It Was Kind Of A Big Deal

Dear Portland,
I have come to find that coming up with the "big picture" is not exactly my jam. I get overwhelmed, stressed and generally panicky.  Not good. I like details. I like thinking of a potential problem that no one else thought of and coming up with a radical solution. It's what I'm best at. I came up with a big picture today and am damn proud of it. The details will come in time but for now, this was my responsibility and after a fit of kicking and screaming and pounding my fists on the kitchen floor, I did it. All by myself.
What is my big picture you may ask? Well in a as little words as necessary:

Six weeks of beginner knitting for three different age groups, twice a week.

I have to present my case tomorrow and I plan to lay it out just like one of those hot shot suits (well not exactly, I hope to be much more personable and far less androgynous, and minus the ugly suit). But I am confident in this big picture and confident that the details will work themselves out. It will be a lot of work and a lot of time spent but I'm stoked. I have high hopes of it being well received.

How about some unrelated news Portland?
There are A LOT of long boarders here. The weird thing is, I never actually see anyone skating. They just seem to carry them around and talk about long board stuff with their buddies on street corners. It's very strange. I know they must skate somewhere because they talk about how "the ride" is. But I don't know anything about "the ride" so maybe they are just making it all up.
Fooled me I guess. Carry on.