Day 5

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Well so far Day 5 has been my most uneventful day of vacation. It was pretty nice, i’m not gonna lie. I got to my mom’s house around 3-4pm after amanda picked me up at Mike’s. Ronaka and I sat around drinking (just like old times <3) and I got to play lots and lots with my beautiful niece, Olivia. I found out I have been 86’ed from calling her Oli, which upsets me. But I’m not too worried about it. At this point in her life she doesn’t know who I am, and I’m just going to call her Oli when she gets older. HAha. >:)

So yes, quite uneventful, good family bonding time. I got to hang with my lil bro too. I’m hoping today that I can get out to Coburg or Springfield to see everyone but I don’t know how that’s going to go. I don’t drive, and even if I did I don’t have a vehicle at my disposal. My mom also lives out in the boonies, so that makes it a little bit harder for family to come out too. I guess we’ll see what happens. Pictures on wednesday when I get back to my loverboy’s house.

xoxo

Day 3 and 4

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Sorry for the slacking on writing in my blog. Day 3 was not completely uneventful, but I slacked soooo bad on taking pictures. I only took a total of 30 when each night I’ve been downloading over 300 off of my camera.

Day 3 Photos

So, Day 3 Mike and I shit kicked it, watched Avatar in HD which was AWESOME. We went to Old World Deli which brews beer (very good beer I might add) and then went to see Mike Birbiglia. Very funny man. Then we drank and passed out..  haha

Day 4 Photos

DAY 4:

What a day. We wake up early (for mike) and late (for me) at around 7:30. We dilly dally and be unproductive for a while. Then I make a totally kick ass breakfast of french toast, scrambled eggs, and bacon. nom nom.

After we finish up my most excellent breakfast, we both open a beer and decide what we’re going to do with our day. Yeah. 9:30am and we’re already working on our beer. Hahaha. Have I mentioned how much I love this man?

So while we’re sipping our beer’s we try to figure out what we’re going to do and for some reason I bring up Enchanted Forest. I’ve driven by it hundreds of times but had never gone. I told him I wanted to check out the village but refused to go on ANY of their rides, because they looked lie death traps.

I later found out that all those death-trap rides were at Thrillville USA (next door to enchanted forest) and that it’s closed down now because the rides were literally death traps.

ANYWAYS. So we both immediately think it’s a good idea. We finish our drinks and then pack up in the truck and head to Salem. I figured it would be mostly crappy but from what I had seen from the highway there would be some good photo-ops. I was right.. and wrong. Right because what I saw from the highway did give a good idea of what to expect. There were no good photo-ops, just FUCKING AWESOME ZOMG LOVE THIS PLACE photo-ops. I want to live there. All the time. If I ever have property, I’m making it look like this place.

So, lots of photos and good times. The park is in no way over priced for entry, rides, or food. It’s like disney land without the commercialism. So much fun. I really hope I can go back before I leave. It was awesome.  My friend Taylor and I would be running around like 6 year olds if we were let lose in that place.

So after we leave we decide we’re going to find a barber. We find a place called “Best Little Hair House” and we know that this is our place. We make a semi-appointment, then head to the bar next door.

We make friends with this dude named Patrick, and start drinking with him. We leave to get our hair done then half way there we’re like “Fuck this lets go bac to the bar.”

So we do. Drinks drinks drinks.. okay. Time to go to a diff bar. So we go to Albany and stop at 2 bars there. First bar is awesome! Then we decide to go into the bowling ally bar and things just go downhill from there.

Talk about a shit storm. I am one jealous whorebag when I drink a lot. Like I am a straight horses-ass when I turn into that person. Oh well. We leave the bar and suddenly we’re all peachy keen again, which is good, but we both said some legitimately stupid things and we’re over it. lol.

Uh. The end?

See you tomorrow!

Day Two

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Here you can find the gallery and commentary.

Day two wasn’t nearly as exciting as day one.. We woke up at Phil’s house rather early. I slept in until 9am. Not late for most of you, but that was after I fought to go back to sleep when I woke up at 4:15am. Some habits die harder than others, I suppose.

Phil, Dad, and I all went and got a most excellent breakfast at a little diner/cafe thing near Phil’s house. You really can’t beat country food. They just make it so fucking good. Anyway, Dad and I left for Monroe at about 11:30-Noonish.

I was worried we were going to get into town too early and have a shit ton of time to kill, but I was stupid for doubting my Dad. He’s made this trip manymany more times than I have, and obviously he knows what’s up. We got into town right on time and had a short visit with my bro before he left back for Phil’s down south.

I had a bottle explode in my bag and my clothes were covered with hair-goo-stuff (sad times) so I immediately threw clothes into my mom’s washer. At that point, I also texted Mike.

Then a freaky thing happened. I had received a text like five minutes later saying “Okay, well I’m just going to head towards monroe and stop at a bar or two until you text me so I’m close. See you soon.” and I was like “Sweet, sounds good.” and then we get a knock-knock on the door no more than 30 seconds after I send the text and theres Mike. I was like “Holy shit you’re fast!”

Haha, my mom’s house is WAY out in the sticks (refer to the gallery) and I had gotten the text very delayed. So at that point, the washing machine hasn’t even filled up with Water yet so Mike and I decide we’re going to head into monroe and get some lunchy lunch. We have a few drinks and some food then head back to my mom’s house. Clothes in dryer, hang out a bit, and after they finish their cycle we head to mike’s house.

Lots of catching up and some beer drinking, otherwise nice and uneventful. 🙂

More pictures and blog to be expected tomorrow.

April 29th 2010 at 9:13 pm

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Note: I wrote this as a document when I had no internet at Phil’s house the first night. Here is the Album for all of the photographs. Most have descriptions/comments
I’m writing this now as it’s still fresh in my mind. My father and I are at one of my fathers best friends houses, one of my (many) padre’s as I like to call them’s house.
Let me tell you about my first day of vacation.. Well half day.
Today I woke up at 4:15 am. I forced my eyes wide open and climbed out of bed into my cold room. I’m sleeping next to my packed bags, for a lack of a better place to put them. So two duffle bags are my spooning partners.
Anyway, so I wake up and crawl out of bed and proceed to get ready for work.. same shit, different day.. Except today is a different day. Today is many things.
I work from 5:30 am until 10:30 am. Nice and short. In and then out. Today is my last day having to work at Aptos safeway. Yes, I got back into the starbucks in 41st Ave safeway and I am fucking stoked on it. So stoked my happiness is completely contageous at work and people can’t help but smile when they’re around me. I fly through work.
My father picks me up at 10:30 and we proceed to the house and I pack up my shit, make sure everything that I had used that morning was put away. Charge my ipod and my camera battery. We leave at 11:50am.
The drive is wonderful. Driving from Santa Cruz, California to Grants Pass, Oregon is nothing new to me. It’s a trip I’ve made atleast twice a year my ENTIRE life. At least as far as I can remember. The reason I say Grants Pass is because today we are only driving so far as Rogue River, Oregon, which is further south than Grants Pass anyway. We’re going to stay the night at my padre Phil’s house.
So I digress, the conversation is epic, my dad and I are two of the funniest people I know. I forget to clean my camera’s memory card and make it to Rogue River with a whole 3 pictures left to take on my memory card. This has NEVER happened to me before.
But still, of course, I take lots of pictures. My dad and I are two of the funniest people I now. As soon as we got out of the bay (screw that shit) and we get on the 505 we finally start relaxing and actually enjoying our road trip. He just stars making burns on me, not really evil ones, but just fucking hilarious ones. Like how the hell was it that I let you actually get that on me. Jeeze. I have all of two points against his 15 points. Blah.
We hit a random hellacious hail storm up by Weed california and there is snow on the Siskyu pass. But whatever, none of it is actually terrible. The sacramento valley isn’t suppressingly hot, it’s actually quite pleasant. We somehow miss all of the storms up until we roll into Shasta, which is only light rain (until further north, obviously)
So now I don’t know what else to say. I had lots of texting partners (thanks guys <3) and lots of pictures. I think the pictures do the talking for themselves.. Also I wrote descriptions as best I could remember on them. 🙂
That was the end of day one.
Fuck yes. I get to see my love tomorrow.
xoxo Amber

I don’t remember what I read..

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Don’t remember what they said. Guess it doesn’t matter, guess it doesn’t matter anymore.

Cause you’re gonna go to the record store, you’re gonna give them all your money. Radio plays what they want you to hear. Tell me it’s cool, I just don’t believe it.

Sell out, with me, oh yeah.

Sorry, I don’t know why I decided to write all that, but it’s what I’m listening to and it’s good music. Love Reel Big Fish and I had a great time seeing them with Johnny a few months ago.

I’m poor, and that’s life. I’m stuck with it and that’s just the way it is. I’m not really emo about it anymore, just resigned to it being a part of life. I leave for Oregon in nine days, I am so completely excited, I cannot wait.

I’m going to be bringing my laptop, so hopefully I can find some wifi access in some places. Haha. I plan on actually keeping track and writing about my trip. The only thing that sucks is that my laptop battery only lasts like.. an hour. But I think amtrak has outlets.. o_O Maybe. Hahaha.

Anyways, I can’t bring myself to be in a bad mood when I know that I get to see my loverboy in a little over a week. Ah good times.