Comments on: Friday Check-in #9: the “almost naptime” edition

By: Melle

Melle — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:28:06 +0000

Aww, thanks! You’re one of my favouritest (note the U for extra Canadianness) internetz people, too. And also thoroughly cute. :)

I think the ability to be completely inappropriate pretty much right off the bat, especially with someone you’ve never met, is a most excellent sign. I look forward to being called a slut for years to come…

Oh, and thanks to a wee package arriving from the UK while I was away, I have 105 ducks now. Huzzah!

By: James | Dancing Geek

James | Dancing Geek — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:30:58 +0000

Gah! Jealousy overload! Emma, Sparky, Mark & Jen (& Havi)! Why are all the ace people in Portland?! Hmph, I'm gonna find a load of really cool people in Derby and brag about it all over my blog! :P James | Dancing Geeks last blog post..I'm calling out Men with Pens

By: Havi Brooks

Havi Brooks — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:14:57 +0000

Oh, hooray for Fridays.

@Brandon – wow, that’s big news. And hard decisions. We’re totally staying in Portland. We LOVE Portland. Move to Portland!

@Brenda – thanks for the reassurance! Awesome.

@Sundi – ugh. That double account thing totally happened to me. Yuck yuck yuck. Sorry! And yay about yoga. I’m so so thrilled you found something you like. :)

@Joyce – mwah! Thank you.

By: joyce lukaczer

joyce lukaczer — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:29:41 +0000

dear havi

tis a relentlessly genuine flame you burn …

&-i-thank-you

– joyce

By: Sundi D. Hayes

Sundi D. Hayes — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:18:23 +0000

The hard stuff…
I spent A LOT of time on the phone with PayPal because money was missing out of my account. All be darned if I didn’t have two accounts set up! WTH! How DID that happen? What an accounting nightmare! And I was doing good until Friday AM…I will NOT allow myself to spend the entire weekend wondering HOW it happened – I will not, I will not, I will not! (yeah, right!)

The good stuff…
I’m into my second week of YOGA class. I’d never tried it before and was a pay as you go student. Now I’m fully committed. Sometimes I find myself wondering, “So this is what Havi has been talking about! Did she ever actually write, ‘Go take a yoga class!’?” I don’t think so but then why did I stumble upon her blog? Duh, because yoga was for me! I can’t even begin to tell you how it makes everything…right. I only wish I could make it to class more than the one time a week it fits my soccer-mom-soloist-stuck-in-Jobland schedule.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:58:49 +0000

We lived in a house and neighborhood for 9 years that was completely wrong for us. First it was a money issue, then it just seem frightening to make the big move and go through the selling. When we finally did it I could not believe how happy and free I felt. But, I don't believe in regrets so I'm sure I learned lessons during that time and it made me who I am now. I love the idea of Tashlich. What a wonderful tradition. Brendas last blog post..Welcome Surprise Guests!

By: Brandon W

Brandon W — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:41:48 +0000

Even though I don’t always participate, I very much enjoy your weekly ritual. Today, I felt like I had something to share. This week, my wife passed her national board exam. That was good news, except that we both felt very deflated. It means she gets to keep her job. “Huh?” I hear. She didn’t really want to keep her job because, like you, we moved here 4 months ago and we are in *completely the wrong place*. The people around us don’t think like us, or have the same values. They don’t even build their city in a way that suits our preferred lifestyle (e.g. bicycling on roads here is extremely dangerous, and the public transit is so bad as to be completely useless). So passing the exam and knowing the job was secure suddenly made us feel MORE stuck, even though it shouldn’t. We’re searching for an opportunity to leave, but it will take time.

I’m curious; are you thinking of moving to a different part of Portland, or to another place entirely?