I haven’t been around much lately, been distracted by work & the lingering mess of a crosscountry move & video games.

Work:: I have settled into my new store, but because they don’t really have room for a third supervisor ((they’re a M-F store, and labor determines how many hours can be sup hours)) I still get farmed out once a week to help our sister store. New store is everything I could want, clean and well-organized with a drama-free crew.

Home:: The buildings in downtown Portland are beautiful. It wasn’t just my memory playing tricks on me–before we’d moved here, I’d spent less than 24 hours in Portland with @mysoulforcoffee, when we took a roadtrip from San Francisco to Seattle. There’s so much to look at and it’s hella walkable. I need to drag my sister downtown more often so we can just wander around.

Words:: Writing is temporarily stalled out, because I need to overhaul a main character’s personality. Still debating how far I can wrench it without losing everything he is. Stopping & starting, stopping & starting. Have kicked a couple old ideas around to see if they can be adapted. Just started something new out of something old, too, because grief is a powerful motivator for the written word.

Grief:: We lost our cat yesterday. We thought she was getting better, but.

but.

but.