Home for the Summer

I'm home for the summer. Though I know that I will miss my school family, it is so so nice to be back with my real family, and the friends that I have known for so long. I didn't even realize how much I was missing my sister until I got home, and remembered just how close we are. Phones, email, and chat are truly wonderful things, and have made the last eight months seem a little shorter, and 900 miles seem like only a few, but there is no substitute for a big hug and a good face to face talk.

I have been done with school for only a little over a week and already I have been so busy. My mom picked me up in California last thursday (about 12 hours before my campus was evacuated by a fire again, don't worry, everything turned out alright for us). We then drove all night to Idaho to see a friend that I have known for years get married. The wedding was absolutely beautiful, and the bride was, well, I'm biased, but Anna looked so perfect, despite being sick.

On Sunday night I was finally back home. The last week has been great. The weekend was filled with HSA events as four people from two different states were visiting. It was fun to meet new friends and at the same time see people that I hadn't seen since Christmas.

There was one sad goodbye this past week. My close friend Mariah has left for California for the summer, and will not becoming back until after I leave for school. It is a very sad that thought that I won't see one of my best friends until Christmas.

At the moment my family it trying to get ready for our vacation. This involves me unpacking, repacking, and cleaning all at the same time. My bedroom is finally starting to come out of the disaster zone that it was last week, but I can see that the next two days will contain more housework than fun.

I can't even describe how nice it is to be back in Oregon. Just sitting in my room, or taking a walk has been wonderful. I had forgotten how green it is here. In California where I live it isn't really brown and dry, but there is a deep green color of plants that can only be had with the inches upon inches of "Oregon Sunshine".

Cheers!

Your Literary Junkophile.

Amendment 1: Wood smoke is so much nicer than "my campus is burning down" smoke.

Amendment 2: Yes, I will take lots of pictures and post them on facebook when I get back.

Amendment 3: I apologize for the numerous typos I most likely made, I wrote this a bit too fast, without the proper amount of time for proof reading.