Golden Pink

Huh. I'm stuck at work on this glorious day. At least I have air conditioning! That makes me happy and relieved.

This weekend was so wonderful. My parents and I went camping at our family property (to which you are all invited the last weekend of August!!) on the Wynoochee River in Grays Harbor County. Pretty much you take I-5 down to Olympia and then 512 or 510 (I forget) towards the coast, then stop at Montesano, the little town that has harbored my mom's side of the family for eons.

Anyways, the weather was amazingly hot, the river was cool, and the forest smelled and looked amazing and healthy. To say the least, I am sun tanned pink all over. Mmmm. Don't you love the smell of sun tanned skin? I do.

We were supposed to go to a baby shower for a cousin, but my uncle showed up and told us all my little cousins were coming up for the day to play in the river, so we kind of skipped it. I feel kinda bad about missing it, but to have the chance to play with my little cousins (of which there are 4) was too great to pass up. It was the best day I've had in a long long time. Besides, who wants to be cooped up at a baby shower when the weather was so perfect, and there was a river to swim in? Yeah. I couldn't.

The only bad thing about this weekend was the fact that I missed three phonecalls from Mohamad. I'm REALLY bummed out about that, as he hasn't called much, and I missed 3 (!!) calls. Damn. I can't reach him on his cell either. I fucking hate that cell, as I haven't been able to catch him with it yet. Stupid fucking cell.

But the river and camping was great. I laid out in the sun sans clothing and recited Arabic from the cool set of CD's I got. I now know how to say quite a bit. Yay! So, on the whole, the weekend was great. I feel connected to my roots again, and relaxed and happy. I hope the feeling lasts.