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March 02, 2006
overwhelmed
Ben and I are moving back to Portland this weekend. Boxes are everywhere, but we still have more to pack.
Mister is still at the vet, but we hope to get him back tonight. He's been on an iv drip.
I am gradually adjusting to my new job. The pace is very different -- I'm writing fewer stories, but trying to inject depth into each one. The community is very different -- urban and suburban and populous, instead of a few isolated small towns. The language of high tech business is very different than the language of paper and aluminum mills, and I'm learning to unravel a dictionary's worth of new jargon.
My brother Austin is flying into town Friday night, and we'll be putting him to work with heavy lifting. As his reward for helping with the move and staying at the new place until the cable gets hooked up, Austin will have unfettered access to our new apartment and the glorious city of Portland for a week. We'll also shelter him and feed him.
Once we move, Ben's going to return his mom's car, which she kindly let him borrow for the last two weeks. Instead of buying a new car to replace the one totalled in January by a light-running red bus, he's going to enter the world of carless commuters.
All this change and chaos is pretty overwhelming.
Posted by Courtney_Sherwood at March 2, 2006 06:58 AM
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Hang in there, Courtney! We will see you at 12:15 on Sunday.
Posted by: Sue at March 3, 2006 09:17 AM