Well what fabulous weather we have been having. I actually enjoy it, since I grew up with it. It is nostalgic, ya know? The smells, the shorter days, the sounds of rain on the rooftops and the splashes as car drive through puddles. I played soccer and ran cross-country every fall of my growing up years, so mud and rain are a part of me. Slide-tackling for the soccer ball, daily runs in moist forests, ahhh the good ol' days.
This weekend was the beginning of a new racing season: Cyclocross http://www.crosscrusade.com . Sorta like mountain bike racing, but made to be muddy and hard. The courses are 1.5 to 2 miles long, and consist of dirt hills, tight turns, barriers that you have to dismount and run over. Depending on the division, races are from 6 to 8 laps long, and last around 45 minutes. At the end, everyone is muddy, but you do see grins peeking through though dirty mugs. My event? Well, it is new but catching on fast. We race the courses on unicycles. I started in last year, when there were just 3 to 4 of us per race. Yesterday we had 9 for the first race of the season. We get the most cheers from the crowd, partially because the difficulty level goes up tremendously, and partly because it is just funny to watch a unicyclist do anything.
If you look carefully through the rain, you will find good and beauty.
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thanks for your comment. I like you by default since we have several things in common...the weather, the desire to go overseas and umm I don't know what the third thing is.
I don't think it really matters.
The thing with Jeff and I and the going overseas thing is something I am really enjoying watching unfold. I left more than one fellow because I like your current girlfriend thought that they would say anything just to make me happy, esp. with regard to living overseas for a time. With Jeff, I told him of my long term plans early on. I told him it wasn't going to change--my whole education centralized on these plans. I told him that I wanted to do these things with him. And then I left it in God's hands. I talk about it with him from time to time. I see it coming together in his heart. It is exciting to know that we have it to look forward to.
Yeah it has just begun to rain as I write this. We are in East county, in the shadow of Mt Hood and all the, umm, beauty of East County. (read: I can't wait to move) I've been in pdx for now on 15 years almost, I can't believe it has been so long. If you feel comfortable, tell me more about yourself some time.
I am patient with my honey, I know it's on his time. Besides, it's easy now with the girl being a fun little peanutcake, no huge rush at this point. Good luck to you and do check in from time to time.
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