somebody's watching me....

in an ever growing attempt to get my money's worth from my health insurance company, i've been referred to a slew of specialists.

partly because i moved and had to find new doctors here and get established as a patient.

and partly because, well, why not.

my latest referral was to a sleep specialist.

i've never been a good sleeper.  ever.

i've also never felt like i've gotten a good night's sleep.

it's always taken me hours to fall asleep, i awaken throughout the night and i'm always tired.

so, off to the ohsu sleep disorders program i went.

i saw a great doctor who suggested i do a sleep study.

the next night.

they do the studies in a hotel down by the river.

sweet.

except for the fact that someone is WATCHING AND RECORDING YOU ALL NIGHT LONG!

i checked in at 8pm.  a tech came around at about 9 and hooked me up to a million wires.

i had things hooked to every part of my body.  and they expected me to sleep??

luckily the doc gave me an ambien.

i still didn't sleep well though.

i was glad to be discharged early the next morning.

too bad i won't know the results for about 4 weeks.  but what can i expect when the tests yield about 1200 pages worth of data?

multnomah falls

hood river & multnomah falls

we arrived in hood river in time for a late lunch.

hood river is a small town on the river known for wind surfing.  the weather was too bad to see anyone doing it.  cute town though.

we then moved onto multnomah falls.

it was amazing.  there are no other words to describe it.  well, except extremely damp.

the exit sits in the middle of the freeway.

and you cross under the freeway to get to the falls.

too bad pictures can't do the falls justice.

we took the winding wet trail up to the bridge.

then it was back to portland and reality.

all good things must come to an end....

vacation bender, day 2

after the pitts mansion, vacation hunger set in.  again.

martha and i went to old town and went to the people's sandwich of portland.

yum.

i still love that place.

luckily so did martha.

after stuffing our faces, we walked to the river (willamette).  the weather was actually nice so we walked around.

so were other people.

all the fountains were running.

there was a helicopter flying really low.

after lee got off work, we went and crushed another meal.

friday night's fare was italian.  iorio restaurant in the SE section of town.  

fan-damn-tastic.

we left miserably full yet we had to find gelato.

fountain

i walked along the waterfront today and ended up by the salmon street springs.  i couldn't help but stop and watch the kids play.

as i turned back while walking away, i saw a rainbow...