Moving, Part III

I'm moving to Vancouver in about an hour. I may not have internet right away if you don't hear from me via electronics.

I'm excited and nervous. Yikes! I'm stopping in Pasco to see Jillian Smith, who just moved there because she got a job. Yay for people getting jobs! So I will have dinner with her and then get to Vancouver between 9 and 10.

OK, gotta pack my car!

shoe addict

I have had no income since May 31, but I still have found the money to buy 5 pair of shoes this summer. Sad.

The first pair was for Dayna and Jim's wedding and it doesn't count because you have to have new shoes for a good friend's wedding. So it was necessary. But after that, my reasoning gets sketchy. When I was in Portland before our trip to Cannon Beach, Joy and I ran errands for two days and I found some "must haves". The first was a pair of black dress shoes that I can wear for a new job, for which I will likely need to dress up. And they were only $15. And then I found a pair of white/red Puma mules for under $30 and, honestly, my pumas-in-every-color-but-only-if-they're-less-than-$30 goal cannot go on hold because you never know when you'll find a good deal on PUmas. They're expensive. Plus, I saw them 2 weeks before and didn't buy them (good discipline) but then couldn't stop thinking about them and wishing i had purchased them. that's a sign i had to do it.

so, the last two pair, well, i bought them yesterday. i was at shopko and meandered into the payless section and i found two pair of ballet slipper-like shoes that were so great for dressing up for a new job, and they were buy-one-get-one-half-off, so i got two pair of shoes for $30.

in total, i think i spent about $95 on all these shoes, and i'm thinking that's a lot of shoes for that money. especially considering carrie bradshaw spends $400 on ONE pair of shoes. i realize carrie bradshaw is not real, but still...

ephiphany

i had a job-search-related epiphany recently. i am applying for lower level jobs with companies. i live in spokane. these companies are in portland. they are not going to fly me in for an interview, but if they express interest in me, they may have to (or i could ask). so why not just consider a local applicant who is just as qualified instead?

yeah, so i'm going to get a p.o. box next week and contact a few of the places i have applied to let them know 1) i'm still interested and 2) that i have an address update so they know they won't have to fly me in and maybe then they'll consider me.

we'll see if it works.

hey, if anyone knows a cheap dial-up internet provider, let me know. i think earthlink is the most mac-friendly and only 9.95 a month, but anyone know if they're good?

desparate

So, I am so desparate for a job that I just responded to a posting on craigslist for a contract knitter. If this is legit, I'd get yarn and a pattern and have two weeks to create the item, on a paid-per-item basis.

A little dinero is better than no dinero, and at least I won't be bored, right?

P.S. The house was vibrating again today. Maybe I'm mad (as in insane).
P.P.S. Aden, I had a generra at the Rocket today in honor of you!

earthquake!!

The house is vibrating right now, rattling a bit. It is weird. I wonder if someone is using a jackhammer nearby. Or maybe it's just one of the Jack-in-the-Box customers in the drivethrough...maybe their bass is thumping so loud that I can't hear it but can just feel it. That'd be great science to study.

Gotta go...

pray first

In church tonight, the pastor was speaking about the church's mission statement. The first value they hold is prayer. He said something interesting. He pointed out that often people say "there's nothing left to do but pray" and said that we should be praying first, not as a last resort. It struck me. Why don't we pray first? Hmm...

today

I am now 31. I feel old. Ancient. I realize it's not that old, but it feels old. I'm now "over 30". I am thinking 38 may be my "scary age" (like Miranda mentioned in an episode of Sex and the City I saw recently). I must do something with my life by 38, that's all there is to it.

So, yeah, I think I'll be living in Vancouver, WA, around September 1, and then maybe Portland shortly after that. I'm working on the details, but that's what I'm thinking/hoping. I'm also looking at getting back into the banking world if they'll have me. Not necessarily forever, just for now. Portland is not perfection or heaven or a dream come true, but I being there may nourish my creative soul. I need that. And I want some Imago Dei for my spirit.

Peace out.

Update on life...my thoughts today

So, for the last two days, I have been seriously considering why I am not just moving to Portland. So I think I'm gonna do it. Just do it and stop waiting around. I need to work out some details like where I would live because I have my resume in for a sweet job in Seattle-ish for a Career Counseling gig and if that happens, I don't want to be tied in to an apartment lease. But I think I just need to do it. Move. Get whatever job I can. Even if it's two part-timers or temping for now.

I kind of want to do it soon, too, because I feel like I need to cut myself from Whitworth, which I'm not doing by living on here (since all the peeps I'm staying with are Whitworth peeps). So I think I want to go away before the students arrive. I'm kind of feeling like I'm suffocating as the students gradually return, though it's nothing to do with the students because I love them all TO DEATH. It's just me not letting go of this place that I love, and I think it's keeping me from taking the next step in life. I'm the "forever Senior" that Zan and I used to talk about in college. :)

So, I may go to Bend for a little bit to hang more with Brad and craft with him and Sundi and then move on to Vancouver to seriously look for a job. Or maybe I'll just go right to Vancouver. I haven't talked with all of the people who would be housing me yet, so I need to do that this weekend to see what my options are and if/when there's room for me.

So that's what I'm thinking today. And so I have been aggressively looking for jobs this evening.

I'll try to blog a bit more to keep you posted on what happens.

another vacation

tomorrow i leave for another week of vacation. i am first going to vancouver, wa. i will stay with bill and joy but i am mainly going to see my brother, who will be working there for like 48 hours. hopefully i'll get to take him someplace cool in the evenings, like mcmenemans or something.

marky-mark leaves thursday afternoon, so i'll hang with bill and/or joy and then brad comes up thursday night and then we all pile our stuff in brad's car and drive to the airport to pick up nicole and then we'll drive to the coast to cannon beach. for those of you who have seen goonies, the movie, the ocean stuff is at haystack rock, wich is in c.b. yeah, so we're hanging at the ocean (my favorite place) for the weekend. then i think i'm going to bend for a couple of days to hang with brad and then i'll come back to spokane.

as soon as i get to a computer with a u.s.b. connector that is easy to plug in to, i'll post a couple of pics from dayna and jim's wedding. it was wonderful.

newness

I have been trying to figure out how to post links on my blog and finally figured it out! It was easier to change my template, so I have a new color scheme. Enjoy!

If I know you and you have a blog, let me know the address and I'll add it to my blog links.

Fun times!

moved

I moved again. For a lot of reasons, including temperature and cable TV, I moved over to my friend Nicole's house. I was going to move there when students started coming back to campus, so I decided to do it a couple of weeks early. I'm still at the same address and my cell phone number.

No news on the job front. Just keep looking for more options. I'm even considering new places to go. We'll see what happens.

This weekend is Dayna and Jim's wedding. Yay!