Election Day
It's election day - be sure to VOTE everyone! As our recent gubernatorial election demonstrated, each vote DOES make a difference!
On to other things. I've been scolded by several friends to get back to posting on a regular basis, so I'm going to try for once a week from now on. Plenty of news to report since my last update!
This past weekend, I finally met the bulk of Woodroe's family. We left Seattle Friday evening to spend the weekend down in Dodi, where he grew up. Dodi is a small town southeast of Olympia, near Pe Ell. During the course of the weekend, I met Wood's dad (Bill), his mom (Cassie), his sister Nancy & her husband Jansen and two of their kids, his sister-in-law Shannon and her five kids (his brother Jared I've already met - he was out of town), his grandpa Kiser, and his grandma on his mom's side. Everyone was super friendly and reminded me a lot of my family - everyone around a lot, chaos, lots of kids, etc.
Part of the reason we went this weekend is that the elk season was open and Woodroe wanted to go hunting. So we got up at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday and headed out for a day of hunting! Since it was a modern rifle season, we all had to be wearing bright orange, so I donned Wood's hunting coat (bright orange) and a felt had to keep off the rain (also bright orange). My friend Kerri giggled for 10 minutes when I described my getup, which also included jeans, thermal underwear, a sweater, wool socks, and hiking boots.
Wood's dad has worked for Weyerheauser for about 40 years, so he knows the logging roads near Dodi like the back of his hand. We drove around in three separate trucks (Wood & I in one; Bill & grandpa in another; two friends of Bill's in the third) for about 10 or 11 hours. At times it was just raining, but there were moments of serious wind and also snow when we got up to the higher elevations. I didn't see any elk (dangit!) but towards the end of the day when Bill took us to see a lovely waterfall, we saw a doe and a buck - beautiful! The bonus to an already fun day was that the two of us spent 11 hours in a truck together and didn't want to kill each other by the end of the day!
That evening after cleaning up, we went over to grandma's place to visit with her and Cassie. About 7pm, the power went out due to a little windstorm. I don't know if the power's even back on now! Turns out by the next morning there were trees and limbs down everywhere, and both the power lines and phone lines were affected. It took me back to my childhood on Lopez, where we'd have outages pretty much every winter. Thank God for Coleman lanterns, woodstoves, and generators! We didn't return to Seattle until late Sunday evening, and the weekend was a success. And a relief, as I was pretty nervous!
I also have news on the job front - I am now working for my uncle from home, helping plan a couple of events that he is putting on in December and February. I'll be doing that at least through the holidays, which is when I will hear back about the status of my bar appeal. So prayers for that, and for finding a lawyer job when the time comes, would be greatly appreciated!
My niece Tara is now almost 5 months old - I can't believe it! She is the most active baby I've ever been around and I love being her aunt. My nephew Brendan got his first taste of middle school football when we went to a game that Woodroe was coaching a couple of weeks ago - I think Brendan might turn out for football when he has the opportunity! He knows a lot about the game and taught me a few things I didn't know.
I think that's all for now - I'll try to be more consistent about keeping this area updated! And I might even get the ambition to do Christmas cards this year, so if I don't have your current address, please e-mail it to me! Love to all of my friends & family...
posted by seattlelawgirl @ 11:20 AM
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