So much for frequent updates, eh? We've been in Portland for nearly 4 months now and I haven't updated once. There are many reasons for this but the main reason being, this move has been quite difficult for me. I'm just starting to feel adjusted. Not settled by any means but a little bit more at home. I miss my family more than I could ever put into words. When we decided to make this move I knew that leaving my family would be tough, but if I knew just how hard this would be, I may have never left.
Family aside, Portland is a great city. Our relationship started off a little rocky (it was the city that stole me from my family after all) but things are getting better everyday. I love it as much as I hate it, but I can't deny the beauty of it (and it's good food.) Summer was HOT and mostly spent getting situated in our my home (which I love, btw) and learning my way around this grid-of-a-city. My mom and sis came to visit, I flew home a few times for birthdays, Jo and M came to visit. Things to keep me busy, things to keep me from breaking down. I'm sure by this time next year, after experiencing my first true winter, I'll welcome Summer and the heat with open arms and be out there with the rest of Portland, riding my bike in shorts and sandals.
For the first time in my life I'm experiencing season change and Fall is by far my favorite season in Oregon. The trees look like they're on fire, mounds of crunchy leaves everywhere, and the air is so crisp. It's been raining quite a bit but Portland and I are still in our honeymoon phase so I don't mind it. I'm still finding romanticism in dreary, wet days, and novelty in rain boots, coats, and umbrellas. I'm sure it will fade but for now I'll continue making rainy day mixes, splashing in puddles and sitting on the porch, drinking coffee and watching water fall from the sky. It's starting to get cold and although it's not miserable, it's definitely teetering between what is comfortable and what isn't. Do they make Winter For Dummies? And if so, I need it.
I was reading my old livejournal today and it's awesome to look back and see what I was doing 5 years ago this day (sick with a cold, planning out my Irma La Douce costume and editing wedding photos) or 8 years ago this day (walking around Balboa Park, eating burritos at Pokez, and vintage shopping.) But I have no record of the past year and a half and it bums me out. I'm going to try and document it here, in a public space so my family and friends can read along.
Now, if you ever followed me while I was blogging on LJ, you know I'm a big fan of lists, especially the Good Things list. So here it goes:
Good Things
- My workout at the gym today: Started strength training, followed with cardio and oh man, I love it. Let's hope I don't get all obsessive (my nature) and become one of those super buff women.
- Thrifting 2 adorable anthropologie tea cups for $3 that I coveted for months but couldn't justify spending $18 each on
- Spending our anniversary in Seattle: went to Bodies:The Exhibition (which was fascinating and totally gruesome), went to Blackbird in Ballard, Elliot Bay Book Co. and to North Bend, Washing to visit the Double R Diner used in Twin Peaks
- My mom coming to visit for her birthday in a little over one month, starting the count down now
- Weekly Skip-Bo nite at Summer's house tonight (and pumpkin carving!)
- Halloween everything, my favorite holiday
- Rowland S. Howard's "(I Know) A Girl Called Jonny"
- This: Danzig <3
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