Isn't Tigey beautiful? The funny thing is that I came home tonight, having worked over an hour of overtime as it was to avoid some traffic, and I was the only human being in the house. This is incredibly rare. There was Billy (Rachel's cat) on the table, looking forlornly at me as though to say, "You're not Rachel!" and Tigey sprawled on the floor. Jim, downstairs neighbor with whom I've had a couple of Portland adventures, is nearly always here. So for me to come home on a Friday evening and it be just me was rather disconcerting, actually.

Work is much less worrisome, though I'm applying for a position at Reed College, just a bus-ride down from where I am, and doing things that I've done in my past and I'd love to do again. I'd switch jobs in a heartbeat, really.

I miss you!! And you're off to Burning Man in not long, yes? I thought of you a week or so ago (in particular, not in general, as you're quite often in my thoughts, lol) as there was a sign in a consignment shop that said, "Get your Burning Man outfit here!" I immediately thought of you, of course. I also got to see snottygrrl's pics from KiwiBurning, the NZ version of burning man. I might do better there; fewer people! ;P

((((huge hugs)))) I'll write you properly soon. You can read it whenever you're back in town for a little while. *g*