Sweet.

Okay, I have been neglecting the blog. Basically because summer has droned on and I can't distinguish one day from the next. So I'm going to make a couple of posts that will appear below this one on stuff that happened within the past couple of weeks or so.

Yesterday I went to hang out with my sister after work. I got stuck on I-84 getting there, since apparently rush hour is at 3:30 now. I got to her house and then we went to pick berries at this one place. Had to take the backroads to get there, since the traffic on the freeways was going to be even worse. So it takes like 35 minutes to get there and... no berries. They were all picked over the weekend. So we ended up buying some.

After that we stopped by my aunt Lena's house and delivered some berries to her. We ended up staying a bit, just chatting and catching up. I love her dogs and the cat Johnny of course.

Then I took my sister on a mini-driving lesson in a church parking lot. She did pretty good considering it was her first time ever behind the wheel. We did that a while before...

...going out for sushi. It was my first time eating sushi... and it was okay. I didn't go wild for it. Obviously some people love it, but I wasn't that way. I didn't hate it either... it was just okay. At least I tried it now though, so it was a good experience.

Then I went bowling with Laurel right after that... so I ended up getting home at like 11:30pm. After leaving the house at 9:50am that morning. Woot.

Today I played tennis after work with Kathy my sorta boss and Tameea, the girl that replaced me after I went to college. Her husband played too, so we did doubles.

Ended up lasting quite a while, with me and Kathy finally winning 7-5, 5-7, 11-9. Guess that's why they invented the tiebreaker. I tried to explain it, but everyone just decided it was too hard to learn that quickly, so we ended up playing you had to win by two sets.

Started at 6:00... finally ended at 8:30 or so. Was fun though.

That's what you call a slow day at the office. There is not someone named that either, I chopped up their name cause they don't want it on the web probably. ;)

Saturday I went to the Portland Timbers game against Coventry City, a second-tier team from England. Portland was still overmatched... but since CCFC was just in the beginning of their training camp basically... it evened things out.

10,985 fans were there, not quite the 15,000 or so for the Sunderland match last year, but then again CCFC isn't in the Premiership. Anyways, I went with Laurel and sat right behind the Timber's Army, which was crazy and loud as always. It was an awesome atmosphere and Portland lived up to the label of "SoccerCity USA."

Coventry City dominated the first twenty minutes or so, scoring in the eighth and taking a 1-0 lead. It looked like the Timbers would be overmatched, but they got things together and fought back. They started controlling the game in the middle of the match. They scored in the 67th minute off a PK (hand ball in the box).

The game would finished tied 1-1. Both clubs agreed to a penalty shootout to decided the winner and give the fans a treat. Portland won on PKs 5-3, sending the crowd into a frezy. Really it was a tie, but still, it was a good game by the Timbers and really fun to attend.

For the fourth I went with a bunch of friends to the fireworks display at Tigard High School in Tigard. The fireworks are actually at a nearby park (Cook Park) but people pack the high school stadium and get a great view. The whole football field was packed with people, it was quite the site... people laying down on towels and lawn chairs, kids running rampant, everyone eagerly waiting for it to get dark.

Finally it got dark and the fireworks started. It was a decent show, but it really didn't have a finale and everyone was confused. Exactly like last year. Check out my post from a year ago... we watched them from this place in Tualatin (not as good since you're so much farther away) and I remember thinking the crappy finish was a technical glitch. But no. They had a flurry like last year... then a couple of random ones at weird intervals... then it was over. Still fun though.

I borrowed a sweater, so I don't actually like "UCLA"... although I must admit it looks good on me.

And people you don't know (most likely).