Curious.

I'm curious when my desire to travel and explore all the ends of the earth will come back. My guess is when I get my student loans under control. Then it's going to come at me like wildfire. And my camera will be glad I've been giving it a rest and I'll have to pick up another battery pac to my GoPro. I think. I feel like that's how its going to go, but for right now, I'm super happy to be here :)

Along with that, or hopefully before, I want that inner creative eye back. The one that saw beauty in all things and people. And had creative ideas pouring out of her, so many she didn't know what to do with them all. I remember when I first moved to Portland, before I let it get to me, at night lying in bed I would tell David all my ideas for products, companies, things I had that day. Some were far fetched, some actually had a little potential to them, but I remember most of all saying "Babe, one of these days, these ideas, a good one is going to hit and we won't have to sit at a desk for 8 hours another day of our lives." I wonder where that confident "I'm going to do it myself." mentality went? It's okay. Let it happen :)

This list...

Started as a list of things I love about Portland.

"I LOVE the sound of diesel engines in the city! I love the merging system in the Ross Island..."

and will now be completed as the things I miss about Portland! :) Sorry Dave! Not a moment too soon :)

1. The smell of cooking hops in more than one neighborhood.
2. BIKES. People literally rode them everywhere.
3. Safeness. You never felt threatened or on edge. Always at ease as if it were a small home town.
4. Food. Carts. My goodness. Food in general. And the price tags on the amazing food. You really can't complain about not having enough cash to try new things because it's all so ridiculously cheap.
5. The man jamming on his sax at the intersection every sunny day.
6. Here to there in 10-15 minutes tops. Anywhere in the city.
7. Weird things like a Beer Mile. What?!
8. The neighborhoods. All so different. All so fun. Depending on your mood and company you could  find the most suitable one and it worked. every. time.
9. BEEEEEEEEEEEER. Everywhere. Tons of it. And it was all tasty licious. I can't remember the last time I had a domestic and well, I don't know the next time I will.
10. The ability to go anywhere and do anything and to always have someone to do it with. I miss you Dave.

This draft had one more line written in it from when I was still in Portland... "My life is FILLED with so much AMAZINGNESS!!!!" and it is :) Thanks, Ptown and David and everyone who made it a good memory in the end. xo

JULY!

July is around the corner and because I can already feel my photography skills slipping with having less free time on my hands, I thought why not kick off the month and rock the Photo A Day Challenge :) Friends, you in? I think I'm going to like this having time to myself more than I realize. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'd take the alternative, but this will be a fun way to pass the time and make my day more productive :)

Call Me Maybe?

What would we do without facetime?! It's so fun to be able to hang out instead of sitting around holding a phone and trying to find something else to mention about your day :) Instead its carrying each other around while you make dinner and show whats on your tv or more often than not, making ridiculous faces at each other and giggling the time away. Come on, don't knock it till you try it!

I was thinking today, if we could trade the "hands free" law in for a "NO TEXTING" law, would you do it? Seriously. Driving while holding a phone to your ear is so much more incredibly safe than not really driving because you are looking down at the screen in front of you erasing what you wrote because you meant "you're" instead of "your". I know, I don't approve of talking on the phone either (guilty) but the whole texting thing freaks me out. I've been here a week and have seen multiple instances where cars were darting off into unintended lanes, or slamming on brakes a moment too late. It FREAKS ME OUT. And saddens me. Self centered and totally not okay :( Please friends, don't text while you drive. It. Can. Wait.

Man, I must be getting old. :)