Oh my god! I was so tired yesterday when I wrote that I forgot to tell you about the greatest thing ever that happened. First off the office stuck a card in our door sometime in the morning. It was a birthday card for me. Yay me. Which by the way is in 16 hours and 37 minutes. Just saying. Anyway, I went into the office because I wanted to see what the cost would be to extend our lease for 3 months. Like I mentioned the other day, there is no way we can be out by 8/1 and B and I talked about that when I landed on Friday. We are both in 100% agreement. We need to reexamine the original area, and we need some time to look up here AND we need time to be able to pack. 8/1 just ain't happening. I went into the office and asked if she could give me the difference in month to month versus a 3 month extension. She was like, well I'd like to but it hasn't been generated yet. Which is weird because it's less than 45 days until our lease is up. Or so we thought! We actually signed a 13 month! We don't need to be out until 9/8! PERFECT. And now on to Sunday.
We left off with us getting in the car at 1:30. The first few hours were pretty uneventful. B slept for about 2 hours, we talked a little, the regular car ride stuff. Around 4, I couldn't keep my eyes open. We pulled into a rest area and I took a 20 minute cat nap. That kept me going until about 6 where I was just struggling. B offered to drive and I jumped on it. The best decision I ever made. I woke up about an hour later and switched back. On the way we saw a sign for the Wild Animal Safari in Winston (go back to the archives to June 2011 and you will also read about this place). We of course made the detour. They opened at 9 and our current pace was going to get us there at 9:24. We did the whole thing - the drive around, the walking part, and had some lunch. Great break in the trip. And it set the tone for this trip. We are NOT in any rush. We have a general plan not a specific agenda. Have to remember that. Got back on the road and I drove for a while then we switched off again. That was a good idea this time as I woke up and we were in dead stop traffic. Turns out there was a rolled vehicle that delayed us for almost 1.5 hours and for 35-45 minutes of that we were parked. Ironically thanks to the delay, it put us right on track for our check in time. I was worried we were going to get there too early but nope, we hit right at about 3:45. Tada. We made it.
We are on the 7th floor in a nice corner room away from everyone. We have a beautiful room overlooking the bridge and Columbia river. For dinner we went off to Joe's Crab Shack because it was close. The food was acceptable but the service a little slow. I did complain and we ended up getting our apps for free. We got back to the hotel around 8, I set up the PS4 on the hotel TV (yes I brought it) and we played some Jurassic Lego. B was finally getting sleepy and she fell asleep around 9. I ended up going for a walk as the temperature finally dropped to a reasonable level. B wants to get a massage this week (Wednesday looks good) and the concierge gave me two options. I went and checked them out and will tell B what I found this morning.
Today's plan is breakfast, apartment searching, dinner downtown with a friend.
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