SPRUNG

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What a beautiful day!
Spring has finally sprung in Oregon.
Its a perfect day for walking in the hills or fishing...
or visiting with the chicken next door.
I'd love to have a chicken, but Roxy would not.
I couldn't do that to a chicken.


Yesterday I had an interview.
I think it went well enough. I didn't sense the feeling that I'd never hear from them again, like I sometimes do.
It lasted all of about 5 minutes... which doesn't sound good.
However, the guy was nice and asked good questions...
as in questions that I think I fielded well.
I'd already had a phone interview, a meeting to learn about the company policies, its history and watched a lovely video.
What else was there left to cover in an interview?
I imagine they just wanted to sneak a peak and see what my personality was like more than anything.

I left the interview happy.
I think my last words to the interviewer were
"Thank you for the opportunity. Now I think I'm going to go and buy a plant."
Out of context, it sounds kind of lame.
Ha!

I did too... buy the plant that is.
When I returned home, this is what I found...


No, its not new. On the contrary, its a dated instrument.
But what it is, is an outdoor office that Randy set up to surprise me.
:D
Last year when I moved down, I set Hal, my computer, up out on the patio. I have a thing about being outside.
However, cold weather drove Hal and myself inside.
I set up shop in Randy's office.

We were playing 10,000 (a dice game) the other evening and I mentioned that I missed having Hal on the patio
but it is such a hassle to move Hal with all his various parts,
and promptly forgot the idea with the next roll of the dice.

What a thoughtful and lovely surprise!
What a sweetheart!

So here I sit... on this beautiful day...
radio in the background...
with the sun shining and the wonderful smell of 'toonies
and pansies wafting in the air.
SWEET!
The type of day where all things are available and possible.

Obviously I have nothing of importance to talk about...
but some days that's kind of nice too.

Here's a few oddball thoughts:

Delta Air is in the poo can... they have been charging returning soldiers $200 a bag over the 3 bag limit to get themselves and their things home from service in the middle east.
BAD FORM!
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I found this sign on a wall in a little strip mall in the Emerald City.

Do you suppose there is a secret society of dogs who
post these signs so that other dogs know where to find
cats to chase?

This is what the pig bull thinks of Hot Mamas sausages...

Who knew that dogs can blow raspberries?
Okay, that's enough nonsense for the day.
I hope it gave you a smile.
Today is too beautiful for any other expression.
Me?
I'm going to go enjoy the gifts such a day brings.
Big grins everybody!

BUILDING

Okay here's an experiment for me.  I am trying to figure out this new photo program... so if this all sucks and gets screwed up it's operator error.

I think I am putting a photo of the cabinets that DH and T made while I was down there for spring break.  (May I say, how creepy is it that X and DH are both cabinet makers... so is T.  I guess I collect them huh?)

Hey... it worked!

The fact is that I enjoy watching these guys build things.  I think its interesting to see how things go from plain pieces of wood to something beautiful.

I guess you can tell this is the staining period.  I didn't get photos of the raw wood.  Hard to believe that it all went together in just a couple of days.  But then they both do this for a living too.

 Okay... so the camera operator wasn't that good, but I might have exercised my elbow by this time.  Okay... truth is I did.  Ha. My version of sitting in paradise with my drink with the tiny umbrella.  I was sitting in a folding chair much of the time, watching the eye candy bend over and lift things.  Close enough to paradise for me, and who needs tiny umbrellas?

Today I told my boss that I am applying for other jobs and want to move.  I did it the chicken way.  It's in my nature.  I sent an email.  Then waited until I got a response to stick my head out into the hallway.

He was great about it.  I told him the truth... that I want to move closer to DH.  Of course you knew that even when I was talking about it before we decided to be official.  But in my defense I truly do want out of Dumb Potter's Hell and to have a new start.  It worked out better than I expected and my... that is nice.

So my boss sends me an email back, telling me that he understands and will write me a letter of reference.  Cool beans.  Later, in person, he told me that he and his wife also had a long distance relationship when they first got together... so he knows how that goes.  Even better.

Another hurdle passed by without being kicked down.

Meanwhile... today I discovered a wonderful thing.  I have Friday off.  So I emailed DH and told him.  We had already planned on my coming down this weekend, but this is even better.  I don't have classes in the library Thursday afternoon... so with a bit of luck and sympathy from boss man, I can check out early Thursday and hit the road by 1:00, which puts me there by around 3:30 at the latest.  No driving in the dark.

Today was fun but difficult in its own way too.  Once the word was out, I got teased a lot.  That's okay.  I enjoy it.  Then there were the questions: 
Are you getting married?

(sigh) 
If you are moving there to be closer to him, why not move in with him? 
(heavy sigh).

C4C says... So are you going steady?  
Did he pin you?

I laughed.  

(Then I told her that I'd been pinned often, but not that way.)  

I guess we may as well laugh at it.  I've never done anything much in a conventional way... but I am trying to this time.

Things are great right now.  I want to give it time to build.

I believe it is the right thing to do.  A couple of weeks back I was still dating other people. 

As for DH... ha!  I'm just glad that Jack didn't send him running for the hills. 

So here is the deal... we became friends.  We have been friends for all this time and became very good friends.  Yes, we did have a physical relationship that was what it was...fun. But we have only been a couple... for lack of a better word... for what, 14 days exactly.  So its not time to think about moving in with someone or getting married.

 And no... DH is not making any noise about going to either place.  
He is a cautious man. 
I'm a chicken.  

It works.

I hope that clears that up.  If anything changes, for good or bad, you'll hear about it.