2014.11.17 – Waiting and Waiting

Wayne and I got up and dressed so we could pick up Ed, go to breakfast and then drop Ed off at the airport for his flight to LA. We grabbed him and headed to a place close by. We ended up at Cup and Saucer on NE Killingsworth. We had gone to the one in the Kenton neighborhood several months ago but they were out of most everything vegan that we were wanting so I wasn’t impressed. I was hoping we’d have a better experience this time. It was pretty quiet inside so we were seated and tended to right away. I got a nice pot of hot tea and coffee for the guys. We ordered and our food didn’t take long at all. I had the Pesto and Sun Dried Tomato Tofu Scramble, Ed had the same but with eggs and Wayne had the Garden Tofu Scramble. The food was SO good! I’m so glad we gave them another chance. The pesto was so flavorful and it had just the right amount of sun dried tomatoes.

Ed Piskor

 

I had been waiting to hear from Urban Airship regarding the internship and today should be the day. I was checking my email every two seconds it seemed. After breakfast we shuffled off to the airport where we said our goodbyes and wished Ed a great time on the remainder of his tour. Andrew and I will be in Pittsburgh in January so hopefully we will get together then.

Wayne and I ran over to Trader Joe’s to get some green curry sauce we needed for dinner that night. I also wanted to get more giant corn nut things that are amazing. They just started carrying them again after years of being discontinued. I grabbed some dark chocolate, salted almonds as well. I shouldn’t food shop when I am hungry. Next we went out to Clackamas to look for some shoes for Wayne. We went to Nordstrom Rack first. They didn’t have anything but I did find Andrew a nice flannel shirt. It has orange in it to match his new orange coat he got from REI. I heard from UA finally but just to say that they were working on an offer. What does that mean?? It means they want me so YAY! But until I really have something it’s not happening so I decided to just set that aside for now and not worry about it. Next we went to Kohl’s and again didn’t find shoes. Wayne found some thermal shirts and some socks though. I of course continued to check my email a ton. Nothing from UA.

We headed home and Wayne asked if we could stop by Adidas to look for running shoes. The Adidas headquarters is in our neighborhood so we always have a pass to the employee store. I don’t know why they do this for us. Maybe a thank you for having them in the neighborhood? They are a great addition to the area. They have a beautiful campus with a soccer field, basketball and tennis courts. It’s open to the neighborhood and very welcoming. Anyway, we were able to find him a pair of shoes so success!

I jumped on my laptop so I could keep reading about Django ModelForm and form validation but Spencer messaged to see what I was doing. I asked what he was doing and he said he was going to pick up his new truck. He had been wanting to trade his not very old truck in for one that is a bit smaller and gets better gas mileage. The one he found was in Longview, WA. I told him I wanted to ride up there with him and he seemed happy to have the company. I gathered up some snacks and my Kindle in case I had to sit for a bit while he signed papers. He picked me up and we stopped at his house to take of his tonneau cover then stopped at one of his customer’s houses so he could measure a floor.

Clint took a route that went through Scappoose, St. Helens and Rainer, Washington. It was SO beautiful taking the smaller winding road along the Columbia River. There were HUGE ships like we see here in Portland but many more. It felt like we were on a road trip and I would be delighted each time I reminded myself that this was where I live now.

We made it to the dealership just as it was getting dark. The salesman had everything ready to go so it was only a matter of cleaning out the old truck, moving everything to the new truck and signing some papers. It took about an hour including the fifteen minutes or so that Spencer had to wait for the finance person. That was it! New truck acquired and we were on our way home. I had heard from UA in the mean time and they apologized for the delay and promised there would be an offer……tomorrow. Ok I can wait again. It’s not that stressful. That’s a complete lie. It’s very stressful! But in a good way.

We drove back down Interstate 5 which isn’t nearly as beautiful but it was dark so it didn’t matter. His new truck is so nice! Tons of buttons, lights and gadgets. We had fun checking everything out on the way back.

When I got home, Alice and Wayne were making dinner. It smelled so good! There was a fire going and Lauren was in the living room so we sat and talked for a bit. Taylor randomly showed up and joined us for dinner. We veggies and soy curls in a green curry sauce with lemon basmati rice, sauteed mushrooms, asparagus and sourdough bread. Yum!

We were going to watch a movie at Alice and Jason’s house but it got too late and Jason wasn’t going to join anyway. He had work to do and Andrew did as well. Andrew had spent most of the day importing Perl 5.20.1 into OpenBSD so he had to work late for his day job at GSG.

Wayne and I ended up watching a movie we knew Andrew wouldn’t care about missing. I don’t even really remember the name of it. It wasn’t very good anyway.

Today I learned about some scary/fascinating/cool tools the NSA had access to.