life is a game of waiting

im in portland.

i woke up at 6 because i was so excited, plus i had not done any packing.
I gave Danielles cats an extra helping of cat food to hold them over until Josh gets back from skiing, and i even kissed them and told them i love them before i left.
Also i fed the Morse's dog, bunny, snake, rat, fish, and birds and put out the trash at their house, danielles house, and our house.
then i packed and we were off.

i love traveling. i like packing and driving and flying and going places very unlike my home.

i also love coming home.

my parents were waiting for us when we landed. we went out to eat at red robin, and then we went to ikea, which is this super cool furniture store. its one of those stores that should be really boring to go into like home depot or walmart, but really there is so much color and so many creative ideas and they present them in such an imaginitive way that its one of my favorite stores right now. i got a little red light with a bird on it.
http://www.ikea.com/

i am really tired because ive not been sleeping. last night i got about 3 hours, which is not enough for me or anyone around since i can be a very unpleasant personwhen sleep deprived.
we were all tired driving 'home' from ikea, but as we were driving through portland i was looking at all the lights and couldn't help feeling alive no matter how sleepy. all i could think was that i have been waiting to come back here for a long, long time.

here i am.