February 3, 2009

• Superlulu

  

  Damn, what a game…

  

  So, for the superbowl, I went down to Cedar to see Andrew, Susie, and Lulu.

  

  On Friday, we did something that started promising but ended lame.  Andrew dressed me up for this SUU Cowboy & Indian party.  Not pictured are my spurs, boots, and wranglers.  So, we showed up, and there were about 20 people there.  Great!  We were talking, meeting people, we were checking out the girls and vice versa… it was great.  The problem was the rate of arrival of new party-goers.  My guess was about 2-4 per minute.  Point was, less than a half hour after we got there, over 100 people were there, I couldn’t see the girl I was checking out anymore, and we could barely move.  As we walked out, at least double the people were walking in,more were outside ready to enter, and cars were circling the block looking for parking.

  

  On Saturday we went to St George to watch some Rugby.  Man, that is a crazy game.  The important part was the Double-Double animal style, Animal fries, and a chocolate shake at the newest In-N-Out in Washington City (a St. George suburb).

  

  The rest of the time was with Lulu.  So, I have to tell you this heartbreaking but heartwarming story.  So, Lulu had another seizure… the bad thing is she had not had one in over a month, the good thing was it was relatively mild.

  So, she jumped down from the couch as it started and I was not sure immediately if she was having one or not.  I back away from her so I could observe her better, and then she crawled/wriggled/spazzed toward me and put her head on my foot.  She just had to be next to me during her time of need.  I guess she really does love me; and all this time I thought it was just the jerky…

  

  The spread for the game was classic FFFFFF, though there was some unfortunate healthy food present…

  

  I also returned to my real home… there’s no place like the Hideout at the Border!  The strange part was I had my truck, instead of the state’s.  I drove straight from Cedar to Baker, and then from Baker to home tonight.

  

  The main thing I did down there with my boss Lucy was to check out some of our spring areas.  This is Foote Reservoir.  You can actually see the water bubbling up from the floor of it.  According to most of the smarter people on this groundwater stuff than me, the springs are both the first thing that will show significant change with pumping (several in the area have already dried with local ag pumping) and the biggest source of error and variation in the modeling.

  

  In some places, like here along Lake Creek, the springs are very diffuse and hard to measure.  Most of the springs here are emanating directly from the bedrock, like here from the Permian Arctrus formation.

  

  One of the highlights was this owl.  Anyone know the species?

  

  So it was quite the weekend and start to the work week. Oh, and the coolest thing I’ve heard lately is Bret and Jemaine from my new favorite show, Flight of the Conchords, are touring, and will be in Salt Lake May 17th!!!  I’ll be there…

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