Bay to Breakers 2010!

mmm...the sound of rain pitter pattering and the smell of it mixing with the blooming flowers, and the snails coming out. during the day I want sun. But at night I dont mind the rain...its peaceful and refreshing and smells delicious. And the little snails come out...and I walk staring at the ground to make sure I dont step on them, poor guys they get stepped on all the time.  I just went for a run in the rain and Space Cowboy and Wagon Wheel came on, sounds of summer time at home with my best friends. And All For You, Keep Bleeding, Orange Blossoms, Chicken Fried, summer memories, somewhere, some year, with someone, lots of someones, real special ones :). I like how music just brings ya back. But oh do I have so much to talk about other than rain and music.

Yesterday was Bay to Breakers. Its a "running race" in San Fran, but really other than like 1/8 of the people its just a crazy day of so much fun and chaos. People dress up in all sorts of crazy costumes, drink a lot of alcohol and have a ton of fun. Its a huge huge thing in San Francisco and as we learned starting at 4:30 am also a huge thing at Santa Clara.  It was one of the most fun, craziest days of my life. And definitely a story for the books and such a necessary college experience. We spent all of Saturday finding and making our costumes, went to bed at midnightish, got up at 4:15 and got ready and were at the Cal Train station by 5.  The train came at 6 and it was an insane mosh pit of people...like I couldnt even move my feet I was just being swept away with all the people, and thought my lungs might collapse. We got on and Hayley and I sat at the top and just watched the chaos.  It felt like we were in the 60's and it was absolutely insane.  Totally packed with college students in crazy costumes passing around all sorts of exciting things..just imagine.  It was quite the sight and completely unforgettable.  This is all before 7 am, imagine how the rest of the day progressed. We walked almost 5 miles than realized our feet were killing us and we had been up and at it for more than 6 hours so we found our way back to the cal train.  It was a blast, feels like a dream it was so crazy and fun and we saw Santa Clara people everywhere.  I am so so glad we went and it was a perfect dose of crazy to last me a while.  Unforgettable, totally college esque, and sooo fantastic to get to be a part of the culture of that crazy city. Man...insane! Oh and when I got home my entire body ached, I felt like I was hit by a train, but it was completely and utterly worth it. 

On another note, Saturday was also an awfully early morning. We went to Julianne Street Inn which is a transition home (SCCAP Retreat gave us a fever to want to try out all the programs :)) where a group goes every Saturday morning (5:20 am) to cook and serve breakfast to the people who live in the home. Not only was it fun to cook breakfast with some awesome people but after we served we got to sit and chat with the residents. It was amazing.  Each and every one was so interested in talking to us, had so many questions about school, stories, feelings, thoughts and excitement to have someone new to talk to. I get so excited to work with kids that I forget there are adults out there that need me too and it was just a really awesome experience to chat with them.  I definitely want to go back.

Its week 8. How on earth did that happen.  Im just gonna avoid thinking about this year ending. Freaks me out.