i am happy to report that i am officially moved to seattle. i am exhausted but relieved that it’s done!

Despite the obligatory 20 minute search for my toothbrush on the first night, and the endless trudging back and forth from car to condo, this was the most streamlined and organized move i’ve had. it’s good to be back in seattle – it only took me a blissful 10 min. to get to work today (vs. more than an hour before), and i am looking forward to exploring the neighborhood.

i’m on a hunt for a good local coffee shop to call my own and haunt. unfortunately the coffeeshop i’m sitting in currently will not be it…oh well. one down, 1 gazillion to go!

thanks to andrea and the joys of email forwarding, my morning started off so well I had to share it with the blogosphere…

and my favorite….

It seems like every time I make a bold statement that I am going to blog regularly, my brain promptly empties of ideas.  Well, I’m going to defy it’s stubborness and just write boring blogs until those creative juices start flowing again! 

This week I started a new schedule at work, 8-4:30.  As mentioned before, I’ve been opening and having to get up at the desolate hour of 4am so this is a welcome change.  I now have a renewed appreciation for routine.  Before, I would basically tumble blindly out of bed, straight into my car, and not really become conscious until a couple hours and cups of coffee later.  Now, I wake up with the sun, coffee is already made, other people are alive as well, and I can actually have a morning routine before heading off to work.  I am now a very cheerful person…and a safer driver!

I think that in some ways routine is of God…just as in some ways “cleanliness is next to godliness”.  I think they bring clarity of thought and require self-discipline.  Routine was, after all, created first thing; the sun rises and sets, the seasons change just when we need them to.

I guess it’s just the ciiiiiiiiircle of liiiiiiife….