On Thursday we began our journey with the car totally packed, I was feeling very proud about how I was able to fit everything into that little trunk and the back seat. We drove to LA and spent the night there in a hotel that used to be a winery. It was a pretty uneventful day.
On Friday we got up and drove to Napa, the trip took about 7 hours and it was a nice drive. We got to my sister's place around 4:30 pm. It was great to see her and her family, the kids are growing up, Carlo is almost a teenager and Diego is now 6 years old. We had a great dinner (carne en su jugo) and the most amazing dessert that Octavio made for us...Flan! I could eat that Flan every day and I'd still find it amazing. We played some Wii and drank some beers.
Unfortunately on Saturday we had to get up very early so we missed Diego's T-Ball game. That was the long part of the trip, 11 hours until we arrived in Vancouver WA. This part of the drive was amazing, we drove on the north part of California through Shasta National Park. The mountains were covered in snow and the view was amazing. We stayed with Rebecca and Oscar and we got to meet little Clara. We had some Argentinian style pizza and really enjoyed their hospitality.
We finally made it to Seattle on Sunday morning and we started looking at rooms for me to live as soon as we arrived. We took a nice walk to downtown Seattle and we were surprised with the amount of homeless people that we saw, maybe there were so many because it was sunday or maybe because the weather is very nice, after an hour or so we took the bus back to the hotel. On Monday my hunt for a place to live continued without any luck, I met with a couple of people but I didn't like any of the places. While I was doing that Heather visited a few hotels to drop off her resume. We met later to hang out and went out to dinner with some friends. We learned more about the city and its neighborhoods.
Now it's Tuesday, Heather left this morning at 5 am and I still don't have a place to live. There is one place that seems to be my best option and hopefully it will work out, I'm also going to see another room at Ballard later. I took a nice walk around Juanita Beach this afternoon and visited downtown Kirkland to enjoy a nice cup of hot chocolate.
I am freaked out and a little worried but I know it will all work out very soon, I will find a home and soon a job. The important thing is that I am liking the city, there is green everywhere and the houses are all different.
Tomorrow will be a nice day.
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