Slower Paced

So, since the new year, I haven't really posted anything. To be honest, there hasn't been much to post about. It seems that I am trying to keep up with everyone else rather than the other way around. My little sister is (not so) patiently waiting for responses from colleges that may or may not offer her brand new paths and adventures. In the mean time, she will be turning 18 in a matter of weeks (which makes me feel really old...), and I am still trying to come up with the best birthday present ever. I miss her like crazy though. In fact, I miss HOME like crazy for some reason. Thoughts of being on the back deck at dad's house with Jackie, Dad, the dogs and a California sunset pull on my heart strings. Hopefully once spring hits, I can plan a trip down.

Annie, Dave's littlest sister is in London, and blogs pretty frequently, so we are always checking for new blogs (and there's a new one today! I need to catch up!). Abby, Dave's other sister is married and blissful... giving us fake scares on facebook with vauge status updates hinting at offspring (turns out they got turtles, not twin human babies).

Sarah got into nursing school at Linfield and is moving up to Portland on the 5th, which Alissa and I are going to help her do. Alissa will be graduating from OSU at the end of the term, which means we will probably be seeing a lot less of her, since she lives down on her parents' farm outside of Eugene. Emma is here right now, but has taken a job at Intel and will return to Beaverton in June. SOOO... all my girls will be moving away some time or another in the next few months... sad.

I have been lazily looking for jobs here and there, but it seems every time I start looking, I see the same thing. Dave has been looking for jobs much more aggressively than I, and is actually preparing to do a batch of applications this weekend. Our 2 year anniversary is coming up on the 5th. As a present, Dave booked us a night at one of our favorite spots, McMenamins Edgefield, for a romantic night alone :) I CANNOT wait!

So, while waiting for better luck in jobs, I have been embracing my current one. I work hard to make sure that I am improving every day. Tomorrow, a group of us will be traveling to Portland to visit our roaster, Portland Roasting Company, and will be touring their facilities and having some latte art lessons. I have also begun planning for this years' Ragnar Relay and I hope to be a team captain. So far so good, but the closer it gets, the more I will have to accomplish, so I'm trying to get a jump start on all my planning, so that I won't be a stress case later.

Anyway, hopefully I will have lots of pictures and stories from my adventure tomorrow, so I will be posting about it for sure. Hope all is well with the rest of the world... until then... :)

Movement

So the end of April is coming, and with that, there is a lot of change going on! Jackie came to visit for her spring break and we had a blast! Even though I had to work still, we found time to go out and about and have some fun! We went to the beach one day and did long drive up the coast. We spend a lot of time with my "family" here, the Nan Ham Fam. It was great and I have a feeling Jackie had a ton of fun!

It was really nice last weekend (right after Jackie left, of course) and Dave and I had the chance to ride our matching bikes around Corvallis, and down to Willamette park, where I proceeded to get really sun burnt :)

So now I'm moving... it's been stressful, so stressful I'm now sick in bed. I'll keep you updated on that!

Can't keep Up!

Wow... I see that I haven't written in a while. Just got back from California a few days ago. It was so much fun! It was a great way to spend some quality time with Alissa before she was off to Guatemala for an internship. I took her to the airport on Thursday afternoon. It was probably one of the harder goodbyes that I have had to do... so far. Next up is Dave, and I don't even want to think about that. He is going to Alaska for the summer...

I am working on moving out of my current house, and to a less expensive, more friendly environment. I hardly spend any time here anymore because I don't feel welcome here. That's too bad. My friend Chris and I plan to move in together. He wants to move back to Corvallis, and is currently homeless, so were are trying to get this done ASAP. Problem is, I can't afford to pay double rents... especially if I am trying to save money by doing this, so I have to wait until my place is filled before moving out. I'm really excited for it though... living with Chris is going to be a blast!

I'll keep you updated on the living situation... Still working. I have had my hours bumped up to 38-39 a week, so once i move I might actually have some spare change to play with! Yay! (I hate being poor).

Hope all is well with everyone else!
Peace!