oi, with the poodles...and lizards.

i'm at home this summer and life is pretty simple. i'm not doing anything grand like backpacking across europe or out on the reservation, but being here is an adventure in itself. there are certain things that i dread about being home; i would rather be doing something grand...like many of my friends. however, there is a wonderful sense of peace and rest in this summer's episode of my life. i'm trying to embrace it as it comes. every day is worth experiencing, and that is pretty grand in itself. 

for instance... the other day i discovered a lizard in my bathroom. it was hiding out in my wet swimsuit which i had thrown on the floor one day after coming inside from hanging out in the hot tub. so...i went to pick up my swimsuit and out fell this lizard one night. i FREAKED out. and the next day, it was still there. my mom and i tried to graciously remove it from the house using several different methods. we "sicked" suzie on the lizard. all she did was meow at the door wanting out of the bathroom that we had locked her in. that didn't work. so we crawled up on the toilet and sink and used tongs to pick up everything on the floor to try to find the lizard. after about a whole day's worth of playing "Crouching Cat, Hidden Lizard" and other fun games, the lizard suddenly disappeared. yeah. how dumb. the next day, i saw the lizard and it's "friend" in a tub of nearly boiling water outside of the house under a spicket adjacent to my bathroom. the friend was dead. the other lizard was nearly. i think i saved his life. i felt really sorry for him. 

Suzie is my cat. she's my buddy, pal, friend. we hang out. tomorrow she is getting a bath. my mom is a nanny for two kids. they are neat-o. we have fun...except when we don't. 

yesterday i had a flat tire. that sucked. 

anyways.... i've been unpacking stuff from the past four years, listening to coldplay, vampire weekend, and jon foreman, and also rediscovering the greatness of pandora. what an awesome idea. 

anyhow. my goals for the rest of the summer are to practice drums, record, finish geology, write for fun, paint, and hike as often as possible (hopefully every week). 

this summer, i hope to experience the epic realities that each day brings and to embrace the mundane events as little adventures that God has for me to learn from.