A Day In the Life

A typical day in my shoes:
- 6:30 am wake-up phone call from papa bear: GOOOOOD MOOOORRRRNNNIINNNNN POOORTLAND! Occasionally mom will pipe in with a drowsy, half-awake "good morning." I have gotten in the habit of answering the phone with "daddy, sleepy. I love you tired." Or other incoherent babbling and synonyms for the word "asleep."
- 9:30 am, yawn/stretch and kick start my day with food. Breakfast usually consists of Honey Nut Cheerios, a bagel with Sundried Tomato cream cheese or peanut butter cheese crackers. Tinga gets breakfast too.
- 10:00 am I am greeted by two yapping Chihuahuas, OG and Mono. This will only be a temporary fixture in my day. These little barkers now get breakfast. So, I'm guessing by 10:00 am all of Portland has been fed. To explain the little pup ruffs, they belong to Lizzy, Ben's friend/my friend?, who is currently drinking a Tequila Sunrise on a beach in Hawaii and trying to tan. I'm jealous, but I guess house sitting isn't too far away from a Hawaiian vacation. Yes, I'm aware that it is in fact not even close, but at least I'm getting out of my house.
- 10:00 am- 1:00 pm is online job shopping time. This is easily the most stressful, long-winded part of my day. It is laborious and I'm beginning to think tautological. Really, no one is taking the bait. No one is wanting to hire me. A list of companies that now have my resume (in no particular order): Netflix, Energy Trust, Whole Foods, Barnes & Noble, Powells, Craiglist Adsx9 and Albina Public Library.
- 1:00 - 5:00 pm I am a gadabout. I usually spend this time roaming Portland and running errands. My end spot is a coffee shop where I read/write letters. My favorite, thus far, is Albina Press.
- The Evening: This past week Ben and I have gotten in the habit of making dinner at his place. Usually his roommate, Dane, joins us for dinner and a movie. The menu has consisted of: Chicken Parisienne, Spaghetti and Meatballs, Easy Pizza Soup and Grilled Cheeses, and Hungarian Goulash. We're eating like royalty, except no dinner maids or chefs. So far the spaghetti and meatballs has been crowned the best (probably because of pop's meatball recipe) and the last Thursday of every month is now Meatball day at Ben's house.
- 11:30 pm I am in my pajamas and reading in my bed. Fall asleep.

Wake up and repeat!