Packing Up

In a few days I’ll be driving across Nevada, hopefully for the last time in a while, to begin an internship in Ashland, Oregon on Monday. I’m really looking forward to contributing to something, and having the good fortune to be getting paid for it! Its been well over a year since I’ve earned a paycheck, but I’ve made good use of that time. I think I’ve lived out of a car and slept on the ground/floor more than I’ve had an actual room to call my own. It surely doesn’t feel like over a year has passed since I drove back to Colorado from graduate school in Oregon only to have all my adventures begin with a wheel falling off my truck in eastern Oregon. Having more memories makes time fly by.

It is maybe a little somber to be packing up my stuff at my parents’ house; it could be a long while before I spend much time here again, but it’s all for the best. Being at home is very comfortable, almost dangerously so; it’s incredibly easy to spend a week doing basically nothing. Now I get to wake up in the morning and join all the other morning bicycle commuters on our way to work! I think one of the most notable things I acquired over the past year is a wider perspective of the choices I have as far as work, lifestyle, recreation, and hobbies. No doubt I enjoyed all the climbing I have been able to do, but its also no doubt that some type of work enables all that climbing. I’m ready to apply myself and earn a paycheck, which will then be used to have fun climbing, footbagging, running, etc. We’ll see how it goes!

In between packing sessions (alright, I haven’t spent that much time packing) I have been able to sew some bags and get in some good training sessions.

A pattern I created which I'll dub "Quark"

"Quark" because quarks come in 3's, and there are 3 stripes

If you play footbag and haven’t come across the name Jorden Moir already, I’d recommend looking him up on youtube. He has a video out that outlines the Top 10 Drill for Footbag Progression, and they make for a pretty good session! In addition to that, he is starting an online footbag coaching program where you send him a video of you playing and he then sends you back a video describing all the points of your game that you should work on. I haven’t done it, but from his samples, it looks like it would be a worthy endeavor.

I had a fun time a couple days ago just drilling some basics like mirage, illusion (mine suck), clipper, and stuff like that. But, I did hit mixer for the first time ever, and on both sides! I was excited because that was the first time I had done two dexes in one trick.

A custom leather bag filled with sand and steel for my Dad!

And check out this video, its just really good!

Jorden Moir and Johnny Suderman

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