9:55 am-Well, it’s been awhile since I picked this up-busy moving and settling down, basically.
I closed my DSL, so no more mysite.verizon.net…I have no idea where I’ll set it down-host #5… OK. I don’t even remember when I did this last, and no website, no storage unit. So-I think my last post was 4/9. To recap: Before 2 weeks ago is a bit of a blur… Kids to school, packing, getting things prepared, canceling services, etc. Mon-kids to school, moving guy visited, packing. Sun-last church, packing. Tues-get truck, unload storage, take fridge to MOPS mom, washer, dryer, stuff to school, back home. Packing, packing, packing. Very tired. Weds-empty truck, return it, movers at 8:30, Erika took kids-Colin’s birthday circle, I’m packing as they move, nice driver. Tam, Tracy & Bonnie came up, Erika is melting down over the pressure, start cleaning up, sleep. Thurs-up, kids to school, Erika to MOPS, start packing-arranging things, cleaning up, pick up tow trailer, pick up kids, say goodbyes, back home, pack and pack and throw away-filled up both dumpsters, finally off at 5pm-traffic wasn’t too bad, in Camarillo, long and bad drive, generic motel. Fri-up, drive to SLO, nice lunch at Apple Farm, nasty turnaround messes, drive to Santa Clara, long search for a place to eat-Matt didn’t want to eat-this is the problem with long drives. Back on the road, unhook car in Millbrae, problem slinging tow, just park across the street, Satero’s, sleep. Sat-up, take Bart to city, walk around, trolley to Pier 39, walk, lunch-clam chowder, back, dinner, sleep. Sun.-up, say goodbye to Sateros, hook up car, get gas, drive to Winters, lunch, walk around, drive, found a wallet getting oil at a gas station, stop at Target, nice dinner, return wallet, drive to Ashland, nice little hotel, Salem has a high temp. Driving long distances sucks with 3 kids. Up Mon, Erika took Salem to the Dr’s., Matt & I sauna, off at noon, drive, get into Portland 6ish, unload a bit. Return tow dolly Tues, empty cars, get storage, it hailed a bit. First day Weds., HR, film, tour, sit with lead programmer, spend lunch with mover-everything looks OK, get things started, set up. Work Thurs, getting everything set up, PO box is a bust, rearrange cube. Work Friday, got a good compile, lunch with boss, Erika got a mailing address, home, dinner. To Portland Waldorf school for May Faire Sat, school tour, rainy, back home. We blew off the kite fest. Downtown church Sunday, Eddie Greenly, back home, got some rescue $$$, drove around Milwaukie looking for rentals, shopping, back home, Colin’s birthday, laze, sleep, up today, work.
12:42 pm-Back from lunch at a generic Mexican place-it was my bosses’ birthday lunch. Whoopee. One of the guys grew up in Youngstown. Working through prep for my first project. Put all the ambient on the pc and am listening to it at low volume. Need to go get a comp book.
Have a few things left to do to settle in-get mail delivered, cash checks, find a place to live, get the kids in school for next year, register the cars, ourselves, find a church, find my damn safe deposit key, etc.
4:34 pm-Taking a break. I’ve been working straight through since the last post. Got the switchover to odac done and compiled OK. Now to test. Called about gamelan, switched to Oregon for cellphones. Time to go home.
Listening to: Hole, Monks of Santo Domingo, Clash, Glass, Glass (again) KQ to Einstein, Bauhaus, Veruca Salt (yummy and warm!), Lisa Gerrard, Weezer (that’s a bit of a jump), Residents (this has been a jumpy set…), Bush (where the hell did THIS come from?), Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Cake, Tchaikovsky, Schubert, Glass, David Sylvian, Gaden Shartse Monastery, back to ambient from the computer