We have survived our adventure in Seattle (the actual being in Seattle bit) for two weeks as of today. We stayed our final night at Jim and Lisa's on Tuesday and midday Wednesday we packed our car and drove on over to Wedgewood (near the University District) to stay with David. Going from a household of lively kids with changing schedules to a household of allgraduate students who aren't always here has been an adjustment, but I will say we do get a little more work done here. Yesterday I am pretty sure Patrick and I both got eyestrain working on resumes and applying for jobs, but that comes with the search, I suppose.
I have applied for a multitude of photography positions; technician jobs, assistant-ships, editor positions, etc. I also shot off a resume and a class description for my cousins' school to teach a homeschooling photography course. After forwarding my email to someone who is friends with someone who works at Amazon I was informed that my resume needed some major reconstruction. It was good for an informal position (arty or food service), but for a major corporation like Amazon, it wasn't really worth passing on. So there is the next thing on my to do list - figure out what exactly is wrong with my resume and fix it. But for today I am working on an application for a grant to do a photo project in Thailand for a month in September as well
as an interview for a contract/part-time writer/blogger position in Bellevue this afternoon.
Patrick is currently working on revamping his resume to Boeing standards, which is a longer process than anticipated. He has gotten a few contacts about people wanting to help him find jobs, but nothing solid yet. Uncle Jim gave him a worksheet to help him fix his resume and also helped him find jobs well suited for him at Boeing. Patrick's birthday is tomorrow and our plans are to sleep in, walk to Top Pot donuts for something yummy and maybe some coffee, hang out and do whatever Patrick feels like doing until dinner when we will take the bus to the Queen Anne district and have sushi from a conveyor belt at Genki Sushi. Then I imagine there will be a night of video games or Left For Dead. Who knows...it's Patrick's Day! He's quite excited, it probably doesn't help that we've been carting around his wrapped gifts for weeks and he just gets to stare at them.
In the past week I have started volunteering at the Photographic Center Northwest across from Seattle University. I am the back desk/darkroom/studio monitor on Wednesday nights and have to keep track of chemicals and the photography students (when there are any). We are in between quarters right now, so it'll be slow for the next week and then I'll be fully immersed in my position. I really enjoy it, mainly because the darkroom is so familiar...even though the smells of the photo chemicals kind of reek, they are somewhat of a comfort for me.
I am also picking up the responsibility of being my youngest cousin's piano teacher on Monday nights. She didn't get along terribly well with her last teacher (he made her cry that last lesson and so she couldn't handle it any more) and asked if I would do it. It's been fun, although I have to rack my brain for how it is to learn as a child and I have to refresh myself on basic piano
skills. I'll be doing this until there is a better teacher found, but Emma really seems to be enjoying it and I get paid as well, so it all works out.
Rainboots, I've decided, are essential this time of year in Seattle. Well, at least they are better than my canvas Converse. It's been quite rainy around here, but at least everything is green and looks like spring, whereas I know in Montana it is probably cold (although sunny) and there is still snow on the ground.
We have the opportunity to house sit for a few people while we are here, which will extend the time where we don't need to find housing. It did bump around the schedule a bit and I am still figuring that out but I will post where we are in the upcoming future. Pi Day was Monday and
David came up to Newcastle to help us eat pie (I think originally it was to help us make it, but Patrick wanted to eat it at 1:59....so we would be eating at 3.14159...so it was already in the oven by the time he got there). Patrick and David discovered Lucas' Legos and had a blast for a few hours just playing. Lucas was just glad to have some friends who wanted to build cool things with Legos with him.
I am pretty sure I am missing a lot of events that happened the past week or two, but because the Internet is so plentiful around here, I am sure there will be future updates including them. Hope all is well for everyone out there reading this, cheers from Seattle!
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