Suds Pub and it is walking distance from our house and we have been there twice now. It is pretty cool! It is down in a basement of the main restaurant and it is definitely the typical ski pub. on tuesday nights they have $5 pizza night which is bomb cause then you have left overs for lunch the next day. Other places we have gone: The Matterhorn, The Roadhouse Rooster, and The Foggy Google (which is at the resort). All have been great experiences. and apparently the normal drink size here for mixed drinks is a pint.. goodnightttttt.... We have football Sundays after work at our apartment where we play games and watch the game and just hang out after a long weekend of work... it is a great way to relax with a beer or apple cider and rum <--- SO YUMMY!
For Thanksgiving, I went to Emma's parents house and had a wonderful time. It was different from my family's Thanksgiving tradition but it was a really great time and I felt part of their family, which I am very thankful for. I watched the parade for the first time in a long time. We baked a pie, a turkey, this stuffing deliciousness that had the stuffing and potatoes mixed together, carrots, a kale salad, we had 3 kinds of cranberry sauce, homemade bread, and other things that I am sure I forgot. But it was delicious and I was a happily full camper. Definitely got a food coma.
Anyways, that is all I can really think about all that has happened in the past week or so. It has been quiet the adventure already. It snowed last night and it looks beautiful outside today. I took a walk to the post office and it was perfect, not too cold! Hopefully I will learn to ski this week or next and build myself a snowman!! so exciting, I know. anyways, shout out to Matt on passing the Bar Exam and being born (it is his birthday today...Happy Birthday). I miss everyone and cannot wait to come home in a couple of weeks for Christmas celebrations! Talk to all you lovelies soon!
Love love love from the cold tundra of Maine!
Tor
work: my job is awesome and i love it so far. my building is a little shack of a building next to the slope like i had mentioned before. Kate (my boss) wants the resort to remodel the inside because it needs some work. Emma, Devin, and I call it the frat house office. the wooden floors are worn in, the windows are old, the couches were donated, things are falling a part, and there is always a 30 rack of beer in the fridge... but i love everything about it. apparently the building was the first ski shop at Sunday River back in the day and it was called Frosty's or something like that. I love my boss, Kate. We get along really well already and she is open to new ideas that I have to share with her, which is really nice. Last week she took me on a non-related work field trip to play with a bunch of puppies... AWESOME... and they were black and yellow labies... my life was complete. i miss my pups.. we have cats here.. they are cool tho... anyways.. this past weekend was my first event! and Kate was gone on the first day! the event was called Demo Days and guests could register for $10 each day to Demo brand skis from 12 different vendors on the mountain and then if they wanted to buy a pair, they got $50 off their purchase. It was a pretty sweet deal! the first day we had 179 people demo and sunday we had about 85. It was a great turn out this year and everyone was happy. Today is my day off and i have thursday off as well because Emma and I are going on a little adventure! but our first big race is next weekend and it is a FIS Open... apparently they are a big deal, I have no idea about anything on competition skiing but I guess I will find out soon, won't I?
life in general: outside of work, we have been pretty busy. I love living with Emma and Devin... I honestly dont think I would of made this move if I had to live by myself. yikes. we all get a long really well and things are just easy for all of us. Emma and I have been on a couple fun adventures together. I'm learning and seeing a lot of Bethel and the surrounding areas. It's beautiful and there is a lot of space... meaning everything around here is pretty spread out.. reminds me of home. The STARS at night are probably the most amazing things I have ever seen in my life. and if you know anything about me... you would know I LOVE STARS. However, it is too cold at night to sit outside to look at them but you can see them from inside which is still pretty amazing. the sky is so dark and clear, you could almost reach up and touch the stars. I have never seen such a beautiful site.
There is this place called Suds Pub and it is walking distance from our house and we have been there twice now. It is pretty cool! It is down in a basement of the main restaurant and it is definitely the typical ski pub. on tuesday nights they have $5 pizza night which is bomb cause then you have left overs for lunch the next day. Other places we have gone: The Matterhorn, The Roadhouse Rooster, and The Foggy Google (which is at the resort). All have been great experiences. and apparently the normal drink size here for mixed drinks is a pint.. goodnightttttt.... We have football Sundays after work at our apartment where we play games and watch the game and just hang out after a long weekend of work... it is a great way to relax with a beer or apple cider and rum <--- SO YUMMY!
For Thanksgiving, I went to Emma's parents house and had a wonderful time. It was different from my family's Thanksgiving tradition but it was a really great time and I felt part of their family, which I am very thankful for. I watched the parade for the first time in a long time. We baked a pie, a turkey, this stuffing deliciousness that had the stuffing and potatoes mixed together, carrots, a kale salad, we had 3 kinds of cranberry sauce, homemade bread, and other things that I am sure I forgot. But it was delicious and I was a happily full camper. Definitely got a food coma.
Anyways, that is all I can really think about all that has happened in the past week or so. It has been quiet the adventure already. It snowed last night and it looks beautiful outside today. I took a walk to the post office and it was perfect, not too cold! Hopefully I will learn to ski this week or next and build myself a snowman!! so exciting, I know. anyways, shout out to Matt on passing the Bar Exam and being born (it is his birthday today...Happy Birthday). I miss everyone and cannot wait to come home in a couple of weeks for Christmas celebrations! Talk to all you lovelies soon!
Love love love from the cold tundra of Maine!
Tor
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Hi everyone!!
Since I'm writing this you must know that I have survived my first 24 hours in Maine!! When I got here I thought it was ridiculously cold but luckily Emma is an amazing friend and brought me a scarf and mittens in the car (obviously because all my stuff was packed). Her parents and boyfriend were also there to greet me and then we went and had dinner... which was amazing because I was so hangry from not eating all day. Well that's a lie.... I had coffee, yogurt, and airplane pretzels, super exciting. Anyways... it was about an 1 1/2 drive from Portland to Bethel. Obviously it was dark outside but I could tell it still look beautiful out! The sky is as clear as at home and I can see every star in the sky!! Lots of trees and water, not a lot of buildings. It literally feels like VC but way colder haha.
Our apartment is adorable. It is on the second floor of an old white farmhouse. You go in through this sunroom and up a flight of stairs to get in. At the top of the stairs in our bathroom and to the right is a huge kitchen... you could probably do cartwheels in it, but I don't know how to so I haven't tried. To the left of the stairs is our dining room. And then you go up two little stairs to our living room and the bedrooms. It has four bedrooms but technically two are being used as actual bedrooms, one as Emma and my closet (we have a ton of clothes now!!) and the other is a spare room. Our living room is awesome. We have a couch, tv, little table and chairs next to a three panel window, and some other fun chairs and decorations. So it is cozy. My room still needs a little work but today Emma and I ventured out to find stuff for my room and it is coming a long nicely.
Today I met my new boss, Kate. She is awesome and really nice; I think we are going to get along nicely together. Our office is this tiny gray building at the biggest slope sight on the mountain and across from the cafeteria and a bar (drinks while working? haha just kidding). My little room/office is right when you walk into the building, so I will be the first person people will see when they come into the building. I have a window that looks out to the mountain and slopes and I can see skiers coming down the mountain, so that's pretty cool! My name plaque was already on the door, which was awesome and they got me a new desk. The building is three levels and has a heater which will be awesome once it gets colder and because I sit by the front door (yikes...wind, snow, coldness). Kate said we get our new uniforms tomorrow which Emma said are really nice, normally like Patagonia, L.L. Bean, or North Face stuff. We get free lift passes for the season which is a huge plus because I guess they are like $1,000 for a season pass!!! INSANE! And then we get discounts on food and attire at stores on the mountain (...plus lodging and other things if any of you want to come visit!). So all in all it was a good first visit to the resort and to my office. Plus I got a free turkey! Apparently, they give out turkeys to their employees for Thanksgiving... so now we have 3 giant frozen turks at our house. Pretty random but so awesome! Tomorrow is my first day at work and I'll be meeting a lot of people, so I am excited about that!!
Anyways, I know this is a long blog post but there is a lot to say about my first day here! A lot has happened in such little time it feels like. It still seems surreal that I am here and that I'm actually doing this, but I think it will hit me soon that I'm not going to be home for a couple weeks and then a couple months after Christmas. I already miss home, the fam, my dogs, my friends, my bed, the warm weather (even tho it rained in SD today) and my old routine but this is a learning experience and going to be a good one with lots of adventures!! I should probably get some sleep so I can be well rested for my first day of work tomorrow, butttt I think I'm going to finish watching Sons of Anarchy before that... so I gotta go!! Missing everyone and hoping life is going swell! Comment on this any time or send me a text, message on facebook, or call me! I would love to hear from everyone and anyone!
hugs and kisses
T
Since I'm writing this you must know that I have survived my first 24 hours in Maine!! When I got here I thought it was ridiculously cold but luckily Emma is an amazing friend and brought me a scarf and mittens in the car (obviously because all my stuff was packed). Her parents and boyfriend were also there to greet me and then we went and had dinner... which was amazing because I was so hangry from not eating all day. Well that's a lie.... I had coffee, yogurt, and airplane pretzels, super exciting. Anyways... it was about an 1 1/2 drive from Portland to Bethel. Obviously it was dark outside but I could tell it still look beautiful out! The sky is as clear as at home and I can see every star in the sky!! Lots of trees and water, not a lot of buildings. It literally feels like VC but way colder haha.
Our apartment is adorable. It is on the second floor of an old white farmhouse. You go in through this sunroom and up a flight of stairs to get in. At the top of the stairs in our bathroom and to the right is a huge kitchen... you could probably do cartwheels in it, but I don't know how to so I haven't tried. To the left of the stairs is our dining room. And then you go up two little stairs to our living room and the bedrooms. It has four bedrooms but technically two are being used as actual bedrooms, one as Emma and my closet (we have a ton of clothes now!!) and the other is a spare room. Our living room is awesome. We have a couch, tv, little table and chairs next to a three panel window, and some other fun chairs and decorations. So it is cozy. My room still needs a little work but today Emma and I ventured out to find stuff for my room and it is coming a long nicely.
Today I met my new boss, Kate. She is awesome and really nice; I think we are going to get along nicely together. Our office is this tiny gray building at the biggest slope sight on the mountain and across from the cafeteria and a bar (drinks while working? haha just kidding). My little room/office is right when you walk into the building, so I will be the first person people will see when they come into the building. I have a window that looks out to the mountain and slopes and I can see skiers coming down the mountain, so that's pretty cool! My name plaque was already on the door, which was awesome and they got me a new desk. The building is three levels and has a heater which will be awesome once it gets colder and because I sit by the front door (yikes...wind, snow, coldness). Kate said we get our new uniforms tomorrow which Emma said are really nice, normally like Patagonia, L.L. Bean, or North Face stuff. We get free lift passes for the season which is a huge plus because I guess they are like $1,000 for a season pass!!! INSANE! And then we get discounts on food and attire at stores on the mountain (...plus lodging and other things if any of you want to come visit!). So all in all it was a good first visit to the resort and to my office. Plus I got a free turkey! Apparently, they give out turkeys to their employees for Thanksgiving... so now we have 3 giant frozen turks at our house. Pretty random but so awesome! Tomorrow is my first day at work and I'll be meeting a lot of people, so I am excited about that!!
Anyways, I know this is a long blog post but there is a lot to say about my first day here! A lot has happened in such little time it feels like. It still seems surreal that I am here and that I'm actually doing this, but I think it will hit me soon that I'm not going to be home for a couple weeks and then a couple months after Christmas. I already miss home, the fam, my dogs, my friends, my bed, the warm weather (even tho it rained in SD today) and my old routine but this is a learning experience and going to be a good one with lots of adventures!! I should probably get some sleep so I can be well rested for my first day of work tomorrow, butttt I think I'm going to finish watching Sons of Anarchy before that... so I gotta go!! Missing everyone and hoping life is going swell! Comment on this any time or send me a text, message on facebook, or call me! I would love to hear from everyone and anyone!
hugs and kisses
T
Monday, November 18, 2013
Hello all my lovely friends and family,
I understand that a blog may be a little ridiculous because I am literally only going across the country and not to another country in general, however I feel that this would be the best way of keep all you peeps updated with my life in Maine! I am less than 2 days away from leaving beautiful California to go on my adventure in crazy cold Maine (which is suppose to be beautiful as well). I have mixed feelings right now about going. I will miss you all terribly, but I am so so so excited and grateful that I will/able to embark on this great adventure. I will probably freeze and turn into a snowwomen, and if not that, I will come back a florescent white color (aka albino) and will have all spring and summer to get back at least a little color on my skin. But that is the least of my worries... How do you shovel snow properly? Is there a special way? Let me know if you have any pointers... really anything about snow and cold weather would be helpful. Maybe a survival kit... I may not go to work and hibernate the whole time like a bear.... JK I start work on Friday!!!
Anyways... follow my crazy life on here... if I stop writing it's because I froze to death... so make sure you call Emma and make sure I'm alive. I will miss you all but am looking forward to telling you all about my adventures through this and in person!!! Love you all.
xoxo
Tor
ps.
P.O. Box 615
Bethel, Maine 04217
just in case you wanted to send me any goodies... mexican food of any type wouldn't be frowned upon! :)
I understand that a blog may be a little ridiculous because I am literally only going across the country and not to another country in general, however I feel that this would be the best way of keep all you peeps updated with my life in Maine! I am less than 2 days away from leaving beautiful California to go on my adventure in crazy cold Maine (which is suppose to be beautiful as well). I have mixed feelings right now about going. I will miss you all terribly, but I am so so so excited and grateful that I will/able to embark on this great adventure. I will probably freeze and turn into a snowwomen, and if not that, I will come back a florescent white color (aka albino) and will have all spring and summer to get back at least a little color on my skin. But that is the least of my worries... How do you shovel snow properly? Is there a special way? Let me know if you have any pointers... really anything about snow and cold weather would be helpful. Maybe a survival kit... I may not go to work and hibernate the whole time like a bear.... JK I start work on Friday!!!
Anyways... follow my crazy life on here... if I stop writing it's because I froze to death... so make sure you call Emma and make sure I'm alive. I will miss you all but am looking forward to telling you all about my adventures through this and in person!!! Love you all.
xoxo
Tor
ps.
P.O. Box 615
Bethel, Maine 04217
just in case you wanted to send me any goodies... mexican food of any type wouldn't be frowned upon! :)
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