Orchestration

A girl just told me to keep talking cause she especially likes my voice. She wasn’t lying.

This has never happened before.

We will be FBFs (forever beat friends of FBF [Fairlight Belinda Fitzgerald])

The process has begun.

in the english language, “vaca” is a lame term for vacation. in spanish, “vaca” means “cow.” spanish wins in this fight. 

so on my first cow day, i was super out of sorts. i made a sad effort at a list of “to-do’s” and then moped around for the first half of the day. it is bizarre for me to have so much time on my hands. i don’t think i am ever going to be able to retire. it freaks me out. 

• i painted my toes
• sorted my necklaces
• watched one of my favorite movies called “brick”
• made a bomb penne & cheese with butternut squash mixed in. i didn’t have a casserole dish, so i put it in a vintage jello mold thing of mine. it was stellar.
• made yellow curry with a shopping cart’s worth of veggies thrown in
• watched “adjustment bureau” (which was pretty great)
• froze my harvested berries
• had dinner with mary
• went to work!

 it was nice to actually have energy at the shelter. i am always so tired by the time i get there. last night, i was really into it and felt refreshed… and then i got a full night sleep which was fantastic.

then this morning, i made my daily steel cut oats with PB + honey + cinnamon, and then i added in the yummy raspberries. then sun is shining, and so i made my way to the porch and greeted the morning walkers while i ate breakfast.

in an hour i’ll be hiking.

maybe retirement isn’t so bad. 

so i’m essentially on vacation this week. it’s weird how i can work 40 hours and feel like that’s nothing. i don’t know what to do with myself. i am making a list of things that i will absolutely never do if i have anything else to do. some of these things include, but are not limited to:

• putting my photos in photo albums.
• prepping a quilt
• get my multnomah co. library card. 
• get my cowboy boots and loafers re-soled.
• fix my necklaces (or find someone to fix them)
• make a mix cd
• fix the stain on my perfect white T shirt
• stain my ruined pile of clothes black in order to make them perfect
• not spend money 
• freezing the raspberries on the freezer

i also plan on hiking table rock (my favorite hike outside of mollala, or), planning a picnic, getting a root canal, going on some solid bike rides, and being an extra on portlandia.

should be a good week.

i love trying new things. i’ll do (most) anything at least once.
but i exceptionally hate being a beginner at things. 

the first 1/3rd of summer has been awesome…

colorado
picnics in the park
wine in the park
rose garden
tennis
making a fort
hot air balloon
camping 
docks
zoo
church in the park 
frenz
tennessee
night walks
sangria 
bonfire
perfect s’more of my life
fun photos
home runs in soccer… well, kinda
best wedding of the year
goals in softball 
raspberries 

i still need to:

go berry picking @ sauvie
hike table rock
camp way more… 
road trip (!)
get a flip flop tan line.
psh…wear a swimsuit for goodness’ sake
have a need for sunscreen. 
have a legitimate barBQ
go to the beach
run in a sprinkler
take a nap in hammock
make a fresh peach cobbler (or galette)
drink sun tea 
see a shooting star (august 12th) 

a woman just came into the bakery that looked EXACTLY like Mrs. Doubtfire - voice and everything.

when i was little, my mom always told me i couldn’t start talking about my birthday until july 5th. as an adult, i have pretended to not care about my birthday, so i stopped talking about it.

but there’s no denying it—i love birthdays.

and this year i’m making a (wish)list.


numero uno
numero dos
a pretty shirt that i won’t buy for myself

to be continued.