I've been doing a lot of living life recently. It's good but it leaves no time to type into the computer. I love that I can access my e-mail on my phone. That way I very minimally need this thing!!
In the past month, I've gone camping, wake surfing, paddleboarding, hiking, swimming, flown off a rope swing into the water, floated the river a few times, made more friends, spent a lot of time with a couple of chihuahuas. It takes the edge off the doxie shaped hole in my heart. I have had so much fun and have seen so many things!!! It continues to blow my mind that I have lived my whole life without meeting any of these people, knowing their stories, or laughing with them. It's an incredible concept. How many more life stories are there for me to hear, friends to hug, and things to see?
I get to go home in a couple of weeks and I am SO excited. I can't wait to see my friends and my family. Those fluffy boys (aforementioned doxie void to be filled with Dex and Diego kisses). I can't wait to smell corn country, see the fields ready for harvest, and be in my parents' house again. It'll be so good to see everybody. Facetime really, really helps, but it's not the same.
I'm definitely getting the travel bug again. I love, love, love Bend, Oregon. Someday maybe I'll buy a house and make a life here. However, at this present time, I'm getting restless. The ocean is calling my name, as are the palm trees, hammocks, and year round water sports. :) I have to figure out how to be a nurse in the Caribbean without getting paid minimum wage. Today is a little bit chilly and though I like autumn, the familiar feel of dread of winter is creeping up into my psyche.
My position is officially done October 20, but I'm going to try to see if my boss would let me stay on through the beginning of December. Getting a travel job for just the month of November doesn't look very plausible at this point. Anyway, it'd be really nice to just take a few weeks to be with my friends and family for Christmas. I'd love it. And those fluffy puppies...I can't wait to smell their little frito feet!
