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I've been gone so long I hardly know what to say, so I think I'll do another one of my (in)famous postings in which I ramble with no cohesion.

I'm tired, dude. Seriously. I've slept through the night once since I left Alaska and that just aint enough. I already tried for an hour tonight.

My mom is training for an international dragon boat competition in Sydney next month. She's in the Grand Master category, which makes me want to call her Grand Master Flash. In all seriousness, she's training really hard and doing a great job. Paddling, lifting weights, and stretching daily. I'm quite proud of her.

I get to be an aunt again as my sister-in-law, Megan, is preggo. I've been super excited and been waiting for her to officially announce it so that I can publicly say "hooray!" Go to meganstielstra.com/blog to hear all about it. Or go there to discover a brilliant writer who is funny, talented, and insightful.

While we're talking about Megan, I am assigning one of her stories to my students, which is wicked cool. I'll try to play it cool when I pass it out, but I want to say, "dude! This is my sister! Isn't she incredible?"

Scott and Taya's wedding (you know the one I kept talking about) was beautiful. I have some pictures that I'll upload to flickr later, but I'm not on my computer because I don't have wireless where I am staying. She was beautiful in blue, he was handsome in a big 'ol beard, and neither one wore shoes. They wrote the ceremony themselves and sprinkled it with lots of poems. The venue was a spectacular cove complete with visiting osprey.

My friend Daniel, who I met in Spain, was in town last week. We hung out a few times and went to a John Lennon tribute concert at the Doug Fir. While there I won an ipod shuffle. Could I be anymore excited? I never win anything. The only thing I can recall winning, and I have been thinking about this for several days, is a corned beef at a St. Patty's day party when I was in high school. I am still all tickled that I can take my shuffle running or a bike ride and not have to lug my big one around.

This is a lame posting, I know. And I'm sorry. Next time I'll be better. I just had to get something out there and quit waiting for inspiration.

I'm going to try to go to sleep (again).

Where have you been all my life?

I'm sorry it has been a while since my last posting, but I have good excuses - I swear. This is what I've done lately:

1. Packed and organized all of my earthly possessions
2. Moved to Portland, which included driving the alcan with my step-dad and two cats.
3. Went to to Coos Bay to help prepare/attend my friend's wedding
4. Looked and looked then bought a house and all of the intense chaos that that entails
5. Kissed my hubby goodbye as he got on a plane and went back to Alaska to continues to work for a bit

To Do: prepare for my classes that start much too soon for my own comfort. I have to get my life in order, but I will be back.