Real life has been a mix of tedious and confusing. We had a week that wasn't school and wasn't spring break, but combined the worst aspects of each. I'm on spring break now, though, so at least I know what I'm dealing with now.

The creek was gorgeous. It had been straightened out by miners in the 19th century, so it was full of sediment and a terrible habitat for fish to live in. The farm was thinking of restoring it for a while, but the clincher was when they found salmon spawning in it-- somehow. So they rerouted the river to its original course based on old maps drawn before it was rerouted the first time, and they piled up logs into specific shapes that provided the most protection for salmon, and they replanted native plants along the banks, and it was beautiful.

All I did was pull up weeds. :P Mostly hemlock and thistles. It was fun, though. I got to use a giant digging fork and a hori-hori, which I believe is Japanese for "big knife that's part saw for ripping up plants by their roots." I don't get to handle large slightly-dangerous things often and went on a mild power trip.

Just dimly lit. It was like being outside under a full moon. Four full moons, actually. There were four big round lamps hanging from the ceiling which looked very much like moons.

*picks up Iximax the mini-Boarder* Give her back to Iximaz, OK? I think she'd want to know if one of her minis went missing.

... I read that as 'may I show PPC people'.

I thought there was Ixilyn fic I hadn't seen yet.

But now my heart is sad instead. :(

hS