A fun full day

[susandennis]

Yesterday, I had to attend a mandatory session for unemployment insurance. My expectations were low but I had already decided that it was not going to kill me and patience on my part would make it good for everybody.

It turned out to be not only not painful but interesting and well done. The recruiter who led the session was seasoned without being too jaded and was most respectful of the people there, his subject and his own employer. He was a good example and provided good info. In spite of myself, I learned some cool stuff! It was a nice score.

Then I went on to Everett.  seattlejo recently moved there and I wanted to see her and see their minor league baseball team play.  I got to do both and both were fabulous.  Plus Everett is a cute cute cute little town!  Her apartment is downtown and adorable with a delicious view.  We walked 3 blocks and had dinner at a very cool restaurant which was also deicious and neat and more than reasonably priced.

I had not been to the stadium in more than a decade and had no idea about which seats were best but single A baseball is generally cheap so I ordered up two Best Seats in House.  I had not studied the tickets so I was more than a little surpised when we found ourselves on the  aisle of the front row just to the right of home plate.

I've never sat that close to a baseball game in my life. The picture above was snapped while I was sitting in my seat.  Seriously, had we been any closer, team uniforms would have been required. It was wild.  And very fun.

Plus, on my way home I listened to the Mariner game and heard them go from a tie to a win.  Nice. Nice.

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This morning I started the cataract removal ball rolling with a note to my doctor telling her I wanted to get it done this year.  I'm hoping we can go right to the measuring appointment, 3 weeks of eye drops and then do the deed.  There is sure a lot less stress having gone throught the whole process once already.

Then I'm going to start applying for jobs.  I'm not sure I really want one but I can't, in good conscience, take the unemployment insurance money without making good on my promise to make 3 job contacts a week.  So I need to get that rolling - I'm already behind.  I have a plan.

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HOLY crap!  I just got an email from my Doctor's office offering me up 6 surgery dates to pick from.  I picked 9/25.  Very cool.  I love the internets so much.

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There aren't any swim classes I'm interested in today so I'm going to go at noon and do my own thing.  I still have two more weeks before my own pool opens back up.  I'll be so happy to get back there.

Comments

[howeird]

What a fun day!

Everett has my undying admiration for cleaning up its act. Sometime while I was at the UW, the campus newspaper staff was given the Everett Herald to run for a day, and I went up as a photographer. The staff photog they paired me with drove us all over town to cover the many stories which needed pictures, and wherever we went the air was brown, it smelled awful, and breathing was sometimes a challenge.

Fast forward to 1999, I was in a production of "Anything Goes" in downtown Everett, and commuted there from Redmond every night. Only a couple of pulp mills were still operating, but the sky was the normal grey overcast, nothing smelled out of the ordinary, and breathing was no problem at all.

Tacoma has made pretty much the same transition, but without the charm. :-)

[susandennis]

Wow fascinating. I had only ever been on the edge of Everett. Yesterday they downtown was open and pretty and nearly suspiciously clean.

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So I'm curious. How much did those seats cost?
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[susandennis]

$17