Fun happenings
So I bought a car tonight! Crazy! I haven't had a car in forever. I have been contemplating getting one for a while now as I want to get out camping/hiking in the summer and go cross country skiing in the winter which is hard to do without a car. There are no cheap ways to get out to the mountains besides trying to get your friends to take you (which didn't work so well last year). So I looked for a while and the issue was I wasn't willing to spend very much, but wanted a car that ran fine. That was next to impossible - all the cars in my price range were super beat up and had something wrong with them that needed fixed to drive them. Then last week I was waiting for the bus and I see this cute little Honda that had a for sale sign in it across the street. I thought man, that looks to be in good condition...I bet it is way out of my price range. I am usually running late for the bus so I never had enough time to go look at the tag in the window. Then on Sat Raymond and I walked by it on the way to the market and saw hey - it is in my price range. SO I hemmed and hawed and thought do I really want this....until today when I called the guy and checked it out. Everything was good, I liked it, the price was right - it was like it was just waiting for me since I had given up the hope that I would find something. It was perfect! I am excited. I am still going to walk everywhere or ride my bike except for the places that I cannot (like weekend trips) so it should be good. Super exciting!
Man it is way too late here. Not sure why I am not asleep yet! I am soooo tired, and haven't been sleeping much and riding my bike to work and so I am even more exhausted....so why am I not sleeping? I am having a Bastille day party tomorrow which should be fun so I was hoping I would get some good sleep tonight so I wouldn't be so tired. Oh well....we shall see what happens.
Hmm....anything else new and exciting? We went camping 4th of July weekend with our friend Branden and that was a lot of fun. We went up to the North Cascades and there was like no one out there! It was crazy. i think because it was kind of cool and overcast people stayed away....but it was perfect for hiking. We apparently did the hardest hike in the park on Sat (said the ranger we talked to after wards when we were getting suggestions for what to hike Sun). Though we couldn't go the whole way to the end of the trail because of snow, so we are going to go back in Aug and finish it. Should be some amazing views from the top! I cannot wait! On the way back we stopped in this tiny tiny top to try and get some hot food. Well there were 2 options - 1 a diner that just had all these signs about how great and how much variety of meat they had....and one called Buffalo Run that had "Bike food" with a picture of a bicycle. So we tried that one and they had a vegan "cream" of broccoli soup!!! Crazy! No one ever has vegan soup unless it is a veggie place, and here in the middle of no where they do. The waitress was all I don't know how they make it without milk if it is supposed to be a cream soup, but somehow they do. It was alright, not the best, but perfect as I was kind of cold and the hot soup was nice.
I think that is about all the excitement here. I am getting really really excited for Europe - it should be amazing! I cannot wait! 2 more months and we will be there!! Alright now off to try and get some sleep again....
Man it is way too late here. Not sure why I am not asleep yet! I am soooo tired, and haven't been sleeping much and riding my bike to work and so I am even more exhausted....so why am I not sleeping? I am having a Bastille day party tomorrow which should be fun so I was hoping I would get some good sleep tonight so I wouldn't be so tired. Oh well....we shall see what happens.
Hmm....anything else new and exciting? We went camping 4th of July weekend with our friend Branden and that was a lot of fun. We went up to the North Cascades and there was like no one out there! It was crazy. i think because it was kind of cool and overcast people stayed away....but it was perfect for hiking. We apparently did the hardest hike in the park on Sat (said the ranger we talked to after wards when we were getting suggestions for what to hike Sun). Though we couldn't go the whole way to the end of the trail because of snow, so we are going to go back in Aug and finish it. Should be some amazing views from the top! I cannot wait! On the way back we stopped in this tiny tiny top to try and get some hot food. Well there were 2 options - 1 a diner that just had all these signs about how great and how much variety of meat they had....and one called Buffalo Run that had "Bike food" with a picture of a bicycle. So we tried that one and they had a vegan "cream" of broccoli soup!!! Crazy! No one ever has vegan soup unless it is a veggie place, and here in the middle of no where they do. The waitress was all I don't know how they make it without milk if it is supposed to be a cream soup, but somehow they do. It was alright, not the best, but perfect as I was kind of cold and the hot soup was nice.
I think that is about all the excitement here. I am getting really really excited for Europe - it should be amazing! I cannot wait! 2 more months and we will be there!! Alright now off to try and get some sleep again....