I don't want to forget these things.

Okay, so it's the fifteenth of June and I feel like this summer is shaping up to be one of the best in my short lil' life.
I guess you could say it started with seeing Tom Petty with Kim and Masa last Tuesday. We left the show saying "Tom Petty is the Raddest Dude" several times over - that guy knows how to jam - ...then we walked back to their place in the rain and ate cold pizza. The best!
Friday involved a water taxi to Bowen Island and biking/hiking all over the place up HUGE hills only to land at one of the most beautiful beaches where I swam in the ocean for the first time this year.
I popped a tire on the way back and had to walk all the way down the hill/mountain. Thankfully, Evan didn't have any breaks so we walked together. Sean was waiting at the bottom, worried and about to assume that we were both dead and that the only thing that he could probably do is have a drink to ease the nerves. At the bar we sat next to biker dudes who yelled at the boys to hold the door open for the waitress.
Sunday I got off work early and met my sister and Monique for a coffee, and after we took the last sips of our drinks we came up with the brilliant idea to go to Third Beach. Drank beer, laid in the sand, swam in the ocean, saw an old friend. Ate Spitz, did a crossword.
Yesterday, Christa, Sean, Evan and I drove out to Pitt Lake and rented a canoe, paddling across to a trail up to some waterfalls. We stopped at a farm market on the way and picked up lunch..consisting of bread, tomatoes, mustard, and farmer's sausage. All local! Ate lunch at the falls and made it back in time to grab some ice cream at DQ in Coquitlam (AKA: weirdest town ever. Does anyone smile there?)
Today, my arms are sore.
And even on the inbetween days when there's no big plan, I was going out for dinner with Leila (I will not be eating sushi for a while...woke up that night and barfed), drinks with Kim at the Alibi Room, planting some more in the garden, and laying in the back yard doing crosswords with Tara.

Even looking forward, well, all I see right now is Bellingham on Monday. Gonna go shoot a gun for the first time! Then head to Boundary Bay brewery for one of their IPAs.

Life...is good, man.