crusty

8.13.05

i aced my kinesiology exams with a minimum amount of fuss and it's nice to feel a little bit more free. once i really began focusing on learning this information and made it a priority to go into my exams with confidence, i've done extremely well; i guess hard work does pay off.

i'm attending a shiatsu workshop this weekend, which should be very interesting and (hopefully) will provide me with a few more techniques to incorporate into my massage. i'm going to take a couple of weeks off from massage, i think, and focus on other things; but perhaps i should keep my finger in it with one massage a week or so; we'll see.

this break is going to be nice, although i'm working for a week of it and that's not too exciting. i'm not particularly looking forward to the experience, but the income will be a nice infusion into my bank account. haven't had much of a chance to see kay since last weekend, which is tough for both of us, and i'm looking forward to being able to spend more time with her during my break. things will be a bit easier when we live together as we'll be able to spend a lot of our downtime together. laundry can be so romantico!

my pirate books came in the mail the other day; that is another focus i'm going to have over these three weeks: studying up and figuring out how feasible it will be to build out a long term plan.

flora

8.09.05

every plant in my house is thriving; i love it.

i'm totally whooped today. we are finishing up an event sports massage class series and it really takes a lot out of me. i dig it, though, because it's fast paced, very effective and has several techniques that can be incorporated into my swedish massage. but now i'm home, tired, hungry and too whooped to cook.

i'm back on the pirate bandwagon, fyi. yeah, i got into it awhile back, read quite a bit and wanted to take off for the wild seas beyond the horizon asap, but, as usual, shit got in the way. now that i'm thinking long and hard in which direction i should take this next phase of my life, i'm back on envisioning a seafaring existence; the coolest thing is that kay is into it, too, and so we're going to explore the possiblity -- first, by taking sailing classes here in seattle and, if we dig that, signing up for a coastal cruising 10 day course, maybe in the caribbean. then, if we dig that, too, then we'll likely look into crewing on someone else's yacht for a few months. finally, if all has continued to appeal and the hardwork reality of the situation hasn't dampened the romantic fantasy, then we'll work towards buying our own boat and.....sail off into the sunset!!

but, first, i need to finish school, become licensed and establish myself enough to make a living wage; then we can dive into parts unknown.

epicondyles

8.07.05

finally finished up the revamp of this site - began it in june but have been terrifically harried over the the past couple of months, so paused, focused on school, and just wrote via my livejournal for a bit until i had this back under control again. it's nice to have a more anonymous place to express myself, however, so i think i'm going to revert to using this forum instead of the community-oriented feel of lj.

i have one more final coming up this week in kinesiology, and then we have a break for a few weeks, about which i'm terrifically excited. it will be lovely to have some time to putter about the house, however, i will be working on a project for spk for a week of the break, which isn't exciting in the least, so i won't be left completely to my own devices. kay and i are also thinking about going camping for a few days; after taking a look at our finances, we nixed the idea to take a sojourn to sf for five days and decided upon the cheaper, rustic vacation of camping.

summer has just been kicking ass this year, so hot and lovely and i just adore it. my pal les just visited costa rica and i sent her to puerto viejo, wherein she had an amazing time and reports that resortland hasn't hooked its grubby little claws in its beautiful beaches just yet. yay!! now i really want to go back. i could use a jungletastic spell and i'm going to strong arm kay into going with me.