Moving Day
Well, I don't know if I'll actually start to move today, but I definitely am going to start to pack some things up. I always dread moving... it's such a hassle. That and being a slacker by nature, work does not come naturally to me. For example, I've been putting off packing/moving for a couple of weeks now and since people are starting to come up here I finally have to get a move on. I still haven't applied for a loan for this coming semester... that I need to do seeing as I need to graduate this coming semester and the university, crazy as it sounds, doesn't let you take classes if you haven't paid for them. Sigh... I need to get all over these kinds of things so that procrastination doesn't define my last semester up here.
Let's see... it's been a while since the last update. I'll see what I can remember as to what has happened of late.
Last week, or I guess almost two weeks ago now Josh was house-sitting for his professor at his place on Little Traverse Bay. Needless to say I spent most of the week up there hanging out by the beach and almost dying. What's that? Almost dying? Yes... Kurt and I took the two person kayak out to the island five miles out into Lake Superior along with Anna and Maya in their canoe. We heard that the island was chock-full of raspberries ripe for the picking. Well we get out there and the raspberries are scarce to say the least. So after traversing the island a bit we decide to head out... only now the wind has changed so it doesn't promise to be the easiest trip back. Well we get probably two miles out before the waves turn to "flood the kayak" levels no matter what angle we take. Needless to say, Kurt and I take on too much water and flip. Desperately trying to save the kayak and make it to shore that happens to be about a mile off in the distance isn't something that I would like to repeat. Anna and Maya came over in the canoe, which was still handling the waves and helped us get the kayak to shore. And by shore I mean 30 or so foot tall rock face. Well the waves suck too much for us to reboard and try to make it back so we start to navigate the shallow waters by foot and carry the kayak with us. Somewhere between a quarter and half mile we give up on this quest because the waves are causing the kayak and canoe to slam into us every other second like a linebacker. We put the kayak and canoe as high up as we can and decide to get them in the morning. We then hike the last mile and a half, barefoot, over all forms of unfriendly rocks. Finally we get back safe and sound and with blistered feet. We return in the calm of the morning to get the vessels, and let me tell you that it's amazing how much nicer and less deathly that hike was while wearing shoes.
What else has happened recently... ah yes, vespers.
Two Thursdays ago we,(Kurt, Carey, and I), found out that we would get to play vespers together. We had lobbied for this for a bit and now got the opportunity. Kurt was on lead acoustic, Carey on acoustic bass and backing vocals, and me on rhythm acoustic and vocals. Unfortuately late Thursday night leaves not much time for practice... especially when I work Friday and Saturday night and Carey works Friday during the day. Both Carey and I practiced individually with Kurt once prior to last Sunday at noon we finally all got together and finally got some quality practice in. We took a break for Carmelita's in Calumet and to make powerpoint slides but outside of that it was pretty much straight practicing from noon to 9 when we played. I don't know how my fingers were able to last but last they did. It turned out really well and each of us was really excited by how it went. I think that we are going to play TNT, (possibly being renamed Cru this coming semester), a few times. Possibly even playing the first one as the praise band was not able to practice over the summer. Oh and that brings me to this... I'm going to both play guitar and sing in the praise band this year. Vespers convinced me that I can do it and I think that it would be very good for us to have the person leading the band on an instrument. So... there you go... oh yeah! I have a new favorite worship song to play/sing and it is For the Cross by Matt Redman.
I'm sure that there is more for me to write but seeing as I'd been away for a bit I think that this will tide you over for now.
Currently Reading... Saturday - Ian McEwan
Currently Listening to... The Crane Wife - The Decemberists (don't you love it when cd's leak two months early!)
Let's see... it's been a while since the last update. I'll see what I can remember as to what has happened of late.
Last week, or I guess almost two weeks ago now Josh was house-sitting for his professor at his place on Little Traverse Bay. Needless to say I spent most of the week up there hanging out by the beach and almost dying. What's that? Almost dying? Yes... Kurt and I took the two person kayak out to the island five miles out into Lake Superior along with Anna and Maya in their canoe. We heard that the island was chock-full of raspberries ripe for the picking. Well we get out there and the raspberries are scarce to say the least. So after traversing the island a bit we decide to head out... only now the wind has changed so it doesn't promise to be the easiest trip back. Well we get probably two miles out before the waves turn to "flood the kayak" levels no matter what angle we take. Needless to say, Kurt and I take on too much water and flip. Desperately trying to save the kayak and make it to shore that happens to be about a mile off in the distance isn't something that I would like to repeat. Anna and Maya came over in the canoe, which was still handling the waves and helped us get the kayak to shore. And by shore I mean 30 or so foot tall rock face. Well the waves suck too much for us to reboard and try to make it back so we start to navigate the shallow waters by foot and carry the kayak with us. Somewhere between a quarter and half mile we give up on this quest because the waves are causing the kayak and canoe to slam into us every other second like a linebacker. We put the kayak and canoe as high up as we can and decide to get them in the morning. We then hike the last mile and a half, barefoot, over all forms of unfriendly rocks. Finally we get back safe and sound and with blistered feet. We return in the calm of the morning to get the vessels, and let me tell you that it's amazing how much nicer and less deathly that hike was while wearing shoes.
What else has happened recently... ah yes, vespers.
Two Thursdays ago we,(Kurt, Carey, and I), found out that we would get to play vespers together. We had lobbied for this for a bit and now got the opportunity. Kurt was on lead acoustic, Carey on acoustic bass and backing vocals, and me on rhythm acoustic and vocals. Unfortuately late Thursday night leaves not much time for practice... especially when I work Friday and Saturday night and Carey works Friday during the day. Both Carey and I practiced individually with Kurt once prior to last Sunday at noon we finally all got together and finally got some quality practice in. We took a break for Carmelita's in Calumet and to make powerpoint slides but outside of that it was pretty much straight practicing from noon to 9 when we played. I don't know how my fingers were able to last but last they did. It turned out really well and each of us was really excited by how it went. I think that we are going to play TNT, (possibly being renamed Cru this coming semester), a few times. Possibly even playing the first one as the praise band was not able to practice over the summer. Oh and that brings me to this... I'm going to both play guitar and sing in the praise band this year. Vespers convinced me that I can do it and I think that it would be very good for us to have the person leading the band on an instrument. So... there you go... oh yeah! I have a new favorite worship song to play/sing and it is For the Cross by Matt Redman.
I'm sure that there is more for me to write but seeing as I'd been away for a bit I think that this will tide you over for now.
Currently Reading... Saturday - Ian McEwan
Currently Listening to... The Crane Wife - The Decemberists (don't you love it when cd's leak two months early!)
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