211- The Weekend

I won't lie. I looked at this weeked thinking it would be really boring. Ya know. Things like snow in town tend to put a "damper" (pun intended) on things for guys like me that like to be outside and goof off.

I was wrong. And I was glad I was.

On Friday night, I was really bored until about 8:00, when I found out that I had places to be. I went and hung out at a friend's dorm, then it worked out that a friend from Vancouver came up for the night, so we went and chilled in town. I also introduced him to some of my homies up here, and we made a trip down to the grocery store at 1:00 AM.

Saturday I feel like I didn't do a whole lot, but I don't particularly remember feeling bored. I went and saw a movie called "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," which I shouldn't have gone and seen, which was immediately evident five minutes into the fim. I wouldn't recommend it at all, at least to people that care at all about what goes into their head.

Anyway.

This morning I did some work on a history paper, which I came back to throughout the day in between climbing at the gym with my friend Meagan, meals, and exploring and climbing Larrabee State Park with my friend Juliet. We found a really cool traverse route away from the water a bit so we didn't get the water noise, but it was definitely more relaxing than the rock gym. I love real rocks.

Oh. Here, I must give a shout out to the fine folks at REI. I bought a pair of leather lace-up climbing shoes there about a month and a half ago. I climb just about every day, and the thing with leather shoes is that they tend to stretch. When I bought the things, I kept this in mind, and my feet barely fit in them, and it hurt like crazy to walk. Enter today's experience. I went into REI to see what my options were on getting a pair that fit me, because I had been assured when I bought into REI that they stood behind anything they sold, and that if it wasn't meeting my needs it was a refund or exchange pretty much without question. Come to find out this is lifetime of the object in question. Golden. As a result, without any pestering, I was able exchange my beat up ones to get a pair that fit me and don't stretch as much. So KUDOS for sure. I worked retail for awhile, and that's not something that happens everyday.

Oh. One other thing. Everyone needs to know that Gardettos makes a bag that is entirely rye chips. You have no idea how exciting this is for me. I already had a bag earlier. I seem to recall a conversation where the flavor of the rye chips was thought to be based on the flavor of the items around it. NOPE. They're the same.

Ok. Interesting topic tomorrow. Maybe a bit edgy, and a little controversial, even for me.

Until then. Cheers.