I realized that I have some pretty huge changes coming up that I haven't actually mentioned here... mostly for the reason that the only people who actually read this are people I would have already told.
Megan and I have done a complete 180° on the Seattle-based plans: I was under the impression that my lease expires at the end of November--wrongo. It expires at the end of this month. Therefore, the job search was cut much shorter than I had been anticipating, and I wasn't able to find a Seattle-area position during the brief window that could have allowed me to flee the dairy state.
Instead, Megan is coming to live in Madison. We're getting the second floor of a triplex in a really cool section of town. If you're interested, you can take a little tour here. Have you ever seen the Chad Vader shorts on YouTube? They're filmed a couple blocks away.
I'm flying out on 24 October so we can load up her car and drive back to Wisconsin... and it's going to be an adventure. Driving a '95 Toyota Tercel across most of the country is enough of a challenge: now add a hopefully-drugged-up-cat, a trailer full of all of Megan's worldly possessions, and the fact that long car trips tend to make me completely batshit insane.
Well, it's nearly 3:30AM, and I have a lease to sign tomorrow morning.