Date: 2006-03-25
From: Miss Janet's Hiker Hostel

To: Miss Janet's Hiker Hostel
Miles today: 0.0

Today we had to take a zero day because the weather was soooo bad. It just snowed all day.I always stay up late when I am at hostels. I should go to bed at like 7pm like normal but no, I have to talk to people and stay up way later than my bedtime. Anyways, so we all headed down fom the overflow apartment 3 blocks to the hostel for breakfast. One problem is that I only have one croc (later on Miss Janet would give me one that she had extra). So I tied a plastic bag to my other foot and put my croc on the other and hobbled don to the hostel. The bag didn't work so well as it was full of slush and snow and my ego was bruised a bit as Mrs. Gorp couldn't stop laughing. You know all those sweet things I said about her, I take them all back...I'm kidding of course. Breakfast was crowded but good. When the dust from breakfast settled a bit, some of the guys wanted to play Texas hold'em. They were talking about a 10 dollar buy in which I didn't feel comfortable risking with my already tight budget, but when they lowered it to 5 dollars I couldn't resist. It was a winner take all game and I won! There were 6 of us playing. On the last hand the flop was 3 6's and I had the 4th 6 in my hand. My opponent, Yahtzee, bet first with an all-in bet - obviously bluffing. I confidently called him as I flicked my fourth 6 over like the end scene in the movie Maverick. So I won 25 bucks in a sweet way. So I then called Keri and told her to come over and she did. It was amazing seeing her. Although, the goodbye is just as painful as the reunion is good. We just hung out for a while. We went to sonic for a blizzard ice cream thingy and then to Elm Street Diner for some onion rings and so I could show her the size of the burger that they had there. She also brought her laptop with her so I was able to upload some pictures from my camera.But soon enough she had to leave so she could be back for her RA duty. That was a rough moment. The leaving never gets easy. I just looked into those deep brown eyes of hers and just saw how hard it is for her to stay strong for me. Knowing that this hurts her brought me to tears. It was tough. Stanind there knowing that your actions has a deep affect on somone you love, yet they are hanging in there with you. It's an overwhleming feeling. Finally, after an eternity, we parted ways. I had to go get my head straight so I went up to the apartment and hopped on the internet until 6:30 when I was meet up with my best friend Sam whom I've known for 21 years. It was really great taling with him. It's like that with best friends. they can just pick up where they left off. And he knows me so wee so deep conversations come easily - it was just refreshing to have my old buddy around. He ever treated me to a burrito at Erwin Burrito - what a stud. When he left, I went and unlocked the apartment and then went to the hostel to put another coat of water proofing on my boots. After some laughs with Mattewsky, I called it a night.biscuts and gravy, fried apples, potatoe caserole---sonic blizzard, onion rings at Elm's Diner---Beef Burrito - Eriwin Burrito