Week 5: travel and more things to come

I was sitting outside on the deck of an Airbnb we had rented in Whidbey Island, in front of me, out of my laptop, the “Rocky Road to Dublin” by The Dubliners was playing. The stark contrast took my mind somewhere else. In an in-between of just how quiet it is outside and the city life, I felt a jolt of nostalgia but I couldn’t really explain it past just that. We decided to drive out here before I start working next week and take some time away from Portland. We’ll only be here for 2 nights so there’s not much time to explore. We brought that dogs with us who are way out of their comfort zone. Rosie saw a horse from the porch today and she wouldn’t stop bark. I brought her inside and when the horse was gone, we went outside and she has been staring at the horse’s last exact spot the whole time. Samson’s been lazy except when we went to the beach where he ran around and had some fun digging in the sand. This past week I’ve been focused on finishing up the interview loops and accepting…