Went rollerblading today on Alki w/ Carrie and Steph - the weather was awesome! We had a great time, and - hey, got some exercise, too. Talked to Sara on the phone today; she’s doing great in New Hampshire, and doing an awesome job as an RD (um, duh). She’ll be here in a couple more weeks on a layover which means we’ll (you guessed it) have coffee. Have some follow-up calls to make tomorrow on a couple resumes, and a few more contacts I haven’t totally driven crazy yet. Oh, and I’m getting three fillings at 8am tomorrow morning. Argh. Must be a Monday.

Yeah, well, maybe it is okay for the MusicNet building to fall into the sound after all. Yup, you guessed it, Real Networks doesn’t think I have enough experience. Gee, never heard that one before. Maybe next time they’ll be considerate enough to look at my resume and reject me before they schedule the interview. Just a thought.

So, since I didn’t have an interview this morning, I visited Peggy (my fav recruiter) in her downtown office and we talked shop about what other angles I can work on this whole job search thing. Also had lunch with Carrie and got to check out the awesome view from her corner office in Rainier tower! Okay, so it’s a conference room she’s camped out in - but the view is still incredible! Also tried to visit Adobe, but the recruiter was out of the office. So I just drove around Freemont a little, whimpering, and then came home. As always, I’ll keep ya posted.

I know, I know! It’s been forever since I’ve updated anything. It’s been a busy month, alright?

Sent Danielle home on a plane last weekend, and Christian’s first week in Seattle is treating him well. He has a part-time job at a schmancy athletic club, and has already changed his hairstyle once. I think he’s even adjusting to our driveway… Sasha came up from Corvallis (OR) for the weekend, and brought Rachael, Annie and Jackie with her, for a fun-filled weekend of shopping and cheesy tourist things. It was great to see Sasha, and to meet her friends! Come back anytime! Pictures are forthcoming, as soon as I get some time this week. Why am I so busy this week, you ask? Well, could be cause I have an interview with Real Networks on Thursday morning (thanks Jason!). Totally excited. It’s a great position for me, and a year contract (longer than most) at an awesome downtown location - actually, the other end of the building MusicNet is in. So maybe I don’t want that building to fall into the sound after all… ;-) Anyway, wish me luck! It’s totally a fortuitous happening - I had asked for Thursday and Friday off several weeks ago in the hope that I might be able to use the days for an interview, or at least to walk into some offices. Then out of the blue Monica emails me yesterday (Monica works for SnowDogs, a consulting firm in Belltown that I’ve been on with since May) and wonders if I’m available Thursday morning. So of course I told her, “no way, I’m on vacation that day, I was going to sleep in.” … NOT. Anyway, definitely a visible hand of fate stirring the pot here, or something. I’m trying not to get so freakishly excited about this one - I seem to get burned that way. I’ve got some studying to do this week to make sure I’m ready, so the pictures of this weekend might not be up for a few days. I’m sure you all understand. ;-) I’ll keep ya posted.

Hey, pictures of Christian and Danielle’s big roadtrip to Seattle are up, with more coming as the weekend progresses. Check them out here and stay tuned for more!

THEY MADE IT! Christian and Danielle are finally here - I’m so excited! Christian has way too much stuff - I don’t know where we’re going to put it all - and I have way too much stuff that I’m trying to send home with Danielle - the flight attendants are going to hate her - and we all ate way too much chinese food last night… all in all, I think this is going to be way too much fun! Mark this day on the calendar, folks, ’cause from here on out everything’s going to be a little bit different! And I can’t wait!