Oh baby!

Well, after two brutal games, we scrapped our way to the first Pac-10 title for UW! I think I'm making up for a week's worth of missed workouts; at one point, I checked my pulse and found it at 120 bpm. This rapidity is probably attributable to my ever-unpredictable thyroid (or nonthyroid, I suppose), but I don't think it's a coincidence that it occured at the exact moment that Stoudamire tripped on the court. Now, it's on to the NCAA...I'm telling you, college basketball should be classified as an illegal substance.

I'm compiling a list of things to do before I leave Seattle in the fall:

• Spend a weekend at the Hoh Rainforest in Olympia
• Climb Mt. Si again
• Complete the RSVP (Ride from Seattle to Vancouver and Party) in August
• Settle down on the pond shore in Snohomish to watch the trumpeter swans fly in at dusk
• Go to Jazz Alley and take in a show, even if it costs more than my wedding invitations

I'm open to suggestions, particularly when it comes to important aspects of Seattle's nightlife, since my after dark activities generally have been limited to studying in the back corners of UW libraries. Be still my beating heart.