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Sunday. 10.24.10 1:07 pm
Well, I'm in Kirkland, WA ... it's a town that's a little northeast of Seattle. We're staying with his aunt until I get a job; then we'll be moving somewhere else. I'm not sure yet where, but as soon as I know, you all will too. I've only applied for a couple different positions at Target, but I'll be applying at the security company Jacob works at probably tomorrow. I just have to drive to the office and apply. I can't do it online. I guess in a way that's better because then they can attach a face to the name. Either way, I'll most likely be doing that tomorrow or the day after.

The trip up was good. We left a little later than planned {6am instead of 5am}, but still early enough to get out of the city before hitting bad traffic. That and the fact that we were driving away from the city helped. The only bad thing was that we were leaving Vegas just as a sweet-ass storm moved in. I haven't had a good storm in a while and my mom told me about the storm that I had missed that evening. Oh well. It's been nice and rainy here. The sun makes an appearance every once in a while, but ducks behind the clouds again shortly after.

The first day of driving was incredibly boring. Driving up through Nevada, through all the desert landscaping, was just boring. Looking at the same scenery over and over as the miles continued to pass ... the monotony wasn't exactly inviting. We stopped a few times, to eat, use the bathroom and fill up my tank. We stopped in Burns, OR the first night. I guess our timing was perfect because the gas station we stopped at right before going to the hotel, closed as soon as the guy was done pumping my gas. {In the state of Oregon, it is illegal for you to pump your own gas} I suppose I could have waited until morning to put gas in my car, but my gas light had been on for about 10 miles so I just wanted to get it over with.

The hotel was nice and the bed was comfortable. We slept in Thursday morning. We had our alarm set to go off around 7, but ended up not leaving until 9:30am. We stopped at the McDonald's there, had some breakfast and headed out. Oh yeah, with the $100 McDonald's gift card that Jacob's grandmother had given me for my birthday, that's pretty much all we ate the whole way up. We had sandwiches the night we stayed in Burns; they were good, though. The cool thing about the gift card was not only that we ate for free, but we were able to play monopoly. We need one more piece of every color in order to win something. We're hoping for Broadway, but the odds of that aren't very high at all.

Day two was a much nicer drive. Although my car didn't like the inclines too much, for a little 4-cylinder it did pretty well. The scenery was very nice. There were a lot of trees and the ones that weren't evergreen were all changing colors. I didn't get too many pictures, only because there weren't a whole lot of places to stop and pull over. That's okay, though. I got the images in my head.

Oh yeah, the first night, just before stopping in Burns, I had an incident. I almost hit a deer. It was dark and I was driving at a nice comfortable 70mph, when all of a sudden I see a deer just calmly walked out into the road. I gently braked, swerved slowly and the deer was smart enough to run back in the other direction. I laughed, probably from nerves, afterward about what had just happened. Luckily that was the only time I had to deal with that and the other lucky thing was that I was the only one on the road. So I had the ability to swerve into the other lane.

So back to the second night. There was this one part of WA that we had to go through that's apparently a really pretty area, the Snoqualmie Pass, but due to the late start, I was driving through it at night. So I basically couldn't see anything. I could tell that the mountains were high up because their shadows were black against the sky, but that was about it. I guess we're going to be making a trip out there at some point so that I can see what it's like. It's a whole different kind of dark when driving out here. Nothing compared to even when you drive out of the city of Las Vegas. You can see those lights from 50+ miles away.

We got in probably around 8pm Thursday night. It took 23 hours of driving to get here. Driving for 23 hours will definitely tire you out. I slept pretty good that first night, but the air mattress that we have does't exactly make it so that we're sleeping in luxury. I haven't slept very well since.

Okay, so that was Wednesday and Thursday. Friday Jacob had to work in the morning, but when he got home we went into downtown Seattle. It was my first experience riding a city bus, but they're a lot different here than in Vegas. In Vegas, you're able to drive places without major traffic and there are a ton of places to park. Out here, land is limited so you're lucky if you can park somewhere without paying for it. People rely on public transportation a lot more. Normal people ride the bus here, rather than just crazy people, like in Vegas. I'm still not comfortable on the bus; I'd rather drive, but it's cheaper taking the bus.

So we took the bus into downtown and went to this sushi restaurant called Blue C Sushi. It's frickin delicious! And what makes it really cool is the conveyor system. The tables are around this conveyor belt and the sushi comes to you. You just take the plate off the conveyor and eat it. What's even more awesome is the way the dishes are priced. Each plate is color coded. The cheapest starting at $1.25 and it goes up to $5.25. All you do is save the plates at your table and when you're ready for the check, the waiter comes and adds up the colors. Between the two of us, we had about 7 or 8 plates collected and including the $12 bottle of Sake we had, the bill was still under $40. That's definitely a place that we're going to frequent if/when we have our finances in order.

After the sushi, we walked down the street about a block or so to the AMC movie theater to catch the movie RED. There was a Regal literally across the street from the sushi place, but it wasn't playing RED. That was a funny movie. We enjoyed it.

The cold is going to take some getting used to. I only have 5 long sleeve shirts and a jacket. Which was all I needed in Vegas. Out here, I'll need to buy myself a coat. Hopefully it won't get that cold until I've got a job and can afford to buy a coat.

Yesterday, while Jacob was at work, I drove a little ways up the street into this place called Woodinville and explored the Barnes & Noble there. They have a few of the puzzles that I've been wanting to get and they also have a bigger selection of puzzle balls than the few stores that were out in Vegas. I know what I'll be buying as soon as I have the expendable cash. Other than that, though, I just hung out at his aunt's place.

Today, same thing. Jacob is working swing again today. He'll be home around 10:30 tonight. I'm doing laundry today, but once that's done, I'll be showering and driving into the city again. Just to do a little exploring. Even though the parking is limited, it's still nice to know where you're going. This way when you take the bus, you'll recognize streets and know when you need to get off.

Anywho, that's it so far. Jacob is off work tomorrow and Tuesday so we'll be going into the city to do some real exploring. We'll have the whole day, rather than just the evening. I'm looking forward to it. Still not keen on the buses, but like I said, it's cheaper and quicker than sitting in traffic. Especially with all the Park and Rides around here. It makes it easier. You drive there, park your car and wait for whatever bus you need to get on. They all stop at the Park and Rides. Then when you're done for the day, you just take the bus back to whatever Park and Ride you left your car at and drive the short way home.

Yeah, I told you this was going to be long. I had a few days worth of stuff to make up for. But I wanted to let you all know that I made it safe. It's very different here and is definitely going to take some getting used to, but I like it here. Alrighty, I shall write again soon.

Until next time NuTang ...
2 Comments.


You'd never been to a sushi place where they had the trays going around? Huh. We have several of those here, although the first one that comes to mind actually uses boats and water instead of a conveyor belt.
» randomjunk on 2010-10-24 06:35:06

So crazy!
I can't believe you live so close to me! I live a little south of Seattle! Welcome to Washington, hope you like it :) Seems like you do so far! You got here RIGHT in time for the rain haha It was almost 70 last week. Major change from Vegas, I'm sure!
» PinkPanther08 on 2010-10-25 03:26:58

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