Still alive. The Pacific Northwest is gorgeous. More about the job once the new guest bedroom isn't full of books and detritus.

Read Ghost Story, which I really liked.

Here in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Orientation for the new job happens tomorrow.

So, moving.

The company that I'll be working for is paying for relocation, including professional movers and everything. Which is great, except for the part where I talk to a "relocation consultant" and they take care of everything for me. To be fair, my consultant has been wonderful and timely in responding to emails and all that, but it took two whole weeks to arrange for/confirm movers. Two weeks, out of the four we have before leaving. And the movers can't come until the week of my start date. So our plans to roadtrip up to Seattle are bust.

But on the other hand this means I don't have to worry about driving to Seattle.

I'm sure once the movers come to move us and all, I'll be like "Oh thank God someone else is taking care of this", but right now I'm just like "... can't I call people and arrange for things instead of having you call me, then tell me you're passing the task off to a 'move specialist' who will then call the movers"? It's like the wedding cake all over again. Doing it myself sounds like a good idea, but then when push comes to shove I'll be glad someone else is doing it.

But the point here is we finally have a move date. The movers are coming to pack on July 11, and I'm heading out on the 12th while Alex comes out on the 13th (he has to supervise the movers on the 12th, I need to be there before the 13th for paperwork).

And this seems a good time as any to change my LJ theme.

And it's official. We're moving to Seattle.

I start the new job in Everett on July 15th.

For something that I've been wanting for so long, there are surprisingly few words for how I feel now that the search is finally over.

Brief history: Due to some timeshare scam my in-laws got roped into years and years ago, they had accrued a ridiculous amount of vacation points that were about to expire. So they used them to book a three week trip to Cabo San Lucas for themselves, and invited us to join them for a week. Their treat.

And, being not idiots, we accepted.

So last Saturday, 4:30 AM, we were at the airport to fly to Mexico City, then from Mexico City to Cabo San Lucas.

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And lastly, my favourite photo from Cabo. It's a little too artsy to be borne, but I like the way the water splashes over my footprints.

Back from Cabo, lots of news and pictures, but am still sorting through the latter. Until I get that done though, have a meme courtesy of cornerofmadness .

Comment and I will comment back with a picture of the fictional character that most reminds me of you. Then post the same in your journal.

Skipping town for Cabo San Lucas tomorrow.

Back in a week, with pictures.

Nothing cheers me up quite like killing off characters.

Got linked to a death meme and decided to throw Thomas and Lara into it. Then got linked to a fluff meme and realized I got nothin' for writing my characters doing happy fluffy stuff.

Good meme though. I like angst.

Dear GBF,

Fine. You think our public education system is bad and should be done away with and replaced with a completely private system for better, more comprehensive education at higher cost. It's your prerogative to think so.

So... why exactly are you attending a public university on government sponsored financial aid, and going on and on about how great of an environment and how affordable it is?

Just got an itinerary confirmed. Flying out on Wednesday afternoon to Seattle, coming home Thursday afternoon after the interview that morning.

Doesn't give me much time to see Seattle, but that might be enough to have dinner and maybe hit up the original Starbucks.