The Shadow One
11-15-2005, 21:06
Just a quick note to all to say that I'm back and will be assuming my AM responsibilities and checking my PM every day.
The move from the heart of the midwest went smoothly. There are still far too many boxes in my small Seattle apartment -- mostly books, which caused one of the movers to ask me at one point: "Do you own anything but books?"
"I did, but I gave it away," I replied. "Is that a problem?"
"Maybe you should have given some books away," he grumbled.
I moved 1733 books (that's right, I counted them for insurance purposes). This apparently was some kind of record, judging from the groaning of the movers. Since I'd given away everything I owned except for my bed, my television, my DVD player and stereo, and, of course, my laptop, the books and my bed were all the movers had to move. Of course, my CDs, DVDs, their respective players and, of course, my laptop, rode in the car with me.
At this point, it might be apporpriate and somewhat cliche to mention what a truly beautiful place America is -- especially when you drive across the plains, the Rocky Mountains, and through the the Northwest forests. This is not to say that the rest of the world is not beautiful, but in my humble experience, I've not see such a vivid collection of landscaps as I saw when I drove from Indiana to Seattle.
Of course, it was autumn.
Now that I'm here, working my new job, living in an exciting new city, I find I do miss Indiana a bit. Now I'll have to watch my alma mater play football on television, and I've been here two weeks and haven't seen a cornfield once.
Sigh.
I'm actually looking forward to spending some time on the .Org forums, as doing so is a little like going home.
The move from the heart of the midwest went smoothly. There are still far too many boxes in my small Seattle apartment -- mostly books, which caused one of the movers to ask me at one point: "Do you own anything but books?"
"I did, but I gave it away," I replied. "Is that a problem?"
"Maybe you should have given some books away," he grumbled.
I moved 1733 books (that's right, I counted them for insurance purposes). This apparently was some kind of record, judging from the groaning of the movers. Since I'd given away everything I owned except for my bed, my television, my DVD player and stereo, and, of course, my laptop, the books and my bed were all the movers had to move. Of course, my CDs, DVDs, their respective players and, of course, my laptop, rode in the car with me.
At this point, it might be apporpriate and somewhat cliche to mention what a truly beautiful place America is -- especially when you drive across the plains, the Rocky Mountains, and through the the Northwest forests. This is not to say that the rest of the world is not beautiful, but in my humble experience, I've not see such a vivid collection of landscaps as I saw when I drove from Indiana to Seattle.
Of course, it was autumn.
Now that I'm here, working my new job, living in an exciting new city, I find I do miss Indiana a bit. Now I'll have to watch my alma mater play football on television, and I've been here two weeks and haven't seen a cornfield once.
Sigh.
I'm actually looking forward to spending some time on the .Org forums, as doing so is a little like going home.