Another day, another dollar (gone)

I think the recession has finally hit the streets in Portland.  I haven't found any change on the ground since Scooter was out here over a week ago.  I did, however, find two pairs of really cool Keen shoes on the sidewalk this afternoon.  I wonder if Portland is trying to establish some sort of bartering system with me.  I just can't figure out what my end of the bargain is.  I mean, before it was just me picking up free money.  Is it free shoes now, too?  Free anything I want?  In that case, please, Portland, will you give me some free legal advice?

I've got my tickets to go back to Omaha this weekend and the weekend of the 21st.  I'll be sending out a fb request for anyone to pick me up at the airport LATE on those Friday nights and returning me sometime on Sunday afternoons.  Don't all volunteer at once... :)  I also have no problem calling a cab or taking the bus.  It's how I roll these days.

Other than our quick trip to the coast this weekend, life has kind of settled into its new normal.  Work is piling up at work, housework is piling up at home, etc.  One thing I really enjoy doing -  looking toward the future and the options it brings - has kind of been taken away from me until (hopefully) sometime in February.  My tiny brain can't handle processing all the options for all the contingencies that might happen in February, so I've resigned myself to the present.  For now.