warning readers: run-on post ahead.
the four days i was home were pretty eventful. super rainstorms, flooding (rivers, but also just the streets in general enough to have cops on the streets directing traffic around lakes/puddles), a small earthquake, and schools closing on the coast. my grama couldn't even make it home because the roads were closed to her house on the coast. but all in all it was tropical, warm weather. tshirt weather. so nice!
and, this weekend was eventful because i got to visit some marvelous friends. friday was spent with kate: baskin-robins, a movie and a comfy-pants present. we celebrated our birthdays together with an outdoor breakfast by the fire at the tin shed (my fav breakfast spot in portland, well, maybe tied with bobs red mill). saturday was family day: shopping with mom, then a nice dinner with all grandparents, heidi and jon. sunday was with nicole: ethan made a marvelous brunch (sausage! eggs! french toast! even set the table with cloth napkins and everything. yum) and claire surprised me by joining us. then we went shopping (do you see a pattern to my weekend yet?) to buy some stuff that was stolen last summer. my first expensive handbag. gotta turn in those receipts fast to insurance to get reimbursed within 6 months. dinner & drinks were at PCG and julie, kate, and nathan joined us. we had the worst. server. ever. WORST. ordered at 7:40 and ethan's dish didn't come until 9:10. oh well. it was nice to be with friends. and nicole got us a table fast....it sure helps being 8 months pregnant! monday was more shopping with my mom (for my bday present), then hanging out with julie and kate. i didn't want to leave portland. tuesday morning i stopped by trimet (no one was available to visit...sad), rushed to depot deli for a pickup order sub and then on to the airport. so sad to learn that depot deli (my fav sandwich shop in all the world) lost their lease and is closing down. also sad that i didn't get to see anthony at all during my trip home. luckily i'll be back in a month and a half for christmas.
got home at 8:45 last night. had an interview this morning at 8:45am (6:45am portland time) for a gis job, so i tried to get sleep, but couldn't fall asleep until late. i'm now pretty exhausted, but trying to resist a nap. i think the interview went well, but we shall see. should hear back in the next day or two.
random note: the squirrels here are eating the carved pumpkins! i came home from pdx and mine has bite-marks all over the face. then today walking back from the bus stop i saw this fat squirrel gorging on someone else's pumpkin. i do not like squirrels.
i already miss portland.
the four days i was home were pretty eventful. super rainstorms, flooding (rivers, but also just the streets in general enough to have cops on the streets directing traffic around lakes/puddles), a small earthquake, and schools closing on the coast. my grama couldn't even make it home because the roads were closed to her house on the coast. but all in all it was tropical, warm weather. tshirt weather. so nice!
and, this weekend was eventful because i got to visit some marvelous friends. friday was spent with kate: baskin-robins, a movie and a comfy-pants present. we celebrated our birthdays together with an outdoor breakfast by the fire at the tin shed (my fav breakfast spot in portland, well, maybe tied with bobs red mill). saturday was family day: shopping with mom, then a nice dinner with all grandparents, heidi and jon. sunday was with nicole: ethan made a marvelous brunch (sausage! eggs! french toast! even set the table with cloth napkins and everything. yum) and claire surprised me by joining us. then we went shopping (do you see a pattern to my weekend yet?) to buy some stuff that was stolen last summer. my first expensive handbag. gotta turn in those receipts fast to insurance to get reimbursed within 6 months. dinner & drinks were at PCG and julie, kate, and nathan joined us. we had the worst. server. ever. WORST. ordered at 7:40 and ethan's dish didn't come until 9:10. oh well. it was nice to be with friends. and nicole got us a table fast....it sure helps being 8 months pregnant! monday was more shopping with my mom (for my bday present), then hanging out with julie and kate. i didn't want to leave portland. tuesday morning i stopped by trimet (no one was available to visit...sad), rushed to depot deli for a pickup order sub and then on to the airport. so sad to learn that depot deli (my fav sandwich shop in all the world) lost their lease and is closing down. also sad that i didn't get to see anthony at all during my trip home. luckily i'll be back in a month and a half for christmas.
got home at 8:45 last night. had an interview this morning at 8:45am (6:45am portland time) for a gis job, so i tried to get sleep, but couldn't fall asleep until late. i'm now pretty exhausted, but trying to resist a nap. i think the interview went well, but we shall see. should hear back in the next day or two.
random note: the squirrels here are eating the carved pumpkins! i came home from pdx and mine has bite-marks all over the face. then today walking back from the bus stop i saw this fat squirrel gorging on someone else's pumpkin. i do not like squirrels.
i already miss portland.
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