Raining here too, though our rain's nothing compared to yours. Ours is wuss.
I swear to God.. by this time next year, I need to have some sort of gameplan to get myself back up there. Love bein' around friends and family again down here, but I can't stand not being in the Northwest. Only was up there for 7 years, but now that's the only place I want to be.
I'll drive up with a suitcase and my OA, if that's what it takes.
Of course, having employment there wouldn't hurt, either.