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Crossfit makes me feel like a superhero. After a somewhat stressful work week (including my birthday on which a friend made gluten free cupcakes for me) that I chose to deal with by eating lots of carbs and sugar, then lounging around doing nothing for the better part of a day (including a 2-hour nap after sleeping 10 hours the night before), rounded off by a night out with a couple of friends for cocktails and pommes frites...I woke up feeling like a globby blob of poo. I got up and went to the gym because 1) I love going there, and 2) I pay a lot of money to go there. We did a prison-style workout that destroyed me...and left me feeling like I can do anything :)  Workout-induced euphoria is part of my life now, and I never want to exist without it again.

I haven't accomplished anything on my bucket list yet. I know it's only been a couple of weeks, and some items on the list (i.e. snowboarding) are season-sensitive. I was invited to go to a climbing gym after work a couple of weeks ago, but I stayed overtime instead and almost immediately regretted it. Next time I'll go.

For some reason I can't get my camera to sync with my computer, so the only pictures I have for you are from my phone.

Hiking at Wallace Falls with Wendy and Stephanie:

I'm always amused at the absurdity of signs like this (my friend Sharon likes how the people figures have perfectly round heads):

But something tragic happens every couple of years out here necessitating them.

Kara and I went out for a late dinner last weekend, and then took a ride on the Great Wheel (Seattle's newest waterfront attraction). The ride itself was underwhelming, but highlights included more silly signs (seen below), giggling at the old people making out in the car behind us, and playing "Gangnam Style" on Kara's iPhone. If you haven't seen the video yet, you MUST watch it now. You're welcome*.

* For all parties who will be attending R&H's wedding next month, I think it would probably be a good idea to learn the dance so we can bust it out at the reception. Put it on your bucket list.

i can has cheezburger (google it)

I have a confession to make: I am inordinately wasteful of time. The greatest time suck in my life, by far, is the internet. I had a revelation at work the other day, hearing these words come out of my mouth, as I said them (only somewhat ironically) to a co-worker, "I'd like to be more politically involved and aware. There are things I really care about and would like to be part of changing, but I don't know how to figure out which politicians also care about those things. And then there are so many entertaining videos of cats doing funny things on the internet."

In the interest of living a better story with my life, I set some goals and made a bucket list for the next year and a half (my 'unofficial' time left in Seattle, although my five-year plan is flexible). It does not involve watching cat videos on the internet. I think accountability is key for me, so I'm going to go ahead and share some of the items on said list in hopes that people will ask me about them, and I will  complete them:
- take salsa dancing lessons :)
- learn Portuguese (this is one I've been lazily attempting since high school, but I want to be conversational before I go to Brazil!)
- run a 5k (I did not enjoy the 1st & only one I've done, but I want to give it another shot)
- try rock climbing (at an indoor climbing gym, not the side of a mountain)
- take a snowboarding lesson
- explore more of Seattle on foot (bus or drive to neighborhoods I don't know well, then wander)
- join a book club (for someone who loves reading as much as I do, I cannot believe I've never been in a book club)

In addition, I'll try and update this blog more frequently, for anyone who might still be reading it.