So I just want to take a moment and congratulate Zack for graduation from ISU. I was in high school for basically his whole college life. I went down almost every year with our mom and dad to drop him off; and every time we would pull away from the building I would start to get a little teary eyed. I loved when he came home for the weekends and over the long breaks because when I got home from school I'd be able to hangout with him (and anna!). I know he worked hard throughout his college career and had some long nights finishing homework and studying for finals. But he won't have to worry anymore because the long nights of studying are behind him. But.. the long nights of searching for a job are in the clear. Hehe
Sunday was a eventful day. We woke up early and I got ready for my ISP in Seattle. We got to the MOHAI museum around 8 and I found out that the ISP wasn't until 12:30 so I decided to go with three other team mates to the REI (Recreational Equipment Inc.) store. The store was giant! The way you got into the store was taking a little "hike" on a path to the front of the store. Everything in the store was outrageously priced. One thing being a small bronze colored bracelet that had a simple compass on it that was $30. After we were done I decided that it was time for me to head back for the ISP while the girls went around Seattle. When I got back I had time to spare so I had some lunch and walked around the docks. I then met up with the other two team mates to the boat and got started. For this ISP we were in the middle section of the boat and I was in charge of using the heat gun on the 100 year old paint, to melt it, then scrape it off. What they are doing is restoring the boat into what it looked like around the 30s. I learned that it was the oldest light house boat in the country that is being restored. Not only that, but there are only about 10 of those kinds of boats left in the country. About half way through the ISP we got a tour. I saw where the officers, captain and crew would have stayed, and the engine room. The tour guide who was also the man in charge of the renovation, was extremely knowledgeable of the historic boat, and boats in general from how all the machines work, to what kind of wood boats are generally made from. After we were done we started to walk to meet up with a few team mates at the Bill Spedials underground tour which is a the old Seattle city underneath Seattle. As we were walking I got a call from one team mate that was there and she said the tour had just been sold out. So Morgan who was with pat and I decided to go to the whole foods store, while we went to find a Starbucks so we would be able to charge our phones. We ended up going to 3 different Starbucks and all 3 were closed! We then found a large Barnes & Noble and headed over there. To my amazement, there were only 4 outlets that were right next to each other in the most inconvenient spot. So I tried to charge my phone for a few minutes because I was set on going to the underground city tour. In the mean time one other teammate met up with pat at the store, so I decided to try to get to the tour on my own. Well I put the directions in my phone and it seemed fairly easy. I started to walk to get to 1st avenue. As I was walking there was 8th avenue and in my head I thought "Okay next would be 7th". But it wasn't. So I looked back at my phone and it was telling me to go in completely different directions! So I crossed the street and started to walk back. I gave up when I realized I had basically gone in a complete square. I headed back and tried to charge my phone again until Morgan came to the Barnes & Noble and told me we had to head back, get the van and pick everyone up. Awesome another 30 minute walk, in the rain, at night. We fast walked all the way back and were relieved when we got in the van... Until.... The car wouldn't start. Just our luck. We waited for about 15 minutes until I saw people walking back to their car in the parking lot that we were in. The 3 guys were super helpful and got the car back up an running in 5 minutes. We then picked everyone up and headed home. We got back around 9, then had a very relaxing PT at 9:30. All in all, a very eventful day.
Monday was A LOT more laid back. I woke up around 9 and went to Sandy's Espresso in town with two other girls. We stayed there until 10:15 then drove to Melissa's physical training for her leg, while Aisya and I went to the McDonalds to finish up a little work, and for me to work on my blog. We were there for a good 35 minutes then headed back home. I packed a lot of my clothes up for when we go back to the campus. then around 12 made some lunch (Chicken fettuccini alfredo), and then went on a walk with the girls for pt. It was such a nice day out! I saw BLUE SKYS and the SUN today! So after the walk I sat outside just soaking up the sun until a large cloud covered it up. After that I packed again, and then we went to the laundry mat doing our last wash before we head back to California.
~Savannah
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