12 hours

well, in 12 hours I will be getting on a plane, never again to return.

Thought I'd post my intinerary, becaaaaause there's really nothing else to talk about yet.

I leave PDX at 7:05am, and arrive at O'Hare at 12:55 just in time for some Chicago pizza for lunch.
add in some people watching....book reading...foot tapping...
I leave O'Hare at 5:30pm and arrive in London at 7:05 am (keep in mind there is a 6 hour time change)
Just in time for brekkie with the brits!! (I am literally going to sit and listen to accents for 3 hours...)
11:15 rolls around and I'll hop on a quick 2 hour ride to Barcelona, arriving at like 2:15 in the afternoon (5:15am my body time...mmmm...sppeeeecial.)

My entire life is packed up in 2 suitcases, a carryon and a purse. It's a very strange feeling. I guess not that different from going to and from Biola, but still. As mother has been fretting over for the last 5 hours straight "lose a bag, lose 1/2 your stuff" - though she's able to put it much more dramatically.

Time for the list of things I'll miss! (I said THINGS not people...I will miss you all)
The glorious smell of an Oregon summer
Boating
Muchas at midnight
English
Work (oh yes I said it)
Seeing people I haven't seen in a long time (who I want to see)
My oh-so-comfortable bed
Camping!
DRIVING!/MY CAR :( :(
The beach with sun
going to parks in the middle of the night :)
Applebees/Red Robin - ummm...don't judge me.
Wearing flip flops eeeevery single day
Free Starbucks! :)
Going to the zoo
Friendly people everywhere
Going to the river
Slurpees mmmmmmm....
Barbeque
Going to minor league baseball games
Riding in cars with boys (that sounds like a movie.....)
driving on my favorite roads on a beautiful day
text messaging (haha I do not know how I am going to survive without my phone...)


these are a few of my favorite things about Oregon summers. Your homework is to think of a few more & post so I can go "awww yeah! I love that!" When I check. :) (family - whale watching, bird watching, and the sister's quilt show do not count as things I would go "aww yeah I love that" to)

If I post too early, it'll look like I'm bored over there, too late and you'll begin to worry I've died. Expect a perfectly timed second post. :)

Until then -
S
"Asi como un dia bien empleada produce un dulce sueno, asi una vida bien usada causa una dulce muerte." - Leonardo Da Vinci