Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall all you have to do is call

Summer was a short hall here and then it turned to fall.

The fall was nice and neat, and lots of tick and treat(s)

Now the winter is here and and I fear, I'll never be warm again.

The seasons are nice

My Mega New Years Weekend.

From Eugene to Ashland, Ashland to Mountain View,MV to San Fran, SF to Portland, Ptown to Seattle and eventually back home....

What made the week so great was not only that everything ran SO smoothly and worked out like magic for the best, but I seriously got to see and spend FUN times with almost all of the closest people to me. I did say, and I am not just writing this because it is my blog and there really are only two people that read my blog and you kow who you are, but I did say and I quote "This week would only have been better if I saw Lara and/or Becca".
tear tear

Tina and Andryce picked me up in Eugene and we drove to Ashland and stayed in a Bed and Breakfast. This place was too cute for words- the Bed and Breafast, us of course, and the city of Ashlandia --I loved it. Rubb a Dub Dubb three ladies in a bed.






From there we headed more South to California, where it was not freezing and the sun came out to play. Dont you love crossing the boarder and pumping gas?! I am being sarcastic, I hate it. I do love looking at Tinas muscles in serious action. God I love that girl.



We arrived very safe and very happy at Scott's parents' house in Mountain View, CA, in the South Bay. We had a lovely evening and got the good news that their friends were lending us for the next night (new years eve) their pent house in the city of SF. It was awesome!!!!!!!!! I felt like a queen...or like a character from Sex and the City San Fran style. It was just so nice and elegant. Here are some views from the balacony of the apartment.





I even was able to hook up with my old pal Peter Glen who I lived with in Peru and had just arrived back to the US of A.

Andryce, Tina and I went all out. By that I mean, we got dressed up and put on make-up! Scott put on a sweater. Scott's friend was having a sweet party in some apartment in the city that we were invited to. It was so much fun. No but seriously it had been a while since I had had that much fun. Party like its 2007 and we sure did. You are suppose to see fire works in back of Tina and I. We are on a roof.





Andryce and Tina had to make the drive back to Oregon the next day, I know yikes, what a pain. I stayed in Mountain View for a couple days and hung out with Soctt's family and some of his good childhood friends who are great people. From there we flew to Portland and stayed with my brother and his girlfriend. The next day we drove with Nanda up to Seattle. Scott and I stayed at my cousin Katie's house with her and her husband and we attened a family get-together at my Grandparent's retirement home. I got to see my brand new baby 1st cousin once removed, and my G-rents who are getting old and might be on their last day/weeks/months?. We stopped off in Portland on our way back to Eugene and met up with out possy at the Portland City Grill (awesome restraurant)
Possy includes:Tyler, Tina, Nanda and Andryce. and of course scott and I.b

The week back after an awesome week of vacation always sucks! I was on a high.

Now that I am off my high of having super lots of fun, I can still say that life is good, very good.

(even though it is colder than antartica in Oregon right now)

ANDRYCE AND TYLER

Once upon a time there was a girl named Emmy. Once upon a time there was a girl named Andryce. In the year 2000, these girls miraculously met in the dorms at the University of Oregon. It was love at first sight.

Fast Forward.

Emmy joined the Jesuit Volunteers after college graduation and went to Scranton, Penn (yes same city as the Office) for a training. She met a lot of wonderful people and new friends. She loved these two people who she would get to know a lot over the next years, Tyler and Katherine, two volunteers in the neighboring Bolivia.

Fast Forward.

Before Emmy left for Peru with the JVI she fell deeply in love with Scott. Leaving was hard and she had a hard time her first year in Peru, despite many good things, she left after one year.

Fast Forward.

Scott and Emmy traveled around South America and spent a week with Katherine and Tyler in Bolivia. Emmy was getting excited to go home and see her family and friends. One night she drempt of Andryce, Scott, herself and Tyler all circled around a camp fire laughing and having fun. She woke up and thought hmm what a FUN dream. Hmm come to think of it, Tyler and Andryce would be a great couple. She told Tyler of Andryce and Andryce of Tyler. They became email pals.

Fast Forward.

They became Pen pals/sending creative things pals.

Fast Forward.

They became phone talking pals.

Fast Forward.

Andryce went to visit him in Bolivia.

Fast Forward.

They became more than pals. wink wink boom boom chika rocka chika rocka chica BOOM........................................................................



They fell in love and he is planning on moving to Portland and i got to see him with her last week!

..........................Dream come true...........the story that started as soul mates ended the same way, not to say that Andryce and I have ended, but you catch my drift

this isn't the most flattering of all pictures of us, well ok lets face it mainly Scott looks quite confused, but more of us four im sure will be to come.

Happy New YEAR!

Well, well, well. It is flippin 2007!!! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all. Before I proceed into my exciting life, I am going to back track a tad. I was just reviewing my blog (which I have had over a year now, I don’t know why that seems worth mentioning) and I found it to be quite funny how in October I dedicated a blog to how I was not in love with my job and that made me happy because I was able to get excited about other things in life and not feel guilty about the thought of leaving the job in the near future. However, after writing that, I found a new part time job that I have had now for 2 months and I actually really like it.!!!!

So let’s take a trip down memory lane and have a moment of silence for all of those weird strange jobs that I have held thus far since returning to Eugene from South America.

1. “You have been accused for having a big heart, is that true?” The line repeated 500 times a day to strangers on the phone trying to get them “locked up” for a good cause for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. I was a temp. I hated it. What more can I say? Be nice to people that call you; tell-a-marketers, donation askers, survey people- whoever it may be. They hate their job and probably feel like an idiot 98% of the day. I was glad to leave.
2. Substitute teacher for Head Start. Yeah I like kids. But really disciplining them all day---emm-- not so much.
3. Mental Health Associate at Options. It had a cool title. BUT—didn’t do it for me. I worked with cool, dedicated people though.
4. Waitress at Mexican restaurante...boss got drunk once during work and yelled at me for not sweeping good enough.. Were they paying me under the table? Yes, did I get cheated out of my tips sometimes –that would be yet another Yes.
The list still continues......My current Jobs
5. Property Management at St. Vincent de Paul. I am nervous about writing so much information about work on the Internet, so I will hold back what I truly want to say. Let’s put it this way......if the office were a family, it would be considered by all definition a dysfunctional one. I would play the role of the silent child, whom you would assume is fine with everything and then ends up running away silently one day and faking an identity to start a new life somewhere far far away.
6. My new job is great!!!!! I work at Centro Latinoamericano in conjunction with the better half of St. Vinnies for a transitional housing program. I am a case manager for 6 Latino families who are in the transitional housing program for 2 years. The families I work with are great! Inspiring people, really. They make my job easy. The program transitions families that used to be homeless to housing through SVdP. I also get my own office, which I have decorated nice a neat. I work for Centro 20 hrs and SVdP 16ish hrs. I have realized how much I love the Spanish language. I mean anyone who knows me knows that I am obsessed with it, but speaking Spanish is an important piece for my mental health, it makes me enjoy life more. If it is part of my daily life, then I am happy. I love working with the Latino population. I feel actually qualified for the position, it fits me like a glove.

All for now. BE back soon with pics of my recent USA adventure, fall, and Andryce’s love story.