hotties

i'm talking about the horses of course.

views from an airplane

crater lake in summer is the bluest blue i've ever seen.

sentimental

i went to my 10 year high school reunion this weekend. at first i was apprehensive -- who knows what people are going to be like after 10 years, really? right? but it was unbelievably refreshing to see so many happy, and really beautiful, people that i hadn't seen in 5 or more years.

i think that the nature of the class reunion only really attracts those that are confident and happy or freakishly obsessed with something to prove. i am happy to report that we didn't really have many of the latter. although that made the reunion less interesting overall, it was pleasant to catch up and celebrate each others' successes and adventures.

morning chores

the neighbor called this morning to let us know that another neighbor's cows had gotten out of their pasture and were on the road heading to god-knows-where. dad and i jumped in the pickup and cruised over to track down the escapees. using a piece of garden art (a giant pinwheel), a push broom, and a lot of arm waving and yelling, we faced down the trio of 1200 lb. beasts and got them back safely home. just another day on the ol' homestead.

a typical situation

to perfectly illustrate the characteristics of my charmingly predictable hometown, i would like to bring forth a character from my Horizon Air flight from portland to klamath falls today. a middle aged white male with a pleasant, encouraging, but not overly friendly demeanor whose reading choice was none other than the good book itself. and, even more ironically, the karmic world had him truly and honestly reading the first page of the book of psalms:

Psalm 1:1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly...1:4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away... 1:6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

i hope the wind doesn't pick up...

only me

i travel for almost 40 hours to Oregon to try and find the sun for july and what do i get? cloudy and 65 degrees. what the f*ck? this is bullshit. my luck: it's sunny in england right now, isn't it? argh.

five down, five to go

i am exactly halfway done with the class portion of my master's degree as of right now. i hope i can actually finish it. i get overwhelmed with self-directed projects. it is so much easier when someone just tells you what to do. any directives, anyone?

swim, bike, run, drink - 1:29.09

yeah, i know it's not a world record or anything. i actually finished 33rd of 50 in the women's race, but BACK OFF! i did it! what did you do this weekend? drink beer and make/watch stuff explode? not exactly the thing to do in England in early July. so i had to explore other options.

the swim was pretty easy, really. i just absolutely suck at swimming. no kidding. i suck. it is not a joke and i am not exaggerating. as a matter of fact, one of the girls that did the event with me DIDN'T TRAIN at all and she beat me by two minutes in the swim. i think if i ever want to do this again i will need a few lessons. i might as well have doggie-paddled for as fast as i was going.

and the bike was sweet, except for the part where i was cookin' on a straightaway and my f*ing chain popped off. lost about a minute there. damn equipment. then i showed my skillz on the run where i passed a few of those peeps that out-swam me an hour earlier.

i like triathlons. short ones.

rich and famous

ok, well that's a stretch. but i did just get paid REAL money for my travel to drink beer article that is currently available for everyone to read on the world wide web . woohoo! it was the first time i've ever submitted anything to be published and not assigned it by t.d.k. from the h&n or by some other boss at some other job, and i didn't get rejected! i feel pretty good since i am currently an unemployed leach on my husband's bank account. ha!

is this the start of a promising new career? uh, no. probably not, but it will help make a dent in the beer budget.

Travel to Drink Beer: There is More to European Beer than Just Germany

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how i'm feeling right now: ever so lucky to lead this jumble life!