A month has passed since my last post, and a lot has happened, to be sure. The most notable of which must be the fact that I am gainfully employed, full time, as a designer at an architecture firm in Eugene!!!
Yes, that gets three exclamation points. It’s been keeping me busy, which has resulted in the radio silence on this blog, and complete lack of effort on the portfolio website, but I can’t say that I’m too sorry about that. As you may know, finding another job in Eugene wasn’t my intention, but all of the pieces kind of fell into place. The women’s utimate team that seemed just out of reach for the past four years is finally coalecsing, and I felt very sad at the prospect of leaving town without having a season with them. We came in second at Solstice, the tournament here in town, and we absolutely had a blast. I also got a great new housemate, and hey, well, I got this job, and I really like it.
I’m working at Nir Pearlson Architect, and in the short time I’ve been there, we’ve submitted two projects for permitting. Next week I’ll turn in the third, and I’ll do it by myself because Nir, my boss, is in Israel for the next two and a half weeks. I’ll be manning the office alone, working on a few other projects and trying to keep everything going while Nir’s gone. I think I’ll take the opportunity of the slight lull to make sure that my IDP hours for this job get counted, and to actually work on that online portfolio.
Summer in Eugene is pretty nice – I’m eating cherries as I type, and heading to a barbeque in an hour. I’m enjoying working with Nir, and I know he’d like me to stick around a while longer and work on a few more jobs. But although this job, this frisbee team, this housemate, and these cherries are fortuitous and fantastic, I still wonder how long it can last.
Up at Potlatch last week, I was reminded again of life in the city, and the different opportunities to take advantage of there. Yesterday I spent the afternoon and evening with friends and we talked about San Francisco and Portland, and about living in the city. I’m trying my best to be here, but, if you’ve been reading this blog, you know I’ve been having a tough time with that for some time. I just want to peek ahead, find out where the plot’s going, but unfortunately that’s not an option. So, I guess I just keep doing what I’m doing until it stops working. And, I guess that after a few more weeks of just enjoying employed life, I’ll start thinking again about the long-term plan again.
In the mean time, Potlatch was tons of fun, seeing all the little babies together a few weeks ago was fantastic, I’m looking forward to Seaside and some sore beach legs, I can’t believe I get to play in Labor Day with my ladies, and I’m still hoping to head to Colorado to visit the brother. I’m also hoping to get a few more hours of sewing in in the next few weeks because I keep buying patterns and fabric, so I keep needing to make beautiful things. I’m catching up on Mad Men and thoroughly enjoying Friday Night Lights, and I’m trying to catch up with people I haven’t seen in a while, too, whether it be through email, phone calls, or unexpected visits. So, in sum, life is full, and I’m going to do my best to get the most out of it. I hope you’re doing the same – summer is so short, so love every minute of it!