happy earth day!

What a whirlwind of a week. Long day Monday, then a smooth trip home on Tuesday, where I was greeted at the Humphrey Terminal by Clay and his beautiful bouquet of flowers. Despite two early mornings (5 am CDT/3 am PDT), it was so great to see Mom, Dad, Ben and Clay. The interview itself, for the Fairview/

Institute for Athletic Medicine Sports PT Residency, was awfully stressful but it was a good learning experience. Though it was hard to say goodbye a whole 32 hours after I arrived, knowing Clay will be landing in Seattle this Friday made my departure was just a little easier. 

(FYI: In honor of Earth Day, in addition to my extra Earthy photos, everything in BLUE is a link.)

Point Defiance

Albeit, life here is slightly less interesting and more solitary than life at home. Here's how I've spent the weekend:

- Eating a lot of taco chicken chili. (Yum. But I easily have 10 meals worth...so slightly less yum.)

- Running around Point Defiance-- but I guess I didn't do a very good job of staying on Five Mile Road because I only ran 3?

- Catching playoff hockey on NBC... at 10am (Giroux! 14 points. Flyers are going far. And WHO is this Holbty guy?)

- Spending quality time with my boards review book. (I won't bore you with details.) 

- Listening to my awesome Basilica Block Party 2012 playlist on Spotify (Train, Mat Kearney, Avett Brothers, OAR, The Head and the Heart, Fitz and the Tantrums, Tyrone Wells and Imagine Dragons...)

- Wasting time on my new fav website: Greatist. Addicting. It tells me that St. Olaf, Bowdoin and U-Pitt (where Ben starts this fall) are amongst the nation's top 25 healthiest colleges!

- Drinking sparkling lemonade, my weekend treat from Trader Joe's, out of my German beer stein.

How convenient-- my top 2 played artists in the past 6 months are BOTH at Basilica!

As I get ready to face the work week, the countdown continues: t-5 days till Clay lands! Fun fact: my CI's birthday is next weekend, so we both get next Monday off-- meaning we can take our time as we venture back from our weekend in Seaside, Oregon. Woo! 

Last but not least, a bon voyage shoutout to Ben, as he tackles manual farm labor and conquers swing dancing competitions living in France over the course of the next three months. Safe travels, bro!