today in oregon

Today in Oregon the job hunt continues. In addition the melding of my household and my future husband's has begun. What else? The figuring out of the webcasting of the wedding- how the camera works, how the software works, how to set it up at the church. And aside from that? Well, I have also started studying for my syntax class in the fall, and I am taking two credits independent study. That is more of a challange, because it involves writing, which is not my forte.
I would also like to put some more things up on my aplingwordweb blog, that would be fun, and I would like to turn it into a sort of a portfolio, including some sort of project relating to each and every class I have taken or will take in linguistics.

today's adventure

Today, Jody and I are going out to Gresham. It will be an adventure. I haven't been out to Gresham before. According to the internet, they have a cool historic downtown area, and are the 4th largest city in Oregon. They also have an important musical festival there every year- Blues, I think. We will picnick, and have a nice afternoon. This morning at home, I am cutting out flash cards and doing laundry and a little bit of housecleaning. Probably vacuuming, too. I am enjoying my cup of morning tea at the computor. I guess one could call this multitasking- cutting cards, typing, and drinking tea all at once.
My wedding is in 16 days. Not long now. And my husband will move out to Tigard to live with me and my two cats. They will have a little adjustment. Spare likes Jody already. Ariel isn't sure of him yet, but it takes her longer to warm up to poeple. It took weeks for her to decide that she liked me, and she has only seen Jody a few times.

the kitten and the computor

This may sound strange, but my little cat Ariel has changed some of the settings on my computor. She loves to play with the computor when I am trying to work- she jumps up to play with the screen (especially likes following the pointer around the screen) and stepping on the keys. It is in the second that I think she changed the wallpaper (because it wasn't me) and she made some kind of adjustment to the web browser also, because now web pages are looking differently on the monitor than they once did. Very noticable on trimets webpage- the 'little plan your trip' window is now oddly arranged. Oh well, this will be something for Jody to figure out when he moves in after the wedding. He is more computor literate than Ariel and I both put together.

another day in oregon

Today started with gathering papers and catching the bus down to PSU. The route is very familiar. It was not exactly as I had envisioned the day, but then, when is it ever?
Tomorrow, I will work on the newsletter, and my resume and coverletter, and a few other things.
It will be an adventuresome wednesday.
back home

pinkerton update

Pinkerton has been signed over to the garage owner. He will either pass it on to a salvage yard or try to fix it up himself. To replace the engine would have ended up costing about two thousand dollars, which was not affordable for Dad, and even if it had been done, we wouldn't have been assured a reliable car.
It is good that I have not found work that depends on the car. I will carry on my job hunting with public transport in mind. In the end, it might be good that we don't get the car. Fewer expenses and all that. And we are fortunate to live in a place with such good public transportation.

back home

Well, back home. People have asked me: are you glad to be back? Well, yes and no. 'No' because I very much enjoyed the trip, and there are things that I really appreciated about England. If ever faced with the opportunity to live in the UK for a while, I would want to- it would be an awesome adventure. That is not to say that I didn't miss anything about America whilst I was gone. I did. I missed the soft toilate paper. ;)
Now that we are back in the states, we have a lot of last minute things to arrange for the wedding. Including, on my part, figuring out when exactly my family will be arriving in town, and where they will be staying.
But, I will write more later.