Pathfinder

The Long Ride Down

I was waiting in the elevator lobby of a Seattle high rise office building on a typical weekday; Starbucks in one hand, and documents of critical importance in the other. I was headed towards my beloved Pathfinder in the parking garage, and not thinking much about my surroundings. Even with 6 dedicated parking garage elevators in the building, I found myself waiting for the next available one. I was the…

Things I Learned In College

I learned a lot in high school which I wrote about here. College was the next step in life, and I learned many things during that stage as well. In no particular order…

  • Moving away from home for the first time is exciting and at the same time scary.
  • Planning your own meals and cooking for yourself for the first time leads to obesity.

There Is Mud On Your Phone Book – part 2

…Continued from part 1

We had to come up with a plan to get out. Off in the distance we could barely make out the shape of an old barn rotting in a field. Getting out of the Pathfinder and wading through the mud we made our way to the barn. We each gathered an armful of scrap wood which was laying on the ground and started…

There Is Mud On Your Phone Book – part 1

It was Fall midway through my college years. My friend and I were looking for a way to earn some much needed money in a part time way. After reading an ad in the local paper we decided delivering phone books was the quickest way to financial success. This might have been a good idea in a high density urban area, unfortunately our delivery area was in rural Idaho. We…