Evening

I’m out on my balcony, watching the last light of the day fade away and feeling the chill of evening coming on. Back in the kitchen, I’ve got rice going, but brown rice takes forever, so I figure I’d take a moment outside. It’s been a great day for it. I went on a walk in Discovery Park earlier, saw a dog with great eyebrows, and got to reconnect with the little forest there, at least a bit.

It’s a good day. I had nothing scheduled, and I was able to buckle down and finish a beta read that’s like two weeks late. But it is done! And it’s a weight off my shoulders and I hope it can still help my amazingly patient friend, who now had notes in hand.

I’ve also got a couple of interviews scheduled for later this week. One is for a Library Media Specialist position at a private school over in Bellevue. I’m intimidated, as it would involve working with tiny children, but it’d be a job in my field before I’m even completely done with my degree, and that would be rad. The second is with Trupanion, for a Records Collection position. The work would be fairly basic but steady, and I’d be in an office with literally hundreds of dogs, some of whom I might even get to pet! Which sounds like a wonderful office environment, to be honest. I think I’d find something to like about either of them, so hopefully one or both end up panning out.

It’d be nice to have a job again, certainly. Not worrying about being able to survive is always good.

I’m also going on a date with a new person tomorrow, and had a lovely date over the weekend with an extremely interesting person who I hope to see again.

But for now, I’m happy to just relax for a few minutes in the cool evening air. It’s really all I could ever ask for. Everything else will happen in time.