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Alright guys, this is a long one, but well worth the read!
Went climbing by the Poudre River, but significantly farther than we had gone before by Greyrock. I've decided that bouldering is tremendously difficult, and that my fear of falling really should be ignored since crash pads and a good spotter are really all you need. Granted, it seemed that the more difficult parts were all at the beginning of the problems, so maybe if it got higher up on some of them I would be screwed... I'll be sure to write about that day when it comes!
Went to a blue grass concert and got my first mug at Hodi's mug night, once again ran into Megan who is everywhere and is actually making the city seem smaller everday and I'm not sure if that's a good thing.
Laziness prevailed my Tuesday where I only had to work for 3 and half hours (of course the days I have free time, it feels like Nate's on the other side of the world) and while I rode home, I got hailed on! Granted, it was micro-hail, but it was still quite an anomaly for me since only a few days earlier it was 80 degrees! And after my night of hail, I had the day of WIND, my helmet even got lifted off my head for a second!
I shipped off presents for Jeanne's birthday and I feel now more than ever like I've lost two lovers in some quarrel and now there are hundreds of miles between us and all I want is a hug. I guess I never realized what people meant when they say that long distance relationships are tough... It's even harder with friends.
Rafa's birthday! The genius that started the bike co-op and just came back from a bike ride to San Fran turned...? older than 25? Anyways, there's a more shocking detail to this event: Rafa, earlier that day (his birthday, by the way), crashed HARD while mountain biking and had to go to the hospital with half his body destroyed with road rash. So, he arrived full of morphine to dull the intense backpain he had and even after I had my two (very strong) margaritas, I think he was still more out of it than I was. Overall, a super fun night!
And now THE WORLD IS EVIL! Here's the story: Once upon a time, three friends found an amazing house in Fort Collins, CO... but oh no! They need a third roommate to afford the rent! They find this down-to-earth guy named Sam who orders an americano EVERY DAY from Adrianne at Cafe Ardour so he must be an awesome guy, right? THEN Sam's grandma dies and he flies to Idaho, backs out of the lease and leaves us hanging. So when we call the landlord to discuss our situation it was very surprising to find out that sam had gone behind our backs and rented out the place from under our noses! Was he really ever in Idaho? Is his name really Sam? Does he really like Espresso Americanos? Ugh... But fortune has shined down on us! We've all actually found a BETTER place than Riddle and are signing the lease asap after our apps go through. HOORAH!
Alas, this entire fiasco has sent me on a whirlwind for the past few days and in that time I've gotten a flat tire, missed a free movie with my roommate, margaritas with my future roommate, and have been a walking world of panic.
And then my week paid back tenfold!!! THIRD PLACE OUT OF 60 TEAMS!!!! Um, we rock, that's all I have to say. This was a night time, city-wide scavenger hunt where we had to find some rather interesting odds and ends from a list FIVE pages long front AND back... Most of what we found came from our houses and our prized spot of junk was a storage room for the ropes course on campus (I think most of my team members work/ed there) Nate, even being miles away, contributed by letting me borrow his plaid pj pants (we were The Flannels) and his prana pants (manpris were one of the scavenger items). As we racked up points from our two and a half bike carts, they were most impressed by the 2' bolt, government license plate, proof of the lowest bank account (alas, that was me... Jax only pays once a month and I haven't been paid yet!), and my dog that I carved out of cheese that the judge promptly scarfed down himself! I had SUCH an amazing time and I had no idea voluteering for an outdoor education program could be even MORE rewarding than it sounds, not that this was part of my interview or anything, but ya know..
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