Silly emails and guacamole

I applied to a job today. How is that different than any other day you might ask?! And I will say, "That in itself is not so absurd

but what comes next you haven't yet heard".

OK. OK. I know. That was awful.

And that's the thing. I just applied to a job using lines like that. It was an email only application with my cover letter and resume attached. I didn't want it to go unnoticed so I titled it "dynamic and diligent FOH delight" and then I went on to use an acrostic! That's right as in:

Aren't I
Crying a little on the inside?
Reason being:
Oh that I've begun to try
Stupid

Toddleresque
Intelligence insulting

Crap to get a job.

Like that. But hopefully more job winning and less negative. It might reduce my chances of getting the job but I never feel like my chances start off that high and who knows?! It might up my chances too. It is only a restaurant job.

Other than that, I went on a hike with my exercise buddy Marika the other day. It took 2 hours! I'm not that outdoorsy and usually after 2 hours in the beautiful wilderness I would have a headache and a runny nose but luckily good health and fun time prevailed! Here's to being outside. Tomorrow's a run and also a friend dinner and tonight's a friend's show.

This week is shaping up quite nicely (besides the weird antics to get a job).

32 hours

Yesterday, our internet went out.

It was out from when I woke up to listen to Stephanie's radio show (at 7 am) to at least when i went to bed at 12pm. I didn't check it again until I came home from work this afternoon. So, I went a whole 32 hours with no internet. Which, it turns out was a challenge. I don't know how Stephanie does it in Paonia. Shout out to that.

I did get some good reading done, a run in, a friend date, some collage material cut out, and a collage made. So, a pretty good anti web day anyways.

I was worried that I wouldn't be able to update for you all though. So, I'm relieved things have settled on that front.

Other than that, I've started campaigning for higher pay where I work. I don't know how that will go but I figure it can't go too poorly. Plus, as a host there, I do a lot that a server is getting tipped for plus way more to keep the restaurant running smoothly. So, I figure the hosts should get tipped out a little bit, at least.

One more day of work before the job search/rest of the week begins. Some highlights that you're almost sure to hear more about are:

HIKES!

DINNERS!

and JOBS!

Get excited.

A day in

Today, most of my goals were goals that kept me inside. Except my first goal which was to get groceries. I walked to the grocery store.

I might add that it's super nice to be able to walk to a nice grocery store again.

I applied to jobs online. I made a collage (I'm trying to make more of those again). I started my book. I did some yoga. I made lunch. I made cookies. I talked to Stephanie on the phone. I made dinner and that's about it. When you spend all of your time at home it sure is easy to make food. Good thing I've got food stamps!

Hope all of you are having as easy a time of achieving your goals as I am having of achieving mine :D.

I'm off to set some more goals for myself now.

Pizza and the move

So much is happening right now in my life here in Portland!

Yesterday morning I made Pizza dough (I even went on a quick bike ride while I was waiting for things to rise) Then, I did some household chores: cleaning, and packing etc. When the evening came, I headed on over to my new friend's Natalie & Alex's house with the pizza dough in tow.

We ended up making two pizzas and talking so late I had to stay on their couch because the trains had stopped running.

This morning after heading home, and a failed attempt to hit up the library on my way home, I set to work moving my stuff over to my new house. Here I have some pictures of my new room which is only partially set up but at least you'll get an idea.

There was a desk in my room when I moved in and it's so much more spacious than the one I have now that I think I'm going to keep it instead.

That blue milk crate is for my dirty cloths and I have a huge mirror!

I had these hooks on the wall at my other place to save valuable space and I just liked the idea of a coat hanging space for this room too.

How my closet will, hopefully stay. Organized and sparse.

All of this packing, moving, and cooking, has cut down on the number of jobs I'm applying to a day. Today I only got one online application sent in. So, I'm going to have to step up my game on that.

I'll try not to get too distracted by my other goals of unpacking, running with my new friend Marika, getting to the post office, and returning/picking up books from the library (as well as printing out resumes) get in the way of money making tomorrow.

I hope you have all had as satisfying a day as I have.

Whatup?! Cool cats?!

OK I'm in a really good mood because I just had a good chat on the phone with my girl Krista.

I've been making a point this week of calling my family members and now I'm trying to reach out and call my friends as well. Keeping in touch is an important part of friendship but sometimes I neglect it. I've still got a bunch of you to call/catch up with. If anyone wants to call me, I'm down with that. I love hearing from you all.

Other than that today was just an ordinary work day. 5 hours and 10 minutes. I'd like that to be 6 hours but you can't have everything. One more day of work and then back to the grindstone on job applications. I'm thinking of applying to work at the Netflix Call Center but it's about an hour's commute so I don't know if I could do that on a regular basis. The money's decent though and the work is full time. Any thoughts from you cool cats?

I also have a lot of fun friend time scheduled for next week too. I am making pizza dough and then pizza on Monday evening with my new friends Natalie and Andie (they're a couple that I met through a coworker that I went on a date with). I'm really excited about that. I'm also, may, get to go on a run/walk with my new friend Marika Monday afternoon before pizza.

Then! On Tuesday, I'm moving into my new place! Yay! Yay! Yay! I don't think I could be more excited.

Then on Thursday, I have a potential, friend, coffee date with a dude I met on the buss coming back from the art museum on Friday. I don't know that we'll grow to be friends but it's a possibility for sure. I have already clarified that there will be no romance so I may be on my way to nothing OR a brand new friendship.

It's going to be a pretty good week for friendship and I'm looking forward to that.

Hope you all are about to start a spectacular week too.

official papers

Lately, all of the mail I've been getting has been official. How boring.

I've received 3 of my 4 W2's. I know! Who knew I worked at so many jobs?!

And, I got my OLCC Servers permit in the mail today. That's great news as it makes me a much more marketable gal. I can now sell you booze in OR and of equal or greater importance can be hired in any position that handles alcohol.

I even snapped a picture of the contents of my wallet's front pocket thinking that it was going to be full of official things. Here it is

There are a few business cards, my food handlers card, my server's permit, a Stephanie picture and, thanks to Mamaw, a slew of cute cat pictures. So, not so much official as adorable but still.

Hope you all have been receiving much more interesting mail than I have and are having a spectacular week.

New Home (yes I know, again)

AllRIGHT! first things first, I'll eat your brains.

But next on the list is: Here's my new address.

Rachel Ogburn

2301 SE 39th Av e

Portland, OR 97214

I'm going to be at this place for a year because I'm signing a lease. So! No more moving! yay yay yay! The people seem really cool too. I sat down and talked with them for a pretty good amount of time yesterday and meet everyone and I think that I'll be pretty happy there.

ALSO! the kitchen is really really clean (deal maker #1 for me) and they have a huge back yard where I can grow things! The location is super and the rent is reasonable. I think on the most expensive months it will come out to be close to 410 a month including all the utilities.

The room is big enough that I can do yoga in it and also have all of my belongings fit too which is going to be nice and it's probably 10 minutes away from work for me.

I am super excited!