I'm going Downtown!!!

Exciting news... I got a new job!!! I've been keeping this opportunity on the down low because I didn't want to risk jeopardizing my other jobs. I am the new Accounting Assistant for Oregon Anesthesiology Group. My new office is located in Downtown Portland in the Pearl District. This is a great place to work, there are tons of great restaurants and shops nearby so Adam could come visit me for lunch and do some shopping too! The other great thing is I can take public transportation to get there! I won't have to drive our enormous SUV to work every day. Other benefits are a real salary, consistent schedule, and I get to work in an office again! I won't really get much Doctor or Patient contact because it's not that type of medical office but I will get a chance to grow my skills. The only drawback (which is also a benefit) is that it is a full time position. Although this is great for financial reasons, this also means less time at home with Adam. I've become accustomed to leisure mornings of watching tv and drinking coffee with him and now we'll have to save that till the weekends. I'm pretty excited still to have a "grown-up" job. I've been humming "Downtown" by Petula Clark all weekend.
I also have to share my my birthday weekend recap! On Thursday evening Adam and I went to pick up Aunt Jan from the airport. I think I referred to her in my last post as a "surprise". We got to the airport and Aunt Jan came out of the terminal without her bag. She claimed she had to check her bag because of a birthday gift that wouldn't pass security. We got down to the baggage claim and we were waiting for her bag when a girl approached us from behind and I began to think this weird girl was rudely going to barge in between us! Then the weird girl started to say something and I realized, that's my sister!!! Surprise!!! I was so excited to have both my Aunt and my sister here in Portland! Although, I was waiting for my other sister April to pop out of an elevator somewhere! Unfortunately, no April :o( But I could tell it was going to be a great weekend! We started with dinner at Salvador Mollys. Then home for a tour of our house. We got up on Friday morning and headed over to Multnomah Village for a lovely breakfast at Marco's Cafe. Then we headed to Multnomah Falls. Afterward, we went to do a little shopping at The Container Store. Then we went out for my birthday dinner at a Lebanese restaurant called Nicholas. Dinner was delicious and everyone enjoyed themselves! Saturday we kicked into high gear and started working on the kitchen. Aunt Jan is the shelf lining expert so she started that task. She also finished scrubbing my cabinets! Carrie helped clear the clutter and put things away. She also scrubbed my wainscoting in my dining room. We also washed some light fixtures. Then we stopped for a little girls lunch and shopping trip. Adam elected to stay home to continue working on his project. We ate at the Old Market Pub which is down the street from our house. Then we headed over to Bed, Bath, and Beyond and bought a rug for the dining room and some other kitchen necessities. We came home and finished some more chores and then headed over to have dinner with Tia Patty and Daniel at Jade, a Thai restaurant in Sellwood. We came home and watched "The Wizard of Oz". Sunday morning we finished organizing the laundry room and my linen closet and then headed out for our last lunch together. We headed Downtown so Aunt Jan and Carrie could see where my new office will be. We had lunch at the Deschutes Brewery. Then it was time to head to the airport. It was hard to let them go but I was so glad they got to come in the first place. That concludes my birthday weekend. Now I get to look forward to the rest of November and in a month and a half we'll be home in LA for Christmas!