nonionay | Tired but happy

Just got off the train from Oregon. There was much traveling today. Driving, walking, bussing, driving, training, bussing and just a little more walking. There were also visits with

calendula_witch, whose gorgeous house I've agreed to housesit for two weeks. So now my near future schedule looks like this:

Now through Friday: Job hunt in Bellingham.

Saturday: chill and possibly cross off some of my "stuff I've always meant to do in Bellingham" list. Probably this means walking down to Happy Valley to visit the Donovan Erratic. Yes, I'll walk across town to look at an interesting rock. It's from Jackass Mountain!

Sunday: go to parents house

8/23-8/24: backpacking with Dad and friends.

8/25: Go to Portland to take up housesitting and orchid-watering duties.

9/9: End housesitting duties.

9/11: Dad's birthday party, also in Portland. Hopefully come back north with parents...

And then I'll start my job-hunting tour of Puget Sound. I was a little torn when

calendula_witch extended her invitation, because it took place when I was hoping to be couch-surfing. But I'd be stupid to turn down a chance to live my near-ideal--all alone in a big fancy house surrounded by books. Maybe this means I'm more likely to get a job in and move to Portland, I don't know.

(And sheesh, how many of my writer friends who I'd want to hang out with in Portland are going to be off at Worldcon? :-P )