Sonya has S.A.D., and after the past few days I can understand why. Tracy told me that here during the winter daytime in the land of rain, night-lights don't go out. It was very dark today. I went to an introductory orientation workshop at Worksource in Redmond. It was good to get out of the apartment even if the sun was very, very hidden. So what should I do for work? I need to go back to school in order to make any money and also to get away from lower paying grunt work. I've trudged with enough buckets of wet leaves on my shoulder, if even symbolically (*figuratively?). Should it be in teaching or something in healthcare? I'm not sure about both of these but I have to start thinking somewhere. Tomorrow is supposed to be drier so maybe I'll go for a hike. As Uncle Ed would say, "happy crap day".

Read about the giant beaver of Lake Hitchcock.