kait to the rescue

this week work was busy busy...

as it's been for a while

the holiday didn't actually help

in preparing for my work trip to paisley

but the holiday was enjoyed

by a great day in the temple

earlier in the week

i mentioned to my friend, kait,

that i was heading to lake county

a county we both serve

but in different departments in the state

she's been trying to find a time to come down and luckily for me

she could come with me on thursday

i worked in wilsonville all day thursday

then met kait in salem and headed to summer lake

around 4 p.m.

luckily willamette pass wasn't as bad as we thoughts it'd be

and i scheduled a 4 wheel drive this time in case of snow

instead of the hybrid i did last winter

and learned how to put chains on for my first time up santiam pass

i've been on the edge of getting sick

so it was so relieving to

a. have kait just come with me for the 6+hr drive

b. have company, and good company

c. she even drove most of the way which gave me more time to prepare

needless to say, i'm grateful

this is pretty much what paisley looks like...

cute town, good people from lake county

wanting to make a difference in their community

we met at the homestead restaurant

and switch up the old man but it looked just like this

with killer cinnamon buns and soup! kait even jazzed up the day

by doing some activities that moved the group,

(i was the boring one)

got them thinking and showed the great program

she runs for sexual education in the state

the driving to and fro in the dark

didn't allow for as many beautiful scenes hoping to be seen

but we got to see the starry night sky thurs night

and even got to hear coyotes right by the hotel.

eastern oregon is pretty magical

being sick= nothing magical

kait then saved the day yesterday too-

when i was changing the oil to my car

i already drained the oil

but found out i couldn't get the oil filter off

so she kindly picked me up

and i got a device that actually worked in loosening the filter

i just hope i didn't contaminate kait

or any of the rest i presented to

i realized i worked too much during the week

which made me sick over the weekend

not healthy.