little hike through Mount Rainier

So on Saturday my friend Kristin and I went on a walk/hike through one of the smaller trails at Mount Rainier. We did about 8 miles and it was pretty fun. We are going to try to go further next time around, but the second part of the trail was almost vertical so we only made it half way before we decided to leave that for another time. Hopefully the weather won't change too dramatically in the next few weeks and we can get another good day in to try again.

really???

So my computer is kind of old and I've never had luck with computers anyway but since Quinn has been gone it has been acting up so much. Well yesterday I went on a hike at Mount Rainier (posting pictures later) and when I got back my computer wouldn't start up. I took it to Best Buy today to see about getting it fixed and the mother board or whatever it is is shot. It would be a lot of money to get it fixed up and who knows how long it would last beyond that. SOOOO I had to go out and get a new computer. Normally I would be kind of excited, but without a job it's a pretty big expense that I didn't really need right now. Anyway, hopefully this computer will last me a while :) What a pain!

1 Month

So it may not seem like much but we're 1 month into the deployment now. It's been a struggle on certain days, but overall I think I've done better than even I expected. A couple friends and I have been trying to keep busy on the weekends and that helps a lot. I don't really have much else to say about it so I'll just attach a few pictures:


three weeks ago


Garlic Festival


1 month down!