Progress on the social front

Man I have been busy the last few days, in terms of both work and social life. I am really getting to the point where people know who I am and I can be comfortable hanging out with them if Jonathan isn't around. Thursday night I went and played Frisbee with a group while Jonathan was at the gym, and we eventually get enough people together to play Ultimate Frisbee. It had been raining just about the whole day before we went out there, so the field was incredibly slick and of you tried to change direction quickly you ended up sliding. The conditions and the game itself were a lot of fun. That night we went out to a bonfire with a different group of friends. Jonathan, our friend Cody and I ended up walking out to a nearby glacier and checking it out. Cody is pretty cool and is going to be out fishing on a different boat this summer, so hopefully we'll be able to hang out a good bit. The only issue with making friends here in Cordova is that once we leave, the next time I will see them will be at the end up the summer.

Friday night we went and had a bonfire with yet another group of friends. This group is probably my favorite and the ones I will hang out with the most. It was out in this place called the gravel pit, so some people brought four-wheelers and everyone was riding around on them the whole time. After that we all headed back into town to drop off most of the group, but then some of us headed back out to car trail called Boulder Alley. Basically Boulder Alley is a narrow trail in the brush riddled with bumps and sharp turns. It makes for a really fun truck ride.

Then last night was the local high school's graduation ceremony. I skipped the actual ceremony, but then Jonathan picked me up and we went and hung out at the after party. Then at about 10:30 we went to this thing called Safe and Sober, an event for seniors and a guest of their choice. Most of the group from the gravel pit was there, and it was a lot of fun. We stayed until about 5 am, when they kicked everyone out. So Jonathan and I headed back to the boat and passed out for awhile. I actually just woke up now, so who knows what work will be like today. Hopefully we can manage to go camping with everyone tonight though.

The people who ran it were giving out prizes to the seniors, which included laptops. These were not bad laptops either; these were pretty nice. Supposedly the people running the event had been doing fund-raisers all year for this. Jonathan actually ended up winning one, which kills me. I have already tried to offer a trade for his which would include my current computer and money on my part. He is going to use it as a navigation computer onboard this summer, because they believe that the computer they have been using for navigation has been corrupted by the internet. So the plan for the new on is to be strictly a nav computer, and keep it offline permanently Man, I really want that computer, but I don't want to be annoying about it. I do think that my current one would serve their needs, and I could even wipe all traces of the internet off of it by restoring it to factory settings. We'll see, I don't want to push it too much.

As for work lately, it's been mostly a bunch of odd jobs, so there's not really much to talk about. The biggest thing is that I set up a large cover with a tarp over the work area on deck so we can fiberglass when it is raining. There aren't many projects left, but they are all big ones. I think we can all see the light at the end of the tunnel, though.

Our departure date has slid to the 4th of June, so we will be at the dock for more then a week. I want to get done with all of these boat projects and actually get fishing, because I don't get paid for doing boat projects. Jonathan and his parents have all said that this is the worst part, and that our first fishing area will be the worst of the summer. I'm kind of happy about that because it lets us get the worst out of the way early and then have good fishing for the rest of the time. Once the season is over I will have to help them put the boat to sleep for the winter, but it will be much easier than what we are doing now.

-Jack