[Posted to Xanga 6/19/11]

So today and yesterday were actually okay days, despite the fact that Sarah's off on Whidbey for the time being.Yesterday I played cards with Sarah's dad for a little. It turns out that the game I grew up with, Nertz, goes by the name "Pounce" on the West Coast and is otherwise exactly the same. I entertained myself for a little imagining Sarah's parents and my parents playing it together. I'm going to laugh if that ever actually happens...And today I talked to my little brother on the phone and we showed each other music, and I went to the mall with Sarah's mom, and then we made chocolate peanut butter cupcakes with chocolate frosting, all from scratch.

Haven't been doing much job-finding work in the past few days. I'm better at that when I'm not doing it alone...I wish I had the capacity to motivate myself.

I like Sarah's parents and they like me too.

And I like living here. I like it a lot. The waterfront is within walking distance and there are beautiful snowcapped mountains in the background whenever it's not too cloudy to see them, either the Olympics or the Cascades, I'm never really sure which I'm seeing. The air smells like ocean when you get up close to the water ("salty dead things," as Sarah describes it). The weather is cool, so cool you can wear a jacket outside in summer. Every time I step outside I'm expecting it to be hot, like it's always been in June where I've lived in the past, and it's not, and it's a pleasant surprise.