meg + steve

• Steve rode into the city with me this morning, bought me a bagel, and accompanied me to my interview. He's the best and it was so nice to hang out with him for a bit. 

• After the interview I decided to walk the 2-ish miles back to the train along the bay. As I passed the marina I witnessed a swimmer get bitten and chased by a seal. Arrested Development fans will know why this is hilarious. 

• I'm on a Dr. Horrible... and Trix cereal binge.

• We have tickets to see Sleepwalk With Me this weekend. I can't wait.

My upcoming job interview gave us a good excuse to spend Saturday afternoon in the city. I figured it'd be wise to try to get to the interview location at least once before Wednesday, since getting around can sometimes be challenging.

We've also realized that our time together during the work week is going to be limited to non-existent (at least for the next while), so that means our weekends get to make up for it.

The interview location wound up being amazing, just steps away from Ghirardelli Square and the bay. We found out my commute would be just under two hours (ugh!), so if I get the job (or any other job in SF) there's a really good chance we'll become city-dwellers.
Anyway, we spent the day basking in the lack of an itinerary, wandering around, and enjoying each other's company. It was a much needed little holiday.

Currently enjoying a small victory. Yesterday I had a phone interview (my first phone interview ever) that went well and concluded with the request of a face-to-face interview on Wednesday. I'm excited.

I've also been harboring thoughts of starting up a small Etsy shop again. I'm not sure exactly what I'd do (especially with no garage/craft room space), but I like the idea of having a side project to keep me occupied during Steve's busy seasons. We'll see.

Right this second everything feels under control. It's nice.

m.

Another sub-par day.

I'm not sure how doing almost nothing can be so draining. Thank heavens for dishes and laundry, providing me with at least some sense of accomplishment at the end of the day.

I feel pretty worthless. I'm not carrying my weight. Not even close.

It feels, at times, like I've disappeared. I am not a part of anything outside this apartment.



I've turned comments off on this post. Not because I don't appreciate them, I do. Just... because. 

Today I whipped out the scissors and glue and set to work on a little project - a new addition for our picture ledge - a heart (of questionable anatomical correctness) cut out of a map. And not just any map. As you can probably guess, it's a map of San Francisco. (Cue the Tony Bennett jokes.) It's one that we got while apartment hunting. I like it when things have a few memories attached to them.

* Sorry in advance for the poor quality of the pics. The lighting in our apartment is a challenge (in that it's non-existent). :P

** And don't look at how bare the rest of the ledges are.

Sunday night my grandpa called and we chatted for a good 20 minutes. During those 20 minutes he must have requested we come back home at least 10 times. It's nice to know we're loved and missed and that they'd take us back if it came to that. :)

There are times when I wonder if we made the right decision coming out here. I think whatever happens, we needed to at least give this a go. I hope things start working out like we planned, but if they don't, we tried and that counts for something.

One of our major hold-ups continues to be my lack of employment. It's a financial issue, sure, but even more than that it's a me-going-crazy-being-home-alone-all-day issue. I'm about ready to wave the white flag and bag groceries (seriously). At least it would be something.

Anyway, Steve's job seems to be going okay. I think it will get better as time goes on and he's able to get into the swing of things. He had a particularly eventful ride on BART the other day thanks to an aggressive crazy person. Oh the joys of public transportation.

So that's that for now.
m.

Things are quiet around here.

We've been east bay-ers for about two months now. Those two months have been jam-packed with new experiences (both good and bad). There have been (and continue to be) major challenges, but also major victories. We've had to rely on ourselves and each other more than ever... and we're makin' it work.

I'm attempting to teach myself Adobe Illustrator. I've wanted to FOREVER, but now I have no excuse not to. I'd love to take a legit Ai class, but Lynda tutorials will suffice for now. Here's a couple practice projects I've thrown together in the last couple days. I'm sure I'm doing a million things wrong and I have no idea what I'm doing, but it's fun. Don't laugh.