oh my...i am so antsy and excited. I can barely sit still. I am leaving tonight for Oahu and the worlds best frisbee tourney. But best of all, i get to see my friends, my ohana!!! And maybe some surf too. Oh my...giddy...pure.
I got a massage this morning and then a chiro adjustment so that my body is ready for some torture. I am all packed. Now i just have to teach a couple of classes and i am off.
YAY!!!!
Happy happy me!
After our two days of snow storm and no work, it was time to go out and enjoy all that ridiculous October snow!!!
A few feet in the mountains and a blue bird Saturday provided the perfect conditions to go play. We decided to hit one of our favorite cross country trails from last year. Its in the Indian peaks, called Coney Flats. And wow...it was perfect!
PS: check out that sexy car!!!
The snow was deep and lush, the weather warm and sunny. Only a few folks ahead of us breaking trail!! We ended up having to break trail the last mile or so, since those peops didnt go all the way but it was so worth it.
All in all an 8 mile round trip that ends at Coney Flats
with a stunning view of Sawtooth mountain. The trail is up and down with a lot more up then down on the way in, but that makes the way out so so so fun as you are gently sliding all the way to the car. The trees kept out the wind but let enough sun in to blush our cheeks.
A great Halloween that ended with an awesome dinner at Matt & Nora's house. I dressed up in Nate's XL pilot clothes with was nothing short of hilarious. Nate dressed up as a math teacher :)
Sadly we forgot to take pictures. Lame!
Probably my very first snow filled Halloween ever...pretty cool!
Next up: HOPU....a weekend in Hawaii with friends....oh my god...how friggin' exciting is THAT!!!!!
PS: of course the snow has all melted and its now 60 degrees again...HAHA!!!
It started last night...huge fat white flakes falling from the sky...silent and steady all through the night. We woke to 3 inches and no end in sight.
I drove to work with my awesome subaru, a lil nervous and very slowly, and made it there safely 10 minutes before they announced school would be canceled for the day. Haha! Oh well. I stayed for a meeting and then drove home, slowly and carefully.
It was so pretty. I realized i have never lived anywhere where it snows like this. Where this is just part of winter. And it is beautiful. Especially since i know that next week sometime it will be sunny again and warm. Chances are...
Every place i have lived was ruled by nearby waters and rain: Berlin, Portland, Vancouver, Hilo. The snow makes everything so serene and silent and calm. The town looks amazing. And when have i ever had a SNOW day! YAY! All i wanted to do was make a fire and read a book in front of it while the snow kept on falling. It hasn't stopped. We are now at over a foot of snow. Our lanai is full!
Everybody keeps asking me how i feel about this, how its like being from hawaii and seeing all this snow. Would i rather be on a beach than this...sadly yes. But i can still appreciate the beauty of a snowy winter white day!
October is flying by...holy cow.
Nothing spectacular this week, just a nice happy not too stressful week of work. Which was actually quite nice. I love my work here, its just that it gets to be a bit much some days, but my colleagues are so nice and everyone loves to talk about teaching and ways to get better and how to make students learn and you know stuff like that. Its nice.
I also had book club this week, which wasn't that great. I dont know why. Maybe because i got there late since i had to teach, or maybe because people hadn't read the book, or because i just felt like an outsider. It was a bit disappointing as i had been looking forward to it all week. But i am not giving up. Next month will be better :)
Nate and i got to spend Saturday at Shelf Road climbing which was perrrrfect. 80 degrees and sunny and just so fun! Sadly it snowed again today with 30 degree weather and so we headed home last night knowing the forecast.
But we slept in, went for a late breakfast, and then walked pearl street, shopped, drank hot chocolate and had a super snowy afternoon stroll in our town. The snow flakes were HUGE. It was so beautiful! The snow, sun, snow, sun mania is totally crazy! But at least there is sun! HA...
Now its time for a movie and sleep. Another week of work awaits!
HOPU countdown: 10 days :)
This was a activity filled weekend and i am beat!
After our ski excursion on Friday, we went climbing at the Golden Cliffs yesterday. The weather is hot-tastic...it could be hawaii. Hot sunny sunshine all day every day...bliss. We had a nice time climbing together and just enjoying another day outside.
And today was league day, so two games of ultimate this morning. Lots of running in the hot sun. What cracks me up is when my teammates tell me that its humid...haha...humid. They think thus dry arid air is humid...they dont know humid!!!
I am actually getting tan again, in october...yay! And i am tired. I hurt my back laying out and its spasming a bit. May have to hit up Dr. Pete, the magic chiro doc i been seeing. So yes i am beat. That was a lot of stuff and i am out of shape and gaining weight and i need more of this. All that was missig was a solid surf session and i'd be in heaven!
And i wish i didnt have to work tomorrow. I need a day of rest after this weekend. Ha!
HOPU in 3 weeks...sooo stoked!
I love that i can do these things with my husband...ski and climb...and just spend an awesome weekend together sharing the things we love. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside :)
After much debate, where to go and what to do on this gorgeous 70 degree day we opted for making our first turns on the ski hill!!!
So fun, so warm, so pleasant. We went to Loveland, a ski area about an hour and a half from us. Not too bad. We got about two hours in and man was that PLENTY. We were both so tired afterwards. HAHA! need to get in ski season shape.
I was practicing my tele turns and lovin' the sunshine. YAY!
We got to go out to a yummy dinner with a friend tonight and now we are in bed ready for a movie and a good night sleep!
Tomorrow we'll go climbing and enjoy more of this amazing blue bird weather!!!!
After a busy and sleep deprived week, Nate and i decided that quality time was needed.
We both been so busy with work, visitors, and me leaving town on weekends that we hardly get a day to ourselves!
So friday night was date night :) ...dinner and movie, what else!
We wnet to an excellent sushi place and ate our hearts out and talked and just really connected. Sharing stories about work, friends, talking about the past, present and future. Laughing together and just being happy. It was incredibly nice!
Then we went to see Couples Retreat, a hilarious movie with Vince Vaughn.
It was such a sweet evening, i am still smiling. Only downside, now that he is back at work for 4 days i miss him even more...sigh!
But the good news is that he is getting his Denver base back, which means shorter trips and less time away, less stress, no commuting, happy husband, happy wife! He will have to go to training at the end of this month which means 4 weeks apart, but hopefully we get some more quality time together before that! And Thanksgiving and Xmas break aint that far away!
In the spirit of love...we also went to a wedding this weekend. Our friends Derek and Gretchen tied the knot down in Colorado Springs. What was supposed to be a sweet outside wedding at the Garden of the Gods turned into a freezing ice fest. Luckily they moved it inside at the last minutes. Made me all weepy being at a wedding and brought up sweet memories of ours. In the end, even though theirs was only 40 people, i am beyond happy we were just 4. I dont think i missed out at all. But theirs was also very very fun!
So off to another busy week: conferences and exams...yikes. But this weekend is my first full 3 day weekend with my man...YAY!
Unbelievable, i want to move back.
We have snow...in october...the beginning of october...snow that sticks...to the ground...5 inches of it...and its freezing cold...in october...2 weeks after summer ended!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If i haven't said it yet: i am NOT ready.
This weather is schizo...plain crazy. We go from snow to sunshine, from 70 degrees to 20 degrees, from hot to cold, from AC to heater in 24 hours flat! Its crazy. I never know what to wear.
And have i mentioned the SNOW...that has collected in big piles on my lanai?????
Sigh...yes the foliage was beautiful and the leaves so pretty and it so so so strange to see snow mixed in with pretty leaves! To see sprinkler systems still going on top of the snow! To feel like its christmas even though Halloween hasn't even happened yet.
And my plants must live inside now...i am not sure they will make it..sigh!
Taking deep breath!!!
So i admit, today was a beautiful day.
Sunny and semi warm and the view from my work over the flatirons covered in every color tree with the solid snow covered rockies in the back (yes we been getting inches upon inches in the mountains) and the full moon above it...stunning!
I wish i would have had a camera!
So yes maybe autumn is quite beautiful. Now if it was just a teeny tiny bit warmer. :)
But i love the eternal sunshine!
What a weekend. Fun and tiring and exciting and long and all that.
The weekend start with my mother-in-law in town and friends who are getting married this weekend. We had a fun evening going out for dinner at the Med and then dessert crepes at Crepes ala Carte. Oh YUM!!!! Fun evening.
On friday night i left for Phoenix, AZ to meet my fellow team mates at the airport. Loving the flight benefits. Some of them i knew but a lot i didn't. It was neat to meet new people. We got picked up by a big Ryder moving van that the boys had filled with couches and lights and tables and carpets...a real Fiesta Bus.
The hotel had a pool and jacuzzi so of course every night was a pool party for hours and hours. We shared 2 rooms between 10 of us...crowded! It felt like i was back in college ... in a good and bad way..haha. I mean i loved it but i was so tired after 4 games that first day. WOW! Nothing like trying to keep up parting with 20 somethings til the morning hours, shot-gunning beers, boat races...and the like. Gee i am old. I think i was the first in bed every night and still only got like a few hours of sleep. Haha!
We came in placed 14th and ended up beating seed and hopping up to 12th. A great record for a team that just recently came to be. It was good fun and HOT. I kinda really like AZ!
I definitely was not happy with the way i played though, i dont know if it was the fact i felt shy, or that the team knew each other and i was so new, or what, but i could not find my groove. Still had a blast and some sweet lays...and yes i did lose a bunch of skin again. Sigh :)
I alos felt sluggish and not in shape. I could tell i hadnt been working out as much as i used and how its affecting my body. That made me sad. Missing my abs ;)
Pictures should be up soon. It was my first regionals and Hawaii surely showed the most spirit. Its funny how much hawaii is about spirit. I really love that. Sweet sweet shugga!
It was so nice being with my hawaiian friends...made me wanna be back "home" real bad. Talking about surf, beaches, trade winds, mochi ... you name it.
But in only 4 weeks i am heading to Honolulu for my next tourney...HOPU KA LEWA!!!!
So very excited! I can barely stand it :)
