There's been a lot less nothing-doing this weekend than I had originally planned for, but I'm okay with it. I hung out with friends all day yesterday and had an overall fantastic day. I've been taking it slow so far today, but Dave and I are about to go get lunch, and later tonight, Kelly comes in to PDX for a few days. I didn't know until ( Read more... )

Yesterday was quite a lovely birthday indeed. We hiked in a place I'd never been, called Sauvie Island. I love how Portland is this big city with big city things and then you can go just a few minutes outside of downtown and suddenly you're deep in the woods. It's one of my many favorite things about living here. The hike is along the Columbia ( Read more... )

I'm not to the point yet where getting older myself is a concern, but the indirect implications are what bother me. I'm a couple hours away from 30 now, and as the baby of my family, to turn over another decade feels like the whole family gets pushed older, you know? Mom and Dad are 40+ years older than me. If I'm 30, they're 70something. My ( Read more... )