Neel passed away on the first. It was hard to stomach. It felt so sudden, but I fear he had the tumor for some time. A couple weeks later, good things came along...I took a really amazing trip to the Alvord Desert on the 12th with my fellow field ecology classmates. I really fell in love with the area we visited, and ended up not wanting to come home. We drove about 3 hours south of Burns to the 'town' of Fields. Every morning I woke to sunshine and a new adventure. We went hiking, lizard hunting, sight seeing, hot spring hopping and thats just to name a few things. It was a perfect end cap to a full year of classes.
June 18th, the night I returned from the desert, Tims neighbor came knocking on his door to tell him theyd been evicted and needed a home for their dog Sheba. We knew Shebas case all too well. She had spent most of the past 3 years chained up outside of their house, barking, or hiding in her pathetic doghouse. They essentially used her to crank out puppies seasonly so they could make a buck or two. Many times I had gone to offer vet care and vaccines to their dogs, but they declined, knowing they would have to get them fixed. Tim and I knew exactly what we had to do. We would take her in, no questions asked. A big task, but she is 1,000% worth it.
Tims birthday came on the 25th. I had planned on throwing him a surprise party-- and all went better than I even imagined! We decided to go to Noble Rot. 1111 ne Burnside. The restaurant has a really amazing view of downtown Portland, and we were there right for the sunset. The next day we both indulged in a spa day at Loily.
July has been busy.
Picking up as many extra hours at work as I can handle. Deutsch klasse on monday nights to keep up my studies. As of tomorrow , we are ONE MONTH away from Berlin. It hasnt even sunk in yet.
Here are a few low quality camera phone pictures from the last month or so. ( The weaving is from Ruthies Weaving Studio -- my first project on the loom! ) The boys photo is from their visit last weekend. Cooper spent his first week away from home at Grandmas house, and everyone stopped for the morning in Portland to meet up.
