Almost the End

Only a month more before school is done and life changes. In the beginning, it seemed like a long time, but now that we're through this part, it seems like yesterday that Gary and I were taking the bus to the building where he'd be taking classes. Graduation is June 12th. I think I'll throw him a party towards the end of June for our friends to come and celebrate.

I hope all is well with everyone. It's almost spring and the flowers are blooming. And the sun is shining way more in our neck of the woods. Enjoy the sun!

Beautiful day in the Neighborhood

Hello all! I don't really have anything new to report. But I wanted to write something and maybe post a picture. Doing this makes me feel just a little bit closer to you all. The weather is absolutely beautiful here today. It's sunday. Yesterday, Gary and I went for a hike up Mount Washington. Neither of us had ever been on that hike. It had about a 5000 foot elevation gain in about 4 miles. So it was steep. But boy, it felt great to get outside and hike! It wasn't this beautiful yesterday though. We got about 2 miles up and it started dumping rain. I mean bathtubs of rain. Has anyone rain through irrigation sprinklers? That's what it felt like. But we kept going up. Gary in his shorts and tennis shoes, because he didn't think it was going to be snowy or rainy. Hence, we had to turn around. We came down as fast as we could, which took about 2 hours. Being drenched and a bit tired we headed home HAPPY!

This reminds me of one of the first hikes with Gary. These first hikes in our relationship taught us a few things about each other. I met Gary at his house in North Bend back in 2006, probably in March or so. It was supposed to be raining, but we wanted to hike. We hiked Rattlesnake Ledge, which was just a couple miles from his house. Now normally this is a very popular hike with the locals. I mean 100's of people up there. But no one was there. So we went up and on our way down, I stopped and Gary said to me, "At least I know you are tough enough to hike in the rain." We were soaked. He was testing me!!! He wanted to make sure that I could do something that he loved, even in the worst conditions.

So what I learned from that is just go with the flow. As long as I have a warm car and a happy husband at the end of the hike, I'll be okay. I'm lucky enough to have a healthy body to be able to do these things with him.

I look forward to many more hikes, rainy, snowy, or sunny!

Gary's test

The results are in today!