Day 2

Mark and I had the brilliant idea of starting the day off with a run to OHSU and around town. Little did I know that it was ALL steep uphill. I knew it was uphill, but I didn't realize I could have died from a heart attack. People must be in ridiculous shape here.

After that whole fiasco, we went to Target, Fred Meyer (pretty cool everything store - groceries and more! kind of like super wal-mart or k-mart), and some asian store I can't pronounce the name of.

Weird thing of the day: I've been trying to avoid filling my gas tank because I'm afraid of letting other people do it. But today I gave in and got regular gas for 3.93!!! So much cheaper than CA. And when your tank is being filled they clean your windshields! You cannot go wrong. Also, when I was exiting the gas station some random car stopped and waved for me to leave. Why is everybody so nice? Is there connection to how much green is visible? CA, you better start planting more trees.

Had dinner at Portland City Grill, which I will call "The Substitute Palamino's" because it's pretty much the same thing, except food is much cheaper (2-4 bucks!!!! except the burger that's 5) I had cold soba noodles with a peanut sauce and teriyaki chicken spring rolls (more like asian salad spring rolls, there wasn't any chicken in it) and a glass of Stella for 10 bucks. I think I can get used to this.

I'm really excited about school starting. Who are my classmates?