3 Month Recap shown by photos

I thought I would do a recap by photos showing some of the cities I have been through and places I have seen throughout the recent months.

June 6 Exploration of Samaritan Hospital and grounds and Corvallis School District

3 Month Recap

I never thought life could be in a way tough and I was not fully expecting not to be settled down and knowing what to do with myself. When I got to a time when I could start to look for a job and a place I can call my own, I was already a month and a half into my new chapter. But I have found lots of warmth in the towns, lots of friendly people, libraries, parks, hospitals, and the ocean. In a month, I got to explore 3 different towns in connections to jobs and housing. One of them included spending two days at a library which for me was very eye-opening. I left home not sure if I wanted to go back to the career I had been involved with and ironically, being in a library and seeing a title of a book reminded me of a career field I had been interested years ago but was basically repressed. The book that could bring back memories was Career Opportunities in Forensic Science by Susan Echaore-McDavid. In the weeks leading up to that, I had been interested in computer science due to the Google interest of mine and saw there was a such a thing as computer forensic specialist. There is also a such thing as forensic nurse which a SANE RN would fall under at times. In those two days, I decided I would see if I could go back to college and pursue a degree I wanted to do. I have applied to a college and done something known as FAFSA. In September, I get to go back to school for an Associate in Applied Science in Computer Information Systems/Computer Science.

In the meanwhile, I have learned somehow some of the ins and outs of a coastal town where I can see the beach, a lighthouse, saw the annual July 4th fair, a concert put on by the local symphony, befriend the employment office, partake some of the different services offered in town, and whatever else you can find in a new town. To get around, I just walk since everywhere I need to go is close. The only time I am inspired to take the bus is when I need to go to a town over or a far distance such as one day I had to run an errand that was in a town that is a 45 minutes by car so took the bus which goes four times a day between the two towns which also meant being careful on your time and ensuring you don't get stuck somewhere you don't wanna be overnight or for too long! Several of the counties in the state I am in work together to make sure that it is easy to get between towns and have daily runs (at least 6 days a week and some buses do 7 days a week). Each town can have their own bus system that just stays within the town and does like a loop. Then there is a town that has 13 bus routes, then another one that goes between that town and the next town over which is about 4 miles over, and then a night route bus. In the summer, some of the routes tend to be changed meaning some routes have supplementary times which get closed down for the summer and then the night route gets closed for the summer break as well. That town has an university and a town to the east has a community college so there is another bus route that goes between those two towns. As you take the bus, you definitely get to learn more about streets, where things are located, where the stops are, and then see humans and see interactions between them.