Three Day Weekends

I love my job. I love that it allows me to take a Friday off every other week. I love living in Colorado so that I have stuff to do on those three-day weekends. This past weekend was so awesome. Friday morning I went on a bike ride, which is totally making me want a new bike (my current one is a cheap walmart one and the brakes are sketchy). Then some friends took me out to brunch for my birthday. The rest of the day I bummed and painted, which I also love (mostly the bumming part). Saturday, like I mentioned in the previous post, I hiked Gray's Peak again. We left even earlier this time (it was me, Kelly, her bf Dan, and our friend Dave) but had to park on the road because there were so many people there. About 2 miles up the trail, it splits, one fork taking you over a place called the Knife's Edge, which is pretty technical. I absolutely refused to go on that trail, and Kelly volunteered to go with me up the old, boring trail. Dave insisted on going that way (it takes you up to Torrey's first), and Dan hemmed and hawed for a while, finally decided after about 15 minutes to go with Dave. Because of the huge number of people on the trail, Kelly and I went much slower than last time. However, because we were going slower and not exerting ourselves as much, we didn't take nearly as many breaks as before. We arrived at the top of Gray's by 10 am, making it in only 2.5 hours. We sat there for a half hour (it was so warm and nice this time, not windy and cold like the last time) then called the boys. They had just summitted Torrey's. We decided to descend the saddle and meet them in the middle. Then we rested some more, crossed a snowfield where I fell on my butt, soaked our feet in a glacial pond (very, very cold, but exhilarating!!) then headed out. That evening a bunch of friends came over for Cranium and a BBQ. They all said they liked the red wall, so hopefully they weren't lying. Sunday after church, Kelly and I went to Six Flags and hung out in the water park. It was a lot of fun! I love water. I really want to go white water rafting again this summer. Wow, some of the things I love nowadays I would never have considered doing two years ago! That evening after a two hour nap, Kelly, Stacy, and I saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

So that's my diary of the weekend, which I'm sure none of you even care about, lol. I guess the takeaway is that I love Colorado and the outdoors and my friends. After this weekend, how could I even consider going back to school and giving them up for the next 4 years??? :)