...first Christmas alone. hmmm ( Read more... )

...in the upcoming months (late December-early March)

1. Getting my skydive cert!!
2. Damians gym opening!!
3. Climbing in Vegas!!
4. Wilderness upgrade/skiing in SLC!!
5. Dominican Republic cardiac mission!!
6. WI, to see my momma!!
7. Potential El Portrero trip!! ??

and of course, heaps of snowboarding!!

2009 is gonna start off well!!

Man, I miss Jon already. He leaves for Africa from DC tomorrow...

Gonna be some major changes here at the 731.

...damn. 2009 is going to be interesting, that's for sure!

Climbing1. The Rostrum, 5.11c - 8 pitches ( Read more... )

Indian Creek makes me obsessed with climbing.

I lead my first trad 5.12's (not clean, but Way Rambo is totally do-able!) and can't stop thinking about them. I WANNA SEND!

I then put a good sized crack in then rental car. I lose.

Later though, I hella crushed the highlines at the Fruitbowl! New female world recorddd! w00t!

Getting slightly stressed about finding a roommate come December 3rd.

Part of me really dislikes going to "family style" restaurants. Really, what I don't like is when the food ordered isn't 100% vegetarian. Why? Because those that are eating meat will dig into the veggie option without regard for the fact that the vegetarians wont be sharing the meat portion of the food. In the end leaving me (and other veggies) ( Read more... )

Forget DisneyLand. Yosemite really is the happiest place on Earth! Through the beautiful scheduling possibilities that comes with a nursing career, I just spent 13 of the last 15 days in Yosemite without having to take any vacation time! (OK, there was one 'sick day'. Shh ( Read more... )

While San Francisco may be full of theft (I miss my laptop), murders (just three blocks away!) and sketchy homeless people (um, everywhere!), I love that I can still feel like I've "gone out" or had a night out on the town and I didn't even leave home. (or in tonight's case, my neighborhood) and am home/in bed by 10.

Urban livingCONS: theft, bad ( Read more... )

Of the 13 days I spent in Yosemite this past month, 4 of them were spent with my dearest "fine eyed" Sandra of Manzanita ( Read more... )