Coffee, bagel with cream cheese.
Brand new binders organized by disorder.
Working. Hopefully solo.
Picking up Kristin downtown (yay!)
Here's to hopefully not having the worst birthday.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Friday, June 29, 2012
Welcome to Seattle, Menzie
Saturday, June 23, 2012: Woke up unwillingly, but cheerful, and with high hopes. Happy to be next to a darling chap, who came to breakfast with my family and best friend. Breakfast, albeit, delayed (good job, Joe, you drunken dork), was delicious, and funny, and light-hearted, for the most part. Leaving was... less so. Seeing my father cry-- not easy. Crying-- less easy. Relaxing at 1122 Westminster was nice, but not so nice to leave. Coffee helped. Driving did not. It was a long, lonely drive, rather than a fun, adventurous drive as other may claim. I pit-stopped in mid-Idaho for gas and nutrient replenishment-- aka, I went a place called The Hungry Red Neck Cafe... for a grilled cheese sandwich-- not the most Vegetarian friendly. I arrived in Pendleton, OR around 8:30pm Pacific Time, and checked into my hotel. From there I went to a place called the Great Pacific Wine & Coffee Co. for a baked vegetarian sandwich, a few Rogue beers, and some live folk music (all of which, in my unfortunate, emotional state, made me cry).
Sunday June 24, 2012: Driving, driving driving. Skip to arriving at the arranged sublet in the U-District. Skip to AWFUL. Skip to leaving the AWFUL, arrange sublet in the U-District. Skip to crying, conversation with the best aunt in the world, and finally arriving at the Homewood Suites Hotel by Hilton on Pike St. in downtown Seattle-- where I've been for the last 5 days.
Monday-Friday June 25-29, 2012: Apartment searching galore. Of particular notice is the fact that I found out I needed my WA state license to practice Speech Language Pathology before starting work (which I found out on Tuesday, and I was supposed to start work yesterday). With strings and things pulled from this way and that way, I made the necessary connections, and dotted by i's, crossed my t's, and figured out all the issues, getting my license approved and ready for action. So as of today I am ready to work. I start on Monday (Go me and my assertive action). Another plus for today... I chose an apartment, I applied, I was accepted, and I move in on July 6th. It's at 1000 8th Avenue. (Look it up) It's a nice apartment complex, originally from the 1950's I believe, but there have been tremendous remodels and upgrades. My apartment is a 1 bedroom with 590 sq ft, new carpet, new appliances, washer/dryer, and I can't wait to move in. My building has a parking garage (paid for), a HUGE gym, an outdoor heated pool, a community room with plenty of seating and TVs that can be rented for parties, as well as a rooftop garden and seating area. It's very nice. I think I made the right choice.
Overall: Seattle is big, subway-less, confusing, full of potentially rad people (how to find and meet them... another problem in itself), lonely, different, inclusive of full strength(+) beer, and curious. Hopefully, I'll find a place here. But it's not Salt Lake. It's not Boston, either. It's not easy. But, I'm working on it.
Sunday June 24, 2012: Driving, driving driving. Skip to arriving at the arranged sublet in the U-District. Skip to AWFUL. Skip to leaving the AWFUL, arrange sublet in the U-District. Skip to crying, conversation with the best aunt in the world, and finally arriving at the Homewood Suites Hotel by Hilton on Pike St. in downtown Seattle-- where I've been for the last 5 days.
Monday-Friday June 25-29, 2012: Apartment searching galore. Of particular notice is the fact that I found out I needed my WA state license to practice Speech Language Pathology before starting work (which I found out on Tuesday, and I was supposed to start work yesterday). With strings and things pulled from this way and that way, I made the necessary connections, and dotted by i's, crossed my t's, and figured out all the issues, getting my license approved and ready for action. So as of today I am ready to work. I start on Monday (Go me and my assertive action). Another plus for today... I chose an apartment, I applied, I was accepted, and I move in on July 6th. It's at 1000 8th Avenue. (Look it up) It's a nice apartment complex, originally from the 1950's I believe, but there have been tremendous remodels and upgrades. My apartment is a 1 bedroom with 590 sq ft, new carpet, new appliances, washer/dryer, and I can't wait to move in. My building has a parking garage (paid for), a HUGE gym, an outdoor heated pool, a community room with plenty of seating and TVs that can be rented for parties, as well as a rooftop garden and seating area. It's very nice. I think I made the right choice.
Overall: Seattle is big, subway-less, confusing, full of potentially rad people (how to find and meet them... another problem in itself), lonely, different, inclusive of full strength(+) beer, and curious. Hopefully, I'll find a place here. But it's not Salt Lake. It's not Boston, either. It's not easy. But, I'm working on it.
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