Last full day in Spokane...
I think it's sort of fitting that My last day here will be Bloomsday.
I remember drivinig over when I was little so my dad could run Bloomsday...
I remember my family driving over my freshman year at Whitworth so both my parents could run bloomsday...
They left the station wagon with me for the last week of school and I packed it up and made the drive to Seattle for the first time by myself.
I loved that drive. It was sad to part with friends, exciting to be going home, refreshing to be truly alone because when you're in the dorms, you're never really alone. I'm not even sure i listened to music during the first half of the drive, i just soaked in the quiet...

As I continue to pack the car today for tomorrows last drive to Seattle I think about all that has happen in the last 6 years (almost to the date!). It will still be sad to part with friends, it is more exciting than EVER to be seeing family, but this time I'm not coming back at the end of Summer. Spokane and I have had a good run and I'm ready for the new adventure ahead, especially since I'll be married to the coolest person ever in 8 days!

So here's to camo man, to Division street, to the piano theme house, to Bowl and Pitcher, to the teeter totter on five mile, to riding my bike to work, to snowboarding for the first time, to hoping everything fits in my car, to hoping that the sun will shine and show off the beauty of Spokane, that we rock their socks off tomorrow at church and that the drive to Seattle is a refreshing as that first one.