Ahh...updating the blog.

So, it looks like I haven't been on my blog now for quite some time, since September...what a lazy ass!

Well, its partially due to being wrapped up in work, part football, and part due to lack of internet access.

Ok, so I can get over the work thing, though I have been working 45 hours or so a week (a paltry number compared to my life in Beaverton, so I should be able to manage). Football, well, I don't just watch football on the weekends. I have been spending time sorting my belongings, trying to figure out exactly how I want to furnish and 'decorate' my one big room. The apartment is not a bad size really, and once I'm at least half-way done with furnishing it, I think it will look great.

Have I said that I love it? Its in a great location, I have a regular person as a landlord (not a big rental company), and my neighbors don't seem to be too bad at this point.

Lets get to the Internet access, this is a funny one. When I moved in someone had intermittent wireless that was unsecured, and now its been unsecured for quite a while. So I've been borrowing it. Shame on me? Maybe, but shame on them for not securing it! For what its worth, do plan on compensating the owner for it when I can, and if I figure out who it is.

So how are things going? Well, I think they're fine. I'm trying to get an handle on the financial thing. Its funny how much money I had when I was unemployed. My money is funny now, but I'm hoping to find a job to improve that in the new year.

I'm really trying to avoid getting in a rut, I was in a serious rut most of my time in Beaverton, and even when I was back down here before I moved up to Beaverton. How do you have a routine, and not let it get into a rut? I'm working on that now. Routine without rut...an interesting concept.

I've got a pretty good routine going, the benefits? I sleep now, I don't have nearly as much of a problem with my stomach like I had in the past, my dishes are always done and I cook nearly every day (I cook simply, but I do cook). I make a lunch for work the next day every night. Oh yes, I've dropped nearly 13 pounds since I started working mid September)! Generally I feel very good about how things are going, I guess I could say..

I'd like to see people more, but sometimes when I feel like I have to conserve fuel (the weather isn't real great for riding a bike at this point) and money, I don't tend to do a whole lot. I think once I get a handle on the budget, this will change.

My focus now is finding a job that will make my life a little easier budget-wise, figure out a way to get back in school, and also find a way to see all the people that I want to see.

Ok, I suppose this ramble has gone on long enough, so I'll bail. I was reading the paper at work today, and rather than watch the Ducks game on tv tomorrow night, I think I'm going to go see a percussion show. My old drum teacher from high school and college is now teaching at a local high school, and they have been invited to a prestigious percussion show up in Seattle. They're putting on a free performance tomorrow night and if I know Alan, these kids will kick ass!

Later!