Made it to Portland!! (Ever since I have become a mama I have a low-grade anxiety about flying: the plane crashing and I leave the children motherless...yes, I know the stats and it is the safest way to travel...it is really more of a recurring, yet fleeting thought.) So always good to make it to the destination.
Portland seems like such an adorable city right off the bat. I effortlessly took the train from the airport to my hotel and felt giddy with the fun of seeing a new city. First impression: clean and safe and friendly--love it.
I met up with Brother Mike downtown after his work day and we had a wonderful time eating din and catching up. I am glad I knew it was a "First Thursday" night in Portland--it seemed like we were in NYC there were so many hipsters on the lamp lit streets. So fun!!
Worst Part of the Day-
I've been doing this since my 20's...EVERY SINGLE TIME I am flying out of town the next day, I become deranged and get into "vacation mode" too early. I stay out later than necessary the night before and pay the price the next day.
My last minute packing suffered as a result. Thank heavens I am meeting Brother Mike and his beatnik friends. They may think I am an incredibly eclectic late-30's person...none of my clothes really match and I brought randomly random things and neglected to bring necessary items. Leg warmers-check, socks-none, sunglasses-check, contact lenses necessary for sight-none. Wow.
Also, received a call from Will-O that he thinks both kids have ear infections....oh boy.
2 comments:
wow...sometimes 'we' scare me...i too, party all night long the night before a vac-ay...wtf??? never a good idea'r'...and i too, have TOTAL flying anxiety, motherless child fear...EVERY SINGLE TIME...again...wtf??? try to enjoy.... ok, i know you will........
ps....juliana rocks...i've seen her duece...she does seem a mess, but alas, we agree this does promote/engage/attract the audience to the artist...huh.
Don't forget that we both are/were afraid of being murdered in the night--just need to be able to visualize our attacker...
We cannot deny the familial blood that ties us!! (Thank heavens we're way less nuts than our ancestors...right?)
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