Hurricane Irene

Great news! Sara Semborski and I survived the hurricane. Between my whale and my life vest, I had enough buoyancy to keep us afloat- and that I did do.

We spent the night in our friends fortified house in Kensington with several other good friends. We made a total of 12 pizzas thanks to our members of Pizza Brain and played some vicious games of Killer Wink.

Despite some flooded basements and a few mildly flooded rivers (with the exception of Manayunk) Philly made it out ok.

My parents house, which is 2 hours further inland, did not do such a  great job of surviving however. A tree down on the house, a tree down on the car and electrical wires all over the yard. Thankfully, they are ok- but they actually wanted me to come home to safety instead of staying in the “dreadful” Philadelphia. Guess they should have come to the always sunny city instead!

I’m glad it’s over. I’m glad it’s sunday. As Joshua Grace stated in an e-mail this morning, “it’s a great day to worship God together.”

to do list for the following year

There have been a lot of things in my head lately about what I’d like to do in the near future. I figured I should finally put it all down and out in public. That way, if I successfully accomplish all things on my list, I cant be thankful that I had written goals and met all of them. I often think that if I say it out loud or write it out in public, it’s more validated, more true.

1. make cheddar cheese
2. hike to machu picchu
3. join the rock climbing gym on columbus
4. participate in a sprint triathlon next August
5. bike across the country… or at least half way (this is maybe on the list to do within the year, if not, at least in the next three) Ok, and if this doesn’t look like it’s happening at least bike to my parents house in lebanon from philly.
6. broad st run (obvi)
7. This fall, I’d like to participate in at least 3 5k’s.
8. Run the 8k during the philly run weekend.
9. get that tattoo i’ve been talking about forever
10. visit chrissy and meg in boulder, CO.

I have no idea when I developed this much interest in athletic hobbies.  but of course I don’t mind, i actually developed the interest! woop