Chile or Europe or Chile

 I woke up this morning with an urge to write, so here we are, hopefully both of us, waking up together, about to see the world. 

It's been almost a month without caffeine. 

I think. 

Yes, because I started on a wedding that was October 8th, and now it's November 3rd and I still haven't had caffeine save a few dalliances with cacao, like yesterday when I ordered a hot chocolate at Irwin's and it came with milk and I was pretty bummed. 

Back in Seattle. 

The trip to Mexico was great. It got better as it went along, and ended with a grand finale full of fireworks and fanfare. My surf muscles went from nonexistent at the start of the trip to me now being able to feel some meat on my lats when I reach my hand around my back. My Spanish went from "Haven't spoke in a shit long time, terrible accent, overall rusty," to, "I feel pretty good. I can actually sort of pronounce r's now and no one's even thinking about switching to English on me." I was a bit surprised I stayed off caffeine, even during the trip. The MO has always been: wake up, drink mate or coffee, surf, chill, drink more mate in the afternoon, surf, chill, etc. But the MO on THIS trip harkened back to my days in Costa Rica at Guiones with Barry: wake up, drink a bit of water, go surf. 

And now I'm on the boat drinking water. 

Warm water. 

I went climbing yesterday! First time climbing in over two weeks. I'm a little disconcerted by this thumb thing. Ever since my time spent on Gimme Back My Id V5 my thumb tendons have felt a bit off. My right thumb I straight up injured, but actually it's my left thumb that's giving me more problems now. Either way it was good to climb yesterday, and I was really proud of myself for taking it easy. I tried two slabby blues, sent neither, tried one vertical orange that was confusing and fun that I didn't send, and then finished by flashing a juggy slightly overhanging orange. 

I could tell my body was asking me nicely to stop, so I did. And today I'm glad for it. Monday Tuesday and Wednesday of next week are supposed to be clear in Gold Bar, which means it's a good chance to get out and work on some stuff. I'm thinking Serenity Now V4+, Ryan's Problem V6 (a bit soft and also shares the same start as Serenity Now), or maybe a trip up to the Clear Cut Boulders, though I'm not sure what I'd work on up there.  Maybe Chaac V5? Maybe Water V6? Maybe Obesity V7?

Let's see, what else. Oh, I downloaded Hinge, so that should be interesting. In fact I was just distracted by it, so that's why I stopped typing. What else. It's cold as balls here in Seattle now. Though somehow with the heater on in my boat last night it was TOO hot by morning. So that was nice. 

Lastly, I don't know whether or not I'm going to quit my job. And I'm probably gonna fail the interpreter test on Saturday. And I need a new book to read. And I just started season 2 of White Lotus. And I wanna go visit my parents one of these days. And I'm dogsitting on Bainbridge for a few days during thanksgiving. And I need to start trying front levers again. And making yogurt. And get my gut right. And apply for jobs at UW. And plan a trip to Chile. Or Europe. Or Chile.