Francophile in the West

I had a great Spring Break. The day after I made it home to Vancouver, I went skiing at Mt. Hood Meadows with Lydia and Eric. The next day, my mom and I drove over to Walla Walla and spend the next couple of days catching up with my grandparents and cousins. I hadn't been to Walla Walla since this past summer! Too long. After we got back, I enjoyed a couple of lazy days in the 'Couve and had a chance to get together with some of my old high school buddies and Fed. It was so great to see everyone! I headed back to Seattle on Friday and almost immediately turned around and went on a weekend backpacking trip to Dusty Lakes in Eastern Washington with Kris! OH goodness, did we have a good time. The hike was really easy and the area was gorgeous and the weather was just perfect! We both thought it was a great spot and are definitely planning on going back there again sometime. We camped up on this ridge overlooking the valley and part of the lake and had fun scrambling up a big scree...

Looking for apartments is dumb. I'm at work perusing Craig's List for availabilities and everything is either super expensive or super far away from the UW. Hopefully, I can find something that will work! I have GOT to get out of the dorms! Also, this is day three of my month of being a vegetarian. I decided that I need to get my butt in gear and start getting my eating and working out habits back up to snuff, so Kris and I are being vegetarians for the month. Next month is cutting out refined sugars, we'll see what we decide after that. It's kind of interesting. However, I think I already failed because I had an egg yesterday, but I don't really consider that 'meat'. I don't think real vegetarians eat potential chicken babies, though, haha. In other news, Kris and I spent the weekend on the Washington coast at La Push with his housemates Andy and Merrill and 8 of their friends. It was such a blast!! Everyone was so nice and fun to get to know and the we...