The school year is finally over for now, and as usual I celebrated the end of class, 11 days of generally getting away from the daily routines I was so accustomed to for the majority of my school year.

Spending a week in an empty house, allowing the frenzy of summer to fade into my families embrace. Dreading work as its approach grows nearer.

Those few lazy days spent in a deserted Corvallis have taught me to appreciate the value of good company.

Eating, drinking, smoking, getting plenty of rest, cleaning, painting, chillin on the Cauthorn House porch for hours, sleeping in obscure places, putting the last word in to heated debates, getting caught up in the moment, enjoying every second spent with good friends.

And missing the people I spent too little time with during the rest of the year.

I'm back in Bend and starting work on Monday.




Damn you carrera motors.