Thursday, May 13, 2004
Yo
So as predicted, it has been awhile since I last wrote on here... but I'm sure ya'll didn't really mind. I've been keeping busy since school got out, so it's all good.
Friday after finals, Peter and I went up to my uncle's in Coeur D'Alene. It was kinda funny because we left at 11:25 and my last final was scheduled to end at 12:10... oh well. When we got there, we just kinda hung out for a bit and went on a 10 minute bike ride (exciting, let me tell you) before heading up to the driving range since we were planning on going golfing Saturday morning and I'd never really swung a golf club my entire life. That turned out be be a bad idea, as 3/4 through my bucket of balls I BROKE MY UNCLE'S $400 DRIVER. Went to hit it, kinda sorta hit the ground before the ball and the head went flying down range like 100 feet... needless to say I felt horrible. It's going to cost about $150 to fix it, fortunately for me he's footing the bill (I believe) but he also has WAYYY more money than I (his house is on 300' of Spokane River waterfront, mine's in the middle of nowhere... you do the math). That night, we had some uber tasty steak and potatoes for dinner, and I watched a little of the movie JFK before going to bed. If anyone wants to surprise me with a present, that movie would be AWESOME ;).
Upon waking up Saturday morning, we realized that it rained overnight, thus nullifying our 9 am tee time. Bacon, eggs, and french toast were the menu for breakfast... it was infinitely times better than Roto I might add. Peter and I just kinda lounged around all morning (he went back to sleep until like 11:30, surprise surprise). We decided to leave at like 12:30 since there wasn't much there to do (bowling was out of the question since there was a tourney at the only alley my uncle likes and the water level of the river wasn't nearly high enough for them to have the boat out). We made a stop at the Spokane Mall, walked around there for a couple hours or so but really only bought food. I drove until we hit Moses Lake, and Peter drove the rest of the way home since I felt kinda tired. We tried stopping by Michelle's and surprising her, but she wasn't home :(, so we left her a note, haha. I got to meet Levi and Jocelyn (sp?) when I dropped Peter off, then came home and unloaded my uber packed car (the trunk was completely full and the back seat was almost piled to the ceiling).
Sunday, I went and talked with a couple friends from work that I hadn't seen since Spring Break and will hopefully get to hang out with sometime soon. After that, I headed off to one of my favorite places: the mall. Despite being there for a couple hours and Best Buy for another hour, all I bought was a polo shirt (which I used to hate but strangely like now) and pair of athletic shorts from Aeropostale... clothes from there would be another good surprise gift idea ;). When I got back, my mom made steak and shrimp for dinner (Mmm Mmm good) and my friend Adam came over and we rearranged my uber messy room. For those of you that don't know, my mom is trying to fix up our house so she can sell it, since for 8 months out of the year it's just her in a 2000+ square foot house PLUS a 3-car garage. I also set my computer up BUT since my mom only has dial-up and disposed of our second phone line, my online time is severely limited.
On Monday, Peter and I went up to visit Ryan at the U. Except for the rain, it was a nice change of scenery. It was really the first time I got to walk around the campus, and it was fun to hang out with Ryan and finally meet Lindsay (Ryan's gf). Lindsay, a few of her friends, Peter, Ryan, their friend Louie, and I ate at their sweet@$$ dining center (it's called "8" since there are apparently 8 restaurants in there). Most of us got these huge bowls of pasta, myself included, but I was the only one to eat it all... and then some. Louie ate maybe 1/3 of his, then poured another 1/3 on my plate which I also devoured... So now I have a reputation of eating A LOT (which is usually followed by questions about how I stay so "skinny"). After stuffing myself silly, we walked down and got some some bubble tea, where us guys played 4-way chess... which is a rather interesting game if people have truces (cough *Ryan and Louie*). By the time I was eliminated by those two, I had taken 2 Queens, 3 Rooks, 3 Knights, 3 Bishops, a few pawns, and I believe I checkmated Peter (aka: I was kicking major @$$). Oh well, it was all in good fun. Afterward, we went and played poker with Louie and his friends... I ended up winning $9, which is A LOT for only a $3 buy-in. Highlight of the night I'd say was my straight-flush, FIRST EVER! I was INCREDIBLY excited, needless to say. We went back and said goodnight to Ryan, who unfortunately had to study, and headed home.
Tuesday, I went into my high school and talked with a few people. First was my senior ball date, Jessica. It had been quite some time since we last talked, which makes me sad because we were pretty close last year. I missed her tons when I was at school, but she informed me that she MIGHT be coming to WSU (which won't be for another year since she's only a junior this year). Then I sat through some sophomore registration thing and talked with my old baseball coach. They scored 31 runs in 5 innings against Rogers earlier this year... yes, you read that right, no typo there. After that I went and visited with Mrs. McKeown (guidance office secretary and awesome lady) and Mrs. Wetherington (my junior high honors teacher, high school newspaper advisor, and favorite teacher). After I left, I went and hung out with Karli (an ex-flame/fling). We went to a park and played a little frisbee, then came back to my house and watched Fight Club. I had never seen it before... very weird movie.
Today, I finally got to sleep in which was nice. Karli called me at noon since the crazy folk at Rogers get out early on Wednesdays, and we ended up talking for about 3 hours, mostly about how bored and broke we were. I did absolutely nothing today, which felt good and bad at the same time. Oh well, it had been quite some time since I last did that. OH YEA! I checked my grades: I got a 3.86 for the second semester in a row and made President's Honor Roll again! A's in Bio and Psych as expected and A-'s in Poli Sci and Gened 111. On another good note, Ryan invited me to come up to the Operation Husky Stadium thing they're having next Friday which I plan on going to (but I have this strange feeling that I have something to do that day, but have absolutely NO CLUE what it is).
So yeah... that's what I've been up to. Visiting with people I haven't in quite some time.
Now I think I'll pay my bed a visit... disregarding the fact that it is really a couch since my mom sold my bed.
Friday after finals, Peter and I went up to my uncle's in Coeur D'Alene. It was kinda funny because we left at 11:25 and my last final was scheduled to end at 12:10... oh well. When we got there, we just kinda hung out for a bit and went on a 10 minute bike ride (exciting, let me tell you) before heading up to the driving range since we were planning on going golfing Saturday morning and I'd never really swung a golf club my entire life. That turned out be be a bad idea, as 3/4 through my bucket of balls I BROKE MY UNCLE'S $400 DRIVER. Went to hit it, kinda sorta hit the ground before the ball and the head went flying down range like 100 feet... needless to say I felt horrible. It's going to cost about $150 to fix it, fortunately for me he's footing the bill (I believe) but he also has WAYYY more money than I (his house is on 300' of Spokane River waterfront, mine's in the middle of nowhere... you do the math). That night, we had some uber tasty steak and potatoes for dinner, and I watched a little of the movie JFK before going to bed. If anyone wants to surprise me with a present, that movie would be AWESOME ;).
Upon waking up Saturday morning, we realized that it rained overnight, thus nullifying our 9 am tee time. Bacon, eggs, and french toast were the menu for breakfast... it was infinitely times better than Roto I might add. Peter and I just kinda lounged around all morning (he went back to sleep until like 11:30, surprise surprise). We decided to leave at like 12:30 since there wasn't much there to do (bowling was out of the question since there was a tourney at the only alley my uncle likes and the water level of the river wasn't nearly high enough for them to have the boat out). We made a stop at the Spokane Mall, walked around there for a couple hours or so but really only bought food. I drove until we hit Moses Lake, and Peter drove the rest of the way home since I felt kinda tired. We tried stopping by Michelle's and surprising her, but she wasn't home :(, so we left her a note, haha. I got to meet Levi and Jocelyn (sp?) when I dropped Peter off, then came home and unloaded my uber packed car (the trunk was completely full and the back seat was almost piled to the ceiling).
Sunday, I went and talked with a couple friends from work that I hadn't seen since Spring Break and will hopefully get to hang out with sometime soon. After that, I headed off to one of my favorite places: the mall. Despite being there for a couple hours and Best Buy for another hour, all I bought was a polo shirt (which I used to hate but strangely like now) and pair of athletic shorts from Aeropostale... clothes from there would be another good surprise gift idea ;). When I got back, my mom made steak and shrimp for dinner (Mmm Mmm good) and my friend Adam came over and we rearranged my uber messy room. For those of you that don't know, my mom is trying to fix up our house so she can sell it, since for 8 months out of the year it's just her in a 2000+ square foot house PLUS a 3-car garage. I also set my computer up BUT since my mom only has dial-up and disposed of our second phone line, my online time is severely limited.
On Monday, Peter and I went up to visit Ryan at the U. Except for the rain, it was a nice change of scenery. It was really the first time I got to walk around the campus, and it was fun to hang out with Ryan and finally meet Lindsay (Ryan's gf). Lindsay, a few of her friends, Peter, Ryan, their friend Louie, and I ate at their sweet@$$ dining center (it's called "8" since there are apparently 8 restaurants in there). Most of us got these huge bowls of pasta, myself included, but I was the only one to eat it all... and then some. Louie ate maybe 1/3 of his, then poured another 1/3 on my plate which I also devoured... So now I have a reputation of eating A LOT (which is usually followed by questions about how I stay so "skinny"). After stuffing myself silly, we walked down and got some some bubble tea, where us guys played 4-way chess... which is a rather interesting game if people have truces (cough *Ryan and Louie*). By the time I was eliminated by those two, I had taken 2 Queens, 3 Rooks, 3 Knights, 3 Bishops, a few pawns, and I believe I checkmated Peter (aka: I was kicking major @$$). Oh well, it was all in good fun. Afterward, we went and played poker with Louie and his friends... I ended up winning $9, which is A LOT for only a $3 buy-in. Highlight of the night I'd say was my straight-flush, FIRST EVER! I was INCREDIBLY excited, needless to say. We went back and said goodnight to Ryan, who unfortunately had to study, and headed home.
Tuesday, I went into my high school and talked with a few people. First was my senior ball date, Jessica. It had been quite some time since we last talked, which makes me sad because we were pretty close last year. I missed her tons when I was at school, but she informed me that she MIGHT be coming to WSU (which won't be for another year since she's only a junior this year). Then I sat through some sophomore registration thing and talked with my old baseball coach. They scored 31 runs in 5 innings against Rogers earlier this year... yes, you read that right, no typo there. After that I went and visited with Mrs. McKeown (guidance office secretary and awesome lady) and Mrs. Wetherington (my junior high honors teacher, high school newspaper advisor, and favorite teacher). After I left, I went and hung out with Karli (an ex-flame/fling). We went to a park and played a little frisbee, then came back to my house and watched Fight Club. I had never seen it before... very weird movie.
Today, I finally got to sleep in which was nice. Karli called me at noon since the crazy folk at Rogers get out early on Wednesdays, and we ended up talking for about 3 hours, mostly about how bored and broke we were. I did absolutely nothing today, which felt good and bad at the same time. Oh well, it had been quite some time since I last did that. OH YEA! I checked my grades: I got a 3.86 for the second semester in a row and made President's Honor Roll again! A's in Bio and Psych as expected and A-'s in Poli Sci and Gened 111. On another good note, Ryan invited me to come up to the Operation Husky Stadium thing they're having next Friday which I plan on going to (but I have this strange feeling that I have something to do that day, but have absolutely NO CLUE what it is).
So yeah... that's what I've been up to. Visiting with people I haven't in quite some time.
Now I think I'll pay my bed a visit... disregarding the fact that it is really a couch since my mom sold my bed.
