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December 01, 2007

Th-oughts and such

More sporadic thoughts:

Today was the perfect day. It is the first day of December, a month that I love. It is nearing Christmas, a holiday that I love. I had the day off and Kate and I ventured out into the cold to buy a Christmas tree and then decorate the house. As we started out morning with hot cider and a crackling fire, it began to snow. Too perfect.

It feels like so long since I have enjoyed snow. There is really something special to me about it-- even having grown up in snow-country and experienced the good and bad side it all, I still feel so much wonder watching snow fall. I really miss the snow of my childhood.

I have some really great friends here. I am associated with a group of people who are smart, witty, fun, creative, giving, spontaneous and just plain cool. They each have such neat things going on in their lives; they are driven and have goals and desires. They know how to have a good time, but they are responsible and respectful. I am thankful to be surrounded by such great friends as these.

Maybe it's a Portland thing or maybe it's just a thing to which I didn't have much exposure before, but I have had so many opportunities and offers and pressure to smoke pot. I'm really just not into it, so it's not much to me, but I'm fascinated by the culture it captures here.

Posted by libbystokes at 11:55 PM | Comments (1)