hey<\/p>\n
Not a whole lot has went on since I’ve last posted… but I’ll give a brief summary \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Remember Allan? He pulled me to the side on Thursday (the last day for finals) and told me that he was sorry for how he had been acting the past few months.. and that we can hang out next semester.<\/p>\n
I guess that’s what the ‘holidays’ brings out in people. Christmas.. hmm<\/p>\n
Anyway.. today it felt like a winter wonderland. It was great, it snowed here in Portland. I liked it \ud83d\ude42 Big fluffy flakes just falling down and it stuck on the ground, it didn’t just melt away. It won’t stay for too long, the forecast calls for rain next week – but it was still nice to see – and so near Christmas.<\/p>\n
I also.. uh.. yeah. Kinda got sick. Not really sure with what or how, but you all know how that works. I also launched my store \ud83d\ude09 thats right.. a store. Click here<\/p>\n
Anyway.. so I went to downtown Portland on Friday and saw the 12 days of Christmas with my parents (a store downtown has the 12 days and little animated scenes- its quite cute) and then went to Santa land. I went a day earlier with Jay, Billie Jo and Jack – but this time I went with my parents. Then we walked around Pioneer Square and saw the big 75 foot tree they had decorated for the city.<\/p>\n
One thing I did with my friends but not with my family was go to see Christmas lights. It was nice – we even found this one street not too far from the school that decked themselves with lights. It was neat- around halfway they were giving out free hot cider and hot chocolate. Even a group of people singing songs (not Christmas songs, but like 80’s songs- don’t ask.. I don’t even know)<\/p>\n
But other than that I’ve been enjoying the snow, I even mustered up enough of it to throw a few snowballs.<\/p>\n
I think that’s all I have to update on for now. Have a great week.<\/p>\n
God Bless, Pray Hard<\/p>\n
Ciao<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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