seattle

this morning i have made my way up to seattle on the bus. a friend of mine is out of town for a couple of days and has allowed me to use her car, so i could have driven up here, but considering the cost of parking in downtown seattle, the frighteningly tiny parking garages one has to maneuver, and the fact that i would be driving an unfamiiar vehicle, i decided to park at the tacoma dome and take the bus. unfortunately, there were no long term spots left, so i had to park in the three hour spots, so let's hope i don't get a parking ticket, because i really don't need that right now.
it was so relaxing to just ride up I-5, especially since i am not as used to driving on busy freeways after a year in iowa. the bus drops you off directly in downtown seattle, which just seems so convenient. if i end up living in tacoma, i would definitely consider taking the bus up here to go shopping. but now, let's not get ahead of ourselves--shopping is not in the picture right now.
i am sitting in a starbucks in front of westlake center. this particular starbucks has glass walls all around, so you can see everything going on around you--a demonstration accross the street, cyclists narrowly squeezing by delivery vans, tourists gawking at everything, ladies weighed down with a half-dozen shopping backs (the nordstrom flagship store is about a block away).
i came up here not to people watch, but to meet with a recruiter. the good thing is that i am not nervous. i am not getting ahead of myself. as the shoppers, tourists, and execs bustle, meander, wander, power by the window, i think, one step at a time, no matter how fast of slow or straight or crooked, one step at a time gets you moving forward to your destination.