So, my morning started off quite interesting in route to Oregon. First, the shuttle was 30 minutes late picking me up, THEN, when it finally rolled up, of course it was packed and the only guy talking was obsessed with ridiculous facts about the city of Chicago. In fact, did you know that Chicago is known as the “windy city” not because of the weather, but because of politicians having to be quite long-winded in order to get funding shifted from Springfield to Chicago back in the 1900s. This is according to the freak in the super shuttle, so not quite sure how reliable of a source he is! Anyway, so when we finally pulled up to the airport, I have no less than one-hour to spare before my flight takes off. Well, the not-so-efficient folks at USAir were not going to let me make it to the gate with that much time to spare… so, I had to wait in line for 40 minutes (actually two lines), one to check my luggage, and another to pay for extra charges since my bag was overweight… how stupid is that?! Two lines for one transaction. So with 20 minutes left before wheels up, I ran through sky harbor knocking over just about every small child and clueless old person not quick enough to dodge by bags as I sped by. Somehow made it through security in about 5 minutes, and arrived to my gate, sweating and all just in time for last call! Phew! Well, ladies and gentlemen, the fun couldn’t end there… oh no! I sat next to possibly the most obnoxious little kid ever! Even with my iPod cranked full blast, I could still here her talking in her “baby” voice, even though she was 8 years old, and her mother irately yelling at her to talk normally. So all three hours to Portland she was talking, practically in my lap looking out the window and just all around being as annoying as she could possibly be. All my annoyance quickly vanished as we flew by Mt. Hood! In the words of “Frank Barone” from Everybody Loves Raymond… HOLY CRAP! Breathtaking, to say the least. All 11,239 feet of it.
Anyway, fast-forwarding to Wilsonville (a small suburb about 20 minutes southwest of Portland), this is where I am living. Xerox is located in this small town of 17,000 people. Ok… San Diego State is over two times bigger than this city! Haha. But, such a beautiful place! The trees are huge! The people are so nice! Everything is so green! There’s even deer on the trails!!!! Its insane! I feel outdoorsy just by association of living here! Again, I’m going to let the pictures do most of the talking here…. But so far everything is great. I like my job, my project, my team, my manager and even my location. It’s going to be a wonderful summer!!
Anyway, fast-forwarding to Wilsonville (a small suburb about 20 minutes southwest of Portland), this is where I am living. Xerox is located in this small town of 17,000 people. Ok… San Diego State is over two times bigger than this city! Haha. But, such a beautiful place! The trees are huge! The people are so nice! Everything is so green! There’s even deer on the trails!!!! Its insane! I feel outdoorsy just by association of living here! Again, I’m going to let the pictures do most of the talking here…. But so far everything is great. I like my job, my project, my team, my manager and even my location. It’s going to be a wonderful summer!!
Corporate Lauren vs. Outdoorsy Lauren...
This is my office. I swear we work in a fricken forrest. The campus is huge. It takes about 15 minutes to walk to the NEXT building over.
This is what I see on my trails... beautiful trees, deer!!, barns, more trees, and even more trees!
This is how I roll here in Wilsonville. Kia all the way ;)
My apartment complex, and my room!!
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