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AKA Rowing Class. It started tonight. 24 people: 4 men, 20 women.

Seriously, this city KILLS me sometimes. In college, I arrived fresh to Seattle with romantic aspirations to find that the male to female ratio at my school was 1:3. Currently, my team at work has 15 people on it. No joke, 14 are women. Last summer’s kickball team: We were the only team in the league who almost had to forfeit due to lack of male players.

Regardless of yet another unfortunate gender ratio situation, I’m thrilled for rowing class. For the next 8 weeks on Tuesday and Thursday evenings plus Saturday mornings you can find me rowing my little heart out on Lake Union. At the end of class, I will be participating in a real live REGATTA. So, mark your calendars for August 8th. It’s going to be amazing.

As I was arriving to rowing tonight (while in the midst of a first class parallel parking job) this song was on the radio: Shut Up and Dance With Me. I can’t really explain why, but I’m obsessed with it. I just purchased it from iTunes and have had it on repeat while I’ve been typing up this post. Shall we deem it this summer’s theme song?

MDW 2015 :: Memorial Day Weekend was lovely, lovely, lovely. While on a hike yesterday, I declared to Mitch that I think one of my life ambitions is to figure out a way to live so that every weekend is a 3-day weekend. They are SO wonderful. I also declared that at some point in my life I would like my primary vehicle to be a small-ish, oldish, red-ish(or maybe kelly green-ish) Toyota pick-up truck.

A new rule: Don’t make plans over 3-day weekends. Do leave plenty of time to sleep, relax and be available for spontaneity. And oh my goodness, always WATCH MOVIES. I may have over done it in the movie department. I’m going to spare you every waking detail of my weekend, but you do get the highlights:

I watched 4 movies! 3 of those were on a big screen at the theatre. 2 of those were SIFF films. I could literally spend the next 2 week at SIFF watching movies.

I spent all of Sunday afternoon drinking margaritas and eating chips and guacamole with some friends. During the margarita festivities Macklemore and his fiancé showed up at our restaurant.

I used my REI dividend to purchase a camping stove that I have wanted for forever and a camping chair that I’m really excited about. The chair is going to be oh so perfect for outdoor movies this summer.

I discovered that Seattle does have a good ramen place. Though, it does not compare to this place in West Hollywood. My parent’s neighbors run this cute ramen shop and it may not look like much, but I literally have dreams about their Tonkotsu Ramen.

And, I spent a whole day hiking. For lunch we packed Bakery Nouveau sandwiches and pastries, which if you’re wondering is THE BEST hiking lunch ever.

I promise, I spared you details. There was so much more goodness. MDW 2015, you were perfect.

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