This is Sunday morning coffee. We walked down to the coffee shop a couple of blocks from our house.
This is the little spot that Eddie Vedder is rumored to show up now and again. It's pretty good coffee, but the chocolate croissant was the real show-stopper. Oh, and speaking of Eddie Vedder, we drove by his house last night. He lives less than a mile from us.
I missed my blog update last weekend because our furniture was delivered on Saturday. I spent the weekend unpacking, organizing, unpacking some more. By Sunday night I was exhausted. I never knew you could get so tired from something that didn't involve running long distances and weight training. I did not straighten out until probably Wednesday or Thursday.
Lorelei started school last week too. She has already been invited to a Halloween party next weekend, and she loves her new school. This is it:
I think the kids can see the Puget Sound from their playground - it's not too far off from Lowman Beach. 1 1/2 blocks from our house, too. I like that. She has already had one field trip to the Locks to learn about the salmon and the Locks themselves. I can tell she's going to love going to school in Seattle. She caught the flu on Friday. Threw up 6 times (which she now wears as a badge of honor), but by the afternoon was mad that she couldn't go to school. I'd say she rallied pretty well.
Shawn is also settling into his routine of school and household things, and this week will start the dreaded job hunt. It's been a whirlwind for him - he's vacillating between enjoying his life here and completely freaking out about having moved to Seattle. I admit, every once in awhile I have a moment of strangeness, wondering at the fact that we actually pulled it off.
As for actually living in Seattle, it's been really great so far. It's pretty much what I hoped it would be, with a couple of minor issues, and they both involve driving. The hills are killing me. Driving a stick shift in Seattle is nothing less than terrifying. I'm hoping I'll get used to it at some point, but right now I still completely panic when I'm stuck on a hill at a red light. And if it's raining, there's a chance I'm not going anywhere but backward. My blood pressure is rising just writing about it. Whew. The other driving issue is the Seattle drivers themselves. They drive way too slow. 5 miles under the speed limit is appropriate, and they allow anyone to merge at any time, which has resulted in very slow drivers constantly cutting people off. They wouldn't last 5 minutes in C-bus, and as Ed said, LA would reduce them to tears.
Otherwise, things are good. The weather is actually pretty nice. It's overcast a lot, and there has been some rain, but some pretty days mixed in there too. It doesn't get too cold, at least not yet. Maybe 50s at night and 60s during the day. Just about perfect, really. When the wind comes in off the Sound, the leaves swirl and blow, and you can smell the salt air. I love it.
The animals are adjusting nicely to their cohabitation. There are no dog-free zones in our house, so the cats have had to get used to Gretel being in their space. All things considered, they're all good. This is Gretel at the dog park. Lorelei and I took her there this morning. She made lots of friends and walked the trail with us. She is amazingly better behaved off-leash. She would tear off running at full speed, and the minute I called or whistled, there she was, right by my side. She probably ran for 45 minutes straight, after which she made it clear to me was done playing and wanted to go home. Poor girl, she might be a smidge out of shape. She's sleeping right now.
On the subject of running, that's what I'm going to do now. It's a good day to run by the water, and this is the first day I've woken up without some crazy agenda of 9 million things that need doing. I'll update next weekend, hopefully basking in a Buckeye defeat of those Badgers.
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