Good gosh, almighty – do I have any readers left out there? I’ve been so missing in action lately. Work is at a crescendo at the moment. Just got back from Colorado Springs where the airport personnel know my goats’ names and that I like mild pico de gallo on my chicken tacos – I’m there so freaking much lately.
It’s also been mentioned, by family members and friends alike, that I only call them when I am sitting in an airport bar, waiting for my connecting flight. Let it be known that I am there because I can generally find a table next to an electrical outlet in order to plug in my laptop and maybe for a glass of pre-flight chardonnay. Or two.
Sara says it way better than I can articulate at the moment (this is what happens after a 14 hour work day – you lose the ability to be coherent in thought or voice).
Sara has a lovely, lifelong friend, Becca; who has a lovely mother, Cheryl – and Sara likes to visit them in Eugene a couple times a year. Each time when she comes back she is brimming with tales of fabulous tea shops, antique stores and home decor shops. She casually mentioned that she was going in early October, which happened to coincide with the completion time of this big ol’ work project I’m on so I invited myself along. Didn’t really give her an option. I’m going to be a fixture in her Austin Mini-Coooper on Thursday morning, like it or not (she was actually very gracious about letting me come – could have been the crazed look in my eye….)
Would you just look at all Sara has planned for us. Seriously. Giddy.
I promise many posts and pictures. I love the Pacific NorthWest. If I didn’t live in California I would move to Oregon or Washington. I was smitten with Washington when I went there earlier in the year and could very easily see myself living there if I could only convince the other 25 members of my family to move with me.
Edited to add – the picture above I got from the internet ages ago so I have no idea who to credit it to. It’s not mine. But I travel there all the time in my imagination.
I’m off at noon today to pack my bags, iron, and put a cooler together. I have loads of diet coke, but we need something to listen to in the car. The drive is – I should be sending you an email and not typoing here!! LOL
It is awfully pretty here, right now. Have a wonderful trip. Clarice
Yes you still have readers:>) I keep checking on you til I see something new. Hope you get some time at home now!
Welcome back! This road trip is probably just what you need. And that photo is awfully familiar – I must travel there (in my imagination) too!
I’m here often, also.
I love that photo, no matter who it belongs to!;-)
Pat
Wish I could be there too! Check my blog for pictures of what Ozzie did today. He is lucky he wasn’t electrocuted. Need puppy training ASAP. Me I mean, not him!
Ys, you still have readers. I come here almost everyday to see if you have something new – which I always like to read.
I grew up in Eugene Oregon. Graduated from Churchill High School. Can’t tell you how many times I rafted that river or skated along those bike trails. Haven’t been back since I got married in 1980. I bet it’s grown!