Hello again and Happy New Year from California!! I hope
everyone had a great holiday season and brought in 2017 with a smile and a bang!
Christmas was quite eventful for Patrick, Charlie and I as we drove all the way
back to McCall for the snow-pocalypse that was happening. It was a true
Christmas Winter Wonderland if I have ever seen one! The drive was long (Like
13 hours in one day long! Ugh!), but of course it was worth it to see Mom &
John for a few days a play in the freezing north. 
Besides setting up our tiny
tree and opening stockings, we went skate-skiing and snowshoeing both a first for
Patrick! Although he says snowshoeing is more fun, he is also quite a natural
on skis! In the evenings when the weather got too cold and too nasty (Which
happened daily around 4:30pm!) we built a fire and had a Star Wars marathon. Charlie was pleased to be with his siblings again we all had a cozy time playing
games baking holiday treats! It was quite a successful holiday in my book!
After Christmas we drove back to California to spend New
Year’s Eve with some friends of ours in Palo Alto. Although none of us made it
to midnight (Yes, we tried extra hard to see the ball drop, but alas! Sleep
called too strongly!), we did play some board games and have some delicious
crepes while catching up on the previous months! Thanks Franzi & Lalith for
having us over to ring in the new year with some ZZZZZZZ’s!!!
AND speaking of the coming of a new year…yes, you all know
what’s coming…It’s time to talk about our resolutions!!! I am (and always have
been) a resolution nut. I can’t help it. It just happens. Not my fault. AND as
you all know as much as I love making
resolutions, I love sharing them just
as much, so here is some of what is on the agenda in 2017:
1)
Read 5 LEAISURE books
2)
Try acupuncture
3)
Start learning Arabic (I actually already did,
but I want to take a proper class this year.)
4)
Bike more & drive less
5)
Incorporate meditation (This is a roll-over from
2016…)
6)
Practice patience
7)
Make time for tea-time (and cookies… I also need
cookies with my tea…)
So there you have it! I also want to mention that although
“get a job” isn’t on the list, it is currently my top priority. Resolutions are
reserved for passion and curiosity and cultivation. A job is a necessity and
therefore didn’t quite make the cut, although the pursuit of employment is currently
consuming my being, so wish me luck! Did anyone else make any 2017
resolutions/goals/desires/anti-resolutions?! If so I would love to hear! Shoot
me an email and fill me in on your holiday and coming endeavors! Love and miss you all and WELCOME 2017! :D
xoxo
Hello again everyone! Apologies for being so out of touch lately, but as some of you know (or not) I recently moved again, this time to Portland, Oregon. My wonderful family here has agreed to take me in while I find my way, yet again, in a new city. I am happy to report that things in Portland are already going significantly smoother than in California, which is a definite relief. Since my relocation, I have taken on two part time internships at The Intercultural Communication Institute & Portlandia School of Languages. The internships are quite similar and mostly I'm in charge social media coordination/research, and although both are unpaid, they seem a good way to get involved in the local community. Aside from that I started a software development course at The Tech Academy, which is quite enjoyable and I am learning a lot! In between all that, I have managed a few social events such as seeing a play with my cousin and visiting the local Lan Su Gardens with Patrick while he was visiting last week. 
Speaking of Patrick! He was able to land himself a job as an abrorist here in Portland! It is quite exciting and he is in the process of moving himself from California to Oregon as I write this. SO it would seem, things are coming together. That being said I would like to announce I will be taking a break from blogging for awhile. I want to take my blog in different direction and need some time to figure out what that could be. So my dear friends and family, until then Patrick, Charlie and I can be found in the green and rainy city of Portland, Oregon busily trying to assemble our lives into what appear to that of functional adults. Cheers!
