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OMG. The party yesterday was fun. The cupcakes I made (pumpkin with chocolate chips and cinnamon icing, vanilla with chocolate chips and buttercream icing) were really popular, and there's exactly one left. ourglasslake brought a zombie cake! It was really awesome. We watched the Japanese version of The Grudge, and it really wasn't terribly frightening. Creepy in places, but not scary. There was Apples to Apples, and I won a game! Yes!!

Early on, Jarrod and I went to a thing for a (former) coworker of his who was retiring from the Navy Reserves (not the National Guard). They had a huge german shepherd named Lucy, the same name as our cat! It was neato to see Jarrod talk to someone he worked with. There were people there in Navy uniforms, which I wasn't used to seeing anymore.

Anyway. Jarrod and I are starving...I hardly ate any real food yesterday. Mostly junk. So we're going to take a shower and go to the Paradox Cafe, because I kept dreaming about plates covered in biscuits and gravy and mushrooms and tofu...

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It's official--I'm going to apply for the entry-level cashier job currently open at Powell's Books. I figure that closer to the holidays it'll be full-time, and I won't have to buy a bus pass anymore. I'll probably get paid about what I do now and I'll like it better. Money might be tight, but I'll deal.

If they decide to hire me, I'm giving my notice, like, that day.

Yes, I'm still going to look into getting a job at OHSU etc., but I think spending some time working less would be wonderful. Even if some of it is nights and weekends.

This is probably a tranitory thing--like until the holidays are over. Then again, maybe not. We'll just have to see.

I dunno. The thought that I have options is suddenly very liberating. Jarrod being so supportive about the whole thing is just fantastic. I feel like I can breathe for the first time in ages. Isn't that odd?