Seattle is awesome. I've said that a lot and mean it everytime. The sun is setting at fricken 8:00 at night and it will only get better until September. And we're actually seeing sun these days... though it's been pretty off and on. The lilacs are blooming. I set some in my room and now the whole house smells heavenly.
On Friday I had an amazing opportunity to spend some time with my friends Natalya, Cody, and Tobin from Lynnwood. They came to see me, check out the gym and workout. It was a lot of fun. They love to have fun and make jokes, and don't seem to take life too seriously, which is good for me. Friends like these make me realize that life isn't just all work and no play. And it's possible to laugh in the midst of busyness. It's good to have people that you can just be yourself around. They love you at your best and at your worst. We share a passion of improving peoples lives and living life to the fullest.
Saturday I competed at the Pacific NW Championships at Thrush's place in Sumner. I was pleasantly surprised to see more CrossFitters at this competition than I have at any other Olympic lifting competition. There were a good number of lifters from Vancouver, WA and CrossFit Eastside in Bellevue. CrossFit has really brought the sport into the light for the world, which is really awesome. I made my weight class by the slimmest margin (one thousandth of a kg!). The Snatch didn't go as well as I hoped. I missed the first 2 attempts, and made the 3rd, finishing at 52 kg. I redeemed myself in the clean and jerk, opening with a competition PR, 65kg and finished with 70kg! It totalled 122, which was one of my benchmarks for the year. Pretty stoked! To top it off a couple of our clients came to cheer me on, including Truli, an 11-year-old girl I've been working on the lifts with.
After the competition I drove up to Lynnwood for the 20th birthday party for Spencer Hunsinger, one of the CF Advantage trainers. Natalya and I were the only sober ones by the end of the night. We just watched people get really really drunk and then left when they became obnoxious. I was disgusted and delighted by the scene. I have yet to find the party girl inside of me.
Last week was exhausting. Papa and I both seem to be on a plateau in our training. But we keep trucking a long. Hopefully this week will be better. Daniel arrives tonight, and I'm really looking forward to spending time with him this week.
Sunday I got to go to Natalya's church. It was a joint youth service that she said only happens every three months. It had the feeling similar to a rock concert and took me a little bit to get into. It contrasts to the Gospel style worship at Emerald City Bible Fellowship. Once I did get into it I had a great time. I had a chance to tell Natalya what God has been speaking to me, which is really awesome. She's praying for me. I'm really glad to know her, one of the sweetest young ladies I have had a chance to hang with. She loves Jesus, has a really big heart for all her friends, is super optimistic and loves to laugh and eat and workout. My kinda girl. I really hope to get to know her better this summer, when she will be having adventures in Seattle more frequently.
CrossFit Regionals is in one month. I'm excited. It's gonna be rockin'. We are getting our own team out there to have some fun. It will be good for LiS to get a better taste of the competition. CrossFit is not just a training program. It's a sport. Competition is a different world outside the gym, it's bigger and it's better. It's good for our athletes to see that. Regardless of where they are coming from or where they are going, it will be truly inspirational and motivating.
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