Summer...In the jet city of love.

"In the jet city of love
Northwest in the evergreen state
People can't get enough
Of living in the darkness and the rain
But when the sun comes out
The streets are filled with songs
And people playing it loud
So the whole world can sing along, yeah."
-The Classic Crime

In a way I'm glad Seattle weather is crappy. It keeps the city from getting too crowded and traffic from getting too bad. But when the sun does come out, the whole energy of the city changes. It is pleasant and unusual. It does make me want to sing, though I miss my sunny California home sometimes.

I sit wondering these days what the future holds. I am overwhelmed with longing to go to school, to have peers in the academic sense, to have teachers, to come home everyday and be exhausted from the constant absorption of information, useful or not. I'm excited to be stimulated by being around people all day. Then coming home and sitting by myself to refuel and rejuvenate. I reflect on the past and look forward to the future, making plans but all the while wishing God to have his way in me.

This summer is going to be crazy.
Priska is coming in nine days! It's crazy how fast this time of anticipation is going. I'm looking forward to meeting her and being her big sister for two months. She's coming from the German speaking part of Switzerland, around Zurich. She says her English is very broken(we've only communicated by email, so it's hard to judge.) and she wants it to be better. I'm hoping that I will be helpful and a good guide to her as she learns. It's her first time on an aeroplane. First time out of her home country. I'm sure it will be quite an adventure for both of us. I'm going to take her around Seattle to the Space Needle, Museum of Flight, Golden Gardens, the Downtown Library... all those touristy places I would never go, but we want to show her the most of America as is within our scope. We'll be going down to Oregon and California on Memorial day weekend. Coach Burgener hired me and my first job is in Salem helping Sage out. I cannot say how excited I am to work with Sage! She's such a character. There'll be lots of laughs and fun and lots and lots of BURPEES, I'm sure. After that we'll head down to California with Priska.

Regionals is in 2 weeks. Wow, I'm a little nervous. It's going to be a huge event, possibly as big as the last Games, with nearly as many competitors and only 3 spots to qualify onto the Championships. I hardly know what my competition constitutes, but I'm sure there are some strong ladies out there. This is my first CrossFit competition that I've set my mind to win the thing. I have no impediments, like gym, to keep me from performing to my potential. But no pressure. CrossFit is my sport, and I am assured that I'm really freaking good at what I do, though I am humble, because I know there are many things I don't want to come out of the Hopper. The workouts will be announced in the next week or so.

We'll see. I'm more excited to see how my dad will do in the Master's division. He's a stud and I'm proud of him. No regrets, daddio.

The rest of the summer will be hustle and bustle in showing Priska around Seattle and California. Yosemite. San Francisco. And many places in between.

CrossFit Games July 16-18 in Los Angeles this year. At the Home Depot Center. In a real stadium. With a really big crowd.



I'll be 17 in August. Wow.



Hopefully start fall quarter at Seattle Central in September.



Maybe visit my mother in Oklahoma before that.