(3 June 2003)
Well...for the first day in Portland...it was a blast. I do have to say, that being picked up in a city unknown to you and your drivers is interesting...to say the least: we went down the freeway into Portland from PDX the wrong way. Ooops! Bad signage.

Ellie's house is amazing, it's a nice small house with history, a just a kitty-corner away from anything...well, not really a kitty-corner, but pretty close. She's like a block from the Portland Community Center, across from her old elementary school, near a bus line, and about a 20 min walk from her work (Portland's 2nd Mall and their Light-rail: the MAX). It's a nice compact city with an European feel to it. It's such a nice place, I may end up living there...heh...I love CO too much for that.

We 'moved in' to our summer cottage...in reality, the Residence Inn about 10 or 15 blocks from ED's house. It's such a nice place, I'm glad that Ed's dad is getting it for us. We can play house! Baggage came late though, that was bummers man. It took them to about 3 or 4 in the aft 2 deliver it 2 Ed's house...so I was worried a bit...but none too much to enjoy the comfort of friends...in reality, soka fam.

We didn't do much today, UN couldn't get into PDX until about 11P, so we had 2 go pick her up later that night.

((edit))I think it was this night that I was called Mr Rorie. Haha...this sealed our internet family: me-dad; Cr-mum; Un-first? child; Ed-second? child; Jw-third? child; Elsa-illicit? child. We were at Safeway...out buying food so that we could have French Toast and Omlettes, and I didn't have a Safeway card and Cr told the checker her number in Spok-an(silent e) and it had BR written on the bottom so I guess the checker ass-umed that i was related to Cr somehow. Odd. Well, that's where the i- ? e- family started.