today i did something that most would agree is quite out of character for me--i woke up at 6:30am to go hiking on YMS. it is perhaps out of a recent resolution to change my lifestyle--mainly to become healthier and expose self to activities i refused to participate in, and it turned out to be absolutely fabulous. in point form, it happened as follows:

1) kymmie picks me up at 7 and we head up to YMS.
2) it starts to rain heavily, there is fog.
3) we are dressed in t-shirts, it is very cold.
4) decide we are not properly dressed for wet hiking, head for starbucks.
5) sun comes out after we order capps, sit outside in beautiful weather talking about being canadians, while white guy in spandex next table eavesdropped.
6) stop at viewpoint for stretching.
7) have eggs benny at beautiful restaurant in my neighborhood.
8) enjoy brilliantly-mixed cd at restaurant done by yummy-looking waiter.
9) ask yummy waiter for a copy which i will return next sunday to pickup.
10) head for walk and check out waterproof outdoor gear. find cute dive shop with a sign that says "if not open is go diving." shop is not open. take down phone number. buy magazines at eslite.
11) come home to find dad with his second impulsive-purchase-in-retirement, wii. (first is 24' imac which he does not know how to use. will likely use as dvd player).
12) read magazine, nap, work on resume for van jobs.

good friends are celebrating a wedding across the pacific. although feeling a bit left out, i say today has been not too shabby for myself. life is good.