The Hike
Mood:  happy
Topic: One Ramblin' Ranter!
Yesterday I had my first meeting with my Aflac mentor Jason. We met in Vancouver and that was my first time setting foot in Washington. I am pretty excited to start working with him. I have some homework to do for both this and the Action Insurance position. I need to come up with leads for both of these companies. I might as well say here that you may hear from me regarding an insurance quote for Action Insurance which provides auto and home insurance through 5 different companies. I want to save you money but there is no obligation to buy. If you are in Arizona or Oregon and you know someone who needs auto or home insurance let me know and I will get them quoted and signed up. Ok that is the insurance plug for the day. I am nervous and excited about starting this insurance business but I think that when I get started I will see a good result. One day I might even stop whining to you guys and gals about my air mattress and just buy myself a new bed. That would be the moment I know that I have made it, the day when I buy my own brand new bed! Sometimes I am easy to please!

After the meeting I had the entire afternoon free so I came home and tried to write a blog entry but nothing was flowing so I headed out for a walk to the mall. I had ideas of window shopping, girl watching and book reading in my head. I was making great time when I noticed a park. I made a detour to check out the park to see how big it was and what it had to offer. It had a little playground and a basketball court filled with ball players with people lined up to jump in. They also had this great walkway that led over to the Milwaukie Aquatic Park. I started heading that direction when I noticed a break in the trees on the right and a path down the hill. I decided to follow the path and ended up in this huge open field. I saw paths on the other side and I wanted to explore more so I headed out across the field. I paused to look at the yellow flowers and the white and pink blossoms on the trees when I noticed that the ground wasn't exactly solid. I took a few more steps forward and realized the ground was soft and wet because muddy water was soaking into my socks. I started running across, which in hind sight was not my best decision because now I had spots of dark mud all over my behind. Which I did not notice right away of course. I started walking along the path on the other side which ended up leading to the Aquatic Center and the Community College campus nearby. I needed a potty break so I headed to the community college. It was there while I was looking in the mirror that I noticed the mud all over my legs, so I turned around and saw the mud all over my behind. The mud on my behind made it look like I hadn't been able to wait for the potty break! I decided to cancel the mall plans and headed back to the wet grassland trail. I of course passed like 20 gorgeous women with my mud pants and I avoided every one of their eyes. As I hit the trail entrance I spotted 4 small rabbits cavorting about. I slowed down to try and sneak close enough for a picture but try as I might I could not move slow enough. After all four of them escaped into the blackberry bushes I headed down the path where I saw 6 more little rabbits. Some rabbits looked suspiciously like the rabbits that had shown up all over the place for Easter and some looked like wild rabbits. In a move that channels my mother I need to stop and point out that that means I saw 10 rabbits on my hike yesterday! I headed back along the trail and started wondering if I could take one of the trails that led further away from the park to see if it ended up near my neighborhood. I took one of the more worn paths and headed into the trees when I saw a bunch of rubbish and a large plastic trash can, you know a green one with a lid and wheels like the one you have in your backyard. I was not sure what to make of that so I kept on going. I turned a corner and I saw a tent and a canopy and decided to turn around quickly. I had no idea why there was a tent out here but I had no desire to meet the person that was living in these woods. Some little warning light was flashing in my head so I bolted out of there and straight across the soggy plains. I started to relax as I found the original trail that had led me down there in the first place but I was tired from the run and a little clumsy. I stumbled and my foot got caught up in the blackberry bushes. I avoided falling but I drove the thorn covered branches into the back of my other leg and I was bleeding pretty well. I started hearing strange noises so I hurried up the trail and out of the park. When I finally made it home I was covered in mud and blood and I was exhausted. I jumped in the shower and then just went to bed.

Today I woke up early but later then I normally would for work because I had today off. I puttered around the house and decided to watch some cartoons so I headed back to my bed/LAZBOY and turned on the television and immediately fell back to sleep. I woke up, ate, and then ran some errands. When the errands were done I headed home and added a new design to the Crazedlunatikdesigns.com Store. It is in honor of Mother's Day and every one of you should buy one for your mom! After that was finished I made some awesome cheese enchiladas! You would have loved them, wish you were here!