It's All Fun and Games 'Til Someone Gets a Moth in Their Eye

I thought I'd never get it out. It flew right into my eye, chasing after my headlamp last night. The second I blinked, somehow it ended up under my upper eyelid. Since it had such dry wings, with all the dusting on them, my tears did nothing for a while. With no mirror or anyone around to help, I just kept blinking, rubbing, and tried using some water to rinse it out. Finally it came. But my eye was unhappy for a while.

I tell ya, if it's not one thing, it's another.

The past two days I've been in a funk. This weekend was terrific with my girls, using my mom's Hampton Inn reservation for a staycation...

Hanging out with Wild Man's family...

And purchasing my new pants and pack since my old ones were too big. My Osprey would no longer cinch tight enough on my hips, so I was carrying my pack weight on my shoulders towards the end, which is uncomfortable and ineffective. I opted for the Deuter, and am quite happy with it.

My mom also got me a new tent, which I haven't even set up yet. Cowboy camping is just so easy. I had two ladies ride by on horses this evening as I was cooking my dinner and ask if I had my snake rope out. I wonder if you're supposed to do a rope perimeter, and the snakes are fooled by it somehow. Then they asked for my name for when they read about me in the paper...you know...for when I'm famous, not dead.

But despite the fun weekend, I'm in a funk. This whole laughter thing is underrated!! I miss talking and laughing with friends and family. Besides those ladies and a trail crew today, I haven't seen anyone. I wouldn't necessarily say I'm lonely, maybe I'm just low on endorphins despite the sunshine and exercise. And it was hard leaving my girls again, too. Only 4 more weeks, though, and i should be done!! Tomorrow I reach mile 400. Crazy!

The trail has been good, challenging. I fell last week. I'm still sore from that.

Four Peaks and Roosevelt area had a lot of elevation gain, but was pretty.

I'm just past Sunflower now, a town that doesn't even have a vending machine. 😭 And I went under Hwy 87. Next week I'll be in Pine!

Now to eat my chicken burrito now that it has rehydrated... 🤓