Sometimes you get what you ask for...

I have been wanting an adventure lately. Although I have been able to see some friends and play a few games, I really needed an adventure. To simplify a long story, I joined my roomate Charles for a hike up Mount Pilchuck. It was about a 3 1/2 mile hike and we slept in the fire lookout tower at the top of the mountain. There were 3 older guys who stayed there as well and they were like kids on vacation. They had amazing cooking supplies and had steak, wine and all sorts of things you wouldn't think about bringing hiking. They were really nice guys and it wasn't a problem sharing the little space with 8 people over night (although we had a few snorers).

All in all i'm tired, i have tons to do, but when i had prayed about if i should still go, God told me "you asked for an adventure"...and he gave me one....the banner at the top of my blog is from the sunrise over the mountains. It was an amazing sunrise...one of the best i have ever seen. A picture doesn't do justice, but here's one shot:

Weekend and such

So my roomate (Charles)is starting to get better. We're all happy about that. My plans for the weekend got a bit skewed. I had a great time hanging out with Timothy and Carlee playing one of my new games "Power Grid". I think it would be more fun with more players though. After that Timothy and I went to Smoketober fest at the Parson's. It was a delicious festivity in a garage full of food, people, and beer. (My brother said the Pumpkin beer was the best.) The evening was spent watching Die Hard with Charles since he hadn't seen it before while working on a project from work.

I had bought some of those foot detox thingies and I did day 1 last night. They turned some greenish color, so i guess it did something. I didn't notice anything though. I slept in and had a good wrestle with God about doing something. In my wrestling I realized that my prayers really have become repetitive and nothing is changing. I know that asking the same thing over and over doesnt' change God's mind, yet i was praying the same thing over and over. It appears that I have forgotten that we should be discussing these things instead of reading off a wish list.

In lieu of that convo, i finally went to the Bally's that is about 15 minutes north of where i live and just did a small workout. Luckly I'm not in as bad shape as i thought. I just need to do some cardio until i am able to get my heart stronger. i was impressed with myself for being able to run on one of the elliptical thingies for half an hour. I could have run longer, but i wanted to get some things done. I had other plans for the day, but instead, i went grocery shopping, did laundry, and worked on some more work files while watchign the hawks.

After church (I finally decided tonight that Bethany will be my church) i cooked italian and tonight likely another movie while working on my fun work file some more. It will be nice when we get all this work stuff straightened out....hopefully soon, but realistically.....not....

Work

Besides the normal abnormalities that occur while living in a house of guys, I've been mostly just working all week. Monday night was Young Life and I have unofficially been recruited as a leader. I am excited to give it a shot to see what Young Life is about and being plugged into something. My new roommate Charles was unable to make it due to his appendix inflating and after going to the hospital had it removed. He has had to wear a small diaper (Referred to by the guys as his willy warmer)since one of the nurses put his catheter in wrong. After a couple other trips to the hospital to get that fixed, we've all been trying to take care of him since that's gotta suck. He's been a good sport about it tho.

My boss has been overwhelmed at work due to the CEO giving a crunch on her....she basically said that 8 hour days are now a thing of the past. We've all got a lot more work to do. Luckily we have a new person (replacing a contractor) starting Monday and we hope she will be able to work faster than the contractor. We all have a lot of things to get done, and my responsibilities are constantly changing. I still am liking my job though. I'm happy about that.

I'm hoping to have some fun this weekend. I will let you all know sunday night.

Seattle-ing in

So I must start by saying sorry for not updating in a long time. It has been crazy settling in here. i have most of my things here in Ballard now and although most everything is still in boxes, I have done all my laundry and have most of my things i use regularly unpacked.

Since I last posted, I:

-Went for a brief hike up rattlesnake ridge(a cool short hike on a nice day)
-Played a pick up game of soccer
-Helped out at the missions' weekend at Lighthouse
-Got the best time at the obstacle course at the men's lunch at Lighthouse
-Made jam with my parents
-Started my "Bucket List" (Posted on Facebook)
-Cleaned out both of the fridges here(that was a gruesome task, let me tell you!)
-Finally tried playing the new games I bought like 2 months ago when i first got this job(and i like them!)
-I think I decided on a church (http://churchbcc.org/) I'm going to sign up for a small group through them soon.
-Tonight was the Young Life meeting for the Ballard area and I think I'm going to join the guys in the house and help lead Young Life in the area.

So that's basically the update with what has gone on. Mostly work and settling in, but now I feel like it's time for me to be able to do some things like actually living my life and doing things outside work/home. I will do the misc. unpacking/cleaning once a week and besides that, i want to start doing things.

Welp I decided that 11:00 is my new bedtime and it's 11:16, so i need to go to bed and try to finally finish the Shack.(2 chapters left) I highly recommend it for anyone who wants a fresh perspective on a conversation with God. More to come once I'm done. (I'm open to book ideas as well, let me know of books that changed your life and I'll add it to my queue).