Without Further Ado

 Apologies for missing last week - my laptop decided to die randomly!

Last week, not a lot happened. But! Liv, Katie and I are planning a Canada trip at the end of the month, so that is exciting! I also paid off the cruise for January '24 and have decided completely that I will be back on the West Coast by mid-November this year. I planned to maybe stay on the East Coast, but I just can't be anywhere other than Arizona or California anymore. It's a part of me and I am a part of it. 

My week was very uneventful. I worked Mon-Wed and then I slept the morning of Thursday after working. Probably for 4 or 5 hours. Then I went over to the Young Bloods' house to hang out and drink with Katie until Liv got home. From there, we walked to Margaritas and had a shot, then walked to Fogtown Brewery to meet up with Jake and Gus, only to go back to Margaritas to end our nights. Once we got back from Margaritas, I dyed Liv's hair again so that her roots would be more green. It turned out pretty cool. Amazing, really.

On Friday, Liv and I went to Portland because she DEMANDED a can of chili tattoo (there's a story there). So we took my truck and drove the 2.5hrs to Portland, walked around downtown, had margaritas (duh) and chicken wings and made it to a shop accepting walk-ins. She got her chili and I got a few mushrooms. 

My Mushrooms

Liv's Can of Chili

It was nice to get out of Ellsworth and just vibe farther than Bangor. We came back with enough time to hit up Margaritas, which we decided was our last trip there. From now on, we're saving money and eating and drinking at home. We have a living room at my house with three couches and TONS of wall space. I ordered a projector off Amazon and we'll be setting up a cantina with movies in that room. It will be better than Margaritas because it's cheap and it will still have Margaritas. Plus, it's not a ten to fifteen minute walk away in the rain and the dark! 

On the way back from Portland, Liv and I decided we were going to travel and explore once we leave Maine. I don't want to get too excited, but Liv wants to caravan with me. This means when we leave Maine, we are going to travel together - in separate cars - from Maine to Virginia to Ohio to Arizona. She is from Virginia and that is where her kayak lives. I'm going to be purchasing one soon. The plan is to go out to Arizona and just boondock until August of 2024 and then go to New Zealand. We may get camp jobs in the middle just for the cash for NZ, but the plan is to hike Te Araroa for three months and then come back to do the PCT or split our ways and figure out our next steps on our own. I will 100% be doing the PCT afterwards, unless I overstay my trip to New Zealand and never leave. Here's to hoping she actually wants to do this with me, because I am doing it regardless.

Anyways, back to reality - Saturday night, we all hung out in the triple-couch living room and drank margaritas while watching the Iron Giant on my tiny laptop. It was fun to have us all together drinking margaritas and got me excited to revamp that space for nighttime hangouts in the future.

The rain came on Thursday night and hasn't left. It will be raining until next Saturday! We will have sunlight for one day (just so happens to be Bar Harbor's Pride event (I see you, Universe). Then I will be driving back to Ohio for a week to visit Tara and get some Cold weather gear from my storage unit. I'll also be setting up the roof rack, since my plan is to buy a kayak at some point this summer. I also just need some stimulation, so I'm hoping this quick drive down and back will give me that. 

Sunday, Lucy and Lauren went to Margaritas with me and JT offered me a job. I declined because I liked going there too much to work there! And I'd only be there for the season, so it didn't feel right. We went home to watch Galaxy Quest after and talked on the triple couches for a while. It was nice having a mixture of the people at camp this time, even though I love always hanging out with Liv and Katie. Change is the flavor of life, right? or something like that. 

Left to Right: Me, Lauren, Lucy

Anyways, here's to three more days of work and hopefully going home to see my best friend and grab some cold clothes from storage. I might get new tires and a tune up while I'm at it. 

Thanks for following along with my incessant ramblings and musings. I appreciate you.