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Hello, Seattle!

Mood: Still Industrious
Music: None
Game: I'd like to play World of Warcraft, CoD2, EVE Online, but with no PC, it's just X360 stuff...
Book: None
Muffin: Never to have a Blue Sky Muffin again. How SAD. Nothing this morning.

How'd it all go?

Well, I'm still in transition.

Food was: Dinner for Jennifer's birthday on Saturday at Esperanto, dinner for my leaving at Hop Kee on Sunday, Dinner with Colin, Adam, and Kevin at Blue Ribbon on Monday night, and lunch on Tuesday with Adam, Jenai, and Pauline before I got on the plane.

Moving was: Jenny Lee came over Sunday night after dinner and helped pack boxes, which was a huge help, naturally. She left around 1am (?) and I finished up, including bill of lading at 4am or so.

Movers came at 9am Monday, and it took them all of three hours to shlep everything into the truck...and they weren't exactly hauling ass, goofing off and such. Not that I care. I ain't paying by the hour. They left with everything, leaving me with a mess of an apartment and not much else.

UPS guy came at 1pm, picked up my computer and monitor, a box for my mom, and a mess of legos for my nephew Ethan.

I took a nap until around 5 when Jenai called. She came over, got the toaster oven. Met with my landlords, who were kind enough to write me a check for my deposit with no hassle and no deductions. Adam and Kevin came over, as did Colin, and they all helped me clean up the vast majority of the apartment, taping up stacks of unused boxes, and Adam even helped to scrub the stove. We went to dinner, then I went home and fell asleep. Woke up on Tuesday, finished cleaning the apartment (kitchen, bathroom, mainly, mopped the floors) and went to lunch with Adam, Jenai, and Pauline. Went home, read a bit, chilled, got in the car service vehicle, and headed for the airport.

Flight was: Uneventful, crowded, and about 5 hours. Actually arrived about 45 mins early. Couldn't tell you why. I watched Once Upon a Time in Mexico on the laptop. Started to watch Trainspotting...but not really a movie you can watch on an airplane. Got in, and Fookus arrived at exactly the same time I did. Got my bag and headed home.

In Seattle: Been locking down chores, changing addresses, going to the bank, handling household stuff while Chelsea is at work. Today, I got a phone installed, got the door buzzer hooked to it, installed the shower curtain and liner, replaced the shower head with a different one, applied for unemployment (and got accepted, provided my former boss doesn't make a major issue of it) and cleaned the desk in anticipation of my PC showing up from UPS today...as the website says it will.

Other than that, I've been exploring the neighborhood, tweaking my resume, discovered that the new Pho place across the street serves a bathtub sized bowl of Pho with wickedly awesome brisket and flank for $6, and includes a freshly made cream puff for dessert. I can see myself there a LOT. The broth is fabulous, a huge plate of sprouts, basil, fresh sliced chilis, and the sri sauce right on the table in the huge bottle. Frankly, I love this place.

Hooked up the X360, and enjoying the small downloadable games more than the games that I bought with the system. Can't wait for DOA4.

If the gaming PC comes today, and I hope it will, I'll get it set up, play some WoW with the fellas, then tomorrow, work on the resume, and start sending stuff out.

It's good being here. It doesn't quite feel like home yet, and I'm still getting used to living with someone (and a cat) when I haven't done it in so long...but I like the feel of it so far. And I love being here with Chelsea.

I'll write more often now that I'm getting settled here...and I'd love to hear from you all.

More later!

Posted by Glenn at December 1, 2005 02:00 PM