So, I think it's going to happen.

I've always had a plan, always followed my plan. It went like this. Be a good student, get good grades, get into drafting classes in high school, find a college, get my degree, and live happily ever after. I'm sure there was supposed to be a guy in there somewhere but I didn't know how to plan that.

So I'm at the happily ever after part of the story. It's not what I expected. I thought I would figure it out when the time came. I started looking at jobs and trying to figure out what I want to do. I was feeling reluctant to really try to get a job. It all seemed so permanent, trapping. Nothing felt right.

I started complaining and Piper suggested I go work at the Grand Teton Lodge Company. I looked at the page, thought about it, and decided to at least apply. What would be the harm in that?

The more I thought about it the more I wanted to go. It would be a seasonal job in an amazing environment. It sounded perfect. With some advice and encouragement from Piper I got a phone interview. Then I got a follow up phone interview.

Well, to cut out some details, I got the job. Starting in the middle of May I will be in Wyoming. I'm going to go early and help out in the kitchen. Then, when Colter Bay Village opens for the season I will be transferring there. I haven't gotten all the details but basically I would be taking food across Jackson Lake to Elk Island. Cooking, giving a little speech about the island to the tourist, and I don't know what else.

Leave everything behind, move forward without being stuck, adventure, excitement, being scared. Getting to be outside after being inside behind my studio desk for four years. I can't express all the great things I feel about it. I know it's going to be amazing.

To see pictures I've stolen go to my blog. The real one, http://newnorth1.blogspot.com/