Last Sunday I got to go with La' Akea to another rally cross. This time it was down in Hillsboro, Or, which isn't too far from Beaverton, so I was familiar with the area.
We got up way early... early enough that I was able to take this photo of the sunrise reflecting off of both her passenger window and side mirror while driving down to Hillsboro.
The race was fun. I got to ride in La' Akea's car a good number of times (8 maybe?) as well as help manage the course. It was a lot of fun. I have to say, I am itching to give it a try now. I have a couple of possibilities of how to give it a try in the next month or so. Hope something works out!
In other news, I decided to take a half day off of work yesterday. Because I wanted to leave at 2:30, I had to take the 545 bus home. No prob... On the way home, I'm listening to my music and reading news on my phone and all of a sudden i feel a small jolt and then we sway... We got hit by a car. obviously not too hard, and I didn't even see any of it happen. Supposedly someone in a white car cut off a girl in another car and she swerved to avoid being hit, only right into our bus. Everyone seemed to be ok. The guy in the white car took off and I don't think anyone got his license plate. All-in-all it was only an additional 30 minutes or so, but it was a bummer watching the later 545 buses pass us while we were waiting along side the side of the freeway. Oh well... so much for getting off real early. but at least no one was hurt.
-- Fozzy
I was at Home Depot today buying some more potting soil and I went through the self-checkout. Halfway through the process, the following error message popped up on the screen:
Why can't we have more error messages like that? :)
POS is actually a legit term (Point of Sale) for this application, but being that this message interrupted my paying for my dirt I thought of a quite different meaning for POS :)
Off to enjoy more sun!
Fozzy
For a guy who used to wake up at noon, I've done quite a bit this morning already. Last night I went to Brouwer's with a few friends. If you haven't been, this is a great Belgian pub in Fremont that has great beer and food. The Belgian beers on tap is probably the best part (for me at least).
So, I drove my friend there and parked in a loading zone... nice parking spot. I even noted that the next day was Sunday, just in case I decided to leave my car there. As my friends and I explored the Belgian culture, it was very apparent that I was not going to be driving home. No problem because I got a great spot! We cabbed it home and i just planned on taking the bus back to Fremont in the morning. Sweet! I love living in Seattle. That wouldn't have been an option 6 months ago.
I woke up at 9am, bright eyed and bushy tailed and hopped on a bus to Fremont. As I get off the bus, I reach into my pocket and realize i brought the wrong set of keys (i have a light set for bus riding and know i don't need to bring the car keys). arg! duh, i needed my car keys. At this point, i figure, nice way to start out my morning, but no big deal. It is a beautiful sunny day, and so what if i have to ride the bus BACK to my house and then BACK to Fremont? That is, until i look ahead and realize that the Fremont sunday street market is going on and there is a tent where my car was parked. Doh!
I instantly knew that my car was impounded. Sunday continues to get better. But hey, it's beautiful outside! So, i bus back and have my friend take me to pick up my car.
At least last night was a ton of fun, because it became a bit more expensive that I was prepared for :) (although much much cheaper in many ways than any other alternative).
And besides, it's a beautiful day out and it isn't even noon yet. I think I'm going to go kayaking!
Happy Summer!
Fozzy
I took this photo not too long after our last game at Alki beach. I was in a bit of a grumpy mood before we came to play vball, but as usual, the second i hit the sand and got ready to play, i was as happy as a clam (how happy do clams get anyway?).
I love Seattle summers!
-Fozzy
Yeah, that is pretty much a given. Although, I think I am taking the most advantage of summer this year than i have any other year. Almost every day I am either running, kayaking, both, or playing vball. On top of that, i've even gone dancing a few times (twice last week alone!).
Getting the Kayak membership has been a great deal already. I think I've been about 5 times already. Most times I run there (about 1 mile), get on the kayak and kayak around the lake for about 3 miles, and then run back (same 1 mile). It's nice knowing that i can switch it up anytime and run the longer way around the lake or whatever.
What makes me even happier is being on the beach playing VBall. Absolutely loving that. I'm on two different teams in two leagues and both are fun. We have had some great games so far. The ones where you really don't know who is going to come out the winner or not. Those are always great games.
And then my little herb garden is doing mostly pretty well. The cilantro is doing pretty well (back left), although i lost one of my plants. The Thyme (the one in front) is doing ok, a little sparse, but growing. The chives (right of the cilantro) is doing well, although they are still on the thin side but pretty tasty. The middle one above is my oregano. That one is just flourishing. I'm going to have to go look up a recipe for homemade pasta sauce. In front of the oregano is the basil. It had a slow start, but is doing well now. And in the back in the shadow is my rosemary. It's taking its sweet time to grow, but is starting... only 2 of the plants are growing... oh well. and the mint... well, i think the snails got to it before it matured and thus there is no mint. I'll have to try again.
I've had some success with my flowers, the best being the ones pictured in front there. You can see another type of flower in the back as well. I think next time i'll have to use bigger pots.
I think i'll start some new plants inside again soon. not sure how they will grow since they will be a bit out of their season, but might as well try. It's been a fun little hobby. everything i've grown so far has come from seeds.
Anyway, that's it from me for now. See you soon and maybe around the lake!
-- Fozzy
