People are Strange

Aaron and I have gone to the OSU library the last two nights to study. I am recovering from summer's complete lack of homework discipline, and Aaron has a test tomorrow and his boards in 3 months. Last night was fairly uneventful, but tonight Aaron reported seeing a guy washing his feet in the bathroom sink not once, but TWICE tonight. I'm talking like only an hour between washings. Could this be some sort of religious thing, or just strange behavior??
Then on my way out I see in a girl in a study cubicle, and I notice she has unusually frizzy hair, like it had been in tiny tight braids and was let free. Then I see that she is STRAIGHTENING HER HAIR absentmindedly as she studies. She kind of hid it as I walked by (twice just to make sure), but what would she do in a situation like that if someone she knew happened to see her? Awkward.
One more strange thing, as I was leaving The Reverend Andy (remember him Megan?) was exactly where he was last night as I left doing the exact same thing (unlocking his bike). It was very deja vu. I've seen him around town a dozen times, always in a black trench coat, always on his bike and always with no less than 4 plastic Grocery Outlet bags hanging from the handlebars. No wonder, as a culture we are obsessed with "reality TV". People do the strangest things. I'd love to see what that guy does in the course of a day.

Pancake Breakfast

I loooove my weekends now that I am driving to Eugene 5 times a week. Luckily I have a carpool which means for now I will only be actually driving 1-2 times a week, and riding the other days. This morning we slept in, and then made hash browns, blueberry pancakes, bacon pancakes and bacon crepes. It all turned out superb.






I'm having a hard time getting back into the studying swing...I'm used to my free time! It's a lot harder finding time to study with Aaron here than I thought it would be. I need to figure out a routine pretty quick, since it's going to be a big studying year with all my boards coming up in just a few months.

Puke Cuke

I found this, um, growing in the fridge the other day. I can only imagine events like this will increase in the next few months.

Megan and Jason's Wedding

Megan and Jason's wedding was a few weekends ago, and Aaron and I had a blast. It was held at Jason's parent's house in Oregon City.

Megan after getting her hair did in Portland


Getting dressed:


Groomsman Neil walking me down the isle


Vows


Awesome souvenir glasses



The table setting with one of our many photo booth session print outs


Megan dancing with her dad


I wish I had a picture of the sparklers! That was so fun dancing around like fireflies in the yard. Congratulations you two, and I bet you love your photo booth book, it turned out awesome!

Farewell to Summer

Tomorrow is my first day at school. I'm feeling nervous. And wishing I had 3 more months of gardening, hiking, road tripping, and no homework. I just need to survive the next 9 months and then hopefully I'll be home free.

Some of my carrots from this year as a farewell to summer:

To do:

So Megan's wedding was awesome, post on that later. I don't really have any good pictures from it. That's what happens when you trust the photo taking to someone else. Ahem, ahem.
School starts soon. Too soon. I keep meaning to do some homework to get ahead, but I have too much other stuff going on. For example tonight I:

Picked plums from a neighbor's tree
Prepared and put as many as would fit into a dehydrator
Planted two rows of carrots
Made dinner
Did the dishes
Make two batches of carrot cake (plus frosting)
Did the dishes again
Burned 22 DVDs for my classmates

Ugh. I'm ready for bed!

We have countless figs, apples and grapes that need to have something done with them as well. In the meantime I'm headed to Eugene for a CE class and 1st year orientation tomorrow. I can't wait for Fall Festival this weekend!

Megan's Bachlorette Party

Megan's bachlorette party was last night in Portland. I met up with them at Jimmy Mak's and we proceeded on to Darcelle's. None of us had been here before, so we were in for a treat.


Megan anxiously awaiting the show.


Darcelle himself


Megan on stage with Darcelle getting grilled about her "honeymoon in Salt Lake City".


The group with Darcelle (who is 78!!!)


We then made our way to Voodoo Donuts for some late night snacks. They were all delicious especially the maple bar with bacon and the chocolate peanut butter Rice Krispie one. Oh yeah the Froot Loops one was good too...I think they all might have been good. Kirsten and Megan with donuts.


I headed home at this point...so I'm not sure what trouble these girls found but hopefully there will be some good stories today!