on the road again.

i've seen it snow! i haven't actually been in the snow while it was falling but i've seen it falling and that's a first step i guess. =) i've got a nice new warm coat so i haven't become a popsicle yet. and of course there's also all my added natural insulation too, so i guess i'm pretty well-protected against the rain and wind and snow (on the ground) and low temperatures.
i'm currently in hood river/mosier, about an hour away from portland, visiting suzi who was my chemickstry class- and lab-mate. it was really nice of her to invite me over to spend the week with her family here, and we'll be going to portland for a couple of days too.

i've spent a few hours in portland already, actually, with her dad, while waiting for her and her mom to fly in from new york. their flights got delayed because of the weather. portland's a lot more built up than eugene and klamath falls, and it was actually kinda weird to see so many tall building so close together after not seeing a city since kuala lumpur. one of those things you don't realize you haven't experienced for a while until you actually do, if that makes sense. we're going to choose and cut down a christmas tree soon, which will be a completely new experience for me.. so that should be cool. all my life christmas trees have been dusty and have always come out of a box. =P

i got here yesterday from klamath falls, where sean and i visited bryan and his family for a couple of days. that's where i saw the snow, by the way. and it only snowed the morning sean and i were leaving, so i guess i was lucky to have caught it at the very last minute. otherwise i would have blamed bryan for getting my hopes up since he's always touted k-falls as "the land of the ice and snow". =P i enjoyed k-falls... the town was very quiet, especially since we were there on a sunday, and it had a quaint, old feel to it. bryan's family (and bryan too) was really hospitable and made us feel right at home, and like when i visited sean's family for thanksgiving, it's always nice to be in a home environment again. =)

the highlights for me, besides the snow, were sean and bryan attending mass with me, which i was glad for, and making dumplings at bryan's grandmother's place. and getting to climb up a ladder to sleep in bryan's youngest sister's bed, since she was away. oh and also playing a really lousy game of bowling lol. i had fun. thanks bryan... i might actually start considering you a friend now. maybe. =P

that felt like a really disjointed post... my brain's on holiday mode.
til next time!