the fourth

I'm beginning to think we need to buy an outdoor grill. I mean it's the Fourth of July weekend and while it's wonderful that it marks our country's independence, its true meaning for many Americans is "barbecue time". Oh well, I really am trying to downsize the number of possessions I own rather than acquiring new ones. And since I haven't done a day of work since graduating in May (I'm not including the days of unpaid work that it takes to just find a job), acquiring things hasn't really been in my range of possibilities. It does sound, however like there are some paychecks on the horizon. I'm pretty sure that I'll be beginning my time as a hostess at Bugatti's on Monday and I'm going to start my training for on-call child and adolescent treatment work soon. I also had an interview at the Planned Parenthood for a front desk type of job that might actually be really good for me. I won't go into all the gushy details in case I don't get it.

We had a nice (and very hot) Fourth in Portland. I decided to suprise Dean with a picnic brunch at the Hoyt Arboretum in the morning before the temperature got too out of hand. In the evening, we went with a few of his friends to the Waterfront Blues Festival to enjoy some over-priced beer and music. We watched the fireworks from the Hawthorne Bridge and went back to Cory's for pizza.

Yesterday, Dean and I visited an apartment complex that we were thinking of trying to get into but decided it wasn't for us. I am beginning to believe the we are better off just staying where we are right now. We'll continue the search next week and see what we come up with.

And now I'm off to get some last minute errands taken care of before we head up to the Hood Canal (in Washington) to visit some family friends of mine and do some camping. Weee!