whew!!!

...ok....so things have kind of settled down. and after this post, i might not blog for a while because, well, THINGS ARE SLOWING DOWN and the whole point of this little blogging experiment has been to let family and friends know where i have been recently, physically and mentally. but as i wrote, things are getting in order and once they are, i can finally relax and just ENJOY living! :D
blogging can only be interesting when you have something to report!!

so where was i before...?

oh yeah... so i've been staying with a family from our church. three weeks ago i got a pretty neat job as the computer lab director for the boys & girls club in my hometown, seated in an elementary school just down the road from where i went to junior high 25 years ago. it's about 25 hours a week (there's that number again...), and suits me just fine. the money's pretty good, and it's certainly nice to have my own money again. i haven't really worked for a year and a half, since the operation.

a week and a half ago they called me about the subsidized housing. i've been on their waiting list since november. it seems an apartment opened up and i was finally at the top of the list. they're fairly small apartments, but i'd have a private bathroom (other people share with the apartment next door), and each unit has a small kitchen with fridge. i move next week.

once i move (AGAIN), i can breathe finally and set about my next task(s). this will be the 4th place i've lived in since january. two months and bouncing around. not fun. but i reeeeeeaaaally appreciate all the help i've received throughout all this.

let's see... in a few weeks i go see the new seattle major league soccer team, the sounders, play against salt lake. it's the 2nd match of the season. it might be cold, but i got my sounders shirt and i think i'm ready :) they play at qwest field, the seattle football team's place, and that's a great stadium, with a nice view of downtown and the water.

i'm going with my sister at the end of april to see the bloc party concert.

i see the band franz ferdinand at the paramount in seattle in the middle of april with a friend i know from chicago. this will be the 3rd time i've seen franz, and they always put on a great show. i saw them in vienna in 2004, and then saw them a few months later here in washington.

I got a new laptop last, so that alone should indicate that things are good... :)

after a few very hairy situations, things are pretty darn good. as i've said to a few people before, money doesn't make us happy, but we really do need money to SURVIVE. working now allows me some flexibility.

i hope all of you are ok. i've heard from some of you here and there, and it's been nice to catch up with those of you who've written. i WILL talk to you soon...