Salmonamanwich's Blog

But I had fun getting it. ;) Today has been absolutely beautiful!!! When I got home from work soon after 4:30 it was 70 degrees outside and absolutely sunshiny beautiful. So I decided I had to go for a walk. So I changed out of my stuffy business clothes into shorts and a tank top (much more suitable to 70 degree weather :D) and headed out. Met my landlord on the way out. She's an older lady and seemed very nice. Then I headed towards town. My main goal was to see how long it would take me to walk to work in case I should decide I want to walk to work some day. I figured out earlier today that it is exactly one mile to my job, so I checked the time when I left. Around the curve, past a whole bunch of houses on one side and the beautiful mountain view on the other side, then past the high school and the city pool, past a few stores and business buildings and more houses and then there's the federal building to the left and Goldbelt Place (where I work) to the right. 15 minutes. Not so bad. I guess I could probably walk to work sometimes. Not tomorrow though... I've got to heal this blister first. :P So... a 15 minute walk is not nearly enough, so I decide to keep walking and see where I end up. I have a vague notion that maybe I'll walk to downtown if I don't get tired of walking by then, since I don't really know how far it is. So I keep following the same road (well, the name of the road keeps changing, but it still looks like the same road) past all kinds of places and things, over a water channel, past a grocery store, saw where Fiddlehead restuarant is (I believe it was Patrick who recommended that place. I'll have to check it out sometime.), past Bulwinkles (fond memories there :P), past Centennial Hall (yes Patrick, I now know where it is), past Goldbelt Hotel (is everything here called Goldbelt?), and here I can see the cruise ships lined up in front of downtown. 3 cruise ships. Huge ones. So I head down along the wharf all the way down to the end of all the tourist shops. Gosh those cruise ships are long. I briefly considered the idea of seeing if I couldn't somehow go on one of the cruise ships and look around a little, but by then I was starting to get my blister, so I figured I'd better stick to solid ground and possibly heading home. When I get to the end of the tourist shops, I cross the street and briefly sit down to assess my blister. It isn't really visible yet, it is merely announcing it's existence with pain upon every step of my right foot. So I decide to ignore it and start heading in the general direction of home. I do know where a little bagel shop is, however, (the Silverbow, another place Patrick recommended) so I head towards it. On the way I find a little used book store and so I stop in there and look around for a bit. In the back of the store I find a whole bunch of cookbooks that look interesting (I think I was starting to get hungry) but none of them quite interesting enough to buy, so eventually I tear myself away and head out. (Oh, forgot to mention... the guy sitting behind the counter in the bookstore was really, really cute. He looked like he was probably still in high school though. :P) The bagel shop is right up the street and around the corner. The door is wide open so I walk in and start looking at the menu hanging from the ceiling. The guy behind the counter (also kinda cute and probably a high school student) asks me what I'd like and I tell him I don't know yet. As I'm just about ready to decide he informs me that the place is actually closed, but that he can sell me a bagel. So I order an onion bagel with cream cheese. I then sit down (he informed me that he wouldn't be locking up for some time yet) and eat my bagel. It was very good with tons of cream cheese piled on top. I thought I put a lot of cream cheese on my bagels! After eating I thank the guy and head resolutely home. Same basic scenery just from the other direction, and this time with the sun shining in my eyes so I can't see much of it anyways. When I get to the city pool I make a quick detour to see if I can get a schedule of when lap swims are. I find one inside the door and then head home again. My blister really starts to bug me as I'm walking up the steep driveway. So I limp into the apartment and sit down. So here I am with my foot propped up on the coffee table and my computer in my lap. Hm... I'm feeling parched. I'm gonna go get some orange juice. Good evening all!

P.S. Wow... this is a long post... hope you guys can wade through w/o drowning! ;)