A Fond Farewell to Seattle Summer - Skatepark

Woodland Skate-park is one of the many amazing skate-parks in the Seattle area. But it was a whole lot more than that to me. I met some of the coolest people, smartest kids, and learned so much myself. I spent a large amount of time there, whether I was rollerblading, slack-lining, running rails, or just hanging out. I cleared over 5 feet of cones on rollerblades, taught over 80 people how to slackline, but most importantly, it became a large part of my experience while I was here and I am glad that it happened. The best part about it was the people that I encountered. I met new friends for life (Brennan) there, ones to teach me a thing or two about life, and others for me to teach. I became part of a small community of people that are out to have fun, enjoy life, and stay out of trouble. One group especially stood out. Although only 12-14, these kids understood many of the simple mistakes that even adults make. They don't smoke, don't drink, and don't do any drugs, unlike many kids their age are trending towards. It was really about enjoying a common interest (skating) and having fun through the summer.

Joe, Tim, Paul, Amara, Garrett, Liam, Silver, Tino, Taylor, Andrew, Tyler, and all the others, you are all good kids, try and stay out of trouble!

Note to self: pack EVERYTHING

Hi again,
I know I haven't written in a few weeks. Unfortunatly that is the common affect College has on its attendees. I have benn busy preparing projects, studying (ok not THAT much time), and trying to finish of the quarter on a good note. It was quite a bit of work, but I am almost finished. Two finals to go!

This thursday, my intent is to run for the hills, in a manner of speaking. I am headed home to Minnesota after my last final. I need to move all my stuff to either my roomate's house for next year(she will be staying on campus and was nice enough to offer storage space) or pack it in to my car for the solo journey home. For those of you that don't actually really know where MN is, its about 1,057 miles West of my home in Rochester.

Granted, I wil not be completely alone. I will have my snake and 14 fish to accompany me. (Big Mama had babies AGAIN!) Powerthirst(that is the males name) just wont leave her alone. HAHA ;)

My goal is to reach Home by the night of the 23, however, more realistically will be home sometime on the 24th. I am super excited to see everyone back at home. It has been quite a while. I am not excited to see all the gas prices on the way home though. They just scare me. Anyway, keeping this short so I will have stuff to write about tomorrow.

Thanks for reading and Good Night/Morning/both.

WORD OF THE WEEK:

Powerthirst

A youtube video advertising for a fictional energy drink. It mentions super-spawning babies. Hence, I decided to name my fish that. what are you gonna do?