it's my niece's birthday today. she's 21. i turned 21 when i was living in philadelphia. i spent the night out with my friend from england. i was so ready to get carded, but noooooooooo. there was even a sign up that said "if you're 35 or younger we'll card you." talk about a let down. i had a good time regardless.
my niece is spending her 21st birthday at home. when i called she was feeding her son dakota. she can't even cut loose a little because she is pregnant with her second child. she's going to have two kids a year apart. whew!!

i still haven't heard the results from the dna test. it should literally be any day now. i keep imagining different scenerios...good and bad. i find myself anxious...the day can't go by fast enough for me, but there's nothing for me to do except wait.

jeez, i wanna get outta here. i find myself searching the ornithological job site. there are already listings for jobs in the spring. i'd like to find a 4 to 6 week job for the summer. i was hired for two jobs up in alaska, but i took the oregon one...this was before taiwan. i'm hoping to find the one that was offered to me up in barrow. i figure a short field season job to stay fresh followed by a nice trip somewhere. man, i'm getting pulled towards taiwan, england and canada. all three places have friends on the other end i would love to see. we'll see what happens. it hasn't gotten so bad being back here that i'm searching the international teaching ads....but give it time. you never know...i just may end up working here for the summer. the way my life goes, it's one week at a time. it's strange to think that i haven't been in one place longer than two years.

BEEN THERE...
england, wales, ireland, france, switzerland, austria, italy, germany, republic of czech, sweden, canada, taiwan and thailand. all of the united states except; rhode island, alaska, and hawaii.

i just felt like putting that in there. i wonder where else i'll end up going.