cliomouse (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} cliomouse) wrote,@ 2007-02-09 19:42:00 |
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Lots of changes a'goin' on...
Work got pretty miserable late last week and early this week. I was doing a drilling job in the middle of a farm in the Puyallup River valley. The surface was at least six inches of nasty mud, and you couldn't walk more than a few steps at a time before you got stuck and had to yank your boots out. I didn't want to get too stuck, standing and doing the soil sampling all day, so I used one of my storage boxes from the truck and stood in it all day every day. It didn't freeze the Monday and Tuesday, so it wasn't so cold but it kept the ground from being at all firm. Glad to be back to my usual site visits and occasional report writing for now.
It was particularly tough getting home at the end of days like that and finding an empty house. I missed my family while they were away in Hawaii, but I'm glad they had a good time and were able to enjoy nice weather for a while. I do really miss that, the comfortable weather and lack of multiple layers of fleece. They came back late Wednesday. I had just enough time that evening to do dishes, laundry, mop, vacuum, and buy groceries for breakfast before they arrived at 11 p.m. or so. Rusty and Beau were so thrilled to have more people around.
Last weekend I finally managed the opportunity to go apartment hunting in Tacoma. I hadn't expected to find too much in one day (Saturday) but figured I would at least get started. Surprisingly, a fantastic apartment will be available later this month. It's right near the office, near Wright Park, has lovely wood floors and a lot of antique charm, lots of storage space, and a view of Mt. Rainier. It will be ready around the 20th, and I have already put down the deposit. I'm excited! I've been buying things for my new place, and attempted again to find a set of dishes last night. I found a lot of things, including a glass eggplant for Marsha, but didn't find dishes. (Marsha used to draw lots of eggplants when she was waiting for Jane and me to finish our piano lessons when we were little, so I thought of her when I saw it.)
Mayli and I are going shopping tomorrow for Kelly's birthday presents and I may look for dishes then, too. A group is going to celebrate her birthday by going out to dinner and then going to Chopstix, the dueling piano bar, tomorrow night. I've never been, but Mayli says the Seattle Chopstix is neat, so it should be fun. It'll be fun to have friends over to my place for events like this, since my apartment is not far from that area of town. I just love those wood floors...
I had been thinking not long ago about taking another road trip to California this summer, particularly to visit Carol. It's probably silly, but I wonder if maybe I could make a difference with her. However, since she will not be there, I suppose that option is out. I want to have hope, but I do wonder how things will go for her this time around... Strange how so much traveling makes trips that otherwise seemed so very long now seem much simpler. I think almost nothing of a half-hour drive anywhere, since I drive that between home and work, and to most sites, every day.
Today's site was all the way in Snoqualmie, and there was bad traffic, so it took more than an hour to get there. It was a beautiful location, though, along a creek with a dam where they want to build a fish ladder. It was a very nice change from the aforementioned muddy field. Utilities and some uncooperative soils made the job a no-go, which was fortunate as it allowed me to get home early. My family made the difficult decision to have Beau put to sleep. While we are all definitely sad, I think it will still be a bit of time before it fully sinks in. And, with more time, we'll learn to find it normal. I began to think and realize, though, that Belle is five years old this month. Assuming she will make it to the average age of 15, that means a third of her life is gone. To me, she still seems like a kitten. It makes me appreciate Her Fluffyness that much more.
Wow, don't I look awful...ha... This was the Seattle Wedding Show about a month ago.
Work got pretty miserable late last week and early this week. I was doing a drilling job in the middle of a farm in the Puyallup River valley. The surface was at least six inches of nasty mud, and you couldn't walk more than a few steps at a time before you got stuck and had to yank your boots out. I didn't want to get too stuck, standing and doing the soil sampling all day, so I used one of my storage boxes from the truck and stood in it all day every day. It didn't freeze the Monday and Tuesday, so it wasn't so cold but it kept the ground from being at all firm. Glad to be back to my usual site visits and occasional report writing for now.
It was particularly tough getting home at the end of days like that and finding an empty house. I missed my family while they were away in Hawaii, but I'm glad they had a good time and were able to enjoy nice weather for a while. I do really miss that, the comfortable weather and lack of multiple layers of fleece. They came back late Wednesday. I had just enough time that evening to do dishes, laundry, mop, vacuum, and buy groceries for breakfast before they arrived at 11 p.m. or so. Rusty and Beau were so thrilled to have more people around.
Last weekend I finally managed the opportunity to go apartment hunting in Tacoma. I hadn't expected to find too much in one day (Saturday) but figured I would at least get started. Surprisingly, a fantastic apartment will be available later this month. It's right near the office, near Wright Park, has lovely wood floors and a lot of antique charm, lots of storage space, and a view of Mt. Rainier. It will be ready around the 20th, and I have already put down the deposit. I'm excited! I've been buying things for my new place, and attempted again to find a set of dishes last night. I found a lot of things, including a glass eggplant for Marsha, but didn't find dishes. (Marsha used to draw lots of eggplants when she was waiting for Jane and me to finish our piano lessons when we were little, so I thought of her when I saw it.)
Mayli and I are going shopping tomorrow for Kelly's birthday presents and I may look for dishes then, too. A group is going to celebrate her birthday by going out to dinner and then going to Chopstix, the dueling piano bar, tomorrow night. I've never been, but Mayli says the Seattle Chopstix is neat, so it should be fun. It'll be fun to have friends over to my place for events like this, since my apartment is not far from that area of town. I just love those wood floors...
I had been thinking not long ago about taking another road trip to California this summer, particularly to visit Carol. It's probably silly, but I wonder if maybe I could make a difference with her. However, since she will not be there, I suppose that option is out. I want to have hope, but I do wonder how things will go for her this time around... Strange how so much traveling makes trips that otherwise seemed so very long now seem much simpler. I think almost nothing of a half-hour drive anywhere, since I drive that between home and work, and to most sites, every day.
Today's site was all the way in Snoqualmie, and there was bad traffic, so it took more than an hour to get there. It was a beautiful location, though, along a creek with a dam where they want to build a fish ladder. It was a very nice change from the aforementioned muddy field. Utilities and some uncooperative soils made the job a no-go, which was fortunate as it allowed me to get home early. My family made the difficult decision to have Beau put to sleep. While we are all definitely sad, I think it will still be a bit of time before it fully sinks in. And, with more time, we'll learn to find it normal. I began to think and realize, though, that Belle is five years old this month. Assuming she will make it to the average age of 15, that means a third of her life is gone. To me, she still seems like a kitten. It makes me appreciate Her Fluffyness that much more.
Wow, don't I look awful...ha... This was the Seattle Wedding Show about a month ago.
