better

it's getting better up here in colorado. mainly because i've just come to accept the norm of being by myself and away from any friends or family. it's not as if i've made a good buddy or anything, haha that's my fault right?

i was thinking the other day, remembering those nights where i would stay up really late talking to a girl i liked. any idea what i'm talking about? where you talk for hours and hours, it's like the time dissapears. somehow the conversation is open to talk about anything, from sex to friends to family to embarrassing stories, etc. cool times, i hope i have more.

more than anything right now i want to go back to Oman. i'm tired of hiking around these woods all day everyday and not doing any cultural research. it's like the work is just there to be done, there is no motivation. all we have been doing is marking sites, mostly old mining pits. there are no artifacts and there is no work done to find out who did it and when. what kind of archaeology is this? whatever it is, i really don't like it.

....so i may go to a bar tonight or something, i have nothing better to do, and i want to meet some new people here in Gunnison. this is only my second weekend here, and i don't really know any other way to meet people my age. we'll see how it goes.

Colorado

Well, I'm in Colorado now working for the government. It's nothing that special, it's actually the USDA Forest Service, no FBI or anything. That doesn't mean it isn't interesting, but at least it deals with my niche of archaeology. The government definately has different methods in handling field work and data, I'm going to have to get used to it as I will be working with them until mid-Fall. To be honest, I don't think they evaluate data or sites as much as they should, and being that the work of archaeology is destructive, I think they might as well work on their research as much as possible and evaluate the data in the field to the max.

That's all I have for now, except that I am extremely lonely up here. They moved me into an RV in the mountains, it's gorgeous, but I have no one to share it with. I have no contacts or friends up here, and I don't exactly work with people within my generation. I don't even get cell-phone service up here. In a way it's a good challenge for me being isolated, but that doesn't mean I like it. In fact it just reminds me of how much I miss my friends at my alma mater - Missouri State, and at home in Texas......sooooo depressing. It's going to be a long haul for sure, but I know I can make it.

Ryan over and out....