The Oregon Lottery is a great place to be working, everyone has been great so far as showing me the ropes and being nice to “the new guy.”  The more I’m learning there the better of a place it seems to be to start my career.  I’ve already started working on stuff that should be out by the end of the year, woo!

The commute from Beaverton however, is no fun. My apartment search began in Salem, then moved to Wilsonville, then Tualatin, and now around Lake Oswego. A coworker has been suggesting just to go into Portland itself, which is very tempting. But Lake Oswego would fulfill all my requirements, shorter/easier commute, near Portland, near a place to take classes (PCC), and some of them would be right by a gym. It seems like the best option so far so now I just need to wait for the right apartment and then move.

With such a long commute you may wonder why I’d want to stay near Portland. The reason, there’s actually things to do, and I love the city. In a shameless plug check out my brother’s website, Ryan Fish TV, for info on the artsy happenings of Portland. It’s great stuff, and I’m not just saying that because we’re related, it’s actually good info. That sort of stuff is why I want to stay near Portland, you can’t find it anywhere else.