Ricky's Visit:
the beginning: back in january, tracy, ricky's girlfriend messaged me on facebook to let me know about what she was planning for ricky's birthday (which was at the end of march- the 28th). she said ricky had been doing AMAZING with gifts for her lately, and she had been slacking, so she had decided to buy ricky a plane ticket to visit us. i of course said, we're in! and so that's how it went, with a few hitches that were easily fixed. to go further into that: i had to call mr. patterson (gm of cinemark denton) to make sure ricky got the time off and he was actually very accommodating, even though 2 of his other managers were going to be in a different state the exact same days ricky would be. in the end- it was just meant to be! haha.
wednesday/midnight thursday morning: we picked ricky up from the airport. from what we heard, he had a very interesting flight(s). but in the end, he said it was all worth it! (YES!) we brought him home and had some funfetti cake that i had made for him for his birthday. :) it was delicious! while eating the cake we just caught up on each other's lives until about 1:30 in the morning, and that's just when i went to bed...haha. as far as i know, jarrod and ricky stayed up until 3-3:30 talking.
thursday: i went to work 9-5, leaving the boys to their own devices...turns out they ended up sleeping the afternoon away. typical. haha. but that's okay, bc this trip was meant to be restful for ricky, and so it was. haha. anywho, i got home from work, starving, so ricky and i looked through a magazine i bought that had cheap food in it. we decided on Little Big Burger (http://littlebigburger.com/)
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| "it's the perfect size for my hands!"- me |
and it was a good choice. haha. can you really ever go wrong with burgers? no. anyway, after dinner we headed back to the house and started on Game of Thrones bc ricky had shown some interest in a commercial for it that we saw on tv and i told him he was lucky bc we had just recently purchased the first season! so we watched that until jarrod got home around 1:30 or so, and then it was bed time for me. once again, the boys stayed up til 3-3:30.
friday: we all slept in, by my standards. i was up around 10 and the boys finally got up around 11:30. they showered and then we headed to Slappy Cakes. :) and even though there was a long wait and jarrod had to be at a blood drive soon, we waited it out and i'd say it was worth it. after brunch, jarrod went to work (and to get his blood drawn) so ricky was in my hands! mwahahahha. while passing by some trees, ricky remarked on how mossy everything is and that he loved it and i told him he hadn't seen anything yet! so i took him to washington park so we could go hiking through Hoyt Arboretum (http://www.hoytarboretum.org/).
we walked around for about an hour and a half and marveled at the beauty. we touched quite a bit of moss and wondered, "which way is north if moss covers all of the tree?"
once we found the car, it was off to powell's, after we finally found a parking spot. ugh.
at powell's we had a great time!
we found harry potter in every language we could find, originally just to see the illustrations bc some of them are different from ours, and then to try to read the title. we butchered a few languages....hahaha. but it was fun. once we were done looking for harry potter, we ended up in the mysticism section and we were there looking through books forever it seemed... i was looking through an oracle book while ricky was looking through a palm reading book, which we ended up buying bc it only cost $2.50! haha. once we pulled ourselves away from the mysticism section, we wandered around for another hour or so. in the end, we ended up buying: me- hunger games (for ricky) and the cheap bastard's guide to portland (perfect!) (http://www.amazon.com/Cheap-Bastards-Guide-Portland-Oregon/dp/0762773022). once we left powell's, it was time to get ready for our evening plans: ROLLER DERBY!!! we stopped by fred meyer to get some snacks, since we still weren't hungry enough for dinner after our giant, late breakfast. armed with snacks, it was time to head to oaks park (http://oakspark.com/) for roller derby. (http://www.rosecityrollers.com/)
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| half time! the winner of this race won a years worth of voodoo donuts. haha. |
and it was definitely one of my favorite things that i have done in portland. ricky and i had an amazing time! and although we didn't understand why the whistles were being blown (bc they were being blown constantly) we definitely knew the main part of the game and what was going on. it was such a fun experience!!! after the "bout" (bc that's what it's called in roller derby terms) we came home to drop off our snacks and then walked across the street to cartlandia for some late night dinner (it was 10:30pm by this time). only one cart was open- it was mexican food, so ricky and i both got chicken fajita burritos. they were about the size of chipotle burritos and were cheaper/more delicious. yay. once we got our food, we walked back home and started watching more game of thrones. once jarrod got home- 1:30ish again, i was ready for bed, but i decided to finish the episode we were on which meant bed time was 2am for me. agh. we were on the second to last episode, so jarrod and ricky stayed awake until 3:30 to finish it. and then they went to bed. haha.
saturday: i let the guys sleep in again. everyone was up and running by noon, so we headed to saturday market.
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| our living statue! |
we had lunch at the carts at saturday market and then went to pioneer courthouse square, just because.
and since the sun was shining, i said we needed to get to rocky butte before it decided to hide behind the clouds.
after all of our adventuring, it was time to head home so i could get ready for work. bah. and you'll have to ask jarrod or ricky for the details of what they did while i was at work. i know they went to mcmenamins for cajun tots and drinks and then ground kontrol for fun games and some time in between they stopped by voodoo to bring home some donuts. they got home around 1:30 and actually went to bed then as well, though whether they actually went to sleep....
sunday: after jarrod got home from work, it was time to head to the beach along with catherine, and so that's what we did.
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| Mo's Restaurant |
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| delicious clam chowder, just as catherine said it would be! |
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| jarrod and catherine being psycho by getting in the water. they got in up to their knees. dumb idea, guys. :P |
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| pacific ocean foam on ricky's hand |
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| we hiked up to the same spot we had hiked to with my dad so we could see the best view :) |
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| jarrod wearing my katniss backpack. |
i know i didn't get into much detail about the beach, but if a photograph can say 1000 words...... then the pictures should explain everything.
monday: we took ricky to the airport early monday morning and that was the end of that mini vacation. i think it was a much needed vacation for all of us and we all enjoyed every second of it (except for the seconds spent at work, but that goes without saying).
alright....that's it for now.
oh but wait, in case you haven't heard: gary ross will not be directing Catching Fire. hallelujah!!!! there is hope for that movie now. yesssssssssssssss.
in case you don't know my opinion of the hunger games movie: it was terrible and i hated it, to sum it up. if you'd like a longer explanation, think again, bc i can go on forever on what was wrong with the movie.
enough of that...onwards to a lazy friday night.
-sarah-
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