our time in portland

tonight is tuesday night. we got here a week ago sunday night. we thought we would be here for two days starting last saturday, but we couldn't get a load to portland until sunday night.

when we got to zack's family's house, thanksgiving dinner was over. zack and sarah told me that thanksgiving is actually this week, but that his family was celebrating early because kristan and charlie were going to be here.

thanksgiving is a day when families get together to eat turkey and be thankful for each other. they sometimes travel hundreds or thousands of miles just to be together. and the turkey is very important. i'm not really sure when this all started..

even though we didn't get to eat turkey with everyone, we did get to see zack's cousin, mark, and mark's girlfriend, heather. they are very nice. sarah and zack were very glad to be home.

kristan and charlie were there too. they have a one year old daughter - olivia. after my experience with sarah's nieces and nephews, i was understandably nervous. so i mostly hid from her in sarah's bag. i like little kids.. but.. they are very very unpredictable. but they are cute.. in their own devilish way.....

that night we went to a hotel, since the house was crowded.. and zack and sarah hadn't been alone in a long time. they had a room with a huge jacuzzi bathtub and when they were gone, i snuck into the tub and took a bubble bath.
actually, i took three of them.
i'd never had a bath before, but i'd heard about them.
it was amazing.
i think i scared the cleaning lady on wednesday.. maybe she'd never seen a little llama in a bathtub.

zack and sarah went out for coffee a lot this week.
and they ate sushi.
and they had a lot of fun with zack's family.
zack went out with charlie a couple times for some "guy time". they really like each other. and they both really like beer. i'm glad. it's nice to have friends.

we're going to be here until thursday. then we'll meet linda at the truck stop that's close to zack's parents' house and get back on the road.
we didn't expect to have this much time in portland.
it's been nice to spend time with people and drink yummy coffee.
but we're really looking forward to getting back on the truck.
i haven't seen montana in the daylight, but everyone keeps saying it's beautiful.
and zack wants to go to alabama and louisiana.
sarah wants to see kentucky and georgia.

we have 20 days of training left, and then we get our own truck. they said they're going to make a little seat just for me on the dashboard. i'm really excited about that! then i can see everything, and i won't have to be afraid of falling. not that i'm afraid now.. i mean.. not very much.. really..

today is zack and sarah's eleventh month-iversary of their first kiss. they've been really mushy today. actually, not any mushier than any toher day.. maybe i've just been noticing it more today..
they're really mushy.