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update

Sorry! There's nothing worse than a lazy updater, so I will take this time to update you with all kinds of fancy details.

Well, as of right now my hand feels like it's on fire. I was helping put together a tricky Camelback display at work. The cool part is that Michael actually hammered one of the components to fit the other. The gnarly part is that the chunky part of my hand got in the way when we put the two pieces together, and there was literally a piece of my hand still between the metal parts. Even after I pulled the rest of my hand away.

Okay, I just made it sound a lot worse than it was. But seriously! It was gross. Blood. I was just like, "Uhhh...", Mike was all, "Oh...my...." and Gray was foraging around for the first aid kit, which he found.

So that's my life. Working, mostly at Mountain High. For instance, tonight we had a clinic for Big Agnes and Granite Gear, which wouldn't have been worth it except for the shwag. There have been a lot of changes at the shop. We lost our fearless leader, Alex With A Unidread, to a knee-jerk trip out West. Bry-con is our new manager, The Duke is assistant managing, and I'm a key holder. As impressed as you may be with me right now, the only difference is that I can lock (and unlock) the door. Honestly this job is the best thing I could've done to prepare for the backpacking trip.

Oh yeah! I'm going backpacking through Europe with Jeanette. We have tickets to Dublin. Leaving in May. Indefinite stay. Will come back when the money runs out. Hopefully will make it through Italy. We will be taking our climbing shoes.

And on that note, The Duke has been taking this gym rat for some outdoor climbing. He helped me do my first lead climb at Sandrock. On the most recent trip I attempted my second lead climb on a 5.10b. I can't lie here, man. It was stokage. Lead climbing is fun. Besides mind over matter, my main motto for outdoor climbing is if you don't try, you'll never know. It's surprising what you can do when you stop thinking about how you can't do it.

Labels: climbing, life, work, xtreme fun

posted by Haley B @ 1:54 PM 0 Comments

back home

Actually I'm still alive. Graduation was a success at least in the sense that I walked. I have to finish this church history class before my diploma comes in the mail (which is pretty much the bane of my existence right now). But regardless! I'm done! Thank You, God. Mean it.

Back in Alabama, had sweet tea with my Subway, now I'm eating grits for a midnight snack. Not even kidding.

The plan is: get a job, so that I, in due course, may raise monies to do what's next. What is next you might ask. Here's a hint:

Labels: life

posted by Haley B @ 3:58 PM 4 Comments

graduation & life

Busyness has successfully put my updates on the backburner, but I can spare a moment or two for a quick run down:

I'm graduating in exactly one week. In a skirt. That's about it.

Actually, I need some prayer. Well, actually I could've used it about two weeks ago. By the divine, powerful, great, magnificent, incredible, powerful, great, divine, great grace of God, I managed to get all my junk in a row. I had homework, classes, community service, exams, papers, people, retreat support, and then other minor details like eating and sleeping.

It reminded me a bit of when you take a huge load of laundry out of the dryer, and you keep dropping socks and underwear along the way, and when you bend down to pick up the socks and underwear, other things fall off the top of the pile, and your shirts are stactic clinging to your face, and then your kids start crying and the dog poops on the floor so you throw your laundry angrily across the room.

But I'm good now! No longer do I want to jump off a cliff, but I'm actually excited about the next phase in life. Which will be disclosed later. God bless you guys.

Labels: college, life

posted by Haley B @ 5:16 AM 2 Comments

one year ago

One year ago, I was in Japan.

















Two years ago, I never ever would've imagined that was where God would send me. と私は日本を愛します！Makes me look forward to the years to come. I was just telling Jeanette earlier today that our understanding is like a little kid's. We're only disappointed when He says "no" to our whims because we haven't yet realized that He's got something better to give.

Labels: japan, life, memories, okinawa

posted by Haley B @ 7:31 AM 3 Comments