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On March 19th at 2:20 pm I returned to the soggy green world that is my home. Ah Oregon, how I missed thee! The rain, drizzle, mist, showers, downpours, drips, precipitation accompanied by fog, clouds, wind, and grey. Always so grey. Is anything worse than drippy cold grey? After 4.5 months of warmth and lovely weather I found the return to Oregon to be slightly less than comfortable. However, I now have a crackling fire and hot cup of tea and am feeling better…as long as I don’t look at the boxes stacked around me.
When I left for Australia I gave a great deal of my belongings away to either goodwill or friends and family. The rest of my worldly goods were stuffed into a 5 foot by 8 foot storage unit. Hmmmm….not bad really that at 29, after being married and kitting an entire house I could reduce myself to a 5×8? Well somehow that tiny room of boxes EXPLODED into heaps and piles of them in my new dining room. Where did they all come from? Where am I going to put all of this? Sigh.
Rewinding time a bit. I had no place to stay when I returned, I needed one ASAP and I have a dog. This is a difficult combo in Corvallis. After a week in a tiny room in a house my mother rented to undergraduates I was ready to throw in the towel and move into the stairwell in Kelly Engineering and then Will leapt in to save me! His mother had bought the property next door for retirement in the future but they preferred to stay with Will and Katie in their lovely brand new home when they visited. His mother (the dear wonderful woman!) offered to let me rent their house and even will let me paint the inside! So here I am trying out the country life. I am two miles out of Philomath on Hwy 34 living in a 2 bedroom, 2 bath home with a lovely office, wood stove and view. It feels a little isolated but Will and Katie are right next door. To support the move I also bought a 2008 VW Rabbit that gets 21-30 mpg and is quite fun to drive. When the weather gets nicer I will cycle the 8 miles into school on most days but right now it’s still 37 degrees Fahrenheit when I leave in the morning.
So here I am. Home. Sort of. Australia became home too. I miss Peter. I miss the birds and the weather and the trees. But, it’s good to be with my friends again, my doggus is thrilled I am back and I talk to my parents every day again. Peter will be here the 8th of April to celebrate my 30th birthday and returns in May. Hopefully next week my house will be painted and no longer cantaloupe and mint green. And soon I start my quals. Looks like I will have plenty to blog about.
If you are reading this from Australia, I miss you all a great deal and am looking forward to seeing you again soon!
If you are reading this from the Upper Left Coast, It’s great to be home….sigh, I’m already growing a layer of moss.
