Thursday, June 5, 2008. Having been here in Portland almost two weeks, I figured it was time for a couple of lists: "Delights" and "Challenges."
First the delights:
- The views from our apartment. On a clear day (we've had one, maybe two!) we've seen Mt Hood, Adams and St. Helens. Maybe Rainier, but it was hard to be sure.
- Downtown Portland. Pretty, accessible, many trees, available parking. Even better, I can walk there.
- Walking to Powell's Books. It's about nine blocks.
- Washington Park (Rose Garden, Japanese Garden, and more). Yesterday my son and I walked up to the Rose Garden and the Holocaust Memorial
- The staff at the Apple Store in Pioneer Place. As we migrate to Apples we've had nothing but helpful, excellent service.
And the challenges:
- The kitchen is way small, especially compared to our "old" one.
- Ditto for my office. I miss my old one, but at least all the hardware--the two monitors, printer and scanner are all set up and arrayed on one surface.
- Waiting for the elevator. I'm trying to re-frame it from "waiting" to an opportunity to breathe... Mixed results at best...
- Changing email, phone numbers, addresses for EVERYTHING. Today for example, I discovered I need to reprint my business cards. And for several days I had to write down our new home number because I couldn't remember it.
- Having LOTS of stuff. (Or maybe we just have too much stuff...?) We have two storage lockers here in the apartment building and two more at Public Storage. I see yet another yard sale in the future.
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