"Accept the things you cannot change and change the things you cannot accept."
I started Day 1 of my 30 days of Hot Yoga. I'm writing this so all of you, every single one of you, can help me stay accountable. It was a difficult class, to say the least. It's hard to try and jump back into this. Needless to say, the heat got to me and I sat in child's pose for almost 6 positions. It happens. Tomorrow is a new day. I feel very good leaving this class tonight; I'm looking forward to growing in this the same way I did the last time I tried (unsuccessfully) to do a 30-day challenge. I believe last time I ended up making it to about 20 days, not in sequence.
I decided to do this challenge because over the past couple of weeks something has felt like it's been missing. Not in a bad way, just in a funk, trying to figure things out kind of way. Don't get me wrong. I LOVE every part of my life here. I love my boyfriend, my job, the few sporadic friends I'm starting to make. Every part of my life here in Nashville has been spectacular, but I still have some days where I go to sleep craving something different, something new, something challenging. So here I am everyone- I'm going to do an entire month of Hot Yoga. No days off. No sick days. No vacation days. Just 30 solid days of yoga.
Good luck to me.
Details depicting my decision, the road trip and the almost 4,000 mile move from my sunny home in Palm Harbor, FL to rainy, overcast Seattle, WA
Monday, August 1, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Here's to the good life.
My mom keeps telling me that people want updates. Sorry!
Alright, so...Nashville, TN. Things move a little slower here. It's hotter than FL by a long shot. Little less humidity though, which one can be thankful for...unless you're actually outside, meaning you're sweating profusely anyway. People are MUCH better drivers than in Seattle. There are these ginormous bugs called 'Cave Crickets' which look like a cross between a spider and a cockroach and they happen to have taken up residence in my house. Scary. We just had "cicada season," in which bugs crawl out from the ground every 13 or 17 years, climb into the trees to lay eggs and make the most deafening sounds, then die 3-5 days later. They come out in MASS and were clocked at 90 decibels on Vandy's campus. They are also partially, if not fully, blind and continuously just smack right into your head while you're walking down the sidewalk. Needless to say, these 6 weeks where they infest like a plague is a time where nobody, I repeat, nobody goes outside.
Vanderbilt is pretty much amazing. I write my own schedule at work. All I have to do is make sure I get 40 hrs/week and get all my work done. When I come in doesn't matter. When I leave doesn't matter. As long as work is finished. I had my first project made up of 45 ELISA plates (all of which are between 3-6 hours long experiments). I finished all of those and am about to begin working on the reruns now for the final results! Yay! We have a pretty laid back atmosphere and jeans and a tank top are my day-to-day wear. No fancy shmancy work attire when you're constantly handling blood, plasma, urine and/or edema fluid.
These days I've been splitting my time between Murfreesboro, TN and Nashville. The boy lives in Murfreesboro until October when he's finally making his journey up to Nashy! So exciting. I've been traveling somewhere new practically every week. Cleveland, TN for a wedding OUTSIDE in the SUN in the middle of JULY. Yeah, I hope you're thinking what I was thinking...crazy. I also got to see Reid (the boy)'s childhood house and all the damage that occurred in the tornadoes wake. It was still a gorgeous town, but you could see the devastation all about. We got to go along the Ocoee, as well; which we now have free tickets to go rafting down!! Indianapolis, IN for the fourth (and my birthday weekend). IN isn't my favorite state. Not much to do, or see around those parts. And the fact that it's one of the states that bans 2-4-1 specials on drinks! WHAT?! Yeah, I know. Terrible loss. Tampa/Orlando, FL to visit the friends and family. Meghann- I am sorry I chose my friends over you, karma was received. Got to see my niece for the first time and might I say, she is ADORABLE! I love her so much. I can't wait to watch her grow up. I bought her a "My first Vanderbilt tee." We're going to raise her right, must have ivy league written on her forehead as she grows up! Haha. Chattanooga, TN for some fun times with friends.
My birthday was fantastic! Almost exactly a month ago. Mom and Jack got me breakfast (Starbucks), lunch (a great lunchbox and thermos!) and dinner (Flemings gift card), as well as rock climbing tickets for Reid and I in FL. Meg got me an incredible gift of Zorbing tickets, which I am so excited for. If you don't know what it is, google it. Reid got him and me tickets to go ziplining through the mountains in Gatlinburg in October! So, middle of the fall with all the leaves changing colors, we're spending an adventure filled weekend in the mountains to zorb and zipline! Such an amazing birthday! Oh, and the awesome fact that I found and drank my very first gluten-free beer too! Yum, yum deliciousness.
On Monday I start my one month unlimited hot yoga by work. I'm going to do a 30 day challenge, so I hope people are up to keeping me accountable. I've got no plans for the month of August specifically for the purpose of saving some money. One way to do that is by not doing any traveling! I have to go to NY in September, Gatlinburg in October and a wedding in FL in November. Trying to figure out how to go about the Christmas thing in December, but basically I have a trip once a month and I need to make sure I have the money to do all of it! Working my way through it though. Tomorrow is the end to a very long week. I've been working every day since last Thursday, so I'm desperate for tomorrow to come so I can lay out by a pool and have absolutely no worries and nothing to do.
Cheers to the good life.
Alright, so...Nashville, TN. Things move a little slower here. It's hotter than FL by a long shot. Little less humidity though, which one can be thankful for...unless you're actually outside, meaning you're sweating profusely anyway. People are MUCH better drivers than in Seattle. There are these ginormous bugs called 'Cave Crickets' which look like a cross between a spider and a cockroach and they happen to have taken up residence in my house. Scary. We just had "cicada season," in which bugs crawl out from the ground every 13 or 17 years, climb into the trees to lay eggs and make the most deafening sounds, then die 3-5 days later. They come out in MASS and were clocked at 90 decibels on Vandy's campus. They are also partially, if not fully, blind and continuously just smack right into your head while you're walking down the sidewalk. Needless to say, these 6 weeks where they infest like a plague is a time where nobody, I repeat, nobody goes outside.
Vanderbilt is pretty much amazing. I write my own schedule at work. All I have to do is make sure I get 40 hrs/week and get all my work done. When I come in doesn't matter. When I leave doesn't matter. As long as work is finished. I had my first project made up of 45 ELISA plates (all of which are between 3-6 hours long experiments). I finished all of those and am about to begin working on the reruns now for the final results! Yay! We have a pretty laid back atmosphere and jeans and a tank top are my day-to-day wear. No fancy shmancy work attire when you're constantly handling blood, plasma, urine and/or edema fluid.
These days I've been splitting my time between Murfreesboro, TN and Nashville. The boy lives in Murfreesboro until October when he's finally making his journey up to Nashy! So exciting. I've been traveling somewhere new practically every week. Cleveland, TN for a wedding OUTSIDE in the SUN in the middle of JULY. Yeah, I hope you're thinking what I was thinking...crazy. I also got to see Reid (the boy)'s childhood house and all the damage that occurred in the tornadoes wake. It was still a gorgeous town, but you could see the devastation all about. We got to go along the Ocoee, as well; which we now have free tickets to go rafting down!! Indianapolis, IN for the fourth (and my birthday weekend). IN isn't my favorite state. Not much to do, or see around those parts. And the fact that it's one of the states that bans 2-4-1 specials on drinks! WHAT?! Yeah, I know. Terrible loss. Tampa/Orlando, FL to visit the friends and family. Meghann- I am sorry I chose my friends over you, karma was received. Got to see my niece for the first time and might I say, she is ADORABLE! I love her so much. I can't wait to watch her grow up. I bought her a "My first Vanderbilt tee." We're going to raise her right, must have ivy league written on her forehead as she grows up! Haha. Chattanooga, TN for some fun times with friends.
My birthday was fantastic! Almost exactly a month ago. Mom and Jack got me breakfast (Starbucks), lunch (a great lunchbox and thermos!) and dinner (Flemings gift card), as well as rock climbing tickets for Reid and I in FL. Meg got me an incredible gift of Zorbing tickets, which I am so excited for. If you don't know what it is, google it. Reid got him and me tickets to go ziplining through the mountains in Gatlinburg in October! So, middle of the fall with all the leaves changing colors, we're spending an adventure filled weekend in the mountains to zorb and zipline! Such an amazing birthday! Oh, and the awesome fact that I found and drank my very first gluten-free beer too! Yum, yum deliciousness.
On Monday I start my one month unlimited hot yoga by work. I'm going to do a 30 day challenge, so I hope people are up to keeping me accountable. I've got no plans for the month of August specifically for the purpose of saving some money. One way to do that is by not doing any traveling! I have to go to NY in September, Gatlinburg in October and a wedding in FL in November. Trying to figure out how to go about the Christmas thing in December, but basically I have a trip once a month and I need to make sure I have the money to do all of it! Working my way through it though. Tomorrow is the end to a very long week. I've been working every day since last Thursday, so I'm desperate for tomorrow to come so I can lay out by a pool and have absolutely no worries and nothing to do.
Cheers to the good life.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Expectations
Life, in general, defies expectations. The unexpected happens. The road swerves the opposite way you believed. The tides turn. Catastrophes occur and miracles transcend. Doubts are perceived and worries acknowledged.
Sometimes in life every road leads to the same place. Sometimes fate intervenes and all you can do is just enjoy what you've been given. Sometimes everything in life is a route guiding you towards happiness.
I feel like every class, every job, every day, every moment has led me to this specific place in my life. The culmination of my dreams and accomplishments. The ideas and speculations and plans and goals led me to Nashville, TN. I had no notion, no precognitive claim as to what this move would have entailed for me. All I thought about was that 1. I got a job! and 2. I'm moving back to the sunshine. There was not one part of me that would have anticipated my world to do a complete 180.
I know I have been completely and utterly failing at my updates via blog, but you'll understand. My life is so worth every second of experiencing it; I haven't even watched my tv shows since I moved here. Every minute of the day I'm ecstatic that I'm here. The blue skies. The warm sunshine. The feeling of being 'whole' for the first time. It's hard to imagine anything so exceptional as this. I absolutely adore my job. I'm working on about 4 different projects right now in the laboratory. I'm doing database work, experiments, cataloging and reorganizing for both of my bosses. I love every person I work with and have yet to run into one person that's not incredibly easy to get along with. We laugh, we joke, we watch crazy youtube videos. I jam to my music most of the day and talk and enjoy my lab's company the rest of it. Even those 12 hour days can't put a dent in my euphoric moods.
Now on to the single-handedly most amazing reasons why I love Nashville, yes other than my job: Reid. I met him about a week into moving here and after 3 dates we were both hooked. I don't think anybody has seen me act like this since...ever. I could gush and bore you with the details of our relationship, but I'll leave you all alone to your own imaginings. Just know one thing: we work exceptionally well together.
Today has been a perfect day. I went to work. I came home. My parents came in and so did Reid and we all went to Centennial Park to walk around the Parthenon. Dinner at a delicious PM and then Las Paletas in the village. Tomorrow we're off for a whirlwind of activities for Earth Day! I'll do my best to keep this up way more, but alas I do suppose I will end up owing ya'll again. I'll try though! Good night all.
Sometimes in life every road leads to the same place. Sometimes fate intervenes and all you can do is just enjoy what you've been given. Sometimes everything in life is a route guiding you towards happiness.
I feel like every class, every job, every day, every moment has led me to this specific place in my life. The culmination of my dreams and accomplishments. The ideas and speculations and plans and goals led me to Nashville, TN. I had no notion, no precognitive claim as to what this move would have entailed for me. All I thought about was that 1. I got a job! and 2. I'm moving back to the sunshine. There was not one part of me that would have anticipated my world to do a complete 180.
I know I have been completely and utterly failing at my updates via blog, but you'll understand. My life is so worth every second of experiencing it; I haven't even watched my tv shows since I moved here. Every minute of the day I'm ecstatic that I'm here. The blue skies. The warm sunshine. The feeling of being 'whole' for the first time. It's hard to imagine anything so exceptional as this. I absolutely adore my job. I'm working on about 4 different projects right now in the laboratory. I'm doing database work, experiments, cataloging and reorganizing for both of my bosses. I love every person I work with and have yet to run into one person that's not incredibly easy to get along with. We laugh, we joke, we watch crazy youtube videos. I jam to my music most of the day and talk and enjoy my lab's company the rest of it. Even those 12 hour days can't put a dent in my euphoric moods.
Now on to the single-handedly most amazing reasons why I love Nashville, yes other than my job: Reid. I met him about a week into moving here and after 3 dates we were both hooked. I don't think anybody has seen me act like this since...ever. I could gush and bore you with the details of our relationship, but I'll leave you all alone to your own imaginings. Just know one thing: we work exceptionally well together.
Today has been a perfect day. I went to work. I came home. My parents came in and so did Reid and we all went to Centennial Park to walk around the Parthenon. Dinner at a delicious PM and then Las Paletas in the village. Tomorrow we're off for a whirlwind of activities for Earth Day! I'll do my best to keep this up way more, but alas I do suppose I will end up owing ya'll again. I'll try though! Good night all.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
**UPDATE!!**
I am OFFICIALLY ecstatic!
Sarah agreed to take over my lease and is making all of the arrangements with the landlord in the coming week. As of 8:15pm PST, I am officially DONE with everything I needed to do in Seattle. All I need to do now is take some Nyquil and pass out only to start my 6-day excursion to Tennessee at 5am tomorrow!
YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY! I can't even contain my happiness. I just had a high-five sesh with my future ex-roommate Julia. YES!
Sarah agreed to take over my lease and is making all of the arrangements with the landlord in the coming week. As of 8:15pm PST, I am officially DONE with everything I needed to do in Seattle. All I need to do now is take some Nyquil and pass out only to start my 6-day excursion to Tennessee at 5am tomorrow!
YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY! I can't even contain my happiness. I just had a high-five sesh with my future ex-roommate Julia. YES!
Trials and Tribs of Moving
This has been one hell of an adventure already and I haven't even left yet.
Two weeks ago today I found out I got a job in Nashville, TN. After living in Seattle for 8 months I have to, once again, pick up and move my entire life within the confines of my car. I was given two weeks to move and get settled. I asked for an extra week just so I could end on good terms with my still current job serving at Wild Ginger and they granted me that much. My official start date is March 14. Exactly ONE week to transplant my life from the West Coast to the Central time zone.
This time, however, I will be making my trip with a slightly different companion! Lexi is about to take her first trip out of the city of Seattle! She's in much better shape, but way smaller than my dear old Ollie. I know you all don't need to worry about her, but I will be making the first three days of this trip on my own. That's right. The first 20 or so hours of driving will be entirely by myself. I look forward to and dread this portion, but I'm so excited for what I have planned. Still in limbo about where to be the second and third day, but I'll figure that out as I go.
Now for why in the past two weeks I've been going crazy...I'm sick. I've gotten sick ONCE since I moved to Seattle, yet it seems I've stressed myself out to the point of no return that my body just leans toward sickness. This is going to suck driving when all I seem to want to do is sleep. I'll get through it though. Lots of medication, water and a box of Kleenex in the passengers seat.
I ran into a little snafoo (spelling?) regarding my bank account. I made sure not to go out this month to save all my money for the drive and my partying habits in the places I will be going. I had $700 in my account with another good amount of money coming in during the week I'm traveling and more coming once I get settled into Nashville. In other words, GOOD TO GO! I had all my bills paid for and then I get that disastrous phone call saying my balance is low. There's no way! No possible way! I could only think my debit card got stolen or something. I check my balance: $14.99. Not even $15 to travel cross-country! Seriously?! What the hell am I supposed to do?! My rent got taken out of my account TWICE. My landlady claims the money isn't in her account, yet it's NOT in mine and it says it was deposited to HERS! So, I have to wait until Monday to talk to USAA to try and straighten this out, but let's just add another stressor to the list of reasons why this is going to be a ridiculous adventure for me! Crap.
Then to top it all off. I still do not have someone to take my room here in Seattle when I'm gone. It's the only thing left that I have to do/worry about and I wish I could just know already. I have a lady who's extremely interested, but she's not making her decision until this evening. As if I had enough to worry about, now I have to worry about whether or not come this evening I will have to continue searching for a roommate on the road and even when I will be living 2 timezones away! Come on! I'm just ready for everything to be done. I just want to be in Nashville. I want to be sitting comfy cozy in my lab coat at my new job and sitting happy because all these worries will be behind me!
Oh, I wish it could all come sooner.
Two weeks ago today I found out I got a job in Nashville, TN. After living in Seattle for 8 months I have to, once again, pick up and move my entire life within the confines of my car. I was given two weeks to move and get settled. I asked for an extra week just so I could end on good terms with my still current job serving at Wild Ginger and they granted me that much. My official start date is March 14. Exactly ONE week to transplant my life from the West Coast to the Central time zone.
This time, however, I will be making my trip with a slightly different companion! Lexi is about to take her first trip out of the city of Seattle! She's in much better shape, but way smaller than my dear old Ollie. I know you all don't need to worry about her, but I will be making the first three days of this trip on my own. That's right. The first 20 or so hours of driving will be entirely by myself. I look forward to and dread this portion, but I'm so excited for what I have planned. Still in limbo about where to be the second and third day, but I'll figure that out as I go.
Now for why in the past two weeks I've been going crazy...I'm sick. I've gotten sick ONCE since I moved to Seattle, yet it seems I've stressed myself out to the point of no return that my body just leans toward sickness. This is going to suck driving when all I seem to want to do is sleep. I'll get through it though. Lots of medication, water and a box of Kleenex in the passengers seat.
I ran into a little snafoo (spelling?) regarding my bank account. I made sure not to go out this month to save all my money for the drive and my partying habits in the places I will be going. I had $700 in my account with another good amount of money coming in during the week I'm traveling and more coming once I get settled into Nashville. In other words, GOOD TO GO! I had all my bills paid for and then I get that disastrous phone call saying my balance is low. There's no way! No possible way! I could only think my debit card got stolen or something. I check my balance: $14.99. Not even $15 to travel cross-country! Seriously?! What the hell am I supposed to do?! My rent got taken out of my account TWICE. My landlady claims the money isn't in her account, yet it's NOT in mine and it says it was deposited to HERS! So, I have to wait until Monday to talk to USAA to try and straighten this out, but let's just add another stressor to the list of reasons why this is going to be a ridiculous adventure for me! Crap.
Then to top it all off. I still do not have someone to take my room here in Seattle when I'm gone. It's the only thing left that I have to do/worry about and I wish I could just know already. I have a lady who's extremely interested, but she's not making her decision until this evening. As if I had enough to worry about, now I have to worry about whether or not come this evening I will have to continue searching for a roommate on the road and even when I will be living 2 timezones away! Come on! I'm just ready for everything to be done. I just want to be in Nashville. I want to be sitting comfy cozy in my lab coat at my new job and sitting happy because all these worries will be behind me!
Oh, I wish it could all come sooner.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Holy Orange Cows, Batman!
It seems like I owe you all an explanation.
If you haven’t heard from my mother, or myself (which I haven’t told anywhere near as many people as she has) then you have no idea why I haven’t had a spare moment to jot down anything to tell you. Well, GOOD NEWS to all!
I got a job!!!
Yes, you saw that correctly. Gillian has earned her first “big kid” job. Get excited because the news gets even better. The job is in the field I actually studied in college. What? What college grad do you know can actually say that? Wait…there’s more! I will be working as a research assistant at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. I was also offered up to 70% of my tuition for grad school paid for by my new job! So, I get a job and basically accepted to get my Masters and/or Ph.D!
So, get this straight…In the past two weeks I have interviewed three times for a position, been offered said position under the table and then ON the table, after that I put in my two weeks notice at 3 jobs here in Seattle, I found a place to live in Nashville, I planned out a fun week-long trip back to that side of the US and I have packed up my entire room and sold all my furniture. I’m currently looking for a roommate to fill my room here and we’ve had a few really great candidates, while two more are coming any minute now. This is my down time - that moment between finishing up one project and beginning another. Hence, why I have not had one spare moment to write anyone as to what is going on in my life.
I won’t lie; this is a little daunting. I’m about to move cross-country twice within 8 months. That’s right, a full year has passed and I have moved from Orlando to Tampa, Tampa to Seattle and Seattle to Nashville. Wow. Even I’m amazed. I’m a whole mess of emotions right now. I’m trying to subdue the excitement to deal with every other emotion that’s been running through my brain! Apprehension, Sadness, Happiness, Anxiety, I’m just a roller coaster right now. I’m sure you all understand.
I think most of my excitement is for the projects I will be working on. My time will be delegated between two physician scientists, Dr. Ware and Dr. Girard. My research includes Acute Lung Injuries and Delirium in ICU patients. Apparently Dr. Girard already has projects planned for me outside of my bench work at the lab, and yes, my job is bedside to bench work. I get to actually discuss and collect samples from patients and do the lab work I’ve been dreaming about since I was in kindergarten. Yes, kindergarten was the first time I wrote down that I wanted to be a scientist, so this is literally my dream come true!
If you haven’t heard from my mother, or myself (which I haven’t told anywhere near as many people as she has) then you have no idea why I haven’t had a spare moment to jot down anything to tell you. Well, GOOD NEWS to all!
I got a job!!!
Yes, you saw that correctly. Gillian has earned her first “big kid” job. Get excited because the news gets even better. The job is in the field I actually studied in college. What? What college grad do you know can actually say that? Wait…there’s more! I will be working as a research assistant at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. I was also offered up to 70% of my tuition for grad school paid for by my new job! So, I get a job and basically accepted to get my Masters and/or Ph.D!
So, get this straight…In the past two weeks I have interviewed three times for a position, been offered said position under the table and then ON the table, after that I put in my two weeks notice at 3 jobs here in Seattle, I found a place to live in Nashville, I planned out a fun week-long trip back to that side of the US and I have packed up my entire room and sold all my furniture. I’m currently looking for a roommate to fill my room here and we’ve had a few really great candidates, while two more are coming any minute now. This is my down time - that moment between finishing up one project and beginning another. Hence, why I have not had one spare moment to write anyone as to what is going on in my life.
I won’t lie; this is a little daunting. I’m about to move cross-country twice within 8 months. That’s right, a full year has passed and I have moved from Orlando to Tampa, Tampa to Seattle and Seattle to Nashville. Wow. Even I’m amazed. I’m a whole mess of emotions right now. I’m trying to subdue the excitement to deal with every other emotion that’s been running through my brain! Apprehension, Sadness, Happiness, Anxiety, I’m just a roller coaster right now. I’m sure you all understand.
I think most of my excitement is for the projects I will be working on. My time will be delegated between two physician scientists, Dr. Ware and Dr. Girard. My research includes Acute Lung Injuries and Delirium in ICU patients. Apparently Dr. Girard already has projects planned for me outside of my bench work at the lab, and yes, my job is bedside to bench work. I get to actually discuss and collect samples from patients and do the lab work I’ve been dreaming about since I was in kindergarten. Yes, kindergarten was the first time I wrote down that I wanted to be a scientist, so this is literally my dream come true!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Sunday Funday
Okay, there's actually quite a bit to update for ya'll, but I don't want to spoil it. Once I have more specifics I will let you in on my secrets...if you don't already know.
I've had the most spectacular Sunday today. It was my only day off this week and I had a phenomenal night at work last night. Today Anna-Lisa called me early to go to the Farmer's Market with her where we went and walked around in the FREEZING cold. I haven't been that cold in a very long time. I was not prepared for the chilly, clear day. The sun was out in the morning and it's been in the 50s all week. I should've known it was time for a change. Anyways, we went through the market and she bought a cute maroon hat/visor thing. I'm not sure what the actual name for it is. Then we went and got Pho and a vietnamese sandwich. Delish! It was nice to have a hot bowl of soup on such a chilly day! Then we had a nice relaxing time at her place where she got some work done for her job and convinced me to put up a profile on "plenty of fish."
Yes, so we hear that our generation meets more people online and starts more relationships through cyber chat than through normal human interaction. In my opinion, it's probably just funnier to see exactly what people have to say about themselves...and I might be a tad interested in the types of people that have profiles on here. It never occurred to me that this might actually be a way to meet people. Hmm...
Then we went on a photofest and spent a good half hour taking ridiculously stupid photos and rolling around crying because we were laughing so hard. Sushi was our dinner at my favorite place in my neighborhood! Then she went off on a date.
I came home to my roomie learning Italian and her friend Jake teaching her. So, I sat in there and learned pronunciations and spellings for various nouns/verbs. Italian is fun to speak and a great mix of French and Spanish!
Last but very not least I got to Skype with one of my favorite people, Brandon, tonight. If you don't know, he was one of my really good friends in high school and we've kept in touch all these years (we didn't even go to the same high school!). He got a job as the Asst. Producer of the show "Ice Road Truckers" and is spending the next three months in Canada. He was telling me about how it was -30 degrees and how it was to get to -60 where he was going tomorrow, by God's Lake, Canada. Crazy! That kind of stuff baffles me. And I say I'm cold here when it's only 30!! What?! I. Am. Ridiculous.
I got a little off track with the books. Emma bored me a little so I stopped and I reread an old favorite in the meantime. So, I will have to jump back on my NYR bandwagon. I'll try for finishing Emma by the end of, not this week but, the next week.
Oh, and I'm sure everyone knows already now but I'm an AUNT! It'll be more real when I get to hold her and play with her, but for now I'm just ecstatic to have a little one in the household. I can't wait till that's me (shh...don't tell anyone I said that). I'm too young, but in (quite) a few years it'll be me. I'm the one everyone knows as the kid person. I'm the one that babysat. I'm the one that played with the children at work. I'm the one that, at this point and time, is very happy to give those children BACK to their parents. I just look forward to the future. But for now, Andreia Daniella is my new favorite!
I've had the most spectacular Sunday today. It was my only day off this week and I had a phenomenal night at work last night. Today Anna-Lisa called me early to go to the Farmer's Market with her where we went and walked around in the FREEZING cold. I haven't been that cold in a very long time. I was not prepared for the chilly, clear day. The sun was out in the morning and it's been in the 50s all week. I should've known it was time for a change. Anyways, we went through the market and she bought a cute maroon hat/visor thing. I'm not sure what the actual name for it is. Then we went and got Pho and a vietnamese sandwich. Delish! It was nice to have a hot bowl of soup on such a chilly day! Then we had a nice relaxing time at her place where she got some work done for her job and convinced me to put up a profile on "plenty of fish."
Yes, so we hear that our generation meets more people online and starts more relationships through cyber chat than through normal human interaction. In my opinion, it's probably just funnier to see exactly what people have to say about themselves...and I might be a tad interested in the types of people that have profiles on here. It never occurred to me that this might actually be a way to meet people. Hmm...
Then we went on a photofest and spent a good half hour taking ridiculously stupid photos and rolling around crying because we were laughing so hard. Sushi was our dinner at my favorite place in my neighborhood! Then she went off on a date.
I came home to my roomie learning Italian and her friend Jake teaching her. So, I sat in there and learned pronunciations and spellings for various nouns/verbs. Italian is fun to speak and a great mix of French and Spanish!
Last but very not least I got to Skype with one of my favorite people, Brandon, tonight. If you don't know, he was one of my really good friends in high school and we've kept in touch all these years (we didn't even go to the same high school!). He got a job as the Asst. Producer of the show "Ice Road Truckers" and is spending the next three months in Canada. He was telling me about how it was -30 degrees and how it was to get to -60 where he was going tomorrow, by God's Lake, Canada. Crazy! That kind of stuff baffles me. And I say I'm cold here when it's only 30!! What?! I. Am. Ridiculous.
I got a little off track with the books. Emma bored me a little so I stopped and I reread an old favorite in the meantime. So, I will have to jump back on my NYR bandwagon. I'll try for finishing Emma by the end of, not this week but, the next week.
Oh, and I'm sure everyone knows already now but I'm an AUNT! It'll be more real when I get to hold her and play with her, but for now I'm just ecstatic to have a little one in the household. I can't wait till that's me (shh...don't tell anyone I said that). I'm too young, but in (quite) a few years it'll be me. I'm the one everyone knows as the kid person. I'm the one that babysat. I'm the one that played with the children at work. I'm the one that, at this point and time, is very happy to give those children BACK to their parents. I just look forward to the future. But for now, Andreia Daniella is my new favorite!
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