I went for a walk with my mom and Otto and Kasi today. We went to a lake that's only about 20 minutes from our house. We both marveled that we'd "forgotten" about it. We used to go there all the time for walks and even for ice skating when it got cold enough. Usually our go-to places for outdoor activities are to schlep out to the tow path or ( Read more... )

I had no idea it was supposed to snow until someone told me on Saturday. I remained skeptical. When I went to bed last night there was still nothing, so I was quite surprised to see about 6 inches had fallen overnight ( Read more... )

Thursday was my first full day back home. I woke up at 1pm (10am my time!). I felt pretty out of it; mostly just tired, so I took it easy. I decided that I'd give myself through the end of the weekend to recuperate and take it easy before starting up with job searches and artwork(yippee!!). I cheated a little since I started scanning my ( Read more... )

I suppose I should write a post about coming home. I don't suppose it will be very exciting, but here it is ( Read more... )

We've had some good times and we've had some not so good times, but ultimately my experience here was unforgettable, and having known you leaves me changed in many ways. I'm glad to go back to Maryland at this point, and I'll be glad when I have the chance to come back to Portland again some day. No hard feelings; it's just time to move on ( Read more... )

I'm cheating a little. I'm going to attempt to write an entry every day this month, even if it's only a small one, and I missed Sunday by only 23 minutes! So I'm going to push back time a little since it's pretty flexible anyway ( Read more... )

I've decided to embrace my weirdness ( Read more... )

I heard the news while on break during my class ( Read more... )

Last night I wrote, "In some ways I'm more on my own than I've ever been," and even as I typed it, I felt a little off about that statement ( Read more... )