life and dreams
This past week has been one of my most favorites since moving to Portland.
I had a great time at my job - by which I mean I used some development hours (hours Americorps gives us to do non-work things that can lead to future jobs, i.e. non-work related volunteering, updating resume, filling out applications to grad school, going to conferences or trainings, etc). I used my development hours to do different biological surveys - first, Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) surveys in a park in Lake Oswego, then western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta ssp. bellii) and frog & salamander/tadpole/egg mass surveys (Red-legged frogs: Rana aurora, Pacific Tree Frogs: Pseudacris regilla, and any/all evidence of salamanders).
I worked a lot this week, an hour and a half overtime on Friday and 6 hours yesterday in addition to my regular 40h workweek. Not my favorite thing to do, but it wasn't horrible.
Also, the general mood at work has been a bit lighter lately (especially Thurs & Fri) and that makes me really happy!
This last week I also had a great time after work. Tuesday night, one of my coworkers invited Dan and I over for a dinner party, and we had some delicious bread appetizers (think toasts, one with butter + pesto + something else, I think some kind of cheese, and the other with melted gouda and maybe something else on top), salad, and vegetarian lasagna, with pineapple for "Dessert". There was also some great wine, which I probably had about 4 glasses too much (too many?) of. It was awesome!
The next night, the same coworker and 2 of her friends met up with Dan and I at the Laurelthirst Public House, and we saw Laura Veirs play, with Colin Malloy as her guest (I think I mentioned this in my previous post).
Life lately has been altogether fantastic, except, unfortunately, Dan and I have been having some relationship stress due to my nonmonogamous nature. :/ I'm not quite sure if the issue is resolved, but it's at least been discussed and I think we're letting it rest for awhile.
Last night, I had the first dream about pulling that I ever remember having. I am sort of disturbed.
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And lastly, another thing I've really been enjoying lately is getting back in touch with my mystical spirituality. I'm reading a couple of books on tarot and doing some (sort of) meditative activities with the cards. I also semi-recently bought myself a new set of runes. Now, if only I could find my rune books! I'm pretty sure they're in Livermore somewhere, but my parents have looked around my bookshelves and can't seem to find them. I will have to look when I visit town. - Still planning on coming down over Memorial Day Weekend, but plans may be shifting, so I will let everyone know if they change.
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Oh, oh! P.S.! Dan and I had a really awesome date last night - walked downtown together, dropped some books off at the library, then he bought me a really awesome dinner and I just had a really good time! Then we walked back home and hung out with cousin Megan, then went to bed. When I write it down like that it doesn't sound as fantastic as it was, but that's because I left out: a) walking by some prom and taking a moment to dance together on the sidewalk, b) discussing a possible vacation (or maybe "staycation") for us later this year, and c) making out for a minute on the Hawthorne bridge as we walked home. Not to mention he is a great boyfriend and sometimes (aka often) carries my purse or bag when I tire of it. ^_^
Aaaaand we also had a really good date a few weeks ago - dinner together at Riyadh's (Lebanese place a block away from our house), a stop at the comic book store where I picked up Sandman #5 and put in an order for soft-cover Kabuki #5(...which I still haven't gotten a call about...), then we saw Slumdog Millionaire at Bagdad. I really enjoyed it - I was very emotionally involved and I laughed, cried, got annoyed, excited, etc!
I had a great time at my job - by which I mean I used some development hours (hours Americorps gives us to do non-work things that can lead to future jobs, i.e. non-work related volunteering, updating resume, filling out applications to grad school, going to conferences or trainings, etc). I used my development hours to do different biological surveys - first, Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) surveys in a park in Lake Oswego, then western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta ssp. bellii) and frog & salamander/tadpole/egg mass surveys (Red-legged frogs: Rana aurora, Pacific Tree Frogs: Pseudacris regilla, and any/all evidence of salamanders).
I worked a lot this week, an hour and a half overtime on Friday and 6 hours yesterday in addition to my regular 40h workweek. Not my favorite thing to do, but it wasn't horrible.
Also, the general mood at work has been a bit lighter lately (especially Thurs & Fri) and that makes me really happy!
This last week I also had a great time after work. Tuesday night, one of my coworkers invited Dan and I over for a dinner party, and we had some delicious bread appetizers (think toasts, one with butter + pesto + something else, I think some kind of cheese, and the other with melted gouda and maybe something else on top), salad, and vegetarian lasagna, with pineapple for "Dessert". There was also some great wine, which I probably had about 4 glasses too much (too many?) of. It was awesome!
The next night, the same coworker and 2 of her friends met up with Dan and I at the Laurelthirst Public House, and we saw Laura Veirs play, with Colin Malloy as her guest (I think I mentioned this in my previous post).
Life lately has been altogether fantastic, except, unfortunately, Dan and I have been having some relationship stress due to my nonmonogamous nature. :/ I'm not quite sure if the issue is resolved, but it's at least been discussed and I think we're letting it rest for awhile.
Last night, I had the first dream about pulling that I ever remember having. I am sort of disturbed.
...
And lastly, another thing I've really been enjoying lately is getting back in touch with my mystical spirituality. I'm reading a couple of books on tarot and doing some (sort of) meditative activities with the cards. I also semi-recently bought myself a new set of runes. Now, if only I could find my rune books! I'm pretty sure they're in Livermore somewhere, but my parents have looked around my bookshelves and can't seem to find them. I will have to look when I visit town. - Still planning on coming down over Memorial Day Weekend, but plans may be shifting, so I will let everyone know if they change.
...
Oh, oh! P.S.! Dan and I had a really awesome date last night - walked downtown together, dropped some books off at the library, then he bought me a really awesome dinner and I just had a really good time! Then we walked back home and hung out with cousin Megan, then went to bed. When I write it down like that it doesn't sound as fantastic as it was, but that's because I left out: a) walking by some prom and taking a moment to dance together on the sidewalk, b) discussing a possible vacation (or maybe "staycation") for us later this year, and c) making out for a minute on the Hawthorne bridge as we walked home. Not to mention he is a great boyfriend and sometimes (aka often) carries my purse or bag when I tire of it. ^_^
Aaaaand we also had a really good date a few weeks ago - dinner together at Riyadh's (Lebanese place a block away from our house), a stop at the comic book store where I picked up Sandman #5 and put in an order for soft-cover Kabuki #5(...which I still haven't gotten a call about...), then we saw Slumdog Millionaire at Bagdad. I really enjoyed it - I was very emotionally involved and I laughed, cried, got annoyed, excited, etc!