Living on the Columbia River

I have been living in my old childhood stomping grounds near Hood River, Oregon for the past 8 days. It has been very peaceful and nice. A lot of friendly people, a cool setting (temperature wise also), and it is nice to watch people windsurf again. I have been thinking about picking windsurfing back up again after the baby is born, as long as someone is there to help me watch her, of course. :)  I just arrived in Portland an hour ago, so adapting to a very populated area is interesting, once again. I am living on the side of the street again, at the same spot I was living back in October. My hopes for living on the streets of Portland is to promote and sell the bus soon. So far, I have had a lot of people stand me up on buying the car and motorcycle, but at least my Craigslist postings are generating some interest. Still crossing my fingers that everything is sold by the end of August.

I found a super beautiful Toyota Dolphin that I am going to check out in Bend, Oregon after I am done trying to sell the bus in Portland and Eugene. It has a very similar style to the bus with all of the beautiful bright colors inside, but it gets 16-18mpg instead of 8-12mpg. ;) Plus it has a full shower, bathroom, refrigerator, sink, and all wood floors. It would be so much nicer traveling in a lower profile vehicle, though I am getting used to driving the bus again, and it is very accepted in Oregon. I finally met a couple with a converted bus in Hood River, Oregon. They gave me a lot of really good tips on living free with the bus for months at a time. It is nice knowing that I am not the only converted bus in Oregon. :)

I am 29 weeks pregnant today, and still trying to get over this possible respiratory infection. I have been taking really good care of it, but it has finally strained a lot of muscles in my back. It hurts pretty bad, so crossing my fingers that the cough goes away for good soon. I keep wondering if it was the pesticides I inhaled that caused it, or if it is just the baby pushing on the diaphragm. I can go half of the day without coughing, then when I get into certain positions, I start coughing - especially at night when I lay down. I don't feel sick or anything out of the ordinary, and no one is getting sick from me, so I know I don't have a cold. My sister and a friend of mine had something similar the last 3 months of their pregnancies.   I am definitely ready for the baby to drop near the end of pregnancy so I can get some coughing relief. Aside from all of that, the baby is growing more and more every day and everything is going well, but time is flying!