time flies
so it looks like i've been managing to blog about once a month lately. pathetic.
most of november was a blur of working, dogsitting, working some more, going to chicago to hang out with a bunch of crazy californians!!!! more working, working, working, dogsitting, thanksgiving, dogsitting, working, and going to portland--woohoo!!!
chicago was amazing as usual. seeing erin and steph and megan was fabulous. being in chicago was fabulous. driving a car (rental, of course!) that actually starts and runs and doesn't make scary noises was a beautiful thing. seeing erin's baby sister--who was in 6th grade when i met her!!--in her dorm room at college was insane. OMG, I'M OLD!!
then there was thanksgiving, which was pretty much lost in a blur of dog leashes and lattes. a few of us volunteered to work the whole day of thanksgiving--time and half, kids, and really, it's not like i eat turkey anyways =) so that was crazy and kind of fun--there were moments at least. the dogsitting was a little out of control, but kind of fun, too. i think it was just too many dogs and too much working all at once. smaller doses--or smaller dogs!!--might have been helpful =)
and last but not least...portland. ahhh!!! it was amazing. it was beautiful. it was five days of not working at all!!! it was hanging out with gretchen. it was getting enough sleep. and being outdoors. and freezing. and that being ok! meeting new people. and seeing some "old" germans!! =) *grin* and seeing a bit of america through their eyes. drinking coffee and tea and beer from portland and eating "frenchy" toast. did i mention not working!?!? it was having my flight cancelled and having to stay another day--and not being able to make it back in time to work!! ha ha!! i couldn't have planned it better myself!!! it was the gods smiling down on me and saying, "you need this"--and me realizing that they had a point. it was conversations about things that matter and things that are hard. and thinking about things that are harder. and moments of knowing it's going to be ok. that some things are bigger than all this. most importantly, it was coming back and being ok.
(despite spending my entire day in airports and airplanes and being "randomly selected" to undergo extra scrutiny at the security checkpoint.)
it was going back to work the next morning and still being ok. freezing my ass off, because it was 60 degrees when i left and 19 degrees when i got back!! but there was snow, and it was pretty, and it was ok.
and now it's december, and i'll try to post at least once more this month =)
most of november was a blur of working, dogsitting, working some more, going to chicago to hang out with a bunch of crazy californians!!!! more working, working, working, dogsitting, thanksgiving, dogsitting, working, and going to portland--woohoo!!!
chicago was amazing as usual. seeing erin and steph and megan was fabulous. being in chicago was fabulous. driving a car (rental, of course!) that actually starts and runs and doesn't make scary noises was a beautiful thing. seeing erin's baby sister--who was in 6th grade when i met her!!--in her dorm room at college was insane. OMG, I'M OLD!!
then there was thanksgiving, which was pretty much lost in a blur of dog leashes and lattes. a few of us volunteered to work the whole day of thanksgiving--time and half, kids, and really, it's not like i eat turkey anyways =) so that was crazy and kind of fun--there were moments at least. the dogsitting was a little out of control, but kind of fun, too. i think it was just too many dogs and too much working all at once. smaller doses--or smaller dogs!!--might have been helpful =)
and last but not least...portland. ahhh!!! it was amazing. it was beautiful. it was five days of not working at all!!! it was hanging out with gretchen. it was getting enough sleep. and being outdoors. and freezing. and that being ok! meeting new people. and seeing some "old" germans!! =) *grin* and seeing a bit of america through their eyes. drinking coffee and tea and beer from portland and eating "frenchy" toast. did i mention not working!?!? it was having my flight cancelled and having to stay another day--and not being able to make it back in time to work!! ha ha!! i couldn't have planned it better myself!!! it was the gods smiling down on me and saying, "you need this"--and me realizing that they had a point. it was conversations about things that matter and things that are hard. and thinking about things that are harder. and moments of knowing it's going to be ok. that some things are bigger than all this. most importantly, it was coming back and being ok.
(despite spending my entire day in airports and airplanes and being "randomly selected" to undergo extra scrutiny at the security checkpoint.)
it was going back to work the next morning and still being ok. freezing my ass off, because it was 60 degrees when i left and 19 degrees when i got back!! but there was snow, and it was pretty, and it was ok.
and now it's december, and i'll try to post at least once more this month =)
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