My internship starts on Monday and I'm feeling subtly nervous, still unsure as to whether I'm gonna need to throw down the money on a tailored business suit or whether a dark gray sports jacket to match my dark pants will suffice for my daily attire. I don't know quite what to expect, as is the case with most things that are new to me so I guess I will just have to dive right in the day after tomorrow and figure it out on my own.
Graduation was fun, a rush and almost a dream. During the whole build-up I didn't get much sleep on account of finals and then during the weekend still not a lot of rest on account of Julian. But it was a whole lot of fun and definitely quite a bit of British TV impressions on the part of the Brothers Ku.
Then Julian and Alexei went back to Denver, Shawna started full-time at Nia, and the Grandparents left for Iowa. So Ma and I spent the entirety of Monday up near the Columbia River Gorge on a 12-mile hike along Eagle Creek. Along the way we passed several amazing waterfalls, the most grand of which was the very last, Tunnel Falls, which allowed passage behind the massive waterfall. Words would fall far short of a good description, so pictures may be the best way to describe how awesome this area was.
The next three days Ma and I went on a short road trip to coastal Oregon, starting with Astoria where we found "The Goonies" house, the "Kindergarten Cop" school, and loads of old-school Scandanavian architecture. Astoria is a really cool place for a weekend visit with loads of beautiful access points to where the mighty Pacific meets the Columbia River. Also, it was interesting retracing steps of Lewis and Clark, the latter of which we are directly related to on Grandmother's lineage.
Next we went to Cannon Beach which was touristy but still it was great to be on the beach and see some sunshine. And lastly, we stopped in McMinville to see Great Aunt Kathy and Nick for some wine-tasting in Carlton. We went to a small boutique winery where the wine-maker was present to describe his craft. He was a personal friend of Aunt Kathy's and he was extremely knowledgeable about the stuff. He said something like, "each wine is an expression of a different time and different place" which blew me away for some reason and I felt like I was in that movie "Sideways." I imagined Dave and I reinacting that movie, albeit not quite verbatim: I would be the sour balding writer and he'd be the dude-ish aspiring actor driving around the vineyards.
Anyway it was an awesome graduation trip of sorts with my mama and of course a good segue between senior year of college and the workforce.
And now I have moved in with Shawna and we have been organizing and cleaning up the apartment, gearing up for this summer. It looks like it will be exciting, as soon as the weather becomes consistently good. Since Shawna just bought a car we will have better and more efficient access to plenty of places in and around Portland to make the most of the weekends. So I am pretty excited for this summer and hopefully amidst the work and the adventures we will be able to figure out our plans for the autumn.
Until next time, I will be adjusting to the full-time work week, adjusting to the environment of my new job, and figuring out how to maximize and utilize my free, homeworkless time.
Astoria-Megler bridge that connects OR and WA
Outside "The Goonies" house
Punchbowl Falls
Tunnel Falls
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