Portland!

Made it back to Portland Saturday afternoon. So incredibily surreal to walk back into our home. Since D hasn't moved, the house is just like it was when I last left. It's almost like I have to remind myself that I have this life, job and home in the UK. Very strange feeling, which has made for some bizarre dreams - most of which I don't remember. Saturday laid around the house - felt lousy with a crappy head ache.

Sunday went back to Yoga Pearl. I didn't tell anyone that I was coming back, fun to suprise my yogi friends. Since this trip is all about the family move back to the UK (and work!) I didn't want to share the news to too many people. I just don't have time to see everyone. After yoga we ate at Prasad. Love that place! Plan to eat there at least every other day - and maybe more than that. I devoured the: FEISTY TOSTADA (raw) - jalapeno cashew cheese, fresh spinach, avocado, sun-dried tomatoes, scallions & green chili sauce on pumpkin seed pesto raw crackers, served with a side of hot sauce & a small green salad with garlic tahini dressing, downed it with their Melody juice (greens, apple, lemon, and ginger). I crave that after yoga.

Sunday night - D made a great dinner of fish with chopped up tiny roasted veggies. Sorry if this is all about food; but you have to remember living alone I have an incredibly simple diet. So my taste buds are having a great holiday with all of this wonderful food. Later that afternoon we went to our favorite French bakery - St. Honore for their flour less orange cake and a cup of black coffee - perfect combination.

Attempted to watch the Oscars Sunday night, but I found them to be a complete bore - so putzed around the house instead. Didn't sleep well at all, woke up at 1am hungry so ate some cereal with a banana, popped a melatonin and woke back up at 4:15. Got up at 5:15 and made it to yoga. I'm thoroughly going to enjoy each and every practice over the course of the next couple of weeks.

Not even going to talk about work - lot going on. Not all great, will be interesting to see how the rest of this week unfolds.

Cat update - looks like we're getting all the paperwork in order, will be driving down to Salem (state capitol) on Friday to get their EU journal notarized by the government.

Met with the design team for the house this morning. So many options - will be fun to lift the roof and do a redesign of our kitchen, dining and living rooms. We just need to figure out when we're going to do it. Which really depends on the length of my expat assignment and if we're going to rent the house or not, etc. Too many unknowns.

Okay realize this post is a bit of everything; but I'm tired and not thinking very coherently. So going to stop now.