From the third floor of the office, I can look outside and see mist and the tops of trees. Unfortunately, it’s not MY view, but rather just a view from the window if I walk to it. My personal view is slats of grey cubicle wall, and the back of girl who is sort of in front of me, off to the side. The view outside is beautiful, though. I like feeling like I work in a rainforest. The drive to work was pretty rainy, though. But although I don’t like waking up to a dark room, I like looking outside and seeing raindrops on a wet sidewalk. There’s something cozy about that. Too bad I have to leave my apartment for work. 

Had a nice relaxing weekend. With all our activity, I realized (once again) how thankful I am that we moved here, and how thankful I am for new friends and new adventures. We hung out with new-old friends and also went out for a dinner and a movie with new-new friends—one of whom is a possible new knitting buddy! She wants to learn to knit, so I’m already brainstorming to have a winter knitting party! 

My initial desire to do something more active (go for a jog?) so that I would not feel so blubbery obviously was put off by more important things (namely knitting), but I still enjoyed the weekend—and I cleaned the apartment. I am so psyched that I finished the back piece of Starsky and started on the left front panel. At this rate, I think I will be able to get it done by Christmas time, during which I hopefully will see Jennifer and Bobbie in their matching Starskys. I feel like I’m on vacation during my weekends because they are so relaxing. I’m so used to filling them up with stuff I need to do (although I can argue that knitting is something I NEED to do). I think I can easily get lazy, though, and not be disciplined to get stuff done, such as sew a camera bag for which I bought fabric back in LA. 

Tonight after work, Matt and I are meeting at the Muckleshoot Casino to attend a timeshare presentation. Our friends who own timeshare (and who invited us to this) already told us NOT to buy anything. We’re just going for the free airfare, two nights’ hotel accommodations, and $40 dining certificate. The catch is that the flights are only good for Anaheim, Las Vegas, Reno, and Lake Tahoe. The latter would be my destination of choice (or I’d go to Vegas, but only to see Celine Dion—OK, laugh all you want), but we’ll probably go to Anaheim around the time of Sarah’s graduation so that we don’t have to pay for that trip. I think the point of offering a flight to Anaheim is to go to Disneyland, but we’ll just stay at the hotel during that time and then attend the graduation. The hikes around Tahoe’s crystal-clear waters will have to wait… 

I’m just rambling now, and this is becoming one of those blogs where the reader is probably saying, “So when should I start caring??”, so I will end this now. The end.