What a weekend!

We went to the funniest show on Friday, aptly named Get Mortified (www.getmortified.com). It was so funny/embarrassing/ridiculous. A group of 6 Portlanders (only one was native to the area) shared glimpses of their past through their own memoirs. Yes, they read from their teenage journals and travel logues. They recounted their experiences of love, turmoil, teenage angst, mischief, and their beginning of a religious breakout. Yes. It was embarrassing. I was amazed that people still kept journals at that age. I never really gotten into the journal thing, but could only imagine how awkward and ridiculous reading it 10 years later would be.

I did write a travel logue once on a train trip to Florida. The only thing I can recall from it, since I dont know where it is, was that someone got sick and vomited in the train station. By the time the crew came to mop it up, it was gone, but in a wicked gross way. It was disgusting to see people walk in it and not realize what they had done.

Besides that, we lounged on Saturday. I felt sick and have shown symptoms of something (an allergic reaction?). I have 9 ichy dots on my right side that look hivish, but I am not sure..

Yesterday, we went to the market, the Museum of Contemporary Craft, the toy store and watched about 150 people doing yoga at a park in the middle of the city. AND I ate Thai. YUM.

Remember, always check your shoes,
Amber

My first time

So this is my first time contributing more than my pictures to the blog. Things have been great here in the city. Matt is continuing with his job search. I guess Oregon has hit it's all time greatest unemployment rate in 5 years, which is awesome timing for us. Despite that, we are trying to balance stress with fun. We have gone to many parks, museums and other outdoor events. I feel like I am still on vacation because I don't have to start work until the 30th! And if any of you know me.. doing nothing for this amount of time is killing me. BUT I feel like after 2-1/2 years of grad school studying, working and being stressed with internships and research projects that it would be ok. The lack of structure is more difficult than I thought! One week was ok, but 6? Whoa. Soooooo. I have been waking myself up at 7:30 everyday this week and next week maybe 6:30. I have to prepare myself for the new work schedule of 7:00-5:30 Tuesday through Friday. Plus with the walk to work, I will have to wake up just shy of 6 am. Big change from now!

Anxious to start working,
Amber