New Blog

Greetings from Eugene!

Amy here, writing my first post from my new blog. I've been in Eugene, Oregon for just over six months now, and I decided I really should be keeping record of my adventures. So, I took the idea from my sister, Valerie, to start a blogger blog. =)

Six months is a long time to try to catch up on events in just one blog, so I'll try to summarize and highlight main events.

I moved here from Palm Desert, California at the end of May. My boyfriend moved here just a few months before me and we both love it here. Oh, and no, please don't ask..we do not live together. He lives alone, and my only roommate is my dog, Winnie.

I have a sister in Salem (just over an hour's drive away), and I am so happy to spend time with her and her family on a semi-regular basis. Far more regular than I did when we lived 1000 miles apart!

I've made two trips home to Southern California since I moved; one for my boyfriend David's birthday in August, and one for my family's annual Labor Day Campout in September. I don't know when I'll be able to make it back again. It's difficult sometimes. I don't miss California the state at all, but I do miss my family.

I work for Starbucks and when I moved, I transferred stores but not without having to step down positions from Assistant Store Manager back to Shift Supervisor. It wasn't a big deal until scheduling policy changed this month and my work hours got cut. I am actively looking for a second job.

So life in California meant a lot of working, school, and some socializing. All the while avoiding the sun. Life in Oregon involves some working (currently not enough to pay the bills) and much more socializing (going to see old movies at the local theater, game nights at each other's apartments, and even baking adventures together...we are a regular group of party animals). All the while soaking in the rain, standing in the gloomy outdoors, and loving every minute of it.

Oregon hasn't failed my expectations. It isn't as wet and rainy as I had anticipated, but I am still satisfied with the weather. The people are much of what I expected, in all the right ways. Life is different, but life is good.