Final countdown

So I leave in exactly 6 days, and I had to check the calendar because I wasn't sure how many days there are between now and June 4th. What does this say about me? If you guessed that I am NOT prepared to leave, you are correct! I still have to re-organize my belongings in storage, pack what I think I'll need for a month of teaching/interviews/training/craziness, and get all of my other crap staged to move when I get back. This is really just too overwhelming. As for the clothes, what I wear this weekend at the Lake (woo!) will be minimal, and what I wear next week will comprise of jeans and t-shirts. That will keep washing down, and I can pack pretty much everything else. Speaking of packing, how does one pack hangers? I know that I'll need them, I just don't know how to pack them. Any gems of wisdom would be appreciated.

So that list I made about the things I want to do while still in Oregon??? I don't think I've done one thing. Maybe I'll talk Wyeth into stopping and doing some wine tasting on our way to Spokane tonight. That will cross at least one item off my list. But I think that my relaxing and spending time with friends totally beats anything on that list. And it's not like I'll never return to Oregon and Crater Lake will probably be around for a couple more millenia, so what's the rush???

Alrighty, my mom wants to me type up a press release about my Teach For America position for the local paper. God I love being from a small town!

Cheers!

Graduations

I went to Caitlin's graduation from Willamette University yesterday, and enjoyed it. The speakers were much better than the ones at my commencement, and the prayers were more true and pure. I've loved the time I've had at UP, and wouldn't trade it for the world, but I think I might have missed something. There is a lack of realness here. Was I taught to question enough? Because that seems to be a big thing at Willamette - questioning. And did professors ask me to form my own opinions and then argue them? Some yes, but now in the classes that I needed it most - religion. In those classes, I was told what was what, and was not given the chance to figure it out on my own.

Oh well. There is always grad school...

Things I want to do before I leave Oregon

There are some things I want to do before I leave Oregon. Here is the list so far. I'll update later.

1. Wine tour

2. Girls Night Out

3. Crater Lake (I've NEVER BEEN!)

4. A hike in the gorge

5. The Coast (I was there on mother's day, so this one is not as important)

6. Take pictures of all the places that mean a lot to me so I can frame them and put them in my room.

7. GET RID OF STUFF I DON'T NEED!

8. Buy a pilots, timbers and blazers jerseys 

9. Go on a bike ride (fix my bike, for that matter)