Long Story Short
Sometimes I could swear that life is sending me signs.
The agent from whom I've rented my apartment works in a ramshackle little office on an out-of-the-way corner of town. When I first arrived in Ontario, I saw it, and went to stop, but there were no cars there, so I didn't.
The next morning I had a 10 am appointment with an agent to talk about their available rentals. It turned out to be that very office. The owner was out of the office, so I got her assistant. We talked, she showed me the places, and I later decided to rent one of them.
Mom and I drove back to the little office, signed some papers, and made small talk with the agent. In conversing, we talked about my car troubles, mentioning that we'd stopped in Green River. She looked up from the papers briefly, saying, my father is a mechanic in Green River, before going back to checking off boxes and rifling through papers. A light blinked on.
Is he kind of tall, with a moustache? She looked up. He was. Turns out that her dad was the mustached eagle-shirt-wearing fellow who'd helped diagnose my car's problem. In Utah, over 600 miles away. Small world, eh?
Also. So my favorite number is 3, and most variations on 3, like 31, 13, 33, etc. And I now live at a building number 1131 on a street called 3rd in the apartment number 3.
Yeah. It's a good place - the kitchen is bright and has a decent bit of counterspace and linoleum that is seriously vintage 50's and two windows right above the sink. I mean, this stuff is old-school. It's got a nice living room with big windows and a tree outside and the most hideous shag carpeting that I am attempting to cover up pronto with a big rug. My bedroom is unremarkable but nice - bright, airy, more ugly carpet. I really need to work on this carpet thing. It especially makes me sad because I know THERE ARE WOOD FLOORS UNDER THERE because you can see them in the closets.
Ah well. It's a good place for sure. I will post photographs soon, and I have plenty of floorspace for visitors.
This morning I'm in Bend - spent a night here on my way to my job orientation all-the-hella-way across the state. I'm excited because I'll get to interact with young people for a few days. It's been a while. Also, it's right on the McKenzie River, which is lovely!
Updates may be sparse for the next week - don't know if I'll have internet out at orientation and I certainly don't have it yet at home.