the lazy blogger's blog

An excerpt from an e-mail I just sent to my most recent boss (slight edits):

I figured I would also take the opportunity to tell you about our moving adventures. I believe I told you that we would be living with friends starting on the 15th (which got changed to the 12th, thank goodness) but I don't think you were around when Alex and I decided to move out last week and pack our stuff in his parents' garage and ourselves in his sister's basement. Crazy.

We decided this over last weekend and started packing on Monday. Tuesday rolled around and we though it wouldn't take much time to get everything together, but when 2 am rolled around we decided to just keep going through the night and get out of there. So we rolled out of Eugene at about 4:40 am, got to McMinnville at 7am, and slept from 8 am until about 4 in the afternoon. I did, however get a phone call at 9:20 for math help from my friend Jenn... she was impressed that I could still be coherent (it helps that she is very mathematically inclined on her own).

We unpacked the truck at about 5 and went to dinner with his mom, which was sushi! Which was amazing! After dinner we made the drive to Portland and put our few possessions and ourselves in the sister's basement. Who by the way is nine months pregnant and extremely generous for allowing us to stay there.

So we're moving in on the 12th, the only difference being that the couple is no longer a couple (they are married, but taking a bit of a break and seeming really mature about it which is kind of nice to see in people our age). I suppose it will be an even bigger help than we expected so that Sam can get on her feet and settled more easily.

I do believe that is about it for me. My sister was in town and I saw her quite a bit which was a really nice transition to Portland. Plus we have a LOT of friends up here :) and they have all expressed how happy they are that we are close.

Addition:
All-in-All its been really nice to just finally be up here, even if we aren't quite settled. That limbo sort of feeling when you don't belong one place or another is never an easy one to deal with. But now I must check on my finances and see how deep the rabbit hole really goes when you move.

later!