a photo journey of saturday

saturday afternoon i went climbing with matt. i'd never been climbing before but matt is a hardcore outdoor enthusiast so he is completely revved about the idea but keeps pleading to me to not drop him. this doesn't help my nerves by the way. well turns out that the gym we went to wouldn't actually let us top-rope because i'm not familiar with how to do it, i guess they needed me to take some into class that costs like $30 or something and matt was pretty confident that he could just show me how to do it. we've since found a gym that will allow me to do it. anyway, we just decided to boulder which meant climbing lower walls without a harness. i tried one wall and was like "yeah, this sucks. this is not fun. how do people actually enjoy this." but the persistant person that i am i smile at matt and say "well let me try another wall. i don't really like this one." and of course tell him i'm having a good time. about an hour later i'm completely into it. actually even trying to challenge myself a little bit and follow the trails they have marked out on the walls. and yeah, then it was actually fun and after we were finished and my hands were severely callused and the balls of my feet hurt too much to walk on i actually wanted to go again. well two days later i cannot walk, and am in severe need of a massage but still i'm ready to go. matt's got his hopes set high on me being able to top rope next time but i don't know if i'm ready for the height of the wall, or the notion that i'm actually in control of matt's final destination.

and in other stories...saturday night margy and janice had a last minute holiday soiree at their apartment which turned out fantastic! and the guests were even courteous and took their shoes off...

i probably had too much wine...

but janice and i finally got a picture together...

as did matt and i...

and santa even made a visit!

so as you can see, all in all, saturday was a good day.