Life Changes

The winds of change are blowing for me. I’m moving to Portland, OR – Something I’ve wanted to do for several years. I gave notice at work on Monday, and my last day is Friday, May 6th. I’m putting most of my stuff in storage, taking the basics and towing my motorcycles behind my Grand Cherokee.

Why Portland? I fell in love with OR & Portland when I visited there several years ago. I’ve wanted to move there ever since. It’s also one of the touchstones of urban planning, a place that is always discussed. Living there would give me a real appreciation of how they do things.

I’ll leave Northern VA the morning of Monday the 8th, and head to NC. I’m fostering my cat QT with a friend (Virginia Conlon), and I’ll drop her off on my way through Raleigh. After that I’ll head over to Highlands, to see Dad & Martha. After a few days of R&R at Morningside, I’ll head on to Fayetteville. I’m planning on getting there in time to see Tim race in the Joe Martin bike race. There’s a 2-week graphic seminar I want to attend in Kansas, and after that, in mid-June or so, I’ll head to Oregon. Take a few days to get there, and enjoy the trip.

No, I don’t have a place to live there, and I don’t have a job. Crazy, I know. I’ll look for someone needing a roommate, and hopefully have it lined up by the time I get there. I’m planning on taking some community college classes for the summer, in things I’ve wanted to learn more about. Photoshop. Webpage creation. Watercolor. Who knows. If I like the place as much as I think I will, I’ll see if I can find a job that covers my bills.
I’m still planning to be in grad school for my MLA in the fall of ’06, but that’s another story.