6/4/2026 In a crazy turn of events, we’re going to be staying at Lecia’s house when we first arrive in Portland with our kitties!! Renting the room in her house for $800 a month which is pretty insane because that’s what I paid her almost a decade ago, for the same room, and inflation has made rental prices go so high in that time. It’s a crazy good deal and Seth appreciates how flexible it is too, we can stay as long or short as we need to now 🤷♀️ however long it takes us to find permanent housing. I already know it’s a peaceful place to live, and it’ll actually be better than when I stayed there 9 years ago because I’ll be going to work every day downtown, all day. Before when I lived with her I wasn’t in school yet and I was working remotely part time from her house, which meant she was at home constantly and so was I…which began to feel difficult as she was always around and kind of bugging me. Now she’ll just be bugging Seth during the day, but he doesn’t mind. He’s much better with people than I am. I’ll at least be able to focus on work because I’ll be at the office. Then I can come home to my Portland mom and my husband and kitties at the end of the day. She was being so nice about it too saying I made her day and she’s over the moon to have me come back to Portland and stay with her. I’ve never felt that kind of kindness or enthusiasm for me coming to stay with anyone before. She really is my Portland mom, and I’m really thankful for her. It’s a huge relief because we were having such difficulties finding a temporary housing situation, when really all we need is a place to stay while we tour apartments and stuff and find permanent housing. But it’s been tough, lack of responses, the Airbnbs get snatched up immediately, afraid of scams, etc. Lecia’s house in the Hollywood district, which is where the Moon and Sixpence is, where me and Seth met!! I never even put that together before. It feels so hopeful. The people in my new office are all nice according to Brittney and Kelley. New management, younger management than what I’m used to. Not an asshole for a boss like I would’ve had in Buffalo. No more driving in snowy winter. I only have to drive on that thruway ONE MORE TIME 🙌 I’m so excited for Portland weather. Portland food. Portland activities and events. On top of getting to keep my same job that I ::mostly:: enjoy. Might enjoy even more in Portland. Maybe. It’s exciting. I feel really happy it’s working out, and happy we decided to do the hard thing and take the opportunity to go back even though it’s been stressful and a pain in the ass. It’s the right thing to do now that the opportunity finally presented itself to stay with the Corps but get to live and work in Portland. It’s what I wanted really ever since we moved to Utah. We just ended up taking a stupidly long detour. Feels nice to have someone actually excited to have me around. I can’t even get my dad or sister to clear their schedules to see me this weekend when I’m moving across the country again and will be gone maybe for the rest of our lives 🙄 and they don’t care enough to clear out one Saturday for me. Oh well, this is exactly why I’m moving back anyway and I’m glad I didn’t get sucked into staying just because for a moment it seemed like it was slightly sad he’s finally in a good relationship and has nice step children. I’ll see them at Christmas and holidays. It’s fine. At least I’ll finally feel like visiting family for holidays now. But it’s nice to have people excited I’m coming back to the west coast too. Brittney and Kelley, Christy, Seth’s family, Nick Conte, Lecia. It feels nice to have people excited for me, even though we are leaving some nice friends here, we’re really not leaving that much besides them. Almost feels like we have more people we’ll be close to out west than here. In a way also, I’ve been wishing for more support system and an extraverted friend, and Lecia is absolutely that and she’s happy to be that. Already inviting us to all these things we’d be interested in, she did that when I lived with her too. It’s nice to have someone enthusiastic about including you in things. Invite your friends and earn rewards
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