Anyhow, I had a wonderful 25th birthday, probably had way too much money spent on me/by me, but isn't that what birthdays are for??
Me and KC II went to Bend to hang out with KC I and Tyler. Lots of great food, wonderfully amazing company and a relaxing wonderful weekend of not doing much, getting dolled up and going out and enjoying and celebrating. I now realize outfit pictures were not taken, nor where many pictures at all. Clearly a sign of a good weekend. Here are the few that are here...
I tell you he's 33 going on 13, and he strictly told me not to put these pictures up.. whoops
We got some basil and tomato and chives while there and brought them back to Portland to attempt to grow on our balcony area. We are on the North side of the building so we have been debating if it will work or not, but we keep seeing all these veggie and herb plants all over town and just had to give it a shot... so I was a dork and documented the planting of them, of course.
The tomatoes went in this hanging contraption that they grow out of the bottom from... only problem is watering the sucker from above : )
Nothing is dead yet and its been about a week, actually the basil is doing great, the chives are starting to perk up and the tomato seems to be getting use to being turned on its head.
In other news there is quite the prospective life changer happening. The company I interviewed with back before graduating, think 2 years back... (shit, has it been that long already??!?!) called me again, and we are negotiating money, well they asked what I was looking for, and they seem much much more serious this time then last year when he called me up to see what I was up to and I never heard back from him....
Anyhow, I am trying to figure out what it would take for me to make the move to Irvine, considering the boy and all. He has 10 more months before he graduates, and although he wants out of Portland, he can't leave before then, and he is still trying to fully decide if he is going to go active military after that (will be commissioning as an officer for sure though) This being said, he will be gone a combined 6 months out of the next year, with the possibility of being deployed for up to a year after that... makes this fun.
I will keep you all posted, as I have said before with this conversation, Irvine isn't ideal for me, but there are many many worse places to be, say Barstow or Blyth. If they get close to what I asked them for (which I thought they would completely laugh at, but they didn't) it will be possible to travel up to Portland 2X a month roughly. Combined with KC II's drill and FTX weekends and school, I am guessing this would work out to the open free weekends he would have. The company in Irvine has a 4 1/2 day work week (4 9 hour days and a 4 hour friday) which lends itself to being able to travel back and forth a bit earlier. Also Long Beach airport has some cheap jetblue flights back and forth with Portland... it could be done... I just don't know if we can do it... like actually do it, rather than talk about it.
Talking about it has been an on going, not so thrilled, but understanding conversation. Which seems promising, but we haven't gotten down to the how would it work part. We have just to the understanding that I have to consider it. That I am absolutely utterly insane if I don't give this opp. a serious consideration. That life has finally settled and we are happy and in love. I am working days at work, and have evenings and dinner time with him.
I love Portland though, and Oregon. And life right now is good... This would make career life better and way more promising, and make the financial bit of my life stable and successful, but I know that isn't everything...
I want my cake and to eat it too. I know I am a tough cookie and could do it, but the cake has to want to make it work too, you follow???
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