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In Albuquerque
Aug. 22nd, 2005 10:52 pmIt took us over 8 hours to get from Denver to Albuquerque, rest stops included. Poor Derek and Val (Val especially) saw it hard to see us go...but we eventually have to move on. Denver was great, but hey, we still had adventures to go on.
Joyce is here! She's loads of fun. Whee!
The bus ride was like a major picnic. Everyone was sharing snacks with each other - mainly junk food and cookies. The van crew gave us chips and I gave them Oreos. Some people were acting up on the bus, which was rather weird and distracting, but it got settled soon enough. (And yay, wind!)
I was one of the Bus Team people, so a lot of my job involved talking to Anke on the phone trying to corodinate rest stops and such. Apparently my reputation spread, heh. At least it was a good one...
We stopped at the First United Methodist Church in Albuquerque, which will be our facility for the whole week. Quite a contrast from the Adams 12 facility of before; wonder how it'd be like in a church setting.
From being alone, I now have 3 housemates - Baljit, Nanu, and Cristy. Cristy and I are sharing a room (I took this room because it had a computer!) while Baljit and Nanu are sharing a queen bed in the room next door. And oh! What a room, what a house!
It's completely southwestern Mexican/cowboy style, lovely interior design and furnishings (Mum you'd LOVE it), so big and airy...wow. They even have a gym and a studio, and TVs in every room. (And of course, this computer.)
Our host families are really lovely too. Carol and Gary (I think his name is). Carol's a retired teacher and Gary is a musician (hence the studio). Really nice and friendly. And yet again, dogs - 2 Lhasa Apsos, Simon and Dickens (who has taken a shine to me).
We had chicken, corn, veges, and mashed potatos for dinner. It's funny because each of us has a dietary restriction, save for Cristy - Baljit's vegetarian, Nanu doesn't eat beef, I don't eat pork. Cristy eats everything so I've deemed her Leftover Woman. And hey, free range for the fridge!
The best thing happened soon after though. Turns out that Brandi, Joyce, and Tici were living two houses away - and their house had a swimming pool.
SWIMMING POOL.
So after dinner us 4 (and the host mum) went over to their house, and we all hung out in the pool. Nanu's a bit afraid of water but we managed to coax her in. We spent the night chatting and gossiping and God knows what...it was fun. I've not been in a pool for about a year, since I moved to Cyberia; it's been a while since I swum at night. Lovely.
I wonder if this could be a nightly thing. Like a ritual.
Everyone's getting ready to sleep (I think no one will!) and tomorrow the threesome have decided to get up at 6 to do workouts at the gym. Crazy people. (I may get the shower to myself then, mwahahahah!)
HELLO CRISTY LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER!
Whee. This is fun. I wonder what else will happen next.
Joyce is here! She's loads of fun. Whee!
The bus ride was like a major picnic. Everyone was sharing snacks with each other - mainly junk food and cookies. The van crew gave us chips and I gave them Oreos. Some people were acting up on the bus, which was rather weird and distracting, but it got settled soon enough. (And yay, wind!)
I was one of the Bus Team people, so a lot of my job involved talking to Anke on the phone trying to corodinate rest stops and such. Apparently my reputation spread, heh. At least it was a good one...
We stopped at the First United Methodist Church in Albuquerque, which will be our facility for the whole week. Quite a contrast from the Adams 12 facility of before; wonder how it'd be like in a church setting.
From being alone, I now have 3 housemates - Baljit, Nanu, and Cristy. Cristy and I are sharing a room (I took this room because it had a computer!) while Baljit and Nanu are sharing a queen bed in the room next door. And oh! What a room, what a house!
It's completely southwestern Mexican/cowboy style, lovely interior design and furnishings (Mum you'd LOVE it), so big and airy...wow. They even have a gym and a studio, and TVs in every room. (And of course, this computer.)
Our host families are really lovely too. Carol and Gary (I think his name is). Carol's a retired teacher and Gary is a musician (hence the studio). Really nice and friendly. And yet again, dogs - 2 Lhasa Apsos, Simon and Dickens (who has taken a shine to me).
We had chicken, corn, veges, and mashed potatos for dinner. It's funny because each of us has a dietary restriction, save for Cristy - Baljit's vegetarian, Nanu doesn't eat beef, I don't eat pork. Cristy eats everything so I've deemed her Leftover Woman. And hey, free range for the fridge!
The best thing happened soon after though. Turns out that Brandi, Joyce, and Tici were living two houses away - and their house had a swimming pool.
SWIMMING POOL.
So after dinner us 4 (and the host mum) went over to their house, and we all hung out in the pool. Nanu's a bit afraid of water but we managed to coax her in. We spent the night chatting and gossiping and God knows what...it was fun. I've not been in a pool for about a year, since I moved to Cyberia; it's been a while since I swum at night. Lovely.
I wonder if this could be a nightly thing. Like a ritual.
Everyone's getting ready to sleep (I think no one will!) and tomorrow the threesome have decided to get up at 6 to do workouts at the gym. Crazy people. (I may get the shower to myself then, mwahahahah!)
HELLO CRISTY LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER!
Whee. This is fun. I wonder what else will happen next.
