584 miles.

I'm bad at this. Really bad. Just simply God awful at commitment.

Christmas and thanksgiving came and went -- as well as 2009.

Tomorrow is the last day of 2009. Kind of a crazy thought, feels like just yesterday it was the 90's. It still feels like the 90's-- I wonder if I will always feel this way.

Today Lauren and I, bored as usual in Ventucky, grabbed our skates and went downtown. The newly paved streets were slick from the day's misty weather but completely empty of busy traffic. Besides a few prolonged stairs and cat calls, it was a good time. Simply went up and down until our feet got too sore.

We drove around after, still bored and wondering if this how it always was. I wondered if this is what it meant to be young it definitely explained why kids want to grow up into adults so quickly. The age in between early bed time stories, barbie dolls, legos to the age of bars, clubs and marriage is a standstill... But not intolerable to the point of needed stupidity to pass the time. I have seen that and it is not a place I would call home.

Anyways, new years is tomorrow. We're going camping at a beach up north. Super mellow. What more could you ask for on a new years morning? Crashing of waves, sun and friends. Sounds absolutely perfect.

Still have an itch to get to that canyon. It's an 18 hour total drive. and we only have a few days to get it done. Two days and one night actually. And the thought of me and Lo simply sleeping in my car when we get there makes me slightly weary. Not sure what that all entails. And the drive will be boring, expensive, long. And I'll be tired and broke when I get back.

But that view. That canyon. On the first day of 2010... that is what I want.

Flying back to the north west for the rest of winter on Monday. Weird. I wish i was staying longer only so I could make this trip to the Grand Canyon worth it and go smoother. I don't know when I'll be back to Socal again... I might stay in Seattle for Spring break and then go to Italy for the summer. Not half bad right? Except I'll be thousands of miles away from that canyon. And I want to get there. I want to stand looking at that canyon and soak it in.


584 miles. 18 hour 10 minute drive. Go? Please say yes.