I slept a lot -- necessary after the intensity of Swat's academics (esp.
considering my 3 all-nighters in a row the last week there). Since
my recuperation period I have: gone on hikes and mountain bike rides;
had a cherry-picking cobbler-making day with
Django & Thomas; accompanied
Laurie on a
new car test drive; snuck into Bard's
Inn to use their hot tub; finally saw The Blues Brothers with Derek & Ko;
helped John repaint my newly remodeled bedroom; and lots of other summer
stuff.
I now have less than a week before I go back to school at Swarthmore College. I wish I had more time to relax & have fun, for I look back on this summer with a ton of fond memories:
- I went to Pinecrest Lake with Noli's family for a week of swimming, hiking, canoeing, star-gazing, card-playing, reading and laughing.
- Charley gave Noli and I some great pottery lessons, letting me enjoy the satisfaction of squishing clay through my fingers. I made a couple bowls on the potter's wheel.
- I've gone rafting several times, which is a tradition with some of my friends that I absolutely love. Ko, Derek and I go with others to the Rogue River, floating from Galice to Dead Man's Creek in inflatable Tahitis. We always bring a bunch of dip-sticks, causing hours of exciting water fights in the hot sun. I also went on a true white-water rafting trip earlier this month with John, Matt and Margaret. We had a blast on the upper Klamath River going through adrenaline-inducing Class V rapids!
- I joined the Key of C Bowling Team for a night, knockin down the pins with Faith, Steve and Adam.
- I went peach-picking with Charley & Noli at the Valley View Orchards. John then got a new blender, and we've been making tons o' fresh-fruit smoothies.
- The 3rd Street Gang got in the habit of going up to the reservior at the top of Lithia Park to go swimming. The cold water feels perfect on hot late afternoons.
- Rob was the first Swattie to visit me at home here in Ashland. He got to see Romeo & Juliet, as well as Coriolanus. We also went to Jacksonville for the annual Arts Fair.
- Cedar, Ko and I had a chocolate-fest! One day we gathered in Ko's kitchen and made incredibly rich, gourmet chocolate mousse and fudge-filled pastries. I never thought there was such thing as too much chocolate, but that afternoon I reached a level where I couldn't handle one more bite of the stuff. Mmmmm...
- What else? Pleasure reading, hangin' out with my sis, movie-watching, spontaneous road trips, working on my web page (obviously), coffee-shop boppin', recording my dreams and other summer stuff.
