CJ CAME TO OAKRIDGE THIS WEEKEND!! We had been invited to margaritas at my preceptor's (Edwin) house on Friday night, and CJ was supposed to meet me there, but Edwin's house was so out in the middle of nowhere that there wasn't any cell service. I ended up finally getting a hold of CJ and met him in town when he finally got here...then on our way back to Edwin's we had to wait on the road for a herd of Elk to cross....it was amazing, babies and everything. We had margaritas and saw Edwin's house, barn and land...it was amazing. He is pasturing his neighbor's horses at the moment, so Mary got her first experience with them, and was smart enough to keep her distance. Edwin's stepson had his dog there, a husky puppy, so Mary and the other dog just ran around the fields for hours while we socialized.
On Saturday, I had to get up early for the once-monthly Saturday clinic (just 9 to noon). It ended up being pretty busy, but CJ met me there and Mitch, the other provider, looked at his bum knee. Unfortunately we found out that its one of those "deal with the pain or go get surgery" deals. Sad news. After clinic was over, CJ and I went to lunch at the Trailhead cafe (which was very hippie...hand-painted chairs and tofu salads, etc). Then we came home and prepared for our hike.
We went on a hike that was recommended to us by Edwin's stepson, who works for the forest service. It was this amazing hike through the Willamette National Forest following the North Fork of the Willamette River. It was lots of ups and downs and the trail was pretty much one person wide most of the time. We hiked for over two hours and didn't see a single other person, but got lots of pictures and really enjoyed ourselves.
After the hike we came home to shower, then had dinner at the Chinese restaurant in town. The owner had remembered me coming in with my preceptor (3 weeks ago!) and was kind enough to sit down and chat with us for a while...very small town stuff. We came home and were so tired we just watched a movie ("8 seconds," a 1990-something movie about bull riding starring the one and only, Luke Perry). We were in bed by 10pm.
Today we went to the park and walked around some easy trails, then threw the football around (I'm getting good!). We had lunch at the Mexican restaurant (we literally ate at half the restaurants in Oakridge this weekend) and then went to Salmon Creek falls...but we couldn't find the trail, just the campgrounds...so we found an empty camp site to park in and just walked around a bit. We came home then and relaxed before CJ packed up to leave.
Now it's 6:00pm and I'm in the big empty house all alone. I'll clean a bit tonight, go get some groceries and then hopefully get some work done on my paper that is due at the end of the week. I can't watch TV because we couldn't figure out how to switch it back over after we watched the movie last night (CJ tried for like an hour!). That should help me focus, anyway.
My last week in Oakridge is upon me, and I'm really pretty sad. I think more than anything I'm sad that I don't get to go home when it's done. CJ and I both agree though that we just want to get Montana over with...because when it is done I can finally come back home to live for the first time in 12 weeks. I've been trying to come up with all sorts of reasons to enjoy Montana....I really have. I just don't have any that I really believe in yet. Yes my attitude sucks, but it's my blog, and I'll whine if I want to.
Jen
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