I'm in Seattle! Holy cow, it's real! I'm freaking out. Excited but freaking out as well. I can't believe I'm really doing this.

I had to get up at 5am this morning to catch my flight. It was brutal but ever since I decided I was going to try out Seattle, my sleep regulated...started going to bed at 1am, getting up around 8:30. Wasn't hard at all. Felt the way it did when I was working. In so many ways, it naturally feels like I'm going into another phase of my life.

I had a session with my basketball coach yesterday and he's sad about me leaving. I really like the guy. I told him one day, he's going to be my bodyguard. He's like the big brother I never had but always wanted. Men always get offended when they hear the word "brother" or "friend" thrown around. Sometimes women use it as a boundary setting. But sometimes, it's the highest regard. For me to consider someone a friend or family is my most valued regard. I'm friendly with most people, but I let in very few.

He invited me to watch his game that night, so I headed out to watch him play. Met a lot of cool people. Isn't that just the way it works? I can be bored out of my mind for the majority of my time in LA, then as I'm about to leave, I meet all kinds of really cool people. At least it gives me incentive to make it back.

I slept through the entire flight, and went straight to the apt I was looking at. The studio was the size of a large elevator. There was no way I could live there. The one bedroom was only slightly better. The people in the office were also kind of dumb. I didn't have a good feeling. I decided to walk around, and as I did, saw a building that was really close to the water. I headed towards it and saw a man carrying a couple of coffees heading inside. I asked him if he lived there and he said his daughter does. I asked him about the building, and he said that his daughter really enjoyed living there and that she had looked around at lots of places and chose this one. I loved that. I love recommendations from people who do research, because rather than doing extensive research, I tend to accept what I get, a trait that must be mitigated by surrounding myself with people who enjoy researching things and giving out opinions. So I checked it out, and the leasing agent was really cool. She showed me a couple of places, but when she showed me this one studio with a partial view of the water, I was sold. I was told getting a water view in Belltown would be difficult without spending a lot of money, but I really hoped for a balcony where I could at least see the water. Basically, my criteria was--a nice studio apartment in a safe neighborhood in Belltown within walking distance to Pike's Place, the waterfront and restaurants/nightlife, with a balcony facing west overlooking the water. Didn't expect to find everything (that last wish for the balcony facing west was more wishful thinking). Yet, that's exactly what I found. It's incredible. Write the things you want down and be specific. I can't stress that more to people.

So even better, I'm across the street from the Seattle Academy of Art, so I can probably take photography and Photoshop classes at night. I'm around the corner from the Sculpture Garden (inspiring place to stroll and look out at the water) which is right between the water and the train tracks (I was asking around if the trains still run but no one was sure), and a block behind the pier where the big freighters pass. I'll probably spend time sleeping with the balcony door open, especially because I like being lulled to sleep by the sound of rain. If I can hear boat horns and/or train whistles at night, I will be in heaven. I will be in absolute heaven.

I honestly can't believe this. I couldn't have imagined anything better. Now...if I can do the same with manifesting the job I need, so I can generate the finances I desire, so I can have the home bases I want. I'm so inspired right now.

Outside of that, everything is really falling into place. I've asked almost everyone I've met how they got their job, and the word seems to be that the job market in Seattle is very good despite the economy. This is good news. Got a call today from someone about a independent contractor job, which is something I could potentially start with and do alongside writing and working full-time. We'll see...I have a feeling where I'm supposed to be will just "feel" right. I may or may not enjoy it, but it will be where I'm supposed to be to get where I'm going. I was thinking today, that if I hadn't been at that first apartment building, I wouldn't have walked down that street and seen the other building. And the apartment I got, had actually been leased yesterday, but it became open just this morning because that prospective tenant's credit didn't come through. Right time, right place.

My God, it's happening. This is really happening. The universe is giving me every opportunity to succeed. Now it's up to me to put my life on my shoulders and live up to my word.