A new adventure

The weather at the beach was BEAUTIFUL today. Laura and I hiked 7 miles from seaside to cannon beach. It had taken us 3 hours and it was 4:00 so we knew that if we hiked back the last 2 hours would be in the dark. To avoid the risk of tumbling off the cliff into the crashing waves below, we realized that we would have to brave a new adventure. I have always thought that it would come easily and imagined my first time being unforgettable, but when it came to me actually having to stick my thumb out to attract an approaching car the awkwardness of the whole situation set in. You wouldn't believe the number of people who simply avoided eye contact. One surfer girl stopped and chatted with us. She was sympathetic to our stranded state but since she was headed the opposite way I let her get away, assuring her that we would find someone. Oh well, she was probably insane anyway... afterall she WAS surfing in February... in OREGON! Many people passed us by. A big thanks to Jesse and Wendy who finally picked us up and dropped us off right by our car. It was a very pleasant experience to say the least and no one was harmed. But please don't tell my mom!

Speaking of my mom. I called her yesterday and left a message CLEARLY stating that I was just calling to say "hello." My evening got busy and upon returning to my apartment after a trip to the gym I found that she had called 3 times and left 2 messages each sounding increasingly more irritated at my failure to answer my phone. I called her back and expressed my irritation with her irritated messages to which she told me that she had called "the girl who lives where I lived last year..." My mother... calling anyone she can possible think of to track me down... I AM FREAKING 25 YEARS OLD! I let her know that it is not okay to call other people to track me down unless the time between conversations exceeds 3 hours. Then Jason called me when I was watching American Idol. I didn't answer and he left a pissed off message, "Trae, do you ever freaking answer your phone?" I am going to start leaving my phone at home just to irritate them.

I heard that crossword puzzles are good for exercising the brain. I am not sure if it is true or not, but I have decided to pick it up. So far I suck at them. Oh... My friend Wendy sent me a CD with 5 of her songs. She is incredible and I am sure that she is going to be a rock star someday. Buy her CD's!

I was going to go see a movie tonight but I got sidetracked and ended up at Target instead. I thought I would catch a later show but when the time rolled around, I wasn't really in the mood. I returned home to an episode of Dawson's Creek (never the same without you, Jillicious). Not looking forward to waking up tomorrow. I am going to be hella sore! Well... I'm out!