I'm employed now. I'm working for a call center that fulfills orders for an organic, sustainable seafood company specializing in Alaskan wild-caught salmon. It's a wonderful company that is serious about its quality and everyone here loves their jobs. I was the first of four candidates to interview, and I walked away praying, "Dear Lord, I want this job, please. Thank you." My co-workers say they intuitively knew it would be me. (We're all Capricorns and we're sticking together, apparently). We also get a good discount on really good salmon. Heaven!
Last weekend I spent some time with the Bothell MacLeans - Uncle Andy and Aunt Karen, Megan and Andrew. We sat around, watched movies, did some artsy craft stuff, and ate yummy food. I'll also be spending Thanksgiving with them.
Two weeks ago I ordered a loft bed from Ikea, and yesterday I was finally able to set it up and get my room organized. It looks, if I must say so myself, pretty awesome.
It's been snowy all weekend. On Friday night my room mate went down our street (it's a steep hill) on her snowboard and did a little jump over our yard and into the driveway. She is full of unending energy - the next morning she shoveled the driveway and the sidewalks of half the street. I went for a walk and took some photos (film!) of the cold loveliness:
I think I look like my dad in these glasses...a bit nerdy :)
I'm still surprised every time I see the ocean. "Wow! I live here!?" Not sure when I will get over the shock.
On Wednesday night I said goodbye to my cousin, Kate, who will be leaving for Australia to visit her sister Kelly and family for two months. Enjoy the summer sun, Katie!
I'm very at peace with life right now. My first couple of weeks in Bellingham have felt much like the same whirlwind of traveling that I've been experiencing since my graduation in May (my degree comes in the mail next month! Yay!). I didn't think I could start to feel really settled until I got a job, and since that has happened (as of less than a week ago), I'm not sure what's next. This is a season where I am taking specialized care of only one thing: myself. I've spent enough energy on homework and deadlines and trying to attain Perfection in all areas of life, which, I've discovered, does not actually exist. Now I am trying to focus on just listening to my gut, repeating my new mantra: "Go with the flow." This little MacLean Salmon swam all the way upstream to the place where she came from and now...now it's time to...(spawn? oh, no - no, I think the power of the salmon life metaphor reaches a limitation here)...now it's time to just be.
A few short term goals / projects I'm excited to announce, however, include the fixing of my bike, and getting my wedding photography back off the ground again. Oh, and hopefully buying another used vehicle to replace my faithful but on-its-last-leg truck, [Nameless].
Glory glory, hallelujah.
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