I didn’t mean to be away for so long, but I have been content on letting my new life unfold naturally and between moving three times in the past 8 weeks (hotel, temp housing, and finally new residence) and starting my new job, and unpacking and adjusting to my new way of living I have been consumed!

I love being back in Portland, love love love it so much! All I can say is being “home” is like a comforting warm bath, that I’ve been waiting to take for almost 7 years (since I last lived here in Portland.) Spring has been here for a while now with beautiful flowers and trees in bloom, life and nature alive! It is great to see all that has changed and grown and also all that has stayed the same. I feel things inside of me awakening that I guess have been dormant for a while.

I am also loving my new job! I get the feeling, almost daily, that this is the truly creative and inspiring environment I have been working my way up to work in; like everything I’ve done up to this point has been a sort of boot camp and served a purpose but now I get to have my cake and can eat it too! I look around some days, and think of the 5000 people that work with me at the World Headquarters office here, and am so grateful I ended up on the team I did. Creativity, inspiration, and friendship abound. The work environment is stimulating and interesting, the people I work amongst are talented and have diverse backgrounds and experiences, and the product, frankly, is amazing. I love being shocked and amazed!

So my friends, also some great new things on the personal work-front! First, I have gotten rid of my TV. I wasn’t a TV-a-holic to begin with, but honestly I have been without it almost a month and don’t miss much. I can find anything I really miss online, and I have been watching a lot more movies again which I love and find very relaxing. I also have a whole new system to work on at home! A super amazing new computer with a 21″ screen, the latest and greatest updated design software, speakers I should have gotten 10 years ago to listen to all my inspiring music, a new digital SLR camera, and a lovely new space to work in. I already have a list of projects I am anxious to get started on, and I look forward to sharing them here with you. Thanks for being patient while I settle in! Happy Spring!