Totally Stoked!!!

So in two days, I'm headed up to Oregon to see the folks, bro and sis. I can't wait to see everybody. Sippin' on some spiced up nog . . . heh heh. I know that the few days with them will fly by, so I'll savor every moment with them. Woo Hoo!!! See you guys soon!

Battle Wounds

So yesterday, it finally all caught up with me. I'll spare you the graphic pictures I took, but I took a pretty good spill on my moutain bike. I hit a slick spot coming down a dirt mound and the handlebars flipped backwards to the left as I went over them. It seemed like every part of my body took the impact, but my knee took the blunt of it all; it got cut open pretty deep. At first I didn't know if I broke anything, but I knew my leg hurt a whole lot. I biked home bleeding out of my knee as I held my shorts over the wound. I made my way to San Jose Reginal ER and got four stitches. I think having such a wonderful nurse helped ease my pain.

So there's my battle scar story. Next time I get out riding (which won't be for another 14 days), I'm going with knee/shin guards. I don't really wanna go through with this again, even though it makes for an awesome story :).

"So Long and So Far Away" Is Changed Into Something Greater

Yup, so I am headed back to school in the Winter/Spring after a semester break. I just checked my spreadsheet to see how much further the school road is ahead of me. and quickly became briefly discouraged. I still have 16 classes to take. That's in addition to the 4 classes I'm required to take every semester (Lessons, Sax Ensemble, Performing Ensemble, Listening Hour). Ugh...it seems soooooooo far.

But life is good. Everyday is a gift. And what really matters is how I use each day. I guess life will always have that "next thing" to accomplish. No matter how many things we accomplish, there's always the next idea, "Ok, so what's next?" It's funny how I am realizing more each day that life doesn't stop, even when on vacation...there will always be something to come back to. So in understanding this, I find it easier to live each day like it was my last (the thinking of everyday is a gift) and not to think how much more I have in order to accomplish something, how much longer I have in order for me to be what I want to be. I become who I want to be everyday by choice. Everyday is an accomplishment if we live it to our full potential.

Where I've Been

So here's the map of where I've been. The bottom dot is where I started yesterday, and the top dot is where I turned around. On my last trip, I ended up at the first place I set in to take some trails (a little north of Horseshoe Lake, one of the pics). Total biking distance yesterday was 16 miles of trails. Fun stuff. I took a pretty good fall yesterday attempting to bike up a series of rocks on the trail...(I failed). Lets just say I hope I can have kids still...ha! I kept going though...thinking of something my brother would say, "Gotta get there."

Long Time, No See...

Ok, so it's been a very long time that I've thrown in a post here. I've been pretty busy these past two months. A couple months ago, I discovered a love for mountain biking. I've posted a few pics to show you guys where I've been. My last trip was yesterday up at Skyline (up HWY 9 here). It was about 15 miles (about 3 1/2 hours) total...I was dang tired afterwards. There is so much beautiful country up there. These pics are the easy and pretty parts of the trip. Maybe next time I'll take some pics of the crazier stuff. I'll upload a pic of the map of the area later today. Hope you enjoy!