It's been brought to my attention that I am seriously slacking on the correspondence lately so here is a run-down of the haps. I'm using a few bits of an email I sent to my dad, so sorry for the regurgitation pops.
Work: I've been planning our sales meeting on Tuesday, which entails finding and securing event space for 150 people, coordinating catering and hotel rooms and building powerpoint presentations. My boss frequently like to change the plan which means I spend a good portion of my time chasing my tail and making apologetic phone calls. I'm also building a new website for our sales team which is really fun but also trying because I haven't done it since college and, wouldn't you know it, the whole web thing has really changed. I'm teaching myself CSS and relearning HTML... it's fun though. Oh, and they've started laying people off so I guess I should be thankful, no matter how much time I spend silently crying in my cube.
School: This term has proven to be more challenging than last but I'm still really enjoying it. I had a paper due last week that kept me up past midnight for a week strait but I learned a lot about Facebook. Yes, I got to write a paper about Facebook! This week I will be working on a financial analysis of Target.. turns out I got some pretty wicked math skills from my dad and I'm not too shabby at the accounting stuff, although I am still learning what the results mean - i.e. is it good or bad if the dividend ratio is high? I guess I'll figure that out Saturday when I sit down to write. The first day of my accounting class I was pretty sure I was going to die a slow death from boredom but my instructor has turned out to be a pretty funny guy and does a really good job of explaining the concepts.
Life: Let's see, Sabine passed in December and I'm still struggling with that - not that I cry on a daily basis, but it's weird to come home to an empty house. I've been thinking of getting a new pooch but know it would be better to wait until after my trip to China in June. I've paid for a little over half the trip and am considering investing in Rosetta Stone language tapes so I can be little more prepared than I was in Korea. We will have tour-guides, but its always nice to be able to do basic items.. like find the bathroom.
I was rear-ended by a cargo van on my lunch break a few weeks ago and he did more damage to my neck and back than he did to my car. He claimed he was going about 5 miles an hour but considering he destroyed the steel reinforcement beam on the back of my car I beg to differ. Anyway, I get to go to the chiropractor and get massages three times a week for the next twelve weeks. I've also started seeing a naturopath/ accupuncturist/ hippy doctor and really like her. The irony of the whole injury is that i was on my way to join the gym when I was hit. R and I were planning to run a 5k next month but it looks like I may be walk/jogging it... I'm still down 35 pounds but stalled and need to lose more so I need to up the exercise.
Still seeing the boy, going on 5 months now, which is a record for me. He is still wonderful - can't complain about a man that cooks and occasionally vacuums your house, even if it is might be because your house is so disgusting he can't stand it.
And that's about it. Have a Christmas party to attend tomorrow (our office party was cancelled due to weather) and might go to the closing party at Jerry's, everyone's favorite wine bar. I'm pretty sad that they are closing. Stupid economy.
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Thursday, February 5, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
The Year in Blog
2008 has probably been the most interesting and favorite of the last few years. In January I was honored to be one of the lucky few attendees at Sara Lou & Stew's fabulous Timberline wedding. I'm not sure I had ever had so much fun at a wedding before, and I'm not sure I've ever been so cold in a hot tub! Soon after, in February, I was asked to take a big trip for work and started the long preparation & freak out process. I started blogging, and so did Sabine. Sadly, Sabinedog's blog seems to have been removed from the internet - too bad, because her posts were hella funny!
On March 7th, I departed for my two month adventure in Seoul. Flying to Korea in 1st class was the last easy thing about the trip, but I had a lot of fun and learned many things about the country, the culture, my job and myself. Highlights for March include staying at The Dormy, seeing Jason Mraz, learning about the layoffs at home and drinking Soju with friends.By April I had started to get a little homesick but was still trying to make the best of the trip. I got to see the entire city from Namsan Tower, along with the amazing cherry blossoms. I went shopping in Insadong and had the best night of my trip at Lotte World!
When I landed in California the first thing I did was send a text message to all my friends that said "I love this Country!" Being home had never felt better and I spent most of May enjoying the company of my friends and my dog. I bought my lovely little mac and started making plans to leave my employer.
BeansandNuts was born in July, I hired little Russian men to work on my kitchen, signed up for a great diet program and I attended my second wedding for the year. X and I took a little camping trip to Ft. Stevens State Park with the dogs in August. When I returned, I gave my notice at work and willingly became unemployed for the first time in five years.
The MBA program at Marylhurst seemed like a great fit, so I started classes in September and began making friends. I was down 30 lbs on my diet and I turned 30 years old! Jayna and Eric came to visit for the Miss White Trash Pageant, I attended a pub crawl, and I met the man. I think September might have been my favorite month. After just one (amazing!) month of freedom, I accepted a job in October. I went to see Matt Nathanson with a hot date and attended two more weddings - a small courthouse ceremony and a charming beach wedding that ended at the Sportsman Pub and Grub.
Obama won the election by a surprising (to me) landslide in November and I had an absolute blast with my date for Denim & Diamonds. For Thanksgiving, I traveled to Tucson for my fifth (& Final!) wedding of 2008 and reconnected with some amazing friends that I missed more than I ever realized. December brought the tragic loss of my Sabine but also a great, joy filled White Christmas and the birth of a close friends baby boy. I spent about 7 days strait lying on my butt and playing on the internet because I could not leave the house - the snow was beautiful but I'm glad to be mobile again.
As amazing as 2008 was, I think 2009 is going to be even better. I don't think there will be five weddings this year, but you never know.. in the meantime, I'm looking forward to continuing school, learning to snowboard, spending more time with my friends and my guy, meeting the new babies that have arrived or will be arriving soon, attending the Newport Seafood & Wine Festival and going to China. I hope each of you had a great 08 and have an even better 09!!
XOXO
On March 7th, I departed for my two month adventure in Seoul. Flying to Korea in 1st class was the last easy thing about the trip, but I had a lot of fun and learned many things about the country, the culture, my job and myself. Highlights for March include staying at The Dormy, seeing Jason Mraz, learning about the layoffs at home and drinking Soju with friends.By April I had started to get a little homesick but was still trying to make the best of the trip. I got to see the entire city from Namsan Tower, along with the amazing cherry blossoms. I went shopping in Insadong and had the best night of my trip at Lotte World!
When I landed in California the first thing I did was send a text message to all my friends that said "I love this Country!" Being home had never felt better and I spent most of May enjoying the company of my friends and my dog. I bought my lovely little mac and started making plans to leave my employer.
BeansandNuts was born in July, I hired little Russian men to work on my kitchen, signed up for a great diet program and I attended my second wedding for the year. X and I took a little camping trip to Ft. Stevens State Park with the dogs in August. When I returned, I gave my notice at work and willingly became unemployed for the first time in five years.
The MBA program at Marylhurst seemed like a great fit, so I started classes in September and began making friends. I was down 30 lbs on my diet and I turned 30 years old! Jayna and Eric came to visit for the Miss White Trash Pageant, I attended a pub crawl, and I met the man. I think September might have been my favorite month. After just one (amazing!) month of freedom, I accepted a job in October. I went to see Matt Nathanson with a hot date and attended two more weddings - a small courthouse ceremony and a charming beach wedding that ended at the Sportsman Pub and Grub.
Obama won the election by a surprising (to me) landslide in November and I had an absolute blast with my date for Denim & Diamonds. For Thanksgiving, I traveled to Tucson for my fifth (& Final!) wedding of 2008 and reconnected with some amazing friends that I missed more than I ever realized. December brought the tragic loss of my Sabine but also a great, joy filled White Christmas and the birth of a close friends baby boy. I spent about 7 days strait lying on my butt and playing on the internet because I could not leave the house - the snow was beautiful but I'm glad to be mobile again.
As amazing as 2008 was, I think 2009 is going to be even better. I don't think there will be five weddings this year, but you never know.. in the meantime, I'm looking forward to continuing school, learning to snowboard, spending more time with my friends and my guy, meeting the new babies that have arrived or will be arriving soon, attending the Newport Seafood & Wine Festival and going to China. I hope each of you had a great 08 and have an even better 09!!
XOXO
Thursday, December 11, 2008
More of the same
Time keeps going by so quickly -I can't believe 2008 is nearly over! A quick run-down of what I've been up to over the last few weeks:
• I've settled into my job and started making friends at work. It's not the ideal personality fit for me and sometime I want to shake my boss like an infant, but it doesn't make my cry. Usually.
• I had a wonderful trip home to Tucson and reconnected with some great friends. It's incredible when you get together with someone after 8 years and it's as if you were never apart. Tucson is also an incredibly small town disguised by a decent sized population. Everyone is connected somehow and I had a lot of small world moments... some of them more surreal than others.
• I made it through the first term of school. I still have a few non-grey hairs and I've lucked into a few great friends. In fact, I actually enjoyed it so much that I've toyed with the possibility of taking three classes next term. But that's really just insane.
• I had a little health scare - found a lump in my breast which resulted in my first mammogram and an ultrasound. I'm fine, nothing to worry about, but having your boob squished between two sheets of plexiglass certainly isn't what I'd call fun. Ladies ( and lady's men!) - be sure to Feel Your Boobies. It's important.
• I seem to have moved from casual dating to having a boyfriend, which is new for me and totally cool. Sadly, my past relationships have left me with a constant self-doubt that I'll do something to mess it up or that he'll turn out to be a louse. But I'm working on that and learning that nice guys really do exist.
• I went to Best Buy with the intention of picking up some gifts and instead bought a flat panel TV. Yeah, good use of money for a grad student with a crappy paying job, huh? But it really does make the living room seem about 45 times bigger, and I got a good deal. Really, I did! (P.S. Please don't stop sending money Daddy, I promise it's not all going to electronics - that's what credit is for!)
• I got nearly all my Christmas shopping done with nearly 2 weeks to spare - some sort of record for me. Thank you Amazon.com! Now, if only I could get around to sending last years cards. Also, for some reason I've actually started to think good thoughts about Christmas and have even considered buying a tree. WTF? It's as if I've entered some sort of domestication phase. Pretty soon I'll be working on a collection of Nutcrackers or snowmen. Creeeepy.
• I'm making plans to learn how to snowboard this winter (or at least learn to fail miserably at snowboarding) and am starting to think about plans for NYE.
And that's about all that's fit to print. I want to spend some of the Christmas "break" working on the kitchen or on eCards but mostly I plan to relax, which means I will probably be a lump for the next few weeks. But, I've got X's sweet, blind, deaf and incontinent dog for the next few weeks so that'll keep me on my toes. Did I mention that the poor beast has only three teeth left? Poor thing can't even keep his tongue in his mouth... You should see the aftermath of dinner time. Good times.
• I've settled into my job and started making friends at work. It's not the ideal personality fit for me and sometime I want to shake my boss like an infant, but it doesn't make my cry. Usually.
• I had a wonderful trip home to Tucson and reconnected with some great friends. It's incredible when you get together with someone after 8 years and it's as if you were never apart. Tucson is also an incredibly small town disguised by a decent sized population. Everyone is connected somehow and I had a lot of small world moments... some of them more surreal than others.
• I made it through the first term of school. I still have a few non-grey hairs and I've lucked into a few great friends. In fact, I actually enjoyed it so much that I've toyed with the possibility of taking three classes next term. But that's really just insane.
• I had a little health scare - found a lump in my breast which resulted in my first mammogram and an ultrasound. I'm fine, nothing to worry about, but having your boob squished between two sheets of plexiglass certainly isn't what I'd call fun. Ladies ( and lady's men!) - be sure to Feel Your Boobies. It's important.
• I seem to have moved from casual dating to having a boyfriend, which is new for me and totally cool. Sadly, my past relationships have left me with a constant self-doubt that I'll do something to mess it up or that he'll turn out to be a louse. But I'm working on that and learning that nice guys really do exist.
• I went to Best Buy with the intention of picking up some gifts and instead bought a flat panel TV. Yeah, good use of money for a grad student with a crappy paying job, huh? But it really does make the living room seem about 45 times bigger, and I got a good deal. Really, I did! (P.S. Please don't stop sending money Daddy, I promise it's not all going to electronics - that's what credit is for!)
• I got nearly all my Christmas shopping done with nearly 2 weeks to spare - some sort of record for me. Thank you Amazon.com! Now, if only I could get around to sending last years cards. Also, for some reason I've actually started to think good thoughts about Christmas and have even considered buying a tree. WTF? It's as if I've entered some sort of domestication phase. Pretty soon I'll be working on a collection of Nutcrackers or snowmen. Creeeepy.
• I'm making plans to learn how to snowboard this winter (or at least learn to fail miserably at snowboarding) and am starting to think about plans for NYE.
And that's about all that's fit to print. I want to spend some of the Christmas "break" working on the kitchen or on eCards but mostly I plan to relax, which means I will probably be a lump for the next few weeks. But, I've got X's sweet, blind, deaf and incontinent dog for the next few weeks so that'll keep me on my toes. Did I mention that the poor beast has only three teeth left? Poor thing can't even keep his tongue in his mouth... You should see the aftermath of dinner time. Good times.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
So little time
I keep meaning to post but then I get distracted. It's been a good week... here is a little recap, in case you've missed it:
• We completed our team project and received a perfect score on both the paper and the presentation
• I signed up for a two week trip to China. Two of my teammates have signed up as well so I already have friends
• I spent 8 hours catching up on my graphic design freelance projects and can *almost* breathe now
• I designed a 16 page booklet for work, manually printed 400 double sided copies and then had to throw it out due to poor printer quality. I'll be reprinting all day Tuesday but on a (hopefully) better machine
• My awesome mom bought me a plane ticket home so I can go to B's wedding and have Thanksgiving with the folks. I'm also looking forward to meeting little Paiger while I'm there and catching up with old friends
• My dad has been sending me little checks in the mail and I'm so incredibly thankful
• I've been on more than a few successful dates with a lovely man that is not an asshole, which is a totally new thing for me
• The girls and I went to see Disney's High School Musical on Ice, which was a complete disaster, but X let me wear her purple hat that almost made up for it (see below) and there was a yummy Crow Bar salmon plate involved too
• I had happy hour with Steddles, at the Crow Bar, again. I love that place!
• Snowpatrol release a new album and I just downloaded it - squeeeee.
• I'm going to see Matt Nathanson on Sunday so I downloaded that too - I don't want to be the only one that doesn't know the lyrics!
• I lost another 2.5 lbs this week bringing my total up to 30 lbs since June!
And that's about it... I am going to try harder to blog, I'm tired of ya'll pestering me. ;)
• We completed our team project and received a perfect score on both the paper and the presentation
• I signed up for a two week trip to China. Two of my teammates have signed up as well so I already have friends
• I spent 8 hours catching up on my graphic design freelance projects and can *almost* breathe now
• I designed a 16 page booklet for work, manually printed 400 double sided copies and then had to throw it out due to poor printer quality. I'll be reprinting all day Tuesday but on a (hopefully) better machine
• My awesome mom bought me a plane ticket home so I can go to B's wedding and have Thanksgiving with the folks. I'm also looking forward to meeting little Paiger while I'm there and catching up with old friends
• My dad has been sending me little checks in the mail and I'm so incredibly thankful
• I've been on more than a few successful dates with a lovely man that is not an asshole, which is a totally new thing for me
• The girls and I went to see Disney's High School Musical on Ice, which was a complete disaster, but X let me wear her purple hat that almost made up for it (see below) and there was a yummy Crow Bar salmon plate involved too
• I had happy hour with Steddles, at the Crow Bar, again. I love that place!
• Snowpatrol release a new album and I just downloaded it - squeeeee.
• I'm going to see Matt Nathanson on Sunday so I downloaded that too - I don't want to be the only one that doesn't know the lyrics!
• I lost another 2.5 lbs this week bringing my total up to 30 lbs since June!
And that's about it... I am going to try harder to blog, I'm tired of ya'll pestering me. ;)
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Why do I even bother?
A few years ago I put a personal up on a local dating site. I have a friend that has had some success there but, sadly, I have not fared as well. I think I need to just take my profile down because it's getting a bit silly.
Let's see, first we had John who said he was 5'7" but was indeed shorter than I am (5'2"). I get it, you are insecure about your height - but don't flat out lie. 5'7"? Not even in stilettos buddy. He was, however, a very dedicated recycler and strongly believed that everyone should sell their cars and ride a bike. He had carnie hands, was very jumpy and lived with 5 guys in Gresham. I couldn't get the idea of meth labs and dog fights outta my head.
Next was Brian. Brian was very nice and I enjoyed meeting him, but he was ENORMOUS. Not fat, just gigantic. I'm talking Andre the Giant sized. He was about 6'6" and nearly 300 lbs. I couldn't even hug him from my tippy toes. He also happened to be a nurse and I thought he seemed "a little light in the loafers" so I let him know I only wanted to be friends. He declined my offer.
Next was Nick. Nick was super cute and, of course, a total douchebag. On our second date he said something about "my personality being my best trait." It wasn't what he said, but the way he said it... kinda like the way gramma used to say "you'd be so pretty if you just lost a little weight." And yet, I continued to date him. Let's just say it didn't end well.
Last spring was James. James seemed promising, he worked for a non-prof and we had similar interests in movies and music. But man was he jumpy. On the first date I chalked it up to nerves and so we met for dinner. The conversation was good but he was talking really fast and constantly glancing around like he was being watched. About halfway through the meal he asked for the check, paid and had his food bagged. He just could not get out the door fast enough. It was very odd but I left for Korea the next week so no biggie.
Tonight was Bob. I was looking forward to meeting him - he just returned from a year living in Scotland and I wanted to hear about his travels. We exchanged several emails about going to the Moon & Sixpence for a pint. When I suggested we meet on Thursday at 7 he responded "great, but where shall we go?" Ummmmmmm....really? Okay, whatever, he's probably talking to like 15 girls on here and just got confused. Anyway, I was there at 7 and he was not. And still not there at 7:30. I guess I've officially been stood up for the first time. Bummer, but it's probably just as well - I had my eyebrows waxed yesterday and I've developed a little ridge of horns right across my forehead. Lovely.
To top my night off I went to the Interstate Fred Meyer to get dog food. Normally I try to avoid that FM because the parking lot is a nightmare and it's always a madhouse. But it was on my way home and Sabine is a hungry girl so I stopped. Dear me, I don't know what was going on tonight but the place was crawling with crazies. It's like they posted a "free meth" ad in the local paper. In the dog food isle some nutcase nearly knocked me over as he carried 16 bag of dogfood down the isle talking to himself. Then some other lady was mumbling to herself, scratching her forearms and had this half-dead zombie smile on her face while she read every one of the cat food labels. Seriously weird.
I think I'm going to go watch a movie in bed. And tomorrow I'm going over to Miss V's house to watch Psyche & Jason Statham movies and entertain her. She's having her wisdom teeth removed and will hopefully be delightfully loopy on Vicodan. Hooray for not working!!
Let's see, first we had John who said he was 5'7" but was indeed shorter than I am (5'2"). I get it, you are insecure about your height - but don't flat out lie. 5'7"? Not even in stilettos buddy. He was, however, a very dedicated recycler and strongly believed that everyone should sell their cars and ride a bike. He had carnie hands, was very jumpy and lived with 5 guys in Gresham. I couldn't get the idea of meth labs and dog fights outta my head.
Next was Brian. Brian was very nice and I enjoyed meeting him, but he was ENORMOUS. Not fat, just gigantic. I'm talking Andre the Giant sized. He was about 6'6" and nearly 300 lbs. I couldn't even hug him from my tippy toes. He also happened to be a nurse and I thought he seemed "a little light in the loafers" so I let him know I only wanted to be friends. He declined my offer.
Next was Nick. Nick was super cute and, of course, a total douchebag. On our second date he said something about "my personality being my best trait." It wasn't what he said, but the way he said it... kinda like the way gramma used to say "you'd be so pretty if you just lost a little weight." And yet, I continued to date him. Let's just say it didn't end well.
Last spring was James. James seemed promising, he worked for a non-prof and we had similar interests in movies and music. But man was he jumpy. On the first date I chalked it up to nerves and so we met for dinner. The conversation was good but he was talking really fast and constantly glancing around like he was being watched. About halfway through the meal he asked for the check, paid and had his food bagged. He just could not get out the door fast enough. It was very odd but I left for Korea the next week so no biggie.
Tonight was Bob. I was looking forward to meeting him - he just returned from a year living in Scotland and I wanted to hear about his travels. We exchanged several emails about going to the Moon & Sixpence for a pint. When I suggested we meet on Thursday at 7 he responded "great, but where shall we go?" Ummmmmmm....really? Okay, whatever, he's probably talking to like 15 girls on here and just got confused. Anyway, I was there at 7 and he was not. And still not there at 7:30. I guess I've officially been stood up for the first time. Bummer, but it's probably just as well - I had my eyebrows waxed yesterday and I've developed a little ridge of horns right across my forehead. Lovely.
To top my night off I went to the Interstate Fred Meyer to get dog food. Normally I try to avoid that FM because the parking lot is a nightmare and it's always a madhouse. But it was on my way home and Sabine is a hungry girl so I stopped. Dear me, I don't know what was going on tonight but the place was crawling with crazies. It's like they posted a "free meth" ad in the local paper. In the dog food isle some nutcase nearly knocked me over as he carried 16 bag of dogfood down the isle talking to himself. Then some other lady was mumbling to herself, scratching her forearms and had this half-dead zombie smile on her face while she read every one of the cat food labels. Seriously weird.
I think I'm going to go watch a movie in bed. And tomorrow I'm going over to Miss V's house to watch Psyche & Jason Statham movies and entertain her. She's having her wisdom teeth removed and will hopefully be delightfully loopy on Vicodan. Hooray for not working!!
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