"Get it like you Like it"

So a lot has happened. In a weird sort of spread out way.
I still have no job other than the waitressing sash hostessing, slash doing whatever my scatter-brained boss asks me to do. Which has turned into QUITE the interesting little adventure.

I still don't feel like I'm doing enough. I still feel like I sleep in late, lay around all day, and then work, only to come home, fumble around on my computer an go to bed. Maybe that's because, that's exactly what I do.

Well, some days we get up and hike. We've been exploring the backyard we have called the Flatirons as best we can, without getting completely lost, winded, or eaten by mountain lions. I feel like while hiking around back there I should have a giant blinking sign that says "stupid out of breath east coaster" for all the bears and lions to see. Two days ago when we went, one of the trails had a sign up that said "due to high activity of mountain lions in this area, it may be unsafe for you or your pet." Oh, no biggie. We'll just hike the trail that is about...20 feet to the left of that one, and hope that the mountain lions only feel rambunctious enough to be "highly active" to the right of us.
I don't know, I'm still trying to figure out exactly what to expect out of these "mountain lion" and "bear" territories that we hike in. For now, they are highly traveled trails in the middle of the day, let me believe that means I'm safe.
I bought a "60 hikes within 60 miles" book from REI, which should be extremely helpful in attacking somegood stuff right around us. We're going to try one tomorrow morning before work. I love it, I found the perfect walking stick, and it feels good to be outside huffing and puffing. I've decided although I may have a west coast love for the outdoors, I most certainly still have east coast lungs.

On our hike the other day, we go near the top and came to a giant rock formation that juts out from the mountains which you can see from our place. I was all for scaling this thing to get a better view of what was below us. There were already people up there (that we had been neck and neck with the whole way up, haha) so we knew it was doable. We came to an opening that looked like the only way up. It was a cave-like hole that you had to lift yourself into, and then wiggle your way through, only to find yourself on the face of open rock overlooking the whole city of Boulder to the left and the Indian Peaks t the right. I loved it. It made me even more excited to learn how to rock cimb. I love the strategy of it all, where to put your feet and handsand how to move your body to make it work. Hopefully, I'll be scaling mountain sides soon.

On another note, Lindsay and I went to see Ben Harper at Red Rocks. On the way there, we realized, this was the first time either of us had ever gone to a concert with only one other person. We laughed, and tailgated by ourseleves. (Which by the way is about 100% more relaxed than the Meadows has ever been.)
Let me tell you how AMAZING the atmosphere of Red Rocks is. Walking into a red-lit, natural, giant, rock ampitheater, stuffed full of dancing, drinking, an singing people, with Denver all lit up in the background, and the stars "look like a backlit canopy with holes punched in it". It is an amazing feeling just being there. There are no seats, just open bench, and you just find a place to cram yourself in. We chose a spot where we ended up meeting two girls who drove from South Dakato just to see Ben play there. We danced allllll night, and he put on an amazing show. He played one of his songs off of his new album called "Get it like you like it", and Lindsay, mid-dance and cheek to cheek grin looks at me and goes, "Hey, get it like you like it, we do that. We get it like we like it, we're here!" And I just laughed. Because hey, she's right.

This little blog is turning into something much more massive than I intended on writing at 1230am. So I'm going to go to bed now. I have to dodge mountain lions tomorrow.

Miss you all out there. Really.
Home is where the heart is, and there is no doubt about that.