Almost There

The last few weeks before I go have been busy and hectic. But in a good way. Aside from packing, moving out, and finishing up other errands, I've been trying to see friends and family as much as I can. I appreciated seeing everyone I was able to, but naming them all would take too much time so I'll just pick out a few highlights.

Friday the 7th was my last day of work, and they took me out to play whirlyball. Whirlyball is a sport, with rules similar to basketball, but you use wiffleballs and you have special rackets to catch and throw. And everyone is in a bumper car. My team lost every game, so they switched me to the team that hadn't lost yet, and then we lost.

Sunday the 9th I went to a show in Seattle called 7 Strangers. It's a live action spoof of reality TV shows. It's set in a huge mansion where 7 people act out their characters and the various fights and drama that happens, and the audience just wander around the house and observe whatever action they happen to stumble across. I enjoyed it, it was definitely a novel approach to improv theatre.

Wednesday the 12th I had a court date to fight a speeding ticket, so I made a beach trip out of it. The skies cleared up and we saw some awesome shooting stars, it was the second best time of the year to watch them. There were some huge ones, a few of them lasted close to a second and left trails across the sky. Then we built a huge bonfire. Not a normal bonfire; a huge one. The kind where you can't stand closer than five feet away because it's too hot.

I went back a week and a half later and built a fire at the same spot, but this time the tide was not friendly. It came up far higher than we were expecting and flooded us out.

Friday night the 14th I went camping at Lake Wenatchee, and again watched the stars. There weren't as many shooting stars this time, but the sky was still beautiful away from the city lights. I spent the night in a hammock rather than a tent, and despite being a little chilly I got more sleep than I would have on the hard ground. I'm definitely bringing that hammock to Hawaii.

And since then there was a going away party, a campfire, I moved out, visited friends and family... like I said, keeping busy. I fly out tomorrow, it's coming up so fast!