Summer lovin', had me a blast...

I pretty much only write on here when I get some kind of topic in my head that gives me that tingly blog-worthy feeling inside. This has made me an inconsistant blogger. Which makes me feel like a loser.

Come on Kristina, pull yourself together. You can't commit to anything.

There's so many things I could write about, but it's all just random "Hey look what I did!" stuff without much of a point or moral to the story.

But I like to write, so I'm just gonna do a mish-mash of what's up with me lately. It'll be like that first essay every teacher assigns you at the beginning of each school year:

WHAT I DID THIS SUMMER

by Kristina Thronson

period 3*

Summer in Seattle is like double-chocolate-marshmallow-coconut ice cream with magical whipped cream that grants wishes, glow-in-the-dark sprinkles, and banana flavored cherries on a waffle cone your grandmother made from scratch.

It is everything awesome rolled up into one thing, but you have to eat it and enjoy it fast because around mid-September that shit is gonna be a big melty gooey mud-puddle of lost opportunities and "what might've been". And your grandmother will be dead and her beloved secret waffle cone recipe just dust in the wind.

So you have to get your ass out and appreciate what all that cold, car-accident-causing rain has been creating throughout the rest of the year: an emerald wonderland of outdoor fun! Swimming, hiking, boating, biking, camping, drinking, BBQ-ing, sandals, shorts, and tank tops.

I may not always seize the day year-round, but when summer comes back each year, this lifelong Pacific Northwesterner has learned to seize the season!

This year I kicked off my sunny days with some music and travelling...

First the Sasquatch festival at the Gorge....

Camping with the family...

The Oregon Country Fair...
The impromptu week-long road trip to Medford and back, which I don't yet have photographic evidence of...

After that super-exciting money-sucking adventure, I spent the next few weeks appreciating the city...

There was the zombie walk, where I helped Seattle beat England for the world record of most zombies in one place (4200+ muh'fuckah!)
Dressing up fancy with my girls for no reason....
Weddings...

Besides that, I've been going for walks all around the city, going swimming (I even went off the highdive at Greenlake, my first time going off a diving board!!), singing, dancing, and playing games with the family, staying up late drinking with friends, that kind of thing. Still, there's never a dull moment in MY summer. Just over the last 2 weeks I've...

Gotten this weird new birth control implant in my arm called Implanon! It's this little alien white stick they shove in your arm with a giant hollow needle and it keeps you from reproducing for 3 years!! YIPPEEEEEE!!
Got a tattoo!!
Also, I paid to take a beginner's sailing course!! So nice to finally take a step toward actually DOING something you've been talking about for years...

And the other day I climbed a mountain!
To the top!
Naked!
I'm not gonna post the pic's of that, but use your imagination. It was a blast.
So those are the adventures I've been throwing myself into this summer. Hopefully I can squeeze another couple in before I'm forced to buy new windshield wiper blades....



*I'm not in school, but I HAVE had 3 periods this summer! 10 points for regularity!

Branching Out!

Over the last few months, my health has become a great concern of mine. Not only physical, but mental and emotional as well. The whole She-BANG! After having a really hectic and abnormal year, I'd kind of stopped trying. In every aspect of my life. I was in such a weird place that I thought the best I could do was take it as it came and roll with the punches. But then the punches kept coming, and I kept rolling and rolling, until one day I just woke up and said to myself "Self, just what the fuck do you think you're doing? Get up and BE BETTER TODAY." So after successfully quitting cigarrettes, going vegan, taking note of all the people/things I have to be grateful for, and cutting out everything that made me feel negatively about myself/my life, I was able to consider this leaf TURNED.

So I started cutting fabric and drawing designs for new sewing projects....

And going out to party with my girls whenever I felt like it...

And hula hooping like a badass....

And yesterday, I learned the value of not only forgiving someone who wronged you, but actually getting over it and moving on without having to completely remove that person from your life. Just being able to let the negativity GO, recognize that you didn't just go through a bunch of stupid meaningless bullshit like you thought you were while it was happening, but that really you were learning a lesson about another person, your life, and yourself. It made it easier to say "It's OK. That was yesterday, and this is today. Be good to me if you want to see me tomorrow." So that was very refreshing!

And then....

DUN DUN DUN....

I went and took a tango lesson!

SO! MUCH! FUN!!!!!!!!!

I love to dance anyways, but I've always just had my own crazy/hippie/hip hop/freestyle dance moves, I've never tried anything choreographed before. My instructors (Friends of friends, so I got to do this for FREE! YAY ME!) were this couple, Jimmy and Krista. After watching them bust out the most graceful, quick, semi-dangerous looking tango moves in their living room, I was a little intimidated. But once Jimmy showed me a couple steps and was like "OK, you try" I just kind of threw myself into it and I started picking it up pretty fast! I learned how to do a basic "ocho cortado", and was soooo goddamn proud of myself afterwards that I was pretty much glowing for the rest of the day! I can't wait to do it again!

So, I've definitely been getting a good healthy workout lately. Physically, mentally, and emotionally. SHE-BANG BITCH!! haha. But seriously.

But now it's down to business... I'm working 12hr shifts the next 2 days, then moving in 4 days, and I dont have ONE SINGLE THING packed! That's ok though, at least I had a nice calm before the storm. :)