Marble Falls

Today I drove down to Marble Falls to my boss's house. She looks similar to what I pictured in my mind, an older Roseanne sort of woman. I met Jill, my partner intern, who is much older than I expected, perhaps around my mom's age. The drive was longer than I expected because of the constant traffic leaving Dallas. It was a pretty twisty route.

Jill had done this internship last summer and she and Tomye regaled me with tales of the last plant survey team and how one of the guys had hooked up with one of the young interpretation interns at one site (who always happen to be female). They suggested I might have some fun like that as well. I wonder how one of those young girls might interpret me. All in all, these ladies are pretty laid back, like I could talk about anything around them.

Tomorrow we wake up around eight, which apparently is any old time, to discuss all the aspects of the job. Then we head out to the LBJ grasslands on Tuesday, waking up early at six (I thought eight was early!) and doing one transect. We only have to do two slowly to get the procedure down and that will take us to Wednesday or Thursday, followed by a wrap-up. Everyone is very nice. I hope I live up to expectations.