Portland=♥

Things are good. I can't remember a time when I've been so happy with the way things have been for this long. Everything is feeling very well balanced (well except for never having enough hours in the day, but what can you do) and I feel unexpectedly sane these days. Work is going great, and although hosting is not my favorite job, the progress I'm making there is enough to make me happy at the end of the day :) I really like the people I work with (it doesn't hurt that some of my favorite people already work there) and I'm making pretty damn good money for just being a host. It was wearing me pretty thin in the beginning but I've gotten a little bit of a rhythm juggling school and work so far.

It's one week until Valentines day, and I don't care what day of the year it is, I love Dave all 365 of them. Yesterday we had the morning off and the first half of the afternoon together. We didn't do much of anything at all, had coffee at home, drove to a used CD store that we like, and had lunch together, but it was a really lovely day. I'm really amazed that we can spend so much time together day in and day out and still be so happy to just sit together over lunch and talk. ♥

My parents are coming in 5 days! I haven't seen them since October- no holidays with family this last year- so I'm really looking forward to a couple of days with them.

This time last year I remember being very depressed after the holidays, feeling really restless and anxious with my life. I can't believe how different this year has been. January wasn't much different than any other month for me (ususally it's when seasonal depression hits me) and winter in general has been so ridiculously mild that I still can't believe that January was mostly 50 degrees(ish) days! I already have bulbs coming up in my flowerbeds! IN JANUARY!!!

Ahhh- I love Portland.