Week 2 in OREGON!!

WIPED out after WORK!!

After Eli pulled up thorn bushes
all day his hands were torn up!
I made him wear socks on his
hands with ointment that night!

This week was a busy week at and away from our cottage in the woods!  Eli began the week working on the farm digging a trench for the line that goes to the electric fence which keeps the animals in the correct pasture.  Then he got his first score with craigslist.  We have been told that as soon as something is posted on craigslist in this area that within 5 minutes there are already about 30 responses.  So getting jobs are hard around here!!  Eli worked for a gentleman that owns rental properties and said he would definitely be calling Eli back because he did such a good job.  Eli worked on a hill digging up blackberry and other thorn bushes for 15 hours!!  While he was working hard, I was getting my feet on the ground at Mercy Medical Center.  I have definitely been kept busy and am enjoying meeting the locals.  As I walk through the hospital I occasionally get a smile on my face because I remember that I am a “real therapist.”  It is fun to finally be doing what I want to do after all those years of school.   I have my eyes set on doing inpatient rehab for my career, but this is a great facility to get my feet on the ground with good co-workers!

UMPQUA icecream!
Eli came to eat lunch with me on Friday :) 

As for our free time this week, we spent most mornings trying to keep up with Shawn T doing insanity and watching Modern Family or basketball in the evenings.  We had our landlord, Paula, over for dinner on Wednesday and had Ed and Jan’s newly famous Vegetable Pie!  It was great to get to know her better.  We have definitely lucked out as the dogs are in heaven and we are enjoying our adventure!!  To the coast this weekend…more later! J