Feeling the effects of not much sleep and some depression from Crouton dieing over night I headed to campus. It was super nice out in the mid 70s. I just kind of went around ended up here.

I did a couple manuals and kickflips then went up for a wallride on the jersey barrier. Ended up doing a fun line with wallride, nose manny, then ollie the box that was randomly laying in the parking lot. You like the blurry ride by picture of the box that implies some type of speed was involved? Don’t worry, I didn’t skate fast. Anyways, I did that line a few times (almost added a kickflilp manny at the end) then lined it out even further starting at the top photo. Ollie onto it, front 180 off, halfcab flip on flat, wallride (thinking of the super sick one that PJ does), nose manny, ollie the box and bail a kickflip manual. I moved on.

Tried front boarding the rail for quite awhile. To get speed for the rail you have to start on the ledge and turn right after the bike rack. With the students gone this spot is skateable again. The first time I ollied onto the ledge was funny. I put my front wheels right in the crack or something and I jumped down into the bush. I never got too close to the front baord. But I did commit a time or two. I eventually just got tired and walked around looking for new stuff, but just saw a pretty sunset instead.

Then I headed back to the car pushing switch most of the way. I was kind of amazed at how natural it felt at times. Obviously I still had a few of those straight-legged-beginner-longboarder-looking pushes, but some felt great. I didn’t skate very good or have much drive, but it felt nice to get out in the warm weather. RIP Crouton!

Our family is saddened by the passing of our wonderful cat Crouton. He was three weeks away from his 19th birthday. This cat saw Liz and I turn into a family and was always a bundle of joy. He was such an amazing cat that converted me from a dog lover to a cat lover. He was great with the kids when they were young and chose to sleep next to Ollie for the last few years. He will be missed dearly by our family and anyone at our house with a lap. Ha.