floral patterns

It's finally sinking in, taking root:

I'M MOVING!

Usually I get freaked out of my mind about change and responsibility. This is part -okay, a big part- of the reason I have vowed to myself never to move my thirteen-year-old-daughter across country (should she ever exist) and why I took so long to get my driver's license, among other things.
But this whole Seattle thing? Not as much. Instead, dwelling a little more on the "do not worry" business --you know, the lilies of the field and all that.
Yes, at any given moment I can give you the apartment amenities I'm looking for --the result of many hours spent on craigslist obsessively looking for new housing listings. Weighing the merits of parking and buses and coin-op laundry and studios and one bedrooms . . . the sabrinaslist is extensive. But I'm trying not to agonize, just organize
I drove up today and looked at a few places; I'm going to go back again soon to look at some more. I never thought of Seattle as a hilly place, but it is! I was very very glad I was in mom's automatic today when I was getting myself lost in residential neighborhoods. Crazy skinny twisty roads in parts! But I am proud to report there was no panicking there, either; I calmly consulted my mapquest maps and navigated my way from one apartment viewing to the next and got myself aquainted with the area.
Be sure to make plans to visit once I do have a place! --now you have the excuse to make Seattle a destination. Although, I'll settle as a "passing through" post. :)

Now to bloom where I'm planted.