Beach Pilgrimage

I wish I went to the beach more often.  I should.  I only go about once every year, usually at the beginning of the summer.  And I almost always go to the same beach.  Really, there's no excuse for me not going- I live about 50 minutes away from Florence, and only another 30 from Yachats, one of my favorite coastal towns (granted, I've only ever been to like 4...anyhow...).  It doesn't take much effort, just a bit of driving time.  I think I always convince myself it's going to be too cold?  And I've never really been old enough to go by myself until recently.  POINT: I should go to the beach more!

I went today!  I got up super early, more focused on getting to the Green Salmon Café (more on that in a hot minute) and getting a cheese Danish before they were all gone than the fact the leaving at 6:30=not truly missing the heat wave in Veneta.  I ended up back here at about 4:15, just in time to catch the last 1.5 hours.  Dumb me.  That aside, I had a wonderful time!

I stopped in Florence for some small snacks and a bottle of water, then hit Yachats.  Yachats is a quaint little tourist town about 30 minutes north of Florence, and is aptly nicknamed "Gem of the Oregon Coast."  My first stop was the Green Salmon Café, which serves excellent coffee, delicious pastries, and a wide variety of vegetarian and vegan options (they have normal food, too, don't worry!).  Here are some pictures I found on the Internet, since I didn't take any!

College Idealism

I applied for housing yesterday.  And signed a contract.  Holy crap.

Luckily, my awesome roommate scoped out the best choice for a room, and we got the room we wanted!  I just want to go shopping for our dorm and buy ALL THE THINGS.  Seriously.  Aside from the fact that I will end up with zero money, college is going to be rockin'.  This will be my life:

Tuesday Things

It's been a long day! I feel like this right now:

Things I've done today: school! Always exhausting. And sometimes almost physically painful (you haven't experienced true misery until you've been in my poetry class).  I also went to work, where I trained the new hostess. That at least gave me something to do for a few hours.