Alamande left!

We’re moving along just swimmingly on this wedding planning thing and have a new, 100% fun Friday night event for you all – a barn dance! Remember those days of grade school gymnasiums, Mr. Goldman (at least at McArthur elementary school) teaching you how to “promenade home,” and having to actually touch somebody of the other gender (ewww)? Well, we’re going to relive those days and cure your aversion to square dancing! We’ve got the Conjugal Visitors (a local bluegrass group) booked, are working on getting a caller, and have a barn.

Consider yourself warned and go and start breaking in your cowboy boots. Yee-haw!

The recession must be over

I was just starting to get into the groove of having a sugar daddy. Jonathan has a lovely, adeptly paying job with the Forest Service and I have an “I-might-as-well-work-at-Burgerville” paying internship with the regional government. Well, that just changed!

No, Jonathan didn’t get canned. I got a real, permanent, grown-up job! I will soon be the first planner to walk the halls of the Multnomah County Public Health Department to ensure that Multnomah County (the county that Portland is in) develops itself and funds projects that improve human health whether it is through access to walkable and bikeable neighborhoods, having affordable and healthy food, and being able to breathe fresh air. I’ll be doing health impact assessments and oodles of collaboration.

Yeah, it’s basically a dream job. Have a drink on me tonight, ladies and gents. Just watch those calories…

And a note from the other sponsor…

Jonathan finally read the blog and got all freaked out by the over scheduling. Therefore, he wanted me to assure you that the events outlined below are OPTIONAL and that you will not be made a better or worse friend or family member by deciding whether or not to partake.

In addition, he will be putting together a list of other, less large group oriented things to do during your stay in Eugene just in case you need some twosey-woosy time (a patented Heyl phrase) or want to explore in a more impromptu way.

Now back to your regularly scheduled program...