Unemployment, Day 72

Sitting in the Portland airport. The plane is here, so that is a good thing. It is going to be a full flight, so I am glad that I am going to be one of the first people to board the plane, I'm sitting in the back of the plane.... wheeeeeeee.

Next stop, Anchorage. My home away from home, sort of.

Lunch with Gramma Nori on Wednesday, and rafting later in the week, I'm told.

Unemployment, Day 71

Getting ready to go to Alaska. Ran some errands, gave the dog a bath, etc etc etc.

Packing, a bit, and finishing up some cleaning that I've wanted to get done.

Travis and I went to see Storm Large's stage play 'Crazy Enough'. This was the second time for me, I liked it just as much the second time around. I think he enjoyed it as well.

Burgers on the bbq for dinner.

Rachael Ray of Sunshine

Am I a bad person? I don't like Rachael Ray. I could (barely) tolerate her 30-minute meals show. I liked it better when her show showed her traveling around and surviving on 30 dollars a day. (Or whatever it was...)

Now she has a talk show, does commercials, and her 30-minute meals doesn't really appeal to me in any way. The recipes are full of things that don't even look edible, let alone appetizing.

For some reason, FoodNetwork has a fetish with her. I keep seeing shows of her going on vacation. Does she ever stay home and work?

It used to be that I could flip to the FN channel and find something that was entertaining, for some odd reason when I am bored, and flip to FN, she is on the screen. Ugh.

Am I the only one with disdain for her?

I don't wish that she fell down a flight of stairs onto one of her own personal lines of cutlery, but I wouldn't mind seeing less of her on TV.

Unemployment, Day 70

Went down to an office 'event' today. The department was officially saying goodbye to all of the payroll processors. These had been all of the employees that I had been supporting when I was working there.

Cake, punch, a slide-show, and people talking and crying. Ugh. I'm glad, in a way, that they laid me off long before everyone was starting to get their notices. I didn't have to watch as each of them went away, and didn't have to witness the heartache and strife. Lucky me. I guess.

I left after about an hour, it was about all I could take.

Then Travis and I took Beau to the vet for a check up.

Nachos for dinner.

Another netflix movie.

My TSA approved laptop bag arrived, I'll be interested to see if the Portland Airport will allow me to use it as intended.

Unemployment, Day 69

Not too much to report for today. Went to the post office, took the dog out in the yard. Quiet evening at home watching TV. I'm boring, I know. :)

Unemployment, Day 68

Not much today. Ran some errands and hung around the house.

Travis and I watched a movie after dinner, and then flipped through some tv.

The weather was ok, a tad warm, but not intolerable.

Heading back to Alaska on Tuesday for a few weeks.

Unemployment, Day 67

Got up and showered, and Travis and I headed down to the 'continental' breakfast that the casino lodge offered us. It was tolerable. We opted to not eat that much, and instead we planned to hit Mo's at lunch time.

We spent another hour gambling, and then cashed out all of our vouchers.

Headed to Depoe Bay to wander along the rock wall, and look at the spouting horns. The tide wasn't being very helpful, so Travis wasn't able to see the full effect. It was still nice though, very quite, not many people out, and the temperature was just right. No rain even!

We headed back up to Lincoln City and hit up the outlet malls. We wandered around, and I even bought something!

Mo's for lunch, where I ate too much. The view is always nice though at the Mo's in Lincoln City.

On the way home, we re-traced our route that brought us to the casino, and stopped at the Briggatine Monastery in Amity. They make fudge to fund their pursuits. Now I have fudge and truffles. Mmmmmmmmm.