Been awhile since I blogged. Much has happened; not much has happened..depends on your perspective I suppose. Last week in Portland was bittersweet. Stayed with my friend Erin. She was amazing to put me up for a week. I said my Portland goodbyes before I headed out. I will miss Gretchen, Kenny and Josh (and Ivy). Had a great "Last Supper" at RedStar Tavern of whole roast pig. Amazing.
Trip from Portland was fun and dotted with stress of varying degrees. Started with a delay getting Stephen his DL in Washington. Got pulled over leaving Portland-town area. Cop let us go = good omen. Stopped to drop Stephen off with his brother in Spokane, WA. Went on to meet Matt and his super cool brother Mike in Coeur D' Alene, Idaho. 75 miles from the Canadian border...quite the otherworldly feeling. Headed out in the AM with a late start, as Stephen's brother gave him a ride from Spokane.
Great drive, hit Montana and was in heaven. I had great feelings rush over me. I had worked so hard to get to a place I TRULY wanted to be. All my life, my dreams, led me to this unknown, yet comfortable land. What a grand adventure. What a grand time to be alive. My home is always exactly where I lay, so I felt immediately at home. I felt some stress in Missoula. It was getting late, I needed to find a bank to withdraw deposit money off a credit card. Had a hard time finding the bank, I lost touch with Matt and Stephen, my phone battery was dying. It was a long drive. The stress of moving was catching up to us. We ended up in Bozeman at about 9:30. We went shopping, as zombies: sooooo tired. We then made the last stretch to Big Sky.
Now our property manager knew we would arrive late so: He left the door unlocked and 3 keys on the counter with our lease agreement. Small town, no crime..most of all, kind people.
We got here to major snow and cold for mid-november. Stephen, Matt and I turned out a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner. Matt and Stephen secured jobs at Choppers down in Meadow Village, only to find that they are working Timbers at base village of Moonlight Basin (sister resort to Big Sky). After much negotiation, I decided on my original position with Spanish Peaks: working as a server at Pinnacle Restaurant on Big Sky at the top of Ramcharger lift. I recently started talking to Lone Mountain Ranch, which didn't pan out, and now Rainbow Ranch Lodge. Nice place, great history and rep. They are trying to return to splendor after a fire a few years ago. I wanna night job it there. We will see, stay posted. My secured job starts Tuesday (Dec 7th). I get my season pass on Wednesday.
We have run into some snags recently. Two nights ago Matt got a DUI, and today his trucks rear diff went out. All part of an adventure, but thats easy for me to say cause it happened to Matt, not me. BUT we are in this together and I will help anyway I can.
The winter is now here and I hope to do well and re-coup some of my lost moving money. This is why i'm planning on 2 jobs. Again, we will see. Stay posted for new developments and insights. I also will be writing of my 1 week trip to Phoenix soon
Trip from Portland was fun and dotted with stress of varying degrees. Started with a delay getting Stephen his DL in Washington. Got pulled over leaving Portland-town area. Cop let us go = good omen. Stopped to drop Stephen off with his brother in Spokane, WA. Went on to meet Matt and his super cool brother Mike in Coeur D' Alene, Idaho. 75 miles from the Canadian border...quite the otherworldly feeling. Headed out in the AM with a late start, as Stephen's brother gave him a ride from Spokane.
Great drive, hit Montana and was in heaven. I had great feelings rush over me. I had worked so hard to get to a place I TRULY wanted to be. All my life, my dreams, led me to this unknown, yet comfortable land. What a grand adventure. What a grand time to be alive. My home is always exactly where I lay, so I felt immediately at home. I felt some stress in Missoula. It was getting late, I needed to find a bank to withdraw deposit money off a credit card. Had a hard time finding the bank, I lost touch with Matt and Stephen, my phone battery was dying. It was a long drive. The stress of moving was catching up to us. We ended up in Bozeman at about 9:30. We went shopping, as zombies: sooooo tired. We then made the last stretch to Big Sky.
