My conference presentation last week went okay. And the weather was gloriously lovely for driving from Vancouver back to Eugene. I could see all the big snowy mountains: St. Helen's, Adams, Hood, Washington, and the Three Sisters. I love that ( Read more... )

It's raining. It's been raining for days. The weather forecast shows nothing but rain and 47-degree highs for the foreseeable future ( Read more... )

Yesterday I went up to Tillamook with Sabine and the rest of Tribalation to dance at the North Coast Seafood Festival. It was a nice trip, especially since I rode with Sabine so I didn't have to do any driving (3 hours each way), which meant I could knit for most of the drive (I'm so close to being done with my sweater, but now the stitch count is ( Read more... )

The past week has been topsy turvy and wonderful in many ways, but I will be glad to have a chance to settle in and establish some kind of routine. When last I posted, we had just arrived in Eugene on Friday Feb. 4th and that was about it.

( Moving in and starting work )

We made it! Am finally in Eugene. We're staying at a hotel tonight because there is no furniture in my house, but the movers are set to come tomorrow afternoon, probably between 2 and 3. Yayz! I'm planning to stay in my house tomorrow night, but my dad seems weirdly set on staying in the hotel again. I'm working on dissuading him of that-- ( Read more... )

I just spent most of the evening looking up promising housing ads on Craigslist, emailing them to myself1, and making a spreadsheet of the ones I'm interested in, broken down by type, cost, size, location, walk score, and amenities, with additional fields for contact info and notes. (Am somewhat torn because some of the listings I like the most ( Read more... )