(stolen flower and cape flattery)
Oh dear blog, I’ve been away so long! These things happen. But now I’m back, with things to share, few of which will interest anyone, all of which I will write about anyway.
List of things:
1. Moved. Out of Ballard. Into Ravenna. Apparently everyone lives here, and it’s also some sort of garden-loving, secret forest wonderland. Living in a house with a porch and a view of treetops is the best thing. It makes me get up early just to drink coffee and eat a leisurely breakfast.
2. New job! Teaching, handing out business cards, coordinating, wearing jeans every day, choosing my hours, baking cookies for class. It’s kind of a dream come true, if you want to know the truth. I’m much less organized than I thought though, and have no idea how to function as a real person working in a real office with real organizational options. Sticky notes and putting everything in one pile on my desk just isn’t going to cut it, and I spent a good 15 minutes reading tips on how to organize my physical and virtual inboxes today. It felt funny.
3. Seeing the prettiest parts of Washington (and the world) with a dashing companion. Who knew water could be so amazingly teal? Cape Flattery, Lake Crescent and Deception Pass knew. And who knew you could see more than 10 bunnies, multiple deer, and a scurrying mouse all in one day??? I did not. But it’s true! It’s all true! Somehow I spent the first 23 years of my life not visiting these places, and somehow I’m now lucky enough to have someone very enthusiastically visiting them with me. So good! If you don’t live in Washington, you probably should. There are very green trees here. Also, those deer. Those goddamn beautiful deer.
4. I live in a light blue attic room with a crafting corner and a miniature door and a kind of ridiculous amount of coziness. The room came with a decoupaged bookcase (also light blue). It has a variety of vintage nature illustrations on it. I can never go back to normal-sized living again. They said it was part of the “quirky, charming second floor” and they weren’t kidding. Quirky and charming only mean ugly and rundown to people lacking imagination.
5. I have to share this. Thank you blarp, you made my day. I just need to find out how to make those things, then my life will be complete.
6. I didn’t finish my AmeriCorps list. I’m still reading East of Eden. I never visited a small town for a day while alone. But I don’t care! I’ve shed some layers of my introverted shell and I think my blushing has returned to a normal level. I’m pretty happy about pretty much everything. A year ago at this time I was sick, having nervous breakdowns all the time, and completely unconvinced things would turn around as time went on. I always forget how things change. Hooray that they do.
Some things I really like right now. One, the way Dahlias die (get one and watch it slowly give up from the outside petals in – it is very strange and beautiful). Two, my little Icelandic illustration corner/little corners in general/postcards anywhere from any time. Three, my new sigg sticker, which I’m going to put all of my energy into preserving. Four, my free bookcase with it’s pretty, pretty, pretty old pictures.
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