Seattle, Hoh!

This past weekend I traveled and subsequently became stranded in Seattle. The trips had it's ups and downs.

The drive over was nice. I went with my roommate Alex and he decided to drive the whole way. We also split the cost of gas, making the trip affordable for the both of us. We left Nampa at about six and had an easy and uneventful drive -- we even took a detour through a beautiful section of Washington. We arrived at Anson's, a friend who used to go to NNU with me, apartment around two in the morning thoroughly exhausted and went straight to bed. The next day Alex borrowed my car to go see Mandi and Anson and I hit up some tourist attractions. Anson has lived in Seattle for practically all his life and had never been atop the Space Needle, so I made him go. We also hit up the Sci-Fi Museum and the EMP. It was pretty awesome. Around four Alex came back and I headed down to Lakewood to visit my good friend Kirsten. We just drove around and hung out until it was time to head home. Overall a pretty awesome evening. Lakewood is a very beautiful town. The next day had a few more hardships.

On Saturday my car broke down when I was heading to hang out with Kirsten again. She came and rescued me so it was nearly as bad as it seemed. In fact thanks to her the whole day was pretty fun and not as terrible as it could have been. We hung out with her family for a while, really cool people especially her mom, and then headed to the beach for a while. I put my cell phone in the pocket of her father's swimming trunks which I was borrowing. This is important because I later forgot I had placed it there and sat down in the Puget Sound, drowning my cell phone. After chilling for a while longer she helped me get my car towed and dropped me off at the bus station where we said our goodbyes. She really did a lot helping me out that day. Over the next couple days I got a cheap new phone and my car fixed and everything turned out fine. I stopped by Enterprise, Oregon to see Christina on my way back and arrived home at about eleven last night.

The thing I didn't know about the trip was it was one of the last times I'll get to hang out with Kirsten. It turns out she's not coming back to school this fall but is instead going to the University of Washington. Needless to say I'm a little depressed. She was the person I hung out with the most and went to concerts with. This next year will be very different without her. I not sure why but this has me feeling kind of lonely of late. I've never been good with friends leaving. I've moved around a lot in my life and have always struggled to make close friends. Whenever I've had to move I would always lose those friends. It sort of feels that way now. I know my fears are mostly unfounded, we've promised to visit and stay in touch, but they are still present. God has a plan though and I'll just have to wait and see how it turns out.