"You're in COLLEGE?!?"

Gotta love what some of the visitors kids say to me.

I like to get to know them a bit before they go on their trips.

And one family with a particularly rambunctious 8 year old commented on that I am in college.

I know, still throws me off sometimes that I have a 2 in the tens place holder instead of a 1
And that i'm supposed to be an adult
And that i'm in college.
Even though i'm going into my senior year...

What. The. Hell.

Don't worry i'm just having an existential crisis.


But really working at Mild to Wild isn't too bad.

Except for a catty female or two.
Maybe a person in a position of authority that likes to loom over my shoulder.
And the occasional stinky but oh so cute raft guide.
It's not too bad.

I like getting to know people and families even though briefly

And being the person handing out the otter pops before the 2:00 trip leaves automatically makes you popular and you get to know guests and guides alike.

I just want to get on nickname level.
They haven't figured one out for me yet, but I feel if i get to know more and more of the staff and guides they will all convene sometime soon, vote on the most attractive, accurate, witty and cute one and then present me with a plague with my nickname on it.
Not Julie for the love of god.

Actually it'll maybe happen sometime this summer if we are lucky.

The best of the staff have nicknames...so therefore I would like one too.

But yes the visitors are fun.
The other day as i'm getting off work at my other job I see a family that I helped the day prior.
And they recognize me.
And it was funny and sweet because you just think you pass in and out of these peoples lives and they forget about you.
But they didn't.
And I liked that.

So maybe working two jobs is crazy, and I don't have much time for myself...
But hell i'm single, so I have no one that is too pressing to spend time with on a regular basis besides Deanna and Carter.
I like having money and being an independent woman.
So if I want to buy a new dress I can.
Pick up the check I can.
Take myself out on a single girl sushi date I can.



But yes little boy, I am in college oddly enough.