bummy day

Today has not been so awesome. I'm impatient and not used to being unemployed. Oregon's umemployment rate is 10%, so this may be a feeling I need to get used to.

I took Keith to work and decided I was going to try to make it to a yin class at Corepower Yoga at 5:15. I really wanted to walk there, but I knew I wouldn't have time to make it. Had it not been freezing cold and raining, I would have jogged there. Normally, I like running in cold rainy weather, but I don't want to take a restorative yoga class in wet clothes! So anyway, I dropped Keith off at work and learned a new way home that is really fast! I parked the car and walked home (I have to park 10 or so blocks from the apartment). I changed into some yoga pants (I was already wearing my Grace Yoga top from Iffet) and bolted out the door. Oh yea, and I grabbed some dry socks for Keith because his got wet and who wants to work all night in wet socks? So I literally ran from the apartment to my car while wearing my yoga mat strapped to my back. I got ot the studio 16 minutes early so I decided to drop the dry socks off for Keith before signing in. When I got back to the studio it was 5:08, 7 minutes before class was supposed to start, and the door was locked. They started class early. I was really upset because after being wet and freezing all day and losing my i.d. (yea...) I could have really used a nice restorative class. So much for that. So I decided to go to Lucy to try on some clothes (aka: check on the status of my interview and show my smiling face again) and they told me that a girl from anotehr Lucy store wanted more hours and so they gave the spot to her. I did try on some really cute clothes though, but I can't buy them so it doesn't matter. Not like I need any new yoga clothes... On the way home I stopped in Whole Foods to buy a cucumber/see if they were hiring, and they said that they weren't and the whole region was on a freeze and they weren't allowed to hire anyone. I did not buy the cucumber and I walked home in the rain. I couldn't even go get a beer if I had wanted one because I lost my i.d. When I got home I plopped down on the couch and Simon crawled into my lap and I could feel tears welling up in my eyes. I stopped myself though, because I am being ridiculous. So I lost my id, big deal. I was going to get an Oregon id soon anyway, I'll just have to get my mom to mail me a copy of my birth certificate and social security card. And I don't have a job yet but I haven't even been here for a week. It's like like I'm going to sit around eating bon bons all day, I will actively continue to look for a job and things will work out. They always will. I caught myself thinking that maybe I had made a mistake by coming here, but I know that if I had stayed in Richmond I would have been miserable. I'm spontaneous and I like adventures. Playing it safe isn't exactly my style. I am here in Portland because I have to be. It's where I belong, at least for right now. I am here with Keith and I am forced out of my comfort zone, which is a good thing.

Right now I am stressing because I can't find the piece of mail from the post office where I changed my address. The only thing that comes in the mail for me is Yoga Journal and yes that is a big deal to me.

Sarah's flight got delayed in Chicago due to mechanical difficulties! She won't be back in Richmond until 2 am and she has to work in the morning. She started a blog during this trip too and her link is http://wyomingorange.blogspot.com. Apparently a good way to choose a blog name is by combining your favorite state and favorite color! :) If I had done that mine would be called californiapink.

Oregon gave me three sunny days and now it's back to the rain. Maybe that's what's got me down.

Adam and Jaime are still here and I haven't seen or heard from them in hours. I guess they are out drinking somewhere. Now that I don't have an id I think I'd really like a beer.

I can't wait to get this apartment in tip-top shape. I've already done a lot of cleaning and straightening up, now I just want to get all my clothes hung up and put away, which means I need hangers and I need a chest of drawers. We also need a small tv stand for our room and a power strip or two because we have very few outlets in this place. We also need a large trashcan and and end table to put by the couch and maybe a nightstand. I'd really like a bed but the futon mattress will do for now. Although it's really been pissing me off because I keep stepping on the wooden part that it sits on and yesterday I sliced my achilles tendon on it! Sliced is a strong word, I meant more like scrape.

Yesterday I discovered a flower shop that does "happy hours for flowers" and on Fridays from 4-6 all cut flowers are half price. That's nice because hopefully by this spring I will have a job and Keith and I can have fresh flowers in our apartment all the time. Fresh flowers always make me happy!

Something else we need... a lamp or two. We only have one!

I am so worn out from today and I didn't even really do anything other than freeze my ass off while running around. I have laundry to do, but only enough detergent for one load. I also have to take the trash out but I am not dressed and don't feel like getting dressed. I haven't even made the bed yet! While I am Keith's housegirlfriend I feel like keeping our apartment clean and his laundry done is the least I can do! I'd do that anyway though, at least the keeping the apartment clean part because I hate dirt and clutter :) If anyone from SyCom is reading this I'm sure they'd beg to differ with that last statement, but hey, that was my desk not my apartment!

I hung my Yoga Dogs calendar that Wanda gave me for Christmas on our living room wall. Right now I am looking at a poodle in dancer pose... reminds me of Dana because it's her favorite balancing pose! I'm also being reminded of Iffet right now because I am wearing another one of her Grace Yoga shirts. I miss my Richmond yogis! I hope I can meet some in Portland soon.

I think I am going to go back to the bedroom and finish watching Sex and the City. How ridiculous am I? I have every line to every episode memorized.