…beyond nice.

My company recently hired a new studio coordinator and she’s been putting pretty touches everywhere.  This morning I walked into the kitchen and noticed how nicely arranged all our snacks are when they used to be piled in cardboard boxes.

A couple thoughts came to me at that moment.  One, it never occurred to me that I can arrange my food all pretty-like and it brightens up the space, but even if it did, I would never do it.  Two, it must be a nice perk for guys with wives that likes to organize things like this, and I will never be privy to this.

I was complaining to my coworker about how I’ll never have a sweet wife that will pretty up my snack table at which point he said I could marry a nice metronome guy that could do the same.  I scoffed and said I doubt I could stay with a pansy guy that puts my food in linen lined baskets for long.  I’m quite okay with lamenting over the wife that I will never have.

A couple friends and I just signed up and paid for a mountaineering course.  It’s a two month program with a class every Tuesday and a weekend trip every other weekend.  At the end of it, we will climb Mount Baker, but my friends and I are really hoping we will be able to Mount Rainier before the summer ends as well.

The two guys have been training for last few months while I sat on my ass since my last hike of the year on December 31st:

The weekend before last, I went on my first hike of 2008.  I felt great and pushed myself as hard as I always do.  Two days later I was hobbling around and in a world of pain but loving every minute of it (I couldn’t tiptoe without crying like a little girl, but when I’m clinging for dear life while rock climbing, my legs can move every which way without hurting, go figure!)

Last weekend we went on a nice mild elevation gain (maybe 2000ft) hike with great distance (11-12 miles) for stamina building and it was just so wonderful.  I remember at one point I felt like calling all my friends and family and telling them I love them.  Hiking is some powerful drug.

We hiked to the top of Oyster Dome.  The hike was very easy, I didn’t even feel a muscle twitch the day after.  Most of the trail was snow covered but luckily the viewpoint was bare.  If you plan on hiking this anytime soon, bring gaiters and waterproof boots, there is much slogging through mushy snow.

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