This is all I need

All I need is the camera in my hands, a tripod slung across my back, and I can be happy.

Things are a little slow right now, since we have a lot of mechanical breakdowns and are low on fuel. This is why I've been blogging a little more, and perhaps thinking a little too much. The lab has been organized, I've been taken out on site tours many times now, and have hung out with the supervisors after hours. I've worked with the engineer on site, and he's been great at teaching me about what he does. From him, I'm realizing that consulting jobs would be quite a good fit for me; so I may be approaching one of the firms when I graduate. But so much is in the air about the future now, I'll just take what comes and deal with it then (Que sera sera right?).

At least I don't need to be worried that I won't have any doors to walk through. I've worked hard to set the foundation, and I'm confident that I'll be good for jobs and such later on. I've received an acceptance letter for one of the conferences I wanted to attend, so it looks like I'll be travelling to Calgary in October to attend it. Hopefully I can establish a lot of good networks there.

I haven't been sleeping well here, and perhaps because of that I had a dream with a friend in it. She had dreamt about me earlier too, so I found it amusingly coincidental. All the same, the dream has been bothering me a bit.

Other than that, it's been great here. People aren't as social on this site, and it isn't quite as exciting; but work will occupy most of my time soon, and I'm looking forward to that. A barge is being loaded with an urgent load of fuel as we speak and should arrive here in a week or so. Planes are also coming in tomorrow to drop off some gear to set up bear deterrents.

This month is going to be interesting. I'm actually half wishing that it was over already just because I'd like to start and finish up school as soon as possible. The future is bright (: and I think I'm ready to make my mark in it.