My sister's coming home!

[platedlizard]

The Wacky Iraqi is back! My sister called us last week from Camp Lejune, she'd just come in from Iraq, and apparently HATES intercontenantel flights now. I suspect the only way Dad is going to be able to take her to Africa this summer is via First Class, and I don't blame her. She's going to be coming in this Monday for two weeks leave, and she'll be staying with us! I'm so excited. I have NO idea what we're going to do. The weather has been nasty. (Srsly, is SNOWED last week. Snow! In March! In Portland! OMGWTFBBQ!)

The skiing, however, has been GREAT. Today's my birthday, and I made Dad promice to take me to the mountains tomarrow for skiing/hanging out in Timberline Lodge. I think on my days off I'll be hauling Sis places, and at least one of them will be the mountains. With any luck I'll have chains for my car by then.

The Search for a Job continues. I got switched off Specialty for Cashier (a step down, but it means more hours) because one of the cashiers quit without telling a manager. Um, oops. So I get to be a cashier until they hire someone else. Yay. Actually I'm glad, the main filtration system is failing, and I hate looking at the fish because I feel so bad that they are getting sick and dying because the system SUCKS. Suposedly we're going to get a plumber in Real Soon Now, as soon as the damn parts come in. Bah.

The new black lionhead goldfish are kind cool, though. People keep feeding them the color enhancing goldfish food so they aren't going to be black for long. A hint for anyone who wants their black goldfish to stay black. Feed them spirulina, use a UVB light on their tank, and never feed them any 'color enhancing' food. That stuff enchances the gold/red color most goldfish have, and will cause black goldfish to CHANGE COLOR. So there.

A place I worked at a few years ago for X-mas season is hiring for a full time position. I sent in a resume and cover letter that basically said "Remember me? i worked for you a couple years ago and you liked me. I'd love to work for you again!" so I hope i'll be hearing from them. They pay really well, especially compared to other retail stores. They sell wild bird supplies, food, feeders, guides, binoculars and spotting scopes, garden sculptures, etc. There's a whole CHAIN of these store in my area, all locally owned. And they keep opening a new store every year. They also do things like have free birdwatching guided walks, raise money for the Portland Auduobon Society, etc. Good folks. I hope like hell they'll hire me.

Comments

[platedlizard.livejournal.com]

Well, the snow hung around my house for about a day, but it's coming down like cats and dogs in the mountains. I LOVE living in Portland, two hours either way from world-class skiing and world-class beaches. (Srsly, Oregon beaches are public-property. The Oregon Department of Transportation owns them. Weird) Also, you can go hiking in an old-growth forest that is, like, a five minute drive from down-town Portland and is well within city boundaries. Portland is the best city ever.

[nekare.livejournal.com]

Ohhh that's so wonderful! I'd love getting to actually skii someday :) And yayz for diversity XD It's horribly hot in here right now, and even when I'm only three hours away from a pretty beach (Cancun, sadly, is three hours away BY PLANE), I can't go until Easter holidays T-T

What are you doing to celebrate?

[platedlizard.livejournal.com]

I'm going to Mt. Hood. I'll probably just go walking in the snow around the lodge, just long enough to get really cold and hungery, and then we'll eat either at the Ram's Head or Blue Ox bars, which are cheaper then the five star restraunt Timberline has.