*Portland*

I suppose this story begins in Baltimore, Maryland, during Faeriecon, this last November.. Thousands of faeries, gnomes, pirates and shapeshifters take over the Hunt Valley, Marriott for a weekend... During this weekend I met a woman named Cathy with her daughter Julia.. Instant friends!
Long story short.. Cathy is from MI and called me when she found out, that she was going to a dog show in Portland this weekend.
Allyson got a call on tuesday that we needed to goto Spokane to pick up her deceased grandmothers car, asap because the house had sold.. so my last few days have looked like such:
Tuesday, work the over night with Naomi 5pm til 8:30am.. she couldnt sleep and refused her bedtime sleep meds... so i had maaaybe 2 hours of sleep..
Weds, get done at Naomi's at 8:30am, walk home.. I find out we are leaving for Spokane at 1pm.. i manage to get 3 hours of sleep, get a shower and pack my luggage for the weekend ahead.. we get to the train depot 45min early.. decide to goto the Jackalope for drinks and food while we wait... i have not had anything to eat yet :( Allyson and i shared a plate or organic sliders, i had a hot todi she had a coffee and bailys....
we get on the bus at the depot that takes us to Union Station in Portland, where we then take a train, along the Columbia gorge up almost 10 hours to spokane.. the train had to stop for maintenance a couple times.. they said that one of the train cars was shaking too much and they were trying to figure out what was wrong.. once we made it to spokane they said that there had been something stuck under the car, but they wouldnt tell us what it was... . . ..
Thurs, get into Spokane an hour late, 1am, Allysons mom picks us up, we talk about travel, magic, the druids and prophecy until 4:30ish'am... sleep til 2pm.. pack the new car full of grandmas gardening supplies and some plants.. leave at exactly 3:33pm... purposfully got lost in spokane.. got a bite to eat and some coffee.. and went on our way.. .... .. .   intuition showed us the way, better than any map... until we met a frustraiting point.. i used the anxiety as a fuel, pulled over and stated to allyson, that i was going to walk in this gas station and get directions from a hot guy.. i saw a fellow walking out the door, i asked if he knew the area at all.. he looked up.. and said "yes"... i saw his face.... and he was GORGEOUS... heh ;) i wanted to squeel with delight.. that was a quik "man"ifestation... he said i could follow his truck, and he would show me the way back to the highway that would take me to portland via the columbia gorge.
12:30am we get back to the house in eugene.. i'm gaked on coffee and these new wonka "sour gummy shrooms".. (i had never seen those candies before.. so i had to pick up a package from the truskstop in portland).... i try walking around the house and did a couple headstands to get grounded, but i couldnt shake the feeling i was still moving.. as if i had bent time and had felt the after shock from it.. .. . . .  i tried and tried to goto bed, but alas.. i was too amped... i layed awake for a while took some sleeping vitamins.. giggled alot.. then passed out eventually..
Fri, we were suppose to leave for portland asap.. but we were dragging! Cathy is in town for the weekend for a dog show and the original plans, were that, we'd be up on thrusday.. but the spokane thing created a bit of a detour.
2pm.. i woke up.. got ready to bounce to pdx as soon as we could... Allyson is a Taurus.. sometimes slow and stubborn.. her rising sign is leo.... I am a Leo with my rising sign Taurus... we work well together... i have the bull behind the lion.. and she has the lion behind the bull...... . . . today, i was the lion behind her slooooow bull ;) we eventually left around 5:30pm'ish.. made it up the the Red Lion near the convention center.. had a drink with Cathy, laughed our asses off.. went back to her hotel and got ready for the evening.
9pm.. we get in the cab that takes us downtown.. i knew what the pace of the evening was going to be when the cab driver said it was cool to drink our beers in his car.. and that he was okay with us smoking whatever we wanted!?!!? wtf!?!?
9:30 we show up at the Ash Street Saloon where Metal Shakespeare Comany, The Badlands and Wizard Rifle were playing..... the bar scene in portland puts the bar scene in eugene, to a dirty shaaaame... hot guys and girls all around.. everyone wanting to talk and dance... and we even had a lady ask is she could lick out tattoos (for novelty sake, this was hilarious!!).... we had quite a few people ask us "where did you girls COME from!?!?!?" i got to educate a few people on faeries, and how we all live in eugene... and that next weekend there was a "faeries vs' pirates" ball..  i gave out quite a few of my cards and allysons....
later on in the evening, we went for a run about! we met up with our friend kris, who knew a little more of the portland downtown club, layout.. there was a street performer with about 9 different sized buckets (1 upside down that he would slide to create a while other sound, the other with change in it, again to create sound and collect change!) that he was drumming on.. it was AMAZING! very Aphex Twin...
after cute bucket boy, we accidently lost kris.. and ended up at a club called "Dirty"... heh.. we REALLLLY should have taken the club name literally... it was baaaaad. Not only was security at the door, worse that TSA at the airport... we had our ID's photographed and pictures taken.. (but i'm curious and like to explore all forms of life) we get into the club/meat market.. the marketing of this place was a bit brilliant.... . ~just put 20 brass stripper poles on top of the bars and market the club to "sorostitutes" and "bros"~ and its a feeding frenzy...~ girls barely legal to drink, getting wasted, on poles... and alot of "bros" taking advantage of a bunch of girls that have no sense of boundaries... if i wasnt attached to allyson or cathy, i'd have multiple guys cornering me, dancing up on me, trying to buy me a drink... EWW.(so i stuck with  the girls... as soon as i realized a guy infringing on my bubble space, allyson would get ~nasty~ heheheh) i tried to make the best of it... (i got my 10$ covers worth).. i danced to a remixed spice girls song..  and then we bounced..... ... we met back up with kris, and he showed us another club, i wish we had found earlier!! the Whiskey Bar!! good music.. great atmosphere.. good dancing.. laid back vibe... and then at the end of the night a beat boxer came up, and KILLED IT!! SO goooood!! put a little dubstep woobwoob into the evening! we stayed there til bar time.. then wandered downtown portland for bartime eats... we ended up at the Roxy! this is the second time i've been there.. its on Stark and open late....
4:20am at the roxy... we all fill our tummys, then get a cab ride home/to the hotel.. and we are passed out at 6am....
Sat, not sure what time i woke up today... but i know i was still drunk and that i reeeeeaaally wanted a Jamba juice...... we are staying at a hotel near the airport.. and i know there is a jamba juice in the airport... but my ass is NOT moving....
so today... i've laid in bed all day.. drinking water and eating last nights/mornings left overs... resting up for tonight.... . . . ROUND 2!! ding ding ding!!!
holy shizer muffins.

i am no longer allowed to be down on myself for being "lazy"... i now know, being "lazy" is just a way for my higher self to get me to relax in a downtime, before its time to go BANANAS agaaaain!!! ;)

Hello Blog World!

Here i am.. creating a place, all my own.. to say what i want to say..
I plan on traveling, this entire year.. and thought journaling on a blog, would be the way to go..
I'm going to excuse myself now, for my obscure sense of grammar and punctuation! i have a style all my own, which has helped me to create more of a pulse in my communication.

As of Feb 4th, i fly out of portland, oregon into cancun, mexico where i plan on exploring mayan ruins, down the southern yucatan coast, to belize and guatamala. I'll be there until March 1st, where i then come back to Eugene, and enter into nannyland.. in nannyland, i become the single mother of 3 kids.. 8, 10 and 12 years old.. and their sanctuary of animals..

this journey to the yucatan has come after much confusion and deliberation.. my plan originally was to travel to thailand for the month of feb, but after a few tarot card readings, i felt like i needed a month of peace and healing.. and as much as i would love to travel to thailand, i feel only being there a month, would not give it justice.. and in my mind, i picture thailand as being a busy hub of all sorts of activity.. and i would like to travel through thailand with someone.
so alas.. i chose the yucatan.... . .  tropical waters, jungle and mayan ruins... bliss..
more travel blogs to come...