Here in Seattle

So, a status update from me: I arrived in Seattle on Saturday afternoon. Yay! My original plan had been to rest and goof off on Sat and Sun and then get to work on Monday, but I neglected to take the date into account. Labor day: oops.

But today I got started. I submitted an application to work at Starbucks, and hopefully that will lead to something (signs are good.) Less good on the housing front. I've called three places and sent emails to three more, but so far nobody has responded. :\ I'd go down there in person but somehow I think that would be useless without making an appointment first... by phone or by email. Don't these people WANT people to respond to their ads? Argh.

Other than that... Seattle is gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous. And COLD. I'd spent the whole trip across the American Southwest and up through California absolutely sweltering, and then suddenly it's 50, 60 degrees. X_X I don't have any warm clothes -- they're all in transit across the Pacific. I wasn't expecting such a dramatic temperature shift. :\ Oh well, I shiver on.

(P.S: This album -- The Crane Wife by the Decemberists -- is absolutely fantastic and everyone should buy it.)