October 19, 2009

• How moving…

  Not a lot going on… but great things to come, including my first visit of Lulu in months and a trip to Portland/Crater Lake/Grandma’s.

  

  This is what is going on: I am moving! Shawn and I are taking the next step to see how much we really do love each other, and I am going to save some $$$ and move in with her and her roommate Alex (who owns the house). Did I mention it is fall?

  I am also going to have new pets: Cats!

  

  This is Mae… she’s the playful and rough one of the group.

  

  This is Missy… she’s the kind yet devious one.

  

  This is Cloud… the… uhhh… pretty (dumb) one.

  You may be saying, “Matt, are you not allergic to cats? Is it soon to be moving in with your girlfriend?”

  
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  My answer to that is, we are basically living together now (see above), and my allergies are OK… not great, but OK. So, I can do it.

  

  One of the best things is shopping and rearranging (Both of which I secretly like to do when moving). Yesterday I bought a nice display case for my rock collection (cat protected!), and it looks quite nice. In case some of you have not seen my (museum quality) rock collection, here’s a glimpse:

  

  Here are my minerals. In the back is a huge piece of Lepidolite.

  

  My igneous rocks, with Mongolian nick-nacks. The grey rock, front and center, is a month younger than me (from Mt. St. Helens eruption of October 1980).

  

  My sedimentary rocks, with fossils. My awesome crinoid is bottom left.

  

  My metamorphic/altered rocks, including a mafic dike in a felsic rock and a pillow basalt from a ophiolite zone in Mongolia and a piece of the fault that threatens my life right now, the Wasatch, in the back.

  Pretty cool, huh? The only specimens I can’t find are my awesome slickenside from Orocopia and my giant Sphene from just outside Yosemite. So, if any of you wanna see it in person, let me know.

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