Day Three: Downtown Portland Yuppies

Gyllian's last day of school was today... so that means she's home all day (or in and out of summer camps) for the whole summer... whoot! That means days will no longer be boring, as they sincerely were today....
So as I burnt my arm yesterday and watched the cat eat a mouse, today was quite less uneventful... until the late afternoon...
I woke up, had Cheerios/banana and coffee (now a new morning ritual) and finished Slumdog Millionaire (it was phenomenal...a must read... and now for me, a must see)... then I roamed around the house looking for things to do... which sincerely was nothing... after reading all early morning to lunch...at 12 Jill came home from her last day of school, and asked for a jump on the trampoline, after she finished showing me her artwork, from the school year. She is quite the talented artist, and has an amazing imagination... she will make millions one day... as a vet or famous _____ (insert anything)... she is really something. So we went out to the trampoline... and jumped for a while, until Anna (Molly's friend) and her daughter Susana joined us for a little... we jumped for a while longer and then I chatted with Anna until they, all three left. Then I decided to start another book off my reading list, Little Bee... and got sleepy, so took a nap... I know, what a tough day... I was bored out of my mind, what else could I do. After my nap, Molly came home and made various things for dinner, in which only her and Dan (her husband) and I ate... then Molly and I toured downtown Portland. I really didn't know what to think. I have been to part of downtown before, but really never observed the way that I did today. Molly showed me various places that Jill liked, the french pastry store, fountain and icecream shop being a couple of them. It was a completely different experience that I had ever had before in Portland. I am used to big cities, hip yuppies with their stylish clothes, and tons of giant shopping bags... yet, today I really thought about how the economy is affecting so many, yet how it, as I observed, really didn't affect these folks... the richer get richer, and the poor, well they get shit... and sometimes lower then shit. This really made me think about my life, and how I was going to raise my family, hang out with my friends, and live... I think that all these little shops are great, and stylish and look really wonderful, yet the price that really comes with all that, is something so superficial. I want to be able to support my family, and kids, and wants... I want to live comfortably... and have nice things... but at what cost? More to come later..in thought, I'm sure. Then we met up with a friend of Molly's, who was awesome. When we met her across the street from Powell's Bookstore, she had (what she called, a forty) which was a 24 oz. can of beer in a brown bag, and a cigarette... just chilling and drinkin' in public on a bench... she was really quite a woman... and we chatted for a while. She is currently dating a guy (from Germany) who she met a year ago, in a restaurant, who asked her to go traveling around the world with him ( I know it sounds like a dream), but he was loaded, and they hit it off pretty well after their first date... so he said that, that would be the best way to find out if they'd work, is if she traveled around with him and they got along... and he paid her way... so she's been with him for a year, and they're leaving again for Frankfurt in a couple of weeks... mind you she's 45years old... and is having the time of her life... her story is really inspiring. After chatting, we picked up a couple of books at Powell's for Ellie (15 year old), grabbed tea and shopped at Trader Joes. After shopping we picked up Jill from a birthday dinner at PF Chang's... then back to Honeybee Hampton for the final schedule planning, teeth brushing and bed. Not too bad for the third day... and now I'm off until Sunday except for House sitting and dog watching, while the Fam goes to Sunriver, sans me, my choice... so I can get ready for the rest of summer :)

For the day: still burnt, book finished, Portland Yuppies, Money sucks, the "forty" and relaxing for four days :)