From Oregon, With Love

So I'm spending the month of June (and the last week of the past MAY) in Oregon with Momma~ <3 YAY, yes, but I'm seriously missing my friends at this point. I've been awful and busy for the most part of two weeks and haven't called home AT ALL. (stabby guilt feelings, believe me, guys).

I think my mom is getting her 'Show Erin THIS to-do' list whittled down a bit. So far:

*we cook SO much yummy food
     not even kidding, the food is amazing, we've had, like, three dinner parties/company and the grill is getting USED. It's all super simple food, too, it's just GOOD. (so good, I might not even share if I *COULD*)

*the three dogs are awesome and love/lick me to pieces
    they do tricks, and SIT and WAIT while I fill their food bowls (< u < holy crackers, that's awesome!), one of them actually SNUGGLES with me and slept in my bed that one evening I was siiiiick. I told them about three other LOVELY puppies (that belong to not me) that I MISS. One's all motherly and sweet. There's a huge goofball. And a NINJA doggie! (she pops outta NOWHERE demanding attention, all pretty and cute, and then barks and growls at the other doggies for being rowdy. even though she's the youngest. she doesn't want to be in trouble.)

*golf-course driving (hah! she wh-wants me to plaaaaay..XD...no)
     Effing love driving that golf-cart. <3 the hills/fields/flowers/birds/clouds are nice to look at too, I even have my first "farmer's tan" from driving the lovelies around today. I think I wish cars were golf carts, it would make things SO much easier. (There are trains that go by every few minutes or so while they're playing and I'm zoning out. It makes me wonder if my friend could tell me all the different types from the view at the golf course.)

*beer
     I think she's hoping I'll get tired of it by the time I go back home, but I'm not even drinking much. (seriously serious, here)

*casino
    Mainly just because they like to go and I never have been. It was fun. My favorite game was RIGHT under the AIR CONDITIONER. Also, I think I'll stick to gambling in the video game casinos. I did not like losing real money. It sucked.

*LANDMARKS
   SO MUCH FUN taking pics of the few parks we've been to. There are more (landmarks) that are on the list, but they are more of 'Me and Momma' things. All of the pics are on not my camera so I'll have to get those uploaded/imported to my laptop before I leave.
         -I did not know what a butte was before Oregon, now I do.

*Goodwill
   I have stuffs from there now! And mom likes to go 'treasure-hunting/antiquing' there. Oh, I'm not knocking it, she bought a piece of china and/or a FORK for around twenty-fifty cents a piece....they sell for like, $10+ a piece. PROFIT. (I just blinked my eyes for this one cute skirt that I LOVE and will WEAR all the time back in Alabama because the weather will WARRANT skirt-wearing--it's beautiful!)
   Also, I bought a tiny little surprise from there that will be given away when I get back home.

*Driving
   Tried it, will continue to try it. THERE ARE WAY MORE CARS HERE! *panic* TT^TT

*Miscellaneous
    ((the following comment is kind of directed at Laura)) HOLY CRAP! I saw bison, and a pair of BLACK PUMPS that's brand name was "Mrs. Bison" (fangirl squees from Oregon)~ and alot of other stuff from here that I want to SHARE, gah. The hills and birds, I will miss the most. Quail, I saw one BRIEFLY, and it has this cute little ornament on it's forehead~ (yes, I've known OF the existence of all this crap, but now I'm SEEING it, let me spazz a little). The magpies here are so pretty! Their tails!! <3 It made me think that they are the guards/knights of for peacocks, or something--if the animal kingdom had civilizations like that, and all. Peacocks are just so .... DECORATED...and the magpies are all black and white and down-to-business looking. (does this make ANY sense?!) I will probably come home drawing quail and magpie peoples. *sigh* There are so many flowers here too, so different from home. I saw a baby praying mantis, and it's egg-sack (thing, wth do you call those?!) There are so many blues and greens and yellows and textures and crop patterns.

I. WANT. IT. TO. RAIN.
Mom woke me up in the car today and was all, "Hey, there's your rain you've been wanting~" (she tries to make all my dreams come true, she really does) ....it was five minutes later before the windshield-wipers had to be activated. I miss mountain rain. somuch.

I've only had one weird dream since I've been here, I'm off sleeping pills so far. And I'm kind of frustrated that I'm not finding time to reach back home to my friends. And that this journal is so oddly punctuated. I should probably say 'incorrectly' instead of 'oddly' but I don't want to.

Lastly, flying is AMAZING. I love it. Can't wait to come HOME. (How many times have I said 'home' in this journal....can you tell I miss it?)