I’m sitting outside waiting for my ride and guess what… It starts pouring down rain. Its been raining for days now but it’s getting worse. This is why I don’t miss Washington. It’s so depressing with the grey cloud and the rainy atmosphere. It needs to clear up so I can cheer up. It’s been kind of a bad day, I guess the weather wants to mock me.
Today I have driven through Oregon. From top to bottom. And I have concluded a three things.
1. There are many… I mean many cows in Oregon. So many cows that you could probably invade Maryland with them. That is how many cows there are!
2. Oregon is cold. I was in Rice Hill, OR and it was 57 degrees. I’m coming from Mexico where it is 100+ degrees. I feel like an eskimo!
And finally,
3. Oregon is full of trees. I love trees. Oregon is a beautiful tree state. Everything is so green! It’s amazing! I would consider oregon a place to live, but the only down fall I have for it is that it is so cold.
This was what I realized on my trip through Oregon.
Well it’s official. I have left Mexico. Goodbye San Felipe. Onward back to the state I had called home for seventeen years. Thinking about it now, Washington isn’t home, it never felt like home. Having experienced Mexico like I have, I can now say what family is, and it is not what I had known in Washington.
With each mile we travel, my heart sinks even more. I’m dreading the arrival in Washington. But my arrival is inevitable, it will happen. Closer and closer it approaches…
Today I have finished the majority of my packing to go back to Washington. The past 8 months has flown by, and my departure date is closing in on me. I leave Tuesday, May 15th, 2012. this is going to be a sad day, but at the same time, a great day. It is the start of a new adventure. One that is unknown for right now, but will soon arrive. Graduation is one month away, that is an experience all it’s own.
Anyways, back to packing and leaving. I have met the most wonderful people in San Felipe. I am glad I decided to return in September. That will be another adventure. After all, I return after my 18th birthday! That will be different, but all worth the change for adventure.
When people think marriage, they think bride and groom. Now-a-days you will start thinking bride and bride, groom and groom, and even bride and groom. This is possible because Obama did something worth while for once during his presidency. He is signing a bill that accepts same sex marriage. This will enrage many people, but at the same time make many men and women all over the country happy. Everyone has a right to their views and thoughts on same sex marriage. Some support it, others frown upon it and call it unnatural. Personally, I think whatever makes you happy, makes you happy. I you are a woman and want to be married to a woman, then go for it! If that is what makes you happy, then do it. Same goes for any man, if you want to marry a man, go for it! Do what makes YOU happy. You will always have someone disapprove over something you do. It’s human nature to always have positive forces and negative forces around any and all things.
The Legal drinking age in the United States is 21. The legal drinking age in Mexico, and the majority of the world, is 18. I’m not for or against either age, so don’t get me wrong when I ask, why are there two different age requirements? Did the united states know better when they raised the age requirement? At one point in time, the United States requirement was 18 as well. Why the change? If they had a good, logical reason to change it, why hasn’t the while world? Is this for power control? Or is there a logical explanation, besides liver damage? I think if someone wants to ruin their liver, let them. It’s their choice. Cigarettes are sold to 18 year olds everywhere, including the United States. So why can you sell cancer-causing substances over liver ruining ones? Or how about this? You an enlist in the military at 17 to give up your life, but can’t buy alcohol. Does this make any sense? The United States is suppose to have freedoms, why not allow the freedoms to people to chose what they want to kill their bodies with? It is THEIR body after all. Of course, this is all in my opinion.
Oakland, California I known as not a good place to be, poor, violent, an down right dangerous. But really it’s a community, just like another. There is a organization from Oakland that is trying to publish a book based on the history, and it’s people of Oakland. They are trying to raise $3,000 for this book. With your help you can make this possible. With a minimum $1 donation, you can help this organization meet their goal, publish the book, and become a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. With their cameras, recorders, pens, pencils, and notebooks, they write the pages of Oakland history for the world to read. Would you help their cause? If yes, go to their website at: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1682512818/project-en-vue
Just a dollar can help this cause immensely.
Tonight I’m sleeping on the couch. Truthfully, I really hate the couch. It’s uncomfortable, hard, and just plain not good. I chose to sleep on this very uncomfortable couch for a very good reason. My room has been invaded. Invaded by…..BUGS!! They took it over in the stealth of the night. This is night three of fighting them. But the enemy is strong, and by strong I mean that I can not see them until they are right there. That is not good at all. So by choice, as of tonight, I am sleeping on the couch and I’m going to get bug killer in the morning. Goodbye beetles, grasshoppers, and spiders. You will parish in a fiery dead… Okay maybe by that dramatic.. But they will die! And I hope it is painful… They deserve it after all. This is war!!
San Felipe is located on the Baja of California in Mexico. People that know of San Felipe know it as a retirement community for elders over 50 years of age. Others know it as the spot to go for the Baja 250 racing event. Some may even know it as the place to go for sun, fun, and great tacos. Either way you put it, people all over the world know of San Felipe. The town harbors about 20,000 people, mostly Mexican, some American, others from other places in the world.
Living here for almost a year, I have experiences so may things here in San Felipe. Meeting people and seeing things that you wouldn’t see anywhere else are just perks to living in a foreign country. I have met many great people that I wouldn’t have met if I hadn’t moved here. I am grateful that I had this opportunity. I now plan on traveling within life. If anyone has the chance of ever going to a Baja race, traveling to Mexico, or even traveling in general, I say go for it! It is a great life experience! Live life for yourself. Make a trip somewhere once a year. Do it for you.
