Wow! It's crazy to me that I've been living here in P-town for an entire six months! It doesn't feel that way! It feels like I'm still brand new here. Still finding my footing, trying to figure out this crazy fun city, trying to find where I fit in it. I guess when you consider that I lived in Utah for 22 years and I've been here only six months, those emotions make sense.
Things here are going pretty well. Although I still feel brand new to Portland relatively, I do feel more settled than I did at the time of my last post. I know how to get to work, and how to get home, and how to get basic places like the grocery store and gas station. I also know how to get to the closest movie theater, which if you know me is pretty important. :) I'm becoming more familiar with where I am relative to where things are, although I still need to use the GPS on my phone anytime I want to go anywhere other than the few places I described above. I have become SO grateful for GPS. Without it, I would be constantly lost. I know that the things I loved about Portland when visiting I love even more living here. I love how eclectic a city it is, that it's cool to shop at thrift shops, and be unkempt, and nerdy, and a little bit "off". Somehow I still don't feel like I fit in with the cool, don't care "hipsters" that seem so very common here, but I do feel like the majority of the people I've met are very laid back, and non-judgmental, and don't mind that I'm not a chic hipster. :) I love the beauty of Oregon, I love how green it is, and the rivers and bridges that are so different from Salt Lake. I love the forest like feeling of it. I love all of the local shops,I love that if you want to eat at a sit down restaurant it's easier to find a local place than a chain. I also really love the people I work with. I love that every single teacher/assistant that works at the school is 110% working there for the right reasons. They love the kiddos and it shows in everything they do. They are also all genuine, and funny, and accepting, and quirky, and lovely. It's been so wonderful to work with so many fun and dedicated people. I also, of course love the kiddos. That's not specific to Portland, kiddos (and especially for me kiddos with Autism) are easy to love. They're frustrating, and driven, and hilarious, and a puzzle. I'm glad that they are a part of my life.
I of course, still miss my closest people. There are wonderful people here in Portland, but I still haven't found anyone that I feel truly connected to, and that's been hard for me. I'm working on being OK with that, and appreciating the interactions and the lovely people I have met. I'm working on believing that I can find that connection with people here, if I keep putting myself out there and working hard at it. I still wish that i could transfer all of those close people (or even just one of them) here to Portland, because then this city would be perfect. Then again, I guess perfect can be boring.
Random tangent. I got an e-mail today with a living social deal for a matchmaking service. It seems crazy, but I'll admit I'm kind of intrigued by it. It's about $50 for a 30-minute private consultation, a relationship assessment and "action-plan creation for dating success" (what that means I have NO idea),six-months worth of access to an online database of other single people (all who have had background checks done, which is pretty cool), and a workshop called "Master the Art of Dating." Should I do it? I'm not sure. It could be cheesy and hoaxy and ridiculous. But maybe it's good just to put myself out there and do something crazy and unexpected. Worth it or not? What do you think, blog readers? Please, help this awful decision maker out. ;)
Anyways, to sum up, things are going pretty well. I'm still here, on this adventure away from home, hoping that I will find the relationships here to help this become a new home. Thanks for reading, if you are.
Things here are going pretty well. Although I still feel brand new to Portland relatively, I do feel more settled than I did at the time of my last post. I know how to get to work, and how to get home, and how to get basic places like the grocery store and gas station. I also know how to get to the closest movie theater, which if you know me is pretty important. :) I'm becoming more familiar with where I am relative to where things are, although I still need to use the GPS on my phone anytime I want to go anywhere other than the few places I described above. I have become SO grateful for GPS. Without it, I would be constantly lost. I know that the things I loved about Portland when visiting I love even more living here. I love how eclectic a city it is, that it's cool to shop at thrift shops, and be unkempt, and nerdy, and a little bit "off". Somehow I still don't feel like I fit in with the cool, don't care "hipsters" that seem so very common here, but I do feel like the majority of the people I've met are very laid back, and non-judgmental, and don't mind that I'm not a chic hipster. :) I love the beauty of Oregon, I love how green it is, and the rivers and bridges that are so different from Salt Lake. I love the forest like feeling of it. I love all of the local shops,I love that if you want to eat at a sit down restaurant it's easier to find a local place than a chain. I also really love the people I work with. I love that every single teacher/assistant that works at the school is 110% working there for the right reasons. They love the kiddos and it shows in everything they do. They are also all genuine, and funny, and accepting, and quirky, and lovely. It's been so wonderful to work with so many fun and dedicated people. I also, of course love the kiddos. That's not specific to Portland, kiddos (and especially for me kiddos with Autism) are easy to love. They're frustrating, and driven, and hilarious, and a puzzle. I'm glad that they are a part of my life.
I of course, still miss my closest people. There are wonderful people here in Portland, but I still haven't found anyone that I feel truly connected to, and that's been hard for me. I'm working on being OK with that, and appreciating the interactions and the lovely people I have met. I'm working on believing that I can find that connection with people here, if I keep putting myself out there and working hard at it. I still wish that i could transfer all of those close people (or even just one of them) here to Portland, because then this city would be perfect. Then again, I guess perfect can be boring.
Random tangent. I got an e-mail today with a living social deal for a matchmaking service. It seems crazy, but I'll admit I'm kind of intrigued by it. It's about $50 for a 30-minute private consultation, a relationship assessment and "action-plan creation for dating success" (what that means I have NO idea),six-months worth of access to an online database of other single people (all who have had background checks done, which is pretty cool), and a workshop called "Master the Art of Dating." Should I do it? I'm not sure. It could be cheesy and hoaxy and ridiculous. But maybe it's good just to put myself out there and do something crazy and unexpected. Worth it or not? What do you think, blog readers? Please, help this awful decision maker out. ;)
Anyways, to sum up, things are going pretty well. I'm still here, on this adventure away from home, hoping that I will find the relationships here to help this become a new home. Thanks for reading, if you are.
No comments:
Post a Comment