I'm still in Portland and the Story's not caught up

Where did I leave off, during my restart of firefox?

ahh yes, RA work. One last thing about RA work: while I work for them, I'm supposed to get a compensation package that includes room and board. But, because i'm not going to be an RA during the Spring, they had to drop me out of housing and move in the new guy. Then, I don't even know what the issue was, but, I wasn't given an intersession meal plan. Vicky, my sweet, was kind enough to sneak food out of the cafeteria for me each day. But the bad news, though, because it was intersession they rarely had anything to eat. One day they didn't even have enough supplies for her to make me a sandwich. She had to make it with lettuce and onions and ranch dressing and that's it. That was crazy. so everyday our breakfast came from the caf and we had to go out to eat fast food for dinner. That generally ended up being burger king or boston shawarma. We also moved all of my stuff out of my old room and into hers. That was quite the ordeal. A) getting all my stuff out was pretty easy and B) getting all my stuff into her room was not so easy. In my old room was the only existing loftable bed, that Speare Hall had. I stress had because it ain't there no more. We lugged it out and switched beds(vicks with mine). That was pretty tough, since RSO's not supposed to let anyone steal furniture. Well, with some smooth talking and reassuring them that all was good... we got through. And I am so glad that we did. If we hadn't changed to a raisable bed, my stuff would have never fit comfortably in her room. But, with the addition it fits into her room as if it weren't even there. Everything nestles under her bed, other than the fridge(in her closet) and my computer(on her desk). It looks beautiful. Then we also did some rearranging of her room. I'd say it looks better than it ever has. Yay!

After we were done being intersession RAs, and started RA training. This didn't mean to much. As a returner, she typically had to go to 1 hour of training each day. However, Friday and Saturday she had a few extra hours. In the end, the two weeks after I stopped co-op were great. I spent nearly every hour with my baby. We didn't go out as much as we hoped. But, I guess that just proves that we don't need to go do fancy things to enjoy each others' company. The simple things in life are great, while I'm with her. Whether its the simple triumphs of rearranging a room together into a more successful place or holding each other while we watch a good show. Those two weeks really just reassured me that I want to spend the rest of my life with her.

Anywho, I love you! So there... take it! Tehehe...

I'm in Portland Now

I arrived in Portland on the 8th... now its the 10th. Time to start the chronicling.

This trip starting weeks ago(December 21st) when I stepped away from the desk at my last co-op position. Fittingly enough, I worked at Northeastern University's Office of International Study Programs. It is the office at NU that organizes most of the non-domestic, international learning experiences for NU students. Those include semester programs in some 30 countries and summer programs lead by NU faculty. Those summer short terms are the equivalent of taking a regular class of students and facilitating it on board a roaring 747, as it takes the professor and their students to the far reaching corners of the globe. An interesting example of this is a summer trip this July that will bring them to Beijing during the Olympics to study Chinese culture and history. I did all the typical desk work of an intern, but I thought it was a great opportunity, learned a lot about higher education and enjoyed the experience. But enough about co-op. My current adventures started on the 21st, because that was the day that I left the workplace.


For the following two weeks I spent all hours of the day with my lovely girlfriend Vicky. We wouldn't be able to spend much time together for the next few months, so we decided to build up a store of as much love as we could squeeze into those scarce hours each day presented us with. We are both resident assistants with the department of ResLife here at NU and we spent our winter break working a few shifts holding the duty pager( an annoying little device that tends to buzz, beep and scream only at night or during other inopportune times when you'd rather be doing anything other than leaving the comfort of your room). Anywho, I was on duty for nearly a week straight and Vicky took a few shifts here and there. Ironically she was the one who's pager screamed at her more often. I was only paged twice and only one of those pagers required any action from me. She, on the other hand was paged constantly. We spent the week squeezing and loving, going on walks, hanging out in the LP(which is great... I so want to be an LP RA, just so I can continue to hang out there).

I have to restart my browser, so i'll be right back. peace - love - happiness

Check It Out!

I have a new blog. It will be updated as I get stories to tell from my trip to Ghana. But before that, I'll be going home to Portland.

So, friends, family, my lover, or anyone else who's here on my site... keep coming and I'll keep writing.


peace, love, and happiness - tamu

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