"I'm having hot flashes." No, I didn't hear this out of a 60 yr old menopausal woman. I heard it out of a 13 year old camper. I'm currently volunteering at a camp for middle school girls with a science and math focus. And let me just tell you, it is very true that kids say the darndest things. Are you kidding me. Hot flashes?

 

Really though, it was actually very hot today. So hot that in my travels, I noticed that the highway was a tire wasteland. Apparently if you've had your tires long enough and its 98 degrees, you might have a tire explosion issue. 

I for one, was a popsicle. Melting away. I started sweating when I got out of the shower and I'm still sweating. My favorite part of the whole sweating experience today was after I had applied sunscreen to my face. As sweat dripped down my forehead, it collected every chemical that is never supposed to be in your body and deposited them in my eyes. 

I was all like "ahhhhhhhhhh"

Then my supervisor offered me an extra pair of sunglasses. Uhhhh, scuse me. That is not really my issue right now. My poor eyes! In the past week, they've been poked, prodded, dusted, and now chemicaled. 

I already wear glasses for pete's sake. I'm gonna have to replace these eyes with glass ones soon enough. But not before Alaska! I want to see it with my own eyes. 

I'd write more, but I have some crazy intense training in the morning. Suffice it to say, I need to continue doing push-ups and sprints to prepare for the bears. And pack. Packing might end up being a bigger beast than anything else. How does one fit a whole week worth of clothes and other supplies in a fanny pack?