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It's fun trying to balance people's needs when looking for housing.
I feel a little bad that my getting a job at Portland Nursery has basically condemned Zac to at least a year living in Portland Proper. But once we realized that we don't really have the financial means to get a place for just the two of us and we're going to have to share with at least one other person he was probably always going to be outvoted. Doesn't make him happy... but he says he can deal with SE Portland.
So now we're looking at houses in SE with Sean or Jen or possibly Sean's sister and her boyfriend. We shall see. Probably it'll be in the Powell/Woodstock/Foster area. It satisfies Zac's need for car accessibility and a residential feel; it works for me and Sean who are bound to public transit. And whaddya know, I might actually still see my friends from time to time. That'll be nice.
I'll admit, it will be nice to live in SE again, at least for a while. I do like it over there; it's my hood, it's where I grew up. If we have to live in any part of a real city, I'm glad it will be SE Portland. I hope it isn't too much of a strain on Zac though. He's a suburban boy and he doesn't REALLY want to live in Portland, I can tell. It's also not nearly as close to most of his friends like we'd wanted to be. But, well, it's how it do I guess. Can't be perfect, but hopefully it will be happy anyway. Don't worry honeybee. We will get back out of the city one day. Your girlfriend wants to be a subsistence farmer. Don't worry.
Besides, a house will let me garden and we'll have a backyard n stuff, and I like that idea. A lot. Especially if I'll be working at friggin Portland Nursery.
I will take a significant pay cut at this job. From $12 an hour down to $9.45. Kinda hurts. But I expected it. $12 was higher than most of the starting pay rates I saw even for office positions; customer service and retail are not going to pay the same rate. Especially for seasonal work. Hopefully I can stay on year-round. If Portland Nursery becomes my first more-than-a-year job, I'll be pleased. And maybe next year I can ask for a raise. Maybe. And in theory it's worth the pay cut to have a job I actually want to have, one that's actually relevant to my interests and my future career goals and all of that. I just hope it'll stay that way.
PS: I'm doing darned good on this here updating livejournal, aren't I? Crazy go nuts.
I feel a little bad that my getting a job at Portland Nursery has basically condemned Zac to at least a year living in Portland Proper. But once we realized that we don't really have the financial means to get a place for just the two of us and we're going to have to share with at least one other person he was probably always going to be outvoted. Doesn't make him happy... but he says he can deal with SE Portland.
So now we're looking at houses in SE with Sean or Jen or possibly Sean's sister and her boyfriend. We shall see. Probably it'll be in the Powell/Woodstock/Foster area. It satisfies Zac's need for car accessibility and a residential feel; it works for me and Sean who are bound to public transit. And whaddya know, I might actually still see my friends from time to time. That'll be nice.
I'll admit, it will be nice to live in SE again, at least for a while. I do like it over there; it's my hood, it's where I grew up. If we have to live in any part of a real city, I'm glad it will be SE Portland. I hope it isn't too much of a strain on Zac though. He's a suburban boy and he doesn't REALLY want to live in Portland, I can tell. It's also not nearly as close to most of his friends like we'd wanted to be. But, well, it's how it do I guess. Can't be perfect, but hopefully it will be happy anyway. Don't worry honeybee. We will get back out of the city one day. Your girlfriend wants to be a subsistence farmer. Don't worry.
Besides, a house will let me garden and we'll have a backyard n stuff, and I like that idea. A lot. Especially if I'll be working at friggin Portland Nursery.
I will take a significant pay cut at this job. From $12 an hour down to $9.45. Kinda hurts. But I expected it. $12 was higher than most of the starting pay rates I saw even for office positions; customer service and retail are not going to pay the same rate. Especially for seasonal work. Hopefully I can stay on year-round. If Portland Nursery becomes my first more-than-a-year job, I'll be pleased. And maybe next year I can ask for a raise. Maybe. And in theory it's worth the pay cut to have a job I actually want to have, one that's actually relevant to my interests and my future career goals and all of that. I just hope it'll stay that way.
PS: I'm doing darned good on this here updating livejournal, aren't I? Crazy go nuts.