Both of us lived in Corvallis for a while, Trish ’75-‘78; me, ’79-’82. Trish was attending OSU and working part time. For me it was a company (CH2M Hill) move from the Seattle area, to a corporate assignment, manager of financial analysis. The company (consulting engineers) was headquartered here at the time; corporate offices have since moved to Denver, but they still have a large office here as well. By coincidence, Trish worked for the same company as a keypunch operator on the night shift.
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We’re here for 2-3 nights to get Ranger checked out at the OSU veterinary school. He had a cancerous spot removed from his tongue shortly before we left AZ and we need to find out if the operation was totally successful.
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It rained all day Tuesday, Wednesday had scattered showers, supposed to start improving today (Thursday). We’re outdoors people, chafe a bit when forced inside due to weather – a redundancy given my weather comments in prior posts. We’re such sweet people that we start melting when exposed to rain for more than a few moments. Yeah, it’s a burden.
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Our campground is at the county fairgrounds. Many fairgrounds now include camping areas and I applaud that trend, putting to use and getting income from land that otherwise would sit idle much of the time. I’m strongly driven towards high efficiency and minimal waste, no matter the activity, asset, product or service, and no matter who does it, owns it or provides it. In fact, it’s safe to say I’m obsessed: it influences virtually everything I do. As obsessions go, mine is, I think, less repulsive and socially unacceptable than some. On the other hand, it's possible that my viewpoint just could be prejudiced. Nah.
Rain is like getting permission to sit down and read a book. Or eat popcorn. Or make brownies. Or be on the computer. (But not at the same time as the brownies and popcorn--too messy).
ReplyDeleteRain is a great permission -giver. Gotta love it.
Point taken. But: your outlook changes after 4 months in a space measuring 8x22.
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