5.10.10

Portland sucks when you have no job and little money. There are some cool things to do and see, but it seems like everything takes cash to do it.

I had three first interviews and two second interviews last week, but I feel no closer to employment than I was was a week and a half ago. To top things off, Saturday afternoon my computer completely broke. So as of right now I have no functioning computer, which means no internet and no way to job search.

I did, however, go to the Reiche Branch of the Portland Library System to check my e-mail and new job postings (the main branch is closed on Mondays). Unfortunately, no new positions had been posted.

Luckily, I talked to the "Geek Squad" at Best Buy and the people at Dell and within the week my computer should be back. I am going to lose everything on the computer, though... bummer!!!

One good thing is that I am at least still in the running for one open position and I might be job shadowing later in the week.

Keep your fingers crossed for me.

4.27.10

4/27/10
4:40 p.m.

So we are now in Wells, ME. We left the farm, could not handle it. We did the irresponsible thing of just taking off...

I did tell the boss in the morning that I could not handle it, but she wanted us to stick around until the afternoon. We ended up just leaving a note. We had packed and Sadie was itching just to get in the car, since she observed our packing and abruptness to leave this stuff behind. It was just easier to go.

We left Whitefield and headed to Damariscotta to return DVDs and books we had been using from there. During our ride to Damariscotta the song "Going to the Country..." by Canned Heat played again on the radio. Coincidence? I couldn't really say.

After dropping stuff off we drove south down Route 1 heading towards Grammy Perkins' house. This is Eric's paternal grandmother. On the way, we passed through Wiscassett, Bath, and Brunswick. All stunning little towns. Finally, we got to Portland, then Biddeford and finally Wells.

At this point I knew I had to change the name of the blog so here is the new name: MAINE DAYS WITH SADIE OWL AND PABLO HAYES.

Arriving in Wells, we were greeted by Eric's grandfather, Aunt Linda and Aunt BEvy. We had decided en route that we would crash there and start looking for an apartment and jobs in Portland, ME.

One adventure is over, but now for another. Tomorrow+ looking at five apartments in Portland. No regrets, just keep passing by open windows.