Mile 2,696

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Yesterday was kind of an emotional roller coaster for me. I was sitting at a desk in S's office and was wondering how I ended up in the intern pit again and feeling depressed about being "back here" again (as the other new interns didn't hesitate to point out: "wait, you came back?"). I was thinking, I can't pay my rent and I had trail mix for breakfast, but at least I have Mexico and Kenya to look forward to when California State called to cancel the Mexico trip. I'm devastated--I had really started to fall in love with whale sharks from all the research I was doing. The administrators offered me a spot in their Montana program though and I think I'm going to take it. Problem is, all the equipment and stuff is really expensive: I need a framepack, leather hiking shoes, a new sleeping bag, a new tent, a pack cover, new cookware, etc. So I was really depressed, but then I got an email from J, my boss, saying that she'd finally gotten the deal she'd been waiting for and I was like, is this good news for me too? (aka will I get paid so I can pay my rent) and she asked me what my rent was. I told her and she was just like ok. Then she said she'd get back to me. Oh boy.