I'll know that tomorrow. I'm trying to squinch this trip in around Pamela's schedule as her DH is going to be recovering from a minor but intense surgery. So I am waiting til she shows up here tomorrow to really know exactly when I am heading up for a look see at Portland.
But, my plan right now is to go up there *immediately* after the scattering so I will be back by the following (aka: first of Feb) weekend. Alternately I will likely go to Portland the second weekend.
Basically, long-ass way of saying, I think I am still coming up there that weekend if it works for you and if I can get the rest of the planets to align just a wee bit.
I washed all my bedding today.
ALL the bedding. Usually its just the sheets and the bedspread. Today it was also the mattress pad and the blankets and all the shams.
Then I made up the bed with lavender linen spray.
Now I'm going to take a very hot scrubby shower and be all nice and nakey on my fresh sheets and sleep like a baby.
Okay, just let me know. That weekend does work, but after that, I'm gone for two weekends.
Once the my grandma's memorial and ash scattering (the following weekend) are done, I am heading up to Portland to take a look around the area to see if I want to move there. Well, to see which neighborhood I want to move to, as I am pretty sure the city and area appeals to me. I'm looking forward to it. And a little scared.
Wow, big change. What's attracting you to Portland? (But who will I stay with when I visit SD??)
Sympathy and punctuation, billytea. And yeah, the banal part really doesn't seem to work with the narrative flow of a live, does it?
Yay for Pamela, and yay for Portland! (Since we're probably making our perma-home somewhere in western Oregon...what? It isn't all about me?)
I tried to get Jilli a prezzie yesterday - a liquor store down on the Plaka had a very cool enameled metal poster advertizing absinthe ("Absente") with Van Gogh's self-portrait splitting into three and turning absinthe-green. But they refused to sell me the advertising.
(But who will I stay with when I visit SD??)
Better make a friend at the zoo...
Kiss Pamela for me.
Will do.
I washed all my bedding today.
Damn, jealous. Is 10 too late to wash mine? Sounds lovely. And while I have clean sheets I could put on, freshly laundered is the appeal. Mmm. Enjoy.
Okay, just let me know. That weekend does work, but after that, I'm gone for two weekends.
So it is first or last? Noted. I will know tomorrow.
Pamela is worse than I am about answering her phone so calling is futile. It leaves her nicely undistracted when she's around but means I just wait until she's here to discuss stuff.
Yay for Pamela, and yay for Portland! (Since we're probably making our perma-home somewhere in western Oregon...what? It isn't all about me?)
Thanks! And whoot perma-home. I am an excellent baby sitter (when I like the kid and the parents at least) if Mal is still a kid when you get there. They grow up so fast I thought I should add the caveat.
Wow, big change. What's attracting you to Portland?
It is a huge change.
But I have thought about it for a while and Portland really has a lot of the things I am looking for in a place to live for a while. I also (such the geek) did loads of those "find the best place for you to live" web things and Portland was at the top of all of them.
So was San Diego actually, and I do love it here, but cost of living and especially housing factored in highly. I might end up back here in two to five years. I am actually thinking I will eventually. But for now, I need a fresh start in a place with no history for me.
(But who will I stay with when I visit SD??)
I know... But I still have family here, so if you are coming to the area, I can visit too and we can both take advantage of them. But no making fun of my shark fear when eating at oceanfront (or bayfront, it's still large water) restaurants.
Because I'm a bad, bad man who has Photoshop, and the idea made Andi laugh:
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Let's see who ID's the replacement source first...
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