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Alright just to keep everyone informed on what's going on over here and how life in Happy Valley is I'll let ya know what's new in my life.
On Valentine's Day I actually had a date, as most of you already know. I took a girl that I actually like, so this date was a little different than some of the dates that I have been on in the past, admittedly I got a little nervous. I was able to play it cool though and both her and I had fun. We went to dinner at some Italian Grill, went to See's Candy where I introduced her to dark vanilla buttercreams, and then went to the movies. The date went well and everything and I took her home, but at the very end of the date she told me that she had had fun and liked me but that she really wasn't looking for any kind of boyfriend or anything like that......this is a nice way of saying you smell like poop and your face is distorted. No, it really wasn't that bad, and I took it like a champion. She just broke up with her boyfriend and is all bent out of shape cause of that still, understandable I suppose. Anyway, the point is I actually did something on what I believe to be one of the most ridiculous holidays of the year and I had fun.
In other news I've been running quite a bit and trying to get in shape (for those who don't check out my other blogs and don't know, www.seetomswim.blogspot.com ). Today I ran the furthest I have ever run in a single outing without stopping. I ran 7.44 miles, now I'm extremely tired and feel like I'm gonna die soon, but I'm pretty happy that I was able to go that far.
On to other news, Brian Smith got a hold of me a couple days ago and told me he was planning on hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, a trail that starts at the Mexican border and goes up into Canada. Brian and I had talked about doing this someday back when we lived together in Coos Bay. Then this last summer in August we both, along with Greg Valle climbed Mt. McGloughlin and talked about again. The other day he told me that he wanted me to come along with him and that he plans on doing it in 2010. When I got home from my mission I made a list of things that I wanted to accomplish in this life before I die, well turns out that hiking the Pacific Crest Trail was one of them so I told him I was in. We plan on heading down there and starting a few days after my school ends in May 2010 and we believe that we can finish the hike by the time that school will start for me in the Fall. We're still only beginning to plan this thing but I'm pretty excited for it. I realize its not going to be easy but its going to be a lot of fun and I should learn a lot.
Apart from all that stuff though not a whole lot new is going on. I'm still going to school 6 days a week and working too. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone in McMinnville and kind of sad I'm only coming out there for like 24 hours but oh well.