rainy

...and just like that the weather changes.

that's the way of it here in the pacific northwest. it was 85º on monday, and here we are on thursday and it only got up to 67º. yesterday i finally got to wear the sweater i made. it was lovely (wearing the sweater, i mean).

walking home in the deluge just added to my mounting excitement about my forthcoming venture to the middle of the earth (not to be confused with the center of the earth!). i leave for ecuador in four days. two of those are work days, and one is a shopping day. that leaves me just one day for laundry / packing / cleaning house. i always think i'll leave my house nice and clean when i go out of town, and usually all i manage is to get my dishes done and the bathroom cleaned. dusting, making my bed and putting away all the junk i decided not to pack always seems to go by the wayside as i get crunched for time.

but i'm not gonna worry too much about it. i'm too excited and have too much else to worry about for now without working things up. look out ecuador...i'm almost there.