To walk or not to walk: that is the question....

Graduation is quickly approaching. In just over a week, I start my final quarter at Pierce college as well as my first class at Central Washington University.  In June, I will be graduation with my AA in Social Service/Mental Health.  My question is: should I walk for graduation???

Over the last couple quarters, I have made some friends in my classes who are wanting me to walk at graduation with them.  For me, I don't really want to walk and would rather cheer them on in the crowd.  But, they really want me to be part of the celebration.  So, I want your opinion.  I have created a poll to see what you think I should do: walk with my friends, or not?  Personally, I was going to wait until I got my masters to walk at graduation, but I know this is a big accomplishment for them and want to give them my support. 

Please vote and help me decide what to do.  Thanks!

First Ride

So, on Thursday, Terry made an offer on a 2006 Yamaha V-Star 1100 Silverado for me.  The week before I took his bike out for a ride and realized that it all came back to me quickly and I started to get antsy for a bike of my own again.  Amazingly, his offer was accepted and on Thursday night, we rode up to Renton and rode home separately on two bikes.

On Sunday, it was forecasted to have great weather, so we decided to go for a ride after church.  We made the decision to ride up to Poulsbo.  Terry had never been there and we thought it was the right distance away for a quick trip.  We left after church and arrived in about an hour.  The ride was really nice.  We had lunch on the waterfront which was amazing.  We shared a crab and corn chowder, Terry had halibut and chips while I had the halibut tacos.  It was all really good.  After eating, we walked around town and looked for the bakery everyone talked about when we mentioned Poulsbo.  We found one in town and each picked out a donut.  I also got a cinnamon roll that I had for breakfast this morning; one word amazing.  The ride home was nice as well and we got great views of Mt Rainier.  It did start getting cold though and by the time we cruised off the freeway, my lips were numb and I couldn't easily talk.  Overall, we both had a nice day on the bikes and enjoyed the ride.  I am definitely happy to be back on two wheels.

Scrapbook Weekend

Last weekend, I joined about a dozen other women at a conference camp outside of Lake Stevens for a scrapbook weekend.  I was invited by a couple ladies from our 4-wheel drive club and had a nice time.  Due to some stuff I had to get done on campus, I didn't get up there until late Friday night and immediately went to work on some pages.  We were up until about 1:00 on Friday before heading to the cabins for bed.

The cabins definitely reminded me of 6th grade science camp where we were all in bunks in a big room.  I didn't sleep too well, but that wasn't too much of a surprise.  On Saturday, we got up and started scraping again.  The grounds provided food for us and the meals weren't too bad.  They also had a giant swing that we were able to go on.  It was about 60 feet up and I went to the very top before I released.  It was fun, but the final hanging around the bottom made me a little nauseous.  We worked on the scrapbooks all day and I actually got a lot accomplished.  I ended up leaving Saturday night to come home since I wanted to go to church on Sunday morning and was looking forward to sleeping in my own bed.  Overall, I had a nice weekend and hope to do something like that again sometime.