You People Make Me Laugh

I just had such a great time reading Heidi and Natalie's blogs, very funny! :o) Just as a side note, in the background on the tv is a show about making cakes for weddings...and yes, I am enjoying it. Is that odd? Ooooo! They even have Grooms Cakes, how East Coast.
So I am now in Bend, OR. Although my visits today were in Sisters and then Culver (I know, right, who has ever heard of Culver!) and they were both pretty good. Small amount of students, but I suppose that does allow for more personal visits and one on one questions with students. And that I DO enjoy. Apparently this past weekend Bend had a huge snowstorm, I started hearing about it about an hour before I even got into Bend, all that's left now are huge clumps of frozen dirty snow on the sides of roads though. So Natalie, I saw my first seasons snow as well! :o) But I have a feeling mine wasn't quite as pretty as your first glimpse was. Okay, so the exciting news for Bend thus far. I check into my hotel this afternoon after a very early morning of driving and visits and I get to the front desk and the lady says "you know what... I'm going to give you a free upgrade since you're staying here awhile." What! I get to my room, a little wary because I'm first floor and I thought it was an outdoor access. However, it is not, its a tiny hallway consisting of 4 doors, haha. I walk into my room and my mouth literally hits the floor. This hotel room is seriously almost the size of the main floor of my house! I would say it is the same exactly, minus Andrea's room. !!! I have a kitchenette, a bar and stools, a livingroom with couch, chairs and tv, a desk, a fireplace, the walk in closet area and bathroom , bed area and a very beautiful patio that overlooks the pool. I can't believe the luck of this! Needless to say, I was very excited about this upgrade. My stomach has been hurting from eating out so much so I'm also looking forward to having the opportunity to eat fresh food (Trader Joes is only a couple minutes away). And on top of that, I have a great list of good places to eat while here, already crossed one off the list.
Mm...the fireplace is on and is warming up this enormous room. Alsom it is like a cake making marathon on TLC, fantastic!
Until later!