Praise then darkness, and creation unfinished

The big news:

cattitude and I are moving to Seattle, probably in about a month. This is job-related, in two senses: he will be working out there, and I hadn't been making much progress on finding a job here, so relocating made more sense than it otherwise would have.

It's been a frustrating few months: the possibility has been in the air for a while, and we've been expecting a definite answer within a fortnight since before Thanksgiving (for the non-Americans reading this, call it ten weeks). In the meantime, we've talked about this a lot with adrian_turtle and some with our parents, rysmiel, and a couple of Cattitude's closest friends. I've been posting less than usual because the big thing in my life was something I wasn't talking about yet. I've also been doing even less in-person socializing than usual, because I didn't want to evade "so, what's up?" and "how's the job hunt going?" (Visiting papersky and rysmiel the last weekend in January meant I saw not only them but a few other people, which was good.)

We're still waiting for details on logistics, and one possibility is that he will move before I do, and I will sort out some things at this end and then follow. I am also probably going to be posting questions, mostly but not only for people who know the Seattle area. It won't be "I need a bus map" (we have two books worth) so much as recommendations of doctors, veterinarians, etc.

Because it never rains but it pours:* I answered an ad about a month ago, for a math proofreader. They got back to me about ten days ago asking whether I'd like to be an editor instead (which may prove that you shouldn't customize your resume too much). I said yes, they said "first week in February," and then nothing until today. Today I learned they want me to do some training by video, and then it'll be project-based stuff for a bit. I have asked my contact to confirm that the job is entirely remote; if so, I can probably pick it up and take it with me. (I also have a brand-new valid New York State unemployment claim, but I know I can't collect benefits on that in Seattle. Federalism is complicated.)

*OK, in Seattle it drizzles.

From Saturday morning (when I woke well before adrian_turtle). As best as I can remember this, Adrian was staying with me and cattitude, and I had just been rehired at the place where I'd had the Commute From Hell. I'd accepted the position because they had moved to somewhere within the city, and the commute wouldn't be hellish.

I had just realized that I had to go to work, that this was leaving Adrian at loose ends, but fortunately cattitude had the day off. I wasn't worried about them finding ways to amuse themselves either separately or together, but about having said I'd be available and having to change that on almost no notice. It also turned out, with various Standard redbird Train Dream Bits, that the new place of work was out in Flushing, hence almost as time-consuming to get to as Port Washington had been, except doable by IRT which runs every three minutes, instead of once-an-hour railroad and then van.

I don't think this means much of anything, though it's reassuring that my subconscious knows that "leaving my partners alone together all day" is not any kind of crisis. And that I really don't want to work for PCH again, or maybe that I don't want a really long commute again. No surprise in either case.