Portland

All of you know our first few days in Portland haven't been the greatest. Here's the entire scoop on that.

-Moved down on Wednesday. Got infected with a cold and also got a migraine as we rolled into town.

-It was an uncomfortable 95 degrees. Which normally wouldn't bother me, but I had a migraine, and only one of our windows opens. I felt really bad, not being able to do too much unloading, but I was also nauseous. Once the bed was set up, I threw myself onto the bed and took a nap. Woke up to take my dad to the train station, then continued with my nap once we got back home.

-The electrical system is from, oh, the 1500s, and none of the outlets have 3 prongs. Thank goodness Fred Meyer sells adapters for only 99 cents.

-Our shower is underneath the stairs. There's only so much room to stand in until you hit your head on the ceiling. The bath ledge also comes up to about my knees, so it's like jumping hurdles to get into. POSITIVE NOTE: This lends to an awesome, deep bath.

-Our couch, our beautiful, comfy, awesome couch, doesn't fit through either door to our apartment. Thankfully, the other Air Force 800 cadets are babysitting it for us, while we received their couch. They got the better end of the deal, however.

-Setting up our internet and cable has been a complete NIGHTMARE. And after 5 days from the first call, it's still not set up. And won't be for another day. Which is why I'm sitting in the Pilot House on U of Portland's campus, stealing their wireless.

It can only get better from here, right? Here are some positives that have happened to us:

-Matt and a few other Air Force friends ran the Hood to Coast relay marathon. Meaning they took turns running from Mt. Hood to the Oregon Coast in Seaside. Matt's first leg was six miles of downhill from Mt. Hood.

Summer Updates

Alright, it's been awhile, so here's an update on the Darnell's first summer together!

- First off, we need to congratulate Emily and Kevin, Brandy and Trent, Megan and Pat, Jill and Chris, Celia and Jake, Kat and Trey, and Heather and Joe, all of whom also got married this summer. Best of wishes, everybody!

-Our first apartment was awesome. Unfortunately, no pictures. And we never made it into the pool. Lame.

-Matt got his pilot's license! I've been up two times and he has also taken up Trent, Jerrik, Zack, my parents, and even my WWII vet grandfather, whom thoroughly enjoyed his ride!

-Other than that, we didn't do anything very entertaining.

And now we're in Portland.