back to sunny days

It's amazing how many tweaks one can do to their resume. I found a couple spelling errors...well not so much spelling as saying years instead of year.

Nathan helped me find some job postings. That was neat.

In the morning, Nate, Carmen, and Josh went mountain biking. I'm not into mountain biking, so I didn't go. Just soaked up some sun, read a bit of City of Thieves, ate half a sandwich, drank some tea. It was nice.

When Nate got back, we went to a laundry place and he did some laundry. While the wash cycle was on we went to In-N-Out for burgers. I got the cheeseburger "animal style", which is the special menu that means it has a special sauce and caramelized onions. It was quite good. Yum yum yum. Then Nate switched his laundry into the dryers and we went to Safeway and got some groceries, and then went home. I relaxed. Talked to Chad and Oleg a bit. Went on the internet. Figured out how to livestream, so that I could do an online streaming of my digital art process. For fun!

But yeah, I toodled my resume and portfolio and Nate helped with looking up jobs and stuff. Tomorrow I might join him at this mountain bike thing in Santa Cruz. Fun little outing. I'll draw a bit.

Back to looking up jobs!

Courtney Coles

Courtney Coles

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digital

tour at Machine Zone

The lawn was pretty swamped from yesterday's rain. The doggies were in the house, so it was odd to have a day free from their needy whining and barking and instigation of the other dogs in the neighborhood. Edited the text in my resume, and added Freelance Illustrator to my work experience. Now that I get Nate for the weekend, I'll have him hovering so I'll be actually able to utilize his advice for applying for jobs and stuff. Whoo!

I made bacon and eggs for breakfast, and there was enough to give Nate some nibbles. Such a good sister. I ate the last Choco Taco though. Bwhahaa. Nate left at about 11am, and it is 11pm and he still hasn't returned (edit: it is 11:26 and he came home).

I did a quick 30 minute portrait, and another one in the evening. Yay tablet experience!

At 5:10ish, I hopped in the car for the first time in a week and drove to Palo Alto. It was a bit rush houry, but not so bad. Parked visited Nathan at work for a little tour. He showed me the art department with their great Intuos touch screen Wacom computers. Introduced me to several people. Thomas showed me all the different levels of things, like the background painters and texture artists and animators and character designers and all these other things. Got to see the full spectrum. IT. WAS. AWESOME! Justina showed me the photoshop layers she builds up for things. It was really cool. Fun little outing. Should have distributed my business card more (I gave one to Thomas).

Nathan treated me to some Paris Baguette (which is a Japanese chain). I had the chocolate filled croissant, because that is what I'll always get when confronted with pastries. Palo Alto had so many Mercedes, and other fancy cars. No automobile looked like it wasn't built in the 2000's.

It was an easy ride back. Got home at around 7ish. Chilled. Ate the bean rice pastry that was left over from the late lunch. Watched some United States of Tara. I need to get back on track with the job hunt. Back on the track of LOOKING for jobs. I've noodles my resume and portfolio as far as they'll go. I should print out my portfolio though...because one should have a physical portfolio to show people at meetings. That should be something I investigate this weekend. Find a Kinkos and get some print outs, and get a nice binder to put them into. Yup.

Second weekend in California!

Kelsey

Kelsey

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it must be a Thursday...

Today I took my resume into InDesign, and added some hand drawn type for the "skills" and "work experience" sections. I was also reminded that I should include freelance illustrator as one of my jobs, because that is something that I've done, and have been paid to do. Now my resume looks very professional. I feel quite good about it. Okay so I haven't applied for a single job, and I've been here for a week...but I think this weekend I'll get Nathan to help me big time with all the things, and get those cover letters and things sent out. It is easy to not be so productive when someone isn't around. Though I did, like I say, get my resume looking quite good. I also brought in hand lettered text to my portfolio, so now it all matches. I used my tablet to do the text, so that is turning out to be quite the useful thing.

While the weather was good, I walked down to Safeway and bought sandwich fixings and choco tacos and mustard and mayo and other food stuffs. Nathan says he'll just give me money to buy food, seeing as how he eats what I buy. But that also means I'll have to share the choco tacos. Booo.

It was stormy tonight, with thunder and flash lighting. Lots of rain. I thought I escaped this! Boo.

Nate ate a burrito and played Assassin's Creed. Then we watched the new Community, which was hilarious.

Now that I've calmed down from my early week freakout, time to get back on track with things. Yup.

Will visit Nate's work later in the day, and say hi and see what is up.

Arthur Shappey in the Helsinki episode of Cabin Pressure.

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shappeying up

Oh man, Blogger changed its layout. I suppose it is supposed to be more cellphone interface friendly now, but ehhh. I don't like it. Everything is boiled down to more icons and stuff. Anywaaay. Feeling a lot better today. I worked on making a .pdf portfolio, one that I can email to people and also get printed out for when if I make any face to face interviews. Didn't look at job listings. Just listened to Cabin Pressure and working on the portfolio stuff. That was nice.

In the evening, I did a drawing of Arthur Shappey from Cabin Pressure. Working on my digital skills and whatnot. Starting to get the hang of it, I think. I'll post the finished version next.

Don't really have a good rant to accompany yesterday's minor breakdown, just that I do feel better. Though maybe once I start searching and making cover letters, I may break down again. Who knows?

cowardice

I'm having a bad day. All the jobs I looked at on Craigslist had massive qualification lists. Some of the stuff I got about half way there. It was really disheartening. And a lot of this stuff are things I'm not even sure I want to do. How do I feel about designing packaging for wine bottles? Ehhh. Do I want to design game art? Ehhh. I have a feeling of "well, if I can get it I'll do it" but shouldn't it be a feeling of "I REALLY WANT THIS JOB!". It's more a feeling of I NEED TO FIND A JOB! Which isn't good. I should find a path that makes me happy, not a path that gets me to some imaginary stage that I think I have to do. Maybe I SHOULD apply for flight attendant school. Be up in the sky, go places. And then I could have more freedom of choice in where I want to live. It would be customer service to an extent, but I could go to a training school. But I'm also in a way trying to find an escape route to be anywhere but here in California looking for work that I'm pretty sure I can't get. Other people believe in me, but they are not the people hiring me. If I got a not art job, would I be self motivated enough to continue with my art? If I assigned myself another art project, I think so. I like to sketch, and I have been sketching. I could develop myself as a freelance artist on the side of it all. I think I have a lot of qualifications that would be good for a flight attendant, then again I think I have a lot of qualifications that would make me good as an artist person. I'm hard working. I show up. I've got ideas. But I also have a marginal amount of knowledge in the computer programs that people want. It is all kinds of distressing. I want to draw and travel. Those are my main things.

I'm working on some lists. Jobs. What I want to do. Would I like to do... Would I be happy... What I can do/strengths. Weaknesses.

I don't know what I want to do.

I can't say what would make me happy.

I don't know where I want to be.

I know little things that I want to do, but can't see how to make them my job.

I know little things that make me happy.

I want to travel.

I also think I can talk myself in and out of many things. Avoiding this and that. But maybe I should apply for flight attendant school, because the classes don't start till June, and I only have a month here to find a job. So I could apply, and if I get in, that will be on the back burner. And if I get a job, then awesome! I don't have to become a flight attendant.

A month isn't that long. Can I do it? Can I find a job? I don't know.

Should I apply to have a safety net? But I'll be more a mooch from my parents.

I've been so safe, so coddled.

But what do I want to do with my life? Or rather, what do I want to do for the next few years?

I just don't know. And it spins me into a panic/feeling pathetic/then panic because I feel pathetic/then feel pathetic because I panic downwards spiral.

I need to get courage.

And not have a breakdown.

Today was rainy. I had doughnuts and tea for breakfast. I looked online for jobs. Got discouraged. Talked to mom. Researched flight attendant school. Haven't had a substantial meal really. 9:30 and Nate isn't home.

books and resumes

I couldn't find the resume that I constructed for my internship applications all those years ago. The one that has my skills and the various shows that I've been in. Thought I had it saved somewhere on my computer, but evidently not. So I spent some time digging through the tags on my blog (thank God for my blog!!) looking up shows I've been it, things I've helped with, and all the other activities that I've done. My resume is looking good, though. And Nathan suggested tips on ways to configure it based on the various jobs that I will apply to. Listing out the things I've done makes me feel good. Especially the extra things. I've accomplished some pretty nifty things in my years, I just need to play them up.

Anyway. I got a bit pink from the sun today. Finished reading A Visit From the Good Squad by Jennifer Egan. Damn good book. Need to digest it for a while. Loved the way in which the story unfolded. All the different narrators.

I went to Safeway and got fixings for lasagna, and some doughnuts. It was a lovely day.

I made lasagna for dinner, and Nathan came home just as I was removing the foil. He ate two servings, and we watched Immortals. Stylish movie. Great costumes, but you can expect as such from Eiko Ishioka.

I think I'll read City of Thieves next. By David Benioff. I've been reading a lot more. Sitting in the sun is good for encouraging reading. I dig it.

Nate on the Computer

Digital sketch.

Rabbit Sunday

Nathan is playing Assassin's Creed and I'm...not doing anything of note.

I had toast and tea for breakfast. It was another beautiful day. Though maybe I should make note when it isn't a nice day, as I think California is typically nice.

In the afternoon, Nate and I went to the Palo Alto Ikea. Unlike this Portland Ikea, this one had patio displays. Patios are not big in Portland. Ha. We got shower organizers, a proper dish drainer, a computer chair for yours truly (in red, which goes against Nathan's color scheme of black), some cloth organizers for the cubicle divider, and other miscellaneous stuff. A good trip for some good essentials. Afterwards we got meatballs, because meatballs are awesome. Also shared a slice of cake. Nathan is treating me so nice. I'll make lasagna tomorrow night, then Nate can have some for lunch. Booyah!

For dinner, Nate, Oleg, and I went down the street to Milagros. Tasty Mexican food. I had the chicken mole enchilada, and it was scrumptious. We had chips aplenty. There are some really nice places in the neighborhood. The theater is just down the street a bit, need to see a movie there.

After dinner, we just are chilling out. If I don't have my resumes sorted out by next blog post, feel free to call and yell at me, okay? Deal? Deal.

hopping in SF

I sent off some emails today to people asking if I could use them as references, so that was good! Another step. I also put Microsoft Word on my computer, so I can edit my resumes and stuff. Get those in order.

Nathan, Chad, and Oleg went bike riding. I sat out on the lawn area and read. Then I got tired, so I took a nap. I caught some sun on my collar bone. I am determined to get my freckles back and in full face force!

The boys came back from bike riding, and we went to get some pizza from A Slice of New York. Good pizza according to Oleg, and it was indeed good. We also swung by a BevMo and I was wowed by the selection. We four gnawed on pizza and chatted and drank some beer and pushed the hyper dogs out of our laps. It was a good afternoon.

In the evening, Nate and I went to San Francisco for Carmen's birthday drinks get together thingy. We met, after driving in circles and finally finding some parking, at Medrone Art Bar. I got a fancy drink. Met Erin and Frank and Alisha, and all were very nice. It was Prince night at the bar, so it was crowded and they projected videos. I whipped out my sketchbook and did some drawings. I wish I could scan the drawings I've been making, as they are quite good. From there we walked down the street and got some food at Burger....Burger...I can't remember the rest of the name but they had awesome onion rings and sweet potato fries. Steven joined us. Chatted with Erin about art and things. After food, we hopped to the bar next door, and I had a beer and did more sketches and it was all quite swell. I gave Carmen one of my Banana Slug prints, and she was enthusiastic about receiving it. It is becoming quite my signature piece, what with it being on my business card and all that. Nathan, who had nothing to drink because he was an awesome designated driver, drove us (him and I) home at around 1:20ish. Fun night.

Tomorrow we might go to Ikea. I need to get my resumes in proper order. Then I start Googling jobs and trying to become this thing called "employed". Yay.

hooting it up in San Francisco

AHhh! Odd Owl was so good! They played songs I was unfamiliar with, and songs I knew (though not The Way Home or Spiritual Psychic Hannah, which are my favorites).

But lets go to the start of the day. Nathan went off to work, and I slept in many, many hours. I had some oatmeal and tea for breakfast. I toodled around on the Internet. I showered. Then I got around to tidying up. I put a couple things back into my car for storage, and sorted other things into little containers, which fit perfectly under the bed. It is pretty well organized now, though I can't find ANY of my rechargeable batteries. I walked down the street and went shopping at Safeway. Got bacon and eggs and jam and peanut butter and soap and bread and some other things. Also got a sandwich, though it wasn't that great of one. I sat in the sun and consumed said sandwich, and read a bit, and soaked in the warmth of the day.

Then I put some makeup on, and put on tights and a dress and made myself look nice for the Odd Owl show. Nathan had a 6pm meeting, and though we didn't discuss it, it was assumed that when he came home, we'd be off to the show right away. So I was ready for when he came home, which he did at about 7:20ish. Quick as he was back, we were off! We swung by his work and picked up his coworker Oleg. Nice fella. Very chatty and fast to talk as well. I felt positively sluggish compared. Anyway, it was a nice drive into San Francisco. I'm glad I didn't have to drive it.

We found parking right near the venue too! Awesome! The place itself was a bar with a downstairs area for bands to play. Quite cozy. I hugged Carmen and Josh and Phil and Steven the new band member. I didn't meet the fourth Odd Owl though, the drummer guy. Next time I'll meet him. I sat, we chatted, I drank a bit, I drew a lot. My sketches started out quite good, and as I imbibed they got, well, a little more gestural. I'm excited to figure them out come morning. Helen was there, and Phil's dad. It was a great first night in San Francisco, even though the only time I was outside the place was when I was going to and from Nate's car.

The first band, Morning Commute, was good. Nice music to accompany the scene of it all.

Odd Owl. Those cats are so good! And they had new music, which was great. I swayed and danced a little bit. Oleg danced the most of us all. Good for Oleg. Pretty good set, mucho enjoyable. I hope to see them perform many many times in the years to come. And I think they want some more work from me, so that is swell!

The third band was Yellow Dress, or something like that. They had some good tunes. I sang along as best as I could, when the lead singer incited us to sing of course. Part of the way through the set, Nate, Oleg and I left. I hugged the people goodbye, and in parting I was wished many "welcome to the area!" type comments. Indeed! I have arrived, and it is swell.

We stopped by Denny's and got some food. I just got a cheap meal item, and finished off what Nathan couldn't finish. The moocher method of consumption. Now it is 2am and I am ready for sleep. Who know what tomorrow will bring. Today was fun indeed.

Medford, OR to Redwood City, CA

I am in Redwood City! WHoo! Yeah! It is blue skies and all that wonderfulness from here on out!

But first I had to get out of Oregon. Breakfast was bagel and creme cheese, a banana, orange juice, and tea. I checked out of the Super 8, gassed up in Medford, and hit the road. Crossing the mountains was a bit slow going. The road was super gritty, and my car really shows the red mud (I need to give it a wash, make it pretty for Cali). I got passed by a truck towing a camper! I'm in a Prius with no snow tires going up hill on a very gravelly road. Of course I am going slow. Grrr.

The rest of the way was pretty easy. Really scenic views. Lots of fluffy clouds and orchards and hills and blue skies. I listened to Moon Over Morocco and enjoyed myself heartily. I pulled over into rest stops often. I snacked. Didn't get any full lunch on the road. I filled the tank up right before San Francisco, which was good because once I go to SF, the road expanded to five lanes and it was congested. I arrived right at rush hour. It never really fully came to a stand still, but dang I have never been on the road with so many cars. So not used to five lanes, and many different routes to pick. The GPS was very helpful. 101 went straight through, and I kept in all the right lanes. I paid my toll and went through San Francisco. It sure looked like a nice place, from my view from the freeway. I kept going forward, and eventually the Whipple exit appeared and BOOM I was in Redwood City. Just one exit, one right turn, then a left turn and I was at Nate's place! Really simple. I left Medford at 10am, and arrived just a little bit before 6pm.

Nate's place is pretty sweet. It is a lot larger than the photos initially indicated. The bed/divider section of the studio is only half the space. Lots of open space. Moving all my stuff in took no time at all. I think a lot of my things will be left in their boxes for the time being, they just will be stowed in more orderly fashion. Nate went back to work, and I unpacked and hooked up to the super fast internet. It is so fast!

I Googled "food" in regards to my location, and walked to the nearest Thai place and got take away, and I walked back. Ahhh it is so awesome to be within walking distance of things again. Love it. I shared my dinner with Nathan when he returned. We watched Game of Thrones, ate pad thai, drank beer, and ate cake and had a general good time. Whoo! Now Nate is wanting me to play some of his computer games, so I shall do that.

Seabeck, WA to Medford, OR

My alarm went off at 7am, and I managed to roll out of bed at 8:30. Go me! I showered and got right to packing and sorting and putting things into boxes. Pretty soon all my stuff came together. Art supplies, hair stuff, books, more art supplies. The pile started forming and I started getting worried about if it would all fit in the Prius. Before I piled it all in, I paused to have some tea and Cheerios. It was a lovely sunny day in Washington. Luckily, everything all fit! And I didn't even need to cram or do any major Tetris-oh crap I left my Tetris shelves at home! Oh well. Anyway, it all fit! My clothes, my plastic wheely organizer, my portfolio, my Baticelli, everything! It seems like a lot of stuff, but I'll sort it out. At a little bit before noon, I hugged and kissed Ma goodbye. I got in the Prius, and drove off. It dripped a bit of rain. I topped the tank off at Wild Cat Lake, and vroom off I went. The rain came and went. Near to the Washington/Oregon border, the rain came down really hard. I slowed down, and was very careful, and had the windshield wipers at full. It cleared up in Portland, which was the only place traffic really slowed down. I put more gas in my tank near Eugene. Bought myself a hot dog and a Red Bull as well because I was feeling a bit tired. I listened mostly to The Incredible Adventures of Jack Flanders; switching to Electric Six or Lady Gaga when I felt like just some music.

I stopped at many rest stops. One past Olympia, one that was 95 miles to Eugene, then one further down I5, then once again 40 miles from Medford. I was originally planning to cross the border and look for a hotel there, but with night came more rain, and I didn't feel like slugging through the dark wetness, so I pulled into Medford, found a Super 8 and got a room.

Oh, it also hailed something fierce around Albany/Salem (I forget). Just really horrible hail. And some of the rain was suspiciously slushy. The Pacific Northwest is really not trying at all to win me back.

Interesting how a hotel room in Oregon has more amenities than the ones in Vegas. Big fridge, free internet, huzzah! There is also breakfast included. So I'll get up, eat, then head out for Redwood City!! Yay! Will fill up the tank before I get back on I5. The snack bag mom packed is only about half depleted.

So close to the Bay Area!

Eight hours on the road isn't that much, but the weather sucked. I think if the weather was nice, and I got an early start, I could have driven a lot more. But when it is dark and raining, guhh.

pack it in, pack it out

My legs hurt! Been standing on them, and straining against them as I haul all these things around. I laid out all my clothes in neat little piles on the bed. Did a load of laundry as well. All my clothes are clean and ready to go. I think I did a pretty good job editing it down. I could probably do with even less clothes...I'm going to try and wear dresses more often. Biking around really limited my wardrobe to pants, so now that I'm driving, I'm going to try and dress a little better. Ahhh I'm tired. This will probably be a rather rambling entry.

My clothes are packed into a suitcase and a plastic tub. The jackets, shoes, socks, undies, and scarfs are separate. I'm not sure how warm/cold to pack. I am headed south, yeah, but I know San Francisco gets the ocean winds in. Well, I can always pass things back off onto Mom and Dad if they visit in the motorhome. It's really just a couple coats, which are always good to have.

I selected seven paperbacks and seven art books to bring with me. Books I can reasonably read, and not just let them collect dust.

Need to find my bike helmet.

The things that are left art my makeup, hair stuff, art supplies, and computer related stuff. Not so bad. I want to leave before Mom leaves tomorrow. So before 11. Leaving super early is only really if I plan to do it in one shot. I think I might find a motel in Medford, or right over the border. Get through most of Oregon. I'll see how I feel. I'm pretty tired right now, so I think I'll go to bed and finish up in the morning. GOODNESS, I leave tomorrow! It seems so sudden, though I've been in Seabeck for 10 months. I haven't done nothing in this time, but it has been a long while.

Time to get a job and get a life and do things and have fun.

Finished Bron/Broen. Quite sad. Good drama.

Oh, went into town and dropped off some stuff at Goodwill. I think I won't have a problem fitting the stuff into the Prius.

AHHHHHHHHH!!! Tomorrow, I leaaave. Holy cow!

about to roll out

Uh oh, I'm starting to stay up late again. Not good. I'm sitting in the computer room/guest bedroom. I got a tablet. A Wacom Bamboo Create. The small Intuos was discontinued, but the Create came with the same programs, and has a larger drawing space, so that is good. Also, when using a dual monitor set up, having the larger tablet is good, because the mouse space corresponds to both screens. A smaller tablet may not extend so freely. Anyway, I've been playing with the tablet, figuring out the programs. Adobe Photoshop Elements sucks though. Really not good. But Gimp has been working out.

I spent the day sorting through things. I tried on a bunch of clothes, and was amazed at how many of them fit better than they once did. I lost weight, even though I'm softer in the chin in stomach. Weird. Anyway, tried on clothes. And went through my very last bucket of stuff. Then I sorted the tubs and took the tubs to the space over the garage. Tomorrow I will finalize all my clothing selections, take a final trip to Goodwill, wash my clothes, and then take things back up to the cabin for long term storage. Art supplies, technology, clothes, some art, cooking implements. This is what I shall bring. Oh and check book and bike helmet and toiletries and things...tomorrow I pack it up. Day after tomorrow I leave.

HOLY CRAP.

Anyway. Lots of sorting. Getting on with it I am I am.

...I should at least plan

Game of Thrones premiered tonight! So excited! It was so good! I need more exclamation marks: !!!!!!!!!!. There. That should about do it.

I put away all my books and went through all the boxes in the minibarn. I still can't find my rice cooker. Put away my magazines as well. Missing some issues, but no biggie. They'll turn up in this house.

I'm down to one bin in the cabin to sort through. Found my favorite shoes. So I need to go through that last bin, as well as organize the stuff that is laying out and unsorted. I still haven't tried on the clothes. Two days.

Dad has gone again.

It was legitimately sunny, though not warm.

I took down my wheely plastic thingy, which will make for a good movable storage thing.

It is nice to have my books put away, though they are in a horrible order. I should rethink the whole have read/reading/haven't read system, but oh well. Maybe the seemingly unintelligible system will keep mom's hands off my books. She bends books.

Not the most productive day, but I did do some good things. Do I want to over plan and potentially over pack? Or under plan and pack in a hurry and forget things that I probably won't need?

SUBWAY!

Went through many more boxes in the cabin, still have another large bin to go through and several smaller boxes. I've pulled out a lot of things that I want, but now I need containers to put THOSE things in. I need to pull out the containers that I'm moving with. Get an idea of how much I'm going to try and fit into my car. Might bring the chest Dad made. Maybe that red Ikea bookshelf, as it is very lightweight and it would be good to have an easily movable shelf. Suitcase, for when I crash at people's place. Three days to pack up. I should leave the fourth to allow ample time to get there in time for the concert. Now the pressure is on. Though I think I've been saying that it is on for a while now.

Sorting through things, it really hit that I should have sorted through this stuff MONTHS ago. So many great little things. I should have taken the time to sift through it, lord knows I've had plenty of time.

I've been fighting a pounding headache, and I don't know what caused it. All I know is that I can't find any Advil ANYWHERE. Tons of allergy and cold & flu remedies, no general painkillers.

We ordered Seabeck Pizza for dinner, watched Community, and I scarfed down three slices. Good episode.

Dad is leaving for work tomorrow, so it will just be me and Ma these last couple days.

Dad showed me whats what under the bonnet, and where the spare tire is.

I ironed on some patches onto my vest. Smokey Bear, Timberline Lodge, and Kolb Studio specifically. I put one on, but then removed it as per not wanting to start a family feud. The vest is off to a good start. Now I have to add to it! I'm very specific about patches though. Don't want to stick any old patch on it.

I'm almost done watching Real Humans. I don't want to be done! It is so good!

Tomorrow I'll...I'll get a few steps closer. I need to get more motivated, earlier in the day. My library needs to be fully put away. Magazines need to be put in their magazine holder. I need to try on clothes for how they fit, and sort through the clothes I have in the drawer. I should also decoupage my chest of drawers, as I've dug up more show cards to add to it. Those all sound quite doable. I slept in today, I'll set my alarm for earlier tomorrow.

I also need to be wary, as it is April Fool's Day, and I am quite trusting.

EKG & me

Got up nice and, well not early because I don't think 9 counts as early. Anyway. Got up. Showered. Mom drove in the new Prius, so I had some time to eat a modest breakfast. I arrived a bit late for my EKG appointment, but the technician, Valori, was running a bit late. So all was good. She rigged me up to the machine. Four little attached sensor thingies, and a wand with some gel make for a fun time. Though in all seriousness, I did find the sonogram display quite cool. She went from several angles and took different notes in the computer about my various lubs and dubs. I could recognize the heart. My heart! It lasted about thirty minutes or so.

Afterwards, Mom and I went to see Mirror Mirror. The before noon matinees are six bucks! Dang! It was a cute movie. The costumes were amazing, naturally. The movie was a bit hammy, but visually it kept me interested. Armie Hammer looked good in his clothes. Tee hee.

Ma and I went to the self serve yogurt place. She topped hers with fruit, and I topped mine with candy. This place had mochi! I love mochi! And I love it on yogurt. Mmm. I hope there are more of these places in California. I like them.

We made a Trader Joe's grocery run, and another Goodwill run. This time Mom just bought a ton of books. She needs to try being a slower reader.

It kept raining all day. Boo.

Back at home, Dad had made good progress on his grading. Well it seemed like good progress. I scanned some sketches that I did today, as well as some of my Las Vegas/Grand Canyon sketches. So the day started out productive, but now it has fizzled out. Though, I'll be aiming to get out of here REALLY SOON. I just need to set myself at my boxes, and not stop till that project is done. Go through, unpack, repack, sort. Start setting things aside for packing.