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Hey, so tour is revving up nicely. We've finally hit our stride with shows. Other than a few minor fiascos (like a puppet losing a foot midway through our first performance...) we're getting used to the show and life on the road again. It's funny returning to schools, some of which I remember clearly, some of which just blend together with every other school that looks the same. We're trying to tour differently this year too, cooking on the road (with a traveling kitchen comprised of a coffee pot, hot plate, toaster oven, and rice cooker), staying at cheaper places, and coming home as often as possible. AND, I've been bringing Scout on the road with me! It's kind of the best thing ever. He's super chill of course, and it's wonderful to have him with me/not have to worry about finding someone to watch him for me. So, yay work! 

Home life, however, not so great. The verdict is in on new room mate and it's that we all want her to be former room mate. I'm too tired to go into the details of the situation, but needless to say, it's pretty apparent that we want different things from a living situation, so come Tuesday (house meeting) we're asking her to find alternate living arrangements as of November 1. Sigh. On top of all that, one of my other two room mates that I really like, has also informed us that she's moving out. Her friend found a place that's apparently wonderful and 5 minutes from her work. While I am happy for her and completely understand, lord, am I tired of my living situation changing every 4-6 months. I haven't even lived here a year and a half and I've had 11 different room mates! ELEVEN. That's more than my four years of college combined. Sheesh! I guess that's what I get for living in mecca of young hip twenty-somethings always looking for the next big thing. Anyway, I just want to find a couple of folks who are clean and quiet and can pay rent. That is all I care about at this point. I can handle anyone for 8 months as long as they're clean and quiet. 

I've had a lovely quiet weekend at home (two room mates out of town, the other sick in bed). Full of movies (Autism: The Musical!, and Suddenly, Last Summer - both excellent), knitting, podcasts, reading, and catching up with friends. Went to see Funny People with Goose at the Laurelhurst today, and throughly enjoyed it. Have yet to see a Judd Apataw movie that I didn't like. This one was a little darker, but well done. I feel like his movies illustrate that life can be awkward, depressing, and funny at the same time. Good to hang out with Goose as always, and we ran into on of Dave's old room mates outside the theater! Yay small Portland. Also, it seems that seeing movies at Laurelhurst with Goose, which is turning into a weekly thing, is the only time I've been riding my bike lately, so yay for that. 

Haven't been to Quaker meeting in a while. Just haven't been feeling it. I think it's because I heard through the grapevine that some higher up committee was thinking of nominating me for a leadership position, but didn't directly inform me of it. For some reason this really rubbed me the wrong way. After a couple of weeks of thinking about it, I realized it was that that kind of organizational b.s. was one of the reasons I left the church a few years ago. That and the fact that about 20 people always tend to do everything to keep a religious organization running... I dunno. I'm not ready for expectations. If I feel called, yippee, but as soon as someone starts expecting me to step up, it feels too much like being the preacher's daughter all over again. Clearly I've got issues here I've got to figure out, but right now, I'd prefer to figure them out by sleeping in on Sunday mornings and drinking coffee and cleaning the bathroom. 

Boy situation is complicated to the point of silly. Was hanging out casually with a friend in town, but haven't been there in a couple of weeks while simultaneously developing friendship/flirtation/pen pal/phone conversations with a gentlemen in Atlanta. What? Yeah, that's kind of how I feel about it. 

So, let's see. October has thus far brought with it cooler temperatures, rain, the need for two new room mates, root vegetables for roasting, a delightful work situation, and a new knitting project (thanks to pretty wool from Marci!). Not bad.