Roommate Adventure

My roommate Kate and I always try to go on adventures, when we're not too busy that is. Lately though, we've been making adventures a priority. You see, Kate is going to Germany for 2nd semester and I'm gonna be all alone! So we've been trying to do lots of fun things together lately!

Today after my final we went to Mt Hood Skibowl to ski! They have night skiing and on Tuesdays it's only $15 for women! It was a blast! Getting there was a bit tricky because the road was pretty snowy and I couldn't get traction and would slide sometimes, but we made it! The skiing was great! There was lots of powder and it snowed almost the whole time! We skied from about 3:40-7, with a 30 min break to eat dinner in there too. I'm so glad we went, even though it means we're both cramming to study for our finals tomorrow! On the way down the mountain, we decided to put my chains on. They were a bit tricky, and I got the right one on after a struggle and then a guy helped us with the left one. Well guess what? The left one fell off!! Guess girls are better at putting on chains. Also - you'll never believe this. Some guy tricked us into giving him our lift-tickets as we left so that he could go ski with them for free!!!!! I didn't even realize why he wanted them until it was too late. Dumb. Oh well.

Tomorrow night we have one final adventure planned as roommates =( Hopefully I remember to take pictures!

This picture is of us from our dorm Christmas party. So cute.

Here is THE picture!

Remember the bucket list from a while ago that Kate and I made? At midnight last night Kate and I went and got coffee...and then we played pool in the lobby! We're both TERRIBLE at pool! And she beat me! It was fun =) We both took long naps today =) So far we've accomplished this off our bucket list:

* midnight coffee run

* get Kate a boyfriend (YEA!!! He's from back home =))

* pool in the lobby after midnight

* sweets/desserts only on weekends

* go to bed early!

* jump in mud puddles

* pictures in a photo booth

* Coffee House Cafe

We've still got more to accomplish though!

We also played kickball yesterday for girls intramurals! There were only two teams... My team won! Kate's team lost!

I'm going on a midnight adventure tonight! I'll post pictures!

And Now Some Pictures From Easter!!

After track on Saturday Kate and I headed up to Portland to spend Easter weekend with Corie! That night we went to Ikea and watched a movie.

On Sunday morning we went to church and then came back and made Easter Brunch! Resurrection Rolls, green-bean casserole, chicken, and rice! It was yummy!

After church and brunch we went to the zoo! It was so fun! It was pouring rain too! Corie made us hot-chocolate (home-made!) after the zoo cause we were cold!

This is the lion at the zoo!

This is Kate and I riding horses at the zoo!

I love the zoo! My favorite animals are the wild dogs, the sun bear, the otters, and the polar bears! I like the giraffes and elephants too...

Club Northwest Invitational, Seattle, WA

This weekend we had a track meet in Seattle. Kate and I flew into Seattle around 8 in the morning, but were not going to be picked up until 1230pm. So we stored our bags at the airport (it cost me $19!!) and took the transit system downtown ($5 round-trip!) We basically walked all over Seattle. But is was SUPER fun! First we stopped at good ole Starbucks (because I had a giftcard) to get coffee and I got a pumpkin scone. Then we headed towards Pike's Market. Walking through there we smelled this yummy Russian bakery, and stopped there to get a sweet bread roll with Marion berries and sweet cream frosting. It was delicious! We kept walking around and exploring. We even went to the Art Museum...without paying. You see, their sign at the ticket booth said suggested price, $15. Well, we took that to mean you didn't have to pay if you didn't want to! So we walked in. While we were looking around a security guard came up to us. My first thought was "Oh my goodness, she knows we didn't pay!" But she said to Kate, "You can't have backpacks in here. I don't know why they didn't take it from you at the front desk. You need to take it to the coat storage. It's free." Gee. I wonder why they didn't take it! Lol. Needless to say we just left and headed up toward Niketown, stopping by Mountain Hardwear on the way. We finished our day with sub sandwiches before heading back to the airport.

The meet was pretty good too! I ran the 1500m with a time of 5:20, which is a PR. I hope to hit 5:11 to qualify for Conference!

Pictures From My Life!

Above is the "Bucket List" of things Kate and I want to do before the end of semester...so we'd better get going! In case you can't read them, they are:

* midnight coffee run

*get Kate a boyfriend (maybe...)

*watch a movie on the soccer field

*play pool in the lobby after midnight

*sweets/desserts only on Friday nights and weekends {in process}

*go to be early!

*drive in theater in Dallas, OR

*pierce Kate's nose and Lauren's ear {this might not actually happen...}

*play the stuffed animal arcade thing

*make cookies from scratch

*jump in mud puddles

*pictures in a photo booth {accomplished}

* Coffee House Cafe {accomplished}

* Silver Creek Falls

* Disc Golf

So ya! As if homework and sports practice wasn't enough...we have this whole list to accomplish!

Above is another one of our lists... These are coffee places in Salem that we want to explore and study at. So far we've tried two:

* Blue Pepper Cafe {FAIL - it's closed for good}

* Coffee Corner {FAIL - it's a drive thru!}

So we're not doing too great so far!