Eugene, part 2

"I need to call EVERYONE I KNOW," I thought. And then I remembered - that's what my blog is for.

Of course, since I didn't have internet most of yesterday, I ended up calling quite a few people anyway. Here are some of the things I wrote waiting, or on the bus back to Portland:

"I got a place - I signed the agreement this morning and I have the keys in my purse, sitting next to me on this bus. It's not my own place, but it's a room in a vegetarian house with a couple and another person. Besides being veggie, the household suits me because they are well organized; for example they have a chore rotation with a detailed list of what to do and where to find supplies.

I would have preferred my own place, but the second studio I saw also wanted a one-year lease and furthermore, this room was extremely low-hassle. They didn't even require a co-signer, and hence I was able to finish with all the formalities before leaving Eugene. They may be moving to a new house in the six-month range, but they are solid through definitely November and probably December. So, even if I have to find another place later, I'm good through most to all of first term and it will be less difficult because I will have a couple months of rental history."

There is a part of downtown Eugene that has lots of amazing murals, and I took pictures on my phone of the first one I noticed, but quickly realized there were many. I wanted to post a picture, but it's not working for some reason and I don't want to fix it right now. Maybe later.

I have one more weekend in Portland, and then the weekend after that is probably when I will move. This is going to be amazing, but there's so much I want to do before I leave.