[you should never let people know how tired you are]

Tired. Working 12 hours a day takes some energy, that's for sure! I've been working for the last month doing two things that I really enjoy, pretty much simultaneously. The normal routine most recently has been waking up somewhere around 7 or 7:30 and letting the dogs out, then getting ready and getting to the maintenance garage somewhere between 8 and 8:30. Normally in the mornings there is a decent amount of pretty basic petty stuff that needs done around this old camp. Move picnic tables, replace burned out light bulbs, fill in holes, spray bees wasps and anything else that flies and stings or bites, move gravel, cut up trees, or supervise volunteers. If I'm lucky, by 10 or 11 I can get on the mower and start knocking down some tall grass. Recently this has been quite challenging with the amounts of rain that we've been having, combined with the fact that I normally have to leave the camp and head to RadioShack by 3 or 4 at the latest.

So of course once I'm done getting all dirty, and sweaty at camp, I have to clean up to head to TheShack for an afternoon and evening of being a salesperson. Just yesterday after walking into the air conditioned store it was only then that I realized how hot and muggy it was outside. Currently Cell Phones are outpacing themselves and becoming obsolete overnight it seems. I've gotten to play with the HTC Evo before it was released, and today watched confidential movies about the new iPhone 4. All I can say is that technology is outpacing itself.

Lately I've become more and more interested in the prospect of doing more "off the grid" For example, I've got a new phone charger that is solar powered. It's made by called a Solio Universal Hybrid by BETTERENERGYSYSTEMS. It has enough storage capacity once fully charged to charge your average phone about 2 times, can charge any number of devices from phones and ipods to GPS units or Bluetooth devices. It is of course also available at your local RadioShack store. I've got mine charged at all times and ready to give my phone a little boost when it's low at the end of the day, which also happens to be in my EMT bag in case of an emergency. This particular guy has a couple additional accessories I'd really like that can be purchased directly from BETTERENERGYSYSTEMS. The LED gooseneck light could be quite handy in just about every kind of emergency, and the suction cup to mount it to a window also seems like it could be very useful.