Three weeks due

Gosh, it has been three weeks since I last posted....where has the time gone? We have had lots of adventures since.

(April 26th) It was a nice Sunday afternoon and Raul and I wanted to go buy a lawn mower and get some Mexican food. As we are traveling through Seattle laughing and enjoying each other's company the Avalanche starts acting up and dies in the middle of the road...on a HILL! Keep in mind the we lose power steering and power breaks...on a HILL, with Traffic. Some how Raul maneuvers the truck to almost fit on the side of the road out of the way. We start trouble shooting the situation and all of our options. After four hours, hungry tummies and a new oil filter, the truck still doesn't start. We called Will to see if he could help. Luckily him and his wife have AAA. So they came and picked us up and took us to the house for further investigation of the broken truck. During those four hours I did a lot of car watching...which is even more fun than just people watching b/c you have both....but I kept thinking, as all these junker cars drove by, "Why are these cars making it up the hill and ours wont even start?"...sigh....belly rumbling. So that Sunday was fun! NOT.


Two days later Raul, Reedus and Will got the truck back in ship top shape. The fuel pump had gone out. Raul and Will were amazing, along with their super electric sarcasm, they had that truck revived in two hours. To contribute, I made dinner and muffins.


(Saturday 5/2) The following weekend, I had my first Junior High Track meet. For those who don't know, I coach at Seattle Country Day School....a school for super smart kids...GIFTED as they like to call themselves. I have about 12 kids on the team and they are tonz of fun. Anyway, of course the weather was typical Sea-Town, Rainy! But my kids were troopers. The meet was pretty big, there were over 600 kids that participated in the meet...from grades 4th-8th. Lots of munchkins running around. The concession stand was a huge line for the entire meet. I guess sugar keeps the little people going.

(Sunday 5/3) We went to the Vault/Multi coach's house and played beach volleyball in his back yard. Now when I pictured Pat's house I thought a little net, in the grass by the BBQ with the net doubling as a badminton net. Boy was I wrong. This was the King of King's court. They had sand brought over from the OR coast, tons of AVP balls, a super awesome net and it was surrounded by a batting cage net so if balls flew, they didn't fly far. It was a blast! We played for about 3 hours and then roasted "Healthy" hot dogs and s'mores on the fire. I felt like I was back with the Girl Scouts.


(Sometime in the last two weeks) I decided that I was going to do something nice and surprise Raul by mowing the lawn. I walked over to my neighbors house and borrowed his mower well it was super low on gas. I went and got a gallon of gas and started filling it up...only to notice that I was not putting the gas in the right hole...I was putting it into the OIL....crap! So as I frantically start running around the neighborhood like a crazy lady "Screaming, I broke Micheal's mower" my neighbors (three of them) come over to help me. We dumped the mower upside down and drained it, put new oil in it, gas in the gas tank and the mower worked like a champ and my lawn was nice and short. What an idiot. Raul was golfing so when I called and told him I'm sure he thought to himself.."How has my girlfriend made it through life this far?" I just think it builds character. Lots of it! So....that was fun! NOT.


And yesterday I had my first track meet....for those who don't know, I am competing again. I ran hurdles and did high jump. It was a great day. The sun was shinning, I made it through ten hurdles (I was really nervous about that, its been two years) and I cleared 5'1" and had great jumps at 5'3" from a short approach. Plus I got a bunch of new gear from Club Northwest (the team that I am on) and sported it at the meet. My next meet is going to be May 27th....that is the start of the 47th annual All-Comers Meets.


I was waiting to post some pictures with this but I have to get it up...sorry. Just use your imagination.