The day before my birthday

- I was supposed to have friends come and camp, and we'd hang out. Then they bailed.

- I was supposed to have climbing friends come and camp, and we'd climb. Then they bailed.

- I asked a climbing listserv if anyone wanted to share the site. One said yes, then at 5:30 Friday he bailed.

- I left Saturday AM around 10, and after stopping in Oakdale went straight to the campground to be sure I got the site since someone wasn't there the night before.  Lots of clouds in the sky, but the lake was sunny which was good because wanted to go there.

- got to the campground, they had given my site away. They found one for me.

- Went to the lake, as soon as I put my chair down, the sun went behind the clouds

- decided I'd buy myself dinner at the campground grill, got there and they had closed 15 minutes earlier.

- went to the campsite to eat some food I had, someone was in the site - they had been given it

- drove out of the campground and found a ranger there. asked what I should do, and they had a spot for me. except it was 10 feet away from the bathrooms (ok, 20 feet).

- decided to leave since it was cloudy and I couldn't see the stars anyway and I wasn't feeling well.

- stopped just outside the meadow to take a nap and try and get rid of the looming migraine

- after nap drove and stopped to see the sun set. threw up.

- drove a little more and was reallllly tired so stopped at the mariposa grove and slept for 2 hours.

- woke up and there were stars!  and saw 3 shooting stars.

-started driving out, left the park, and had to stop and throw up, and slept some more.

- drove home and arrived at 3am

Tuolumne Valley with clouds

And then the day of my birthday I woke up late (well, 8:30) and my excitement for the day was going out and having a milkshake. It's best for me to do that alone, as I don't start once I stop. Likely very disgusting to anyone around me. But it's kinda like hot chocolate. It has to be a certain temperature because after that it's no good.

And I finally got some cards today - August 16th.  They were mailed August 6th.

But let me just say, even though it sounds pitiful and kind of was, the whole thing was kinda funny too...