So, here I am in Seattle! There’s a convenient internet cafe just down the street from my new place, and so I’m feeding my addiction at the low low dosage fee of 10 cents a minute.

The new apartment is fantastic–such a charming little space, with original lamps and tons of natural light (my apartment sticks out from the building, so I have windows on three sides), and lots of plants and trees around me.There are a few little issues (such as Andreas finding some screaming woman laying on the sidewalk out front last night) but on the whole I’m really pleased with the space. Now if I could only figure out how to arrange my three pieces of furniture…! Oh, and I need to figure out what to do about the fact that the three radio towers I’m in the shadow of interfere with my nice computer speakers. I can hear random radio stations practically louder than the MP3s I’m playing. Any advice?

Andreas went back down to Lacey this morning, and I’ve enjoyed the day home alone puttering in circles working on five different unpacking/cleaning projects at a time. Moving back to a city where you used to live is strange–all my friends are still up here, but they’re not used to me being around. My phone’s been pretty quiet, making me shake my head and say “What were you expecting? A welcome back party?” Makes me realize how disconnected I’ve been from Seattle. I always felt like I stayed in decently good touch, but I now think I was wrong.