I had a great birthday, despite being (still) without a new job - you can call me any day now, Elray! ;) Breakfast at IHOP with the guys, an afternoon on the beach with Christian (we both came home a little bit tan - i have lovely sunglasses lines on my temples), and a great dinner at “che Carrie" including two (!) kinds of pie. For those not in Seattle this weekend, it was a sunny, bright, warm, incredible day and a very good day for a birthday. Today is looking equally beautiful, and a week from tomorrow i'm going home! And Elray is going to call me this week and offer me a job! Right? K?

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It’s friday! That’s all that matters today. I gave the silly allstate pager back this morning - it never did go off, but i think that’s only because i stared at it hatefully and thought ugly things about it all week. So that’s over, and another week’s over, and my birthday’s in two days and so far i have a card from Danielle (it’s awesome!), my Grama (thanx Grama!) and my bank (um, yeah. that’s kind of creepy). But no new job yet. So, happy birthday to me.

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Just had a phone interview with Elray from Microsoft. Keep your fingers crossed for me…

Since my birthday is this week, and Robin’s was last week, and since the Mariners are playing a team they're likely to beat - Anaheim, Robin and i are going to the game tonight for our birthdays. Nobody else wanted to go, plus we accidentally bought the tickets while we were price shopping last week (oops!). I'm bringing the camera this time, so hopefully i'll have some nice pix to share of the view from the cheap seats. And i do have other pix to upload from some recent stuff (including the winery in the last post) but i just haven't had a chance yet. Since i've got tomorrow off work, though, maybe i can get that done (my recompense for having to work saturday). No guarantees, tho - i plan to sleep in for at least half the day, and wash my car the other half. But i'll see what i can do for ya…

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Yesterday was a totally great day - well, at least the part after 2pm. Since i was sentenced with saturday duty, i was up early. but the day went uphill from there. I met Christian, Joe, Steph, Carrie and Poppy for a trip to the Chateau Ste. Michelle winery - a nice little tour, some free sampling, and then we picked up cheese, chocolate and (of course!) wine for a picnic on the estate lawn. Most excellent. From there it was across the street to the Red Hook brewery for a pint and a cheeseburger, then up the street to DQ for dessert. So pretty much a day of monstrously indulgent dining pleasure, and an overall experience that i highly recommend.

Having lunch with Lindsay and Adam today - haven't seen them in a while - actually, i haven't seen Adam since the superbowl - so that will be good. Right now, Christian and i are watching taped TV from last week and lamenting the dreary weather and the lack of new Leap of Faith episodes.

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You all missed a great dinner last nite - Christian made lasagna, we opened a couple bottles of wine, and had a small mob over for a pleasant evening of fine dining, specifically Carrie, Robin, Jason, Julia, Annie, Christian, Josh and myself. It had been awhile since we were all in the same place, and it was nice to catch up a bit. Of course at some point it all degrades to trading stories about MT and playing the do-you-know? game, but at least for a while we had some dinner conversation…

Meeting with a career counselor f/ the state employment agency tomorrow, will let you know how that goes. Also found a few more things on the web this week, job-wise, that i'm applying for. Cause i just don't get enough rejection already, so i've got to seek out more.

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Happy tax day, all! Personally, mine have been done for like 4 months, but for those of you (slackers!) who are just thinking about it today (Shane, Irina), good luck! Had a lovely weekend with Erin, Katie and Lauren in town - hope it washes off, Erin! ;D Come back any time, you three.

So, i'm kind of considering moving to California. It seems like the job market is much better there. I'm considering getting my own apartment, among other reasons so that if i decide to relocate to SoCal it will be easier to move. Don't get me wrong, i love Seattle, but in three more weeks it will have been a year since i graduated, and a year since i was working in my field. My student loan payments start this month (today, actually) and it really sucks to pay every month for a useless degree. That’s it for my news today.

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Is it so much to ask just to have a good day? I mean really, just one? Anyway, i lost a chance at another job today. The Quellos Group called me back today, after scheduling me yesterday for a second interview, to say, “oh, nevermind. we hired somebody today." So much for that. Oh, well, who really wanted to work on the top floor of the nicest building downtown, for a good salary in a fast-growing company, doing database management? I mean, how lame would that have been? (sniff) On the upside, Christian found a job in the paper for me as a secretary downtown that pays more than i'm making now. Wait, are we sure that’s good news? Oh, and our landlord’s expressing his objections to Christian staying with us this long. Neat. And i get to carry the allstate pager next week and be their pawn 24-7. Fun. And i still don't have a real job. Fantastic. I'd say, “what else could suck about this week?" but I don't want the fates to hear me…

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Christian is moving to Germany!
He accepted a position today with the department of defense (!) to work on their hospitality staff in Germany for a year. He'll leave Seattle the second week in may, and be in Europe before june. Is that totally crazy or what? How does he find these things? Did i mention that travel and board are paid? Really! It’s going to be difficult to decide whether to congratuate him for leaping at a great opportunity, or hating him in a bitter, jealous rage. Hopefully somewhere in the middle ;-) So, i guess we all know where we're going for Christmas!

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Since today was the first “long" day, thanks to daylight savings time’s annual respite, we chose to spend the evening around a firepit on Alki beach, enjoying the sunset, the ocean, and the gang violence (kidding, Mom!). It was a lovely way to spend a monday night; i'll get the pictures up eventually.

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Friday is here, another week gone by. I wanted to have something eloquent to say, or at least some upbeat news to come back to you with, but i'm a little shy this week, as they say. It is officially spring now - the trees are in full bloom, not just budding, and it was in the 60’s and beautifully sunny this week. Course, the weekend is fast becoming dreary - so typical. I attended my first Mariner’s game tuesday night - thanx Shane! - it was totally awesome, a really great time. I'm definitely hooked now, will be going much more. I'll try and bring the camera next time, give you all some pics of the experience for those who live in major-league-baseball-deprived areas (ie: Montana). Other than that, it’s been a typical week at work (bleagh!) and i haven't heard back from anyone yet begging me to come work for their IT department for millions and millions of dollars. But i still harbor hope.

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