I’m back from the Eastern Planes and 104ºF. Trust me, while it feels like an oven it’s dry heat which I think is way easier to handle than the humid, muggy variety. I also took a bunch of sweet photos in the Oregon High Desert, which will go up on my Flickr as soon as I get a chance to go through the pile and edit some of them.

Visiting Eastern Washington and Oregon was great, the landscapes are so amazing, it’s like being on a different planet. The moment we stepped out of the train in Central Oregon I could smell the pine trees and felt at home instantly. The High Desert rocks!

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Crab Races!

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Just got back from a cruise along the San Juan Islands, WA. We had a great time, crab races, crab eating, majestic sunburns. I don’t know whether I could completely get into sailing, but it was a lot of fun and being on the West Coast in general does A LOT to lift my spirits. I am taking more pictures (because there is more to take pictures of) and am generally more relaxed and happy.

Yay for crabs!

I am going on a vacation. The first thing that jumps you into the face butt-first is the newish travel regulation that you have to pay for every checked piece of luggage. WTF? When did that happen? So now we are trying to fit all our stuff into two carry-ons, which would probably work out if we wouldn’t need to pack some fancy stuff for a wedding we are invited to. Try cramming those dress shoes into that little thing and then we’ll talk again. Pfff…

Well, anyway, this also means finally new photos will be taken and some general adventures will happen that are worthwhile writing about (trust me, my day-to-day life right now is extremely uneventful…). After not being to the gym in ages I have started working out again and since I settled / decided on bodyweight training and can do away with the gym and gym fees and stalking to the gym in shitty weather. Yay for that. This is some great stuff and I’ve never seen a training program where one of the options is hitting a tire repeatedly with a sledgehammer. I get totally excited about the olde-timey feel all of this has, but don’t get me wrong, those exercises are brutal. There is a ton of information on the internet so a little searching around will get you a long way. Ross Enamait’s website is a great place to start, as is bodyweightculture.com.

Again waiting for a T-storm to strike. While waiting, I am watching some TED talks – I totally forgot how great they are. Well, not all of them, but I TED has been in the back of my head since it got online and I somehow never took the time to explore.

Sky is grey and pregnant with rain. Not windy. The tree outside the house is hollowed by termites, so it makes me nervous.

Over & out.

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This time it’s the other eye. I guess I should take this as a hint that I’m stressed. Which I am. But it sucks if being stressed turns you into an eye-twitching zombie with a coffeine-fueled short temper. Just saying.

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