Big City Life

I wrote these two paragraphs back at the end of July...

Okay maybe this title is slightly misleading seeing that I've never actually been in downtown Portland and never plan to be...but you know me...always frontin. Anyways Oregon is being very good to me. Well actually I guess I should say Mel and Kip have been very good to me and Oregon doesn't really care about me in the slightest.

Midge and I have been living in Mel and Kip's house for the past month waiting for a basement to become available to us. I came out here knowing I would be working as a nanny part time. While I was searching for another part-time job one of Kips assistants gave her two weeks so I now work in his office. Mel motivates me to be healthy and workout. Occasionally I get to go to VillaSport with her. Pretty much I owe M and K my life. Which M reminds me each night as I'm trying to fall asleep. K was saying that it's pretty unique that I literally spend all my time with my bosses...it is definitely unique, but not bad!

Haha good stuff. Some things have changed...some things have not. I no longer sleep next to Midge on a camp mat on the floor of M and K's play room, I'm not playing Nanny Emy, and Mel no longer motivates me to be healthy. Haha I kid, I kid...sort of. However, Mel and Kip do still own me. Kip is my boss from 8:45-1 and 3-6 every day of the week and then Mel is my boss from 1-3 and 6-7. You see Mel got me a part time job at Insidetrack! So when I'm not Kip's receptionist I'm moonlighting at a flux member of Insidetrack. Basically I call people who initially showed interest in attending online classes, but we haven't heard from them since. It's very...stimulating.

Another thing that has changed since I wrote those paragraphs is that I actually did go to downtown Portland! For my job at ITK they wanted me to come into the office and do an unnecessary training. So the last Friday before I started full time at Kip's clinic I rode the MAX into Downtown Portland to go to my work office in the World Trade Center. Let's just say I felt pretty legit. I mean, no, I wouldn't want to do that everyday, but once in a blue moon it's sort of exciting. The office is beautiful and has an AWESOME view. Mel kept on telling me I needed to get a picture to put on snapchat...however I totally forgot until I was already headed home. :( So this is the only evidence I have of my time downtown...

As for my life outside of work it can pretty much be summed up by this gif:

I kid, I kid. Mel does a pretty good job of getting me invited to her friend's houses, and you know who needs friends when you have two adorable nephews?? I have met some nice people in my ward, but I think it's just hard for me to shoot for lasting relationships when I know my time here is very temporary. I'm trying to be better and have made an effort to be more involved in my ward recently, but still...

I am getting better at maintaining long distance relationships! I don't just mean with Ben...although we are basically pros at long distance now...

I've been better about keeping in touch with friends in Provo as well as some family members. Okay I'm not perfect, but I'm working on it! Facetime and skype man. That's my life now. Seriously. Sunday or Saturday I am pretty much always up to nothing...so feel free to call :)

Also did I mention Midge abandoned me?

I've never related to Patrick so much in my life...

I was going to end this post there, but since it's Sunday I'll leave you with a thought that has been helping me calm certain worries or concerns recently:

"We should always remember that mortal life, glorious as it is, was never the ultimate objective of God's plan. Life and death here on planet Earth were merely means to an end- not the end for which we were sent." -Elder Nelson #thistoshallpass

Blessings