on friday, april 24th, manda, erin, and i headed out to palm desert for a little oreo time. it was such a fun and relaxing weekend! we got to the house on friday night and relaxed by going in the spa and watching a little csi miami. the weather was just so great on saturday that we spent almost the entire day outside. we sat out by the pool and rode scooters down through the neighborhood. that night we went out to dinner at cafe italia to celebrate manda's birthday. the restaurant is known for having singing waiters and waitresses, and is always full of elderly golf-loving couples. we were by far the youngest ones there, but we still had a lot of fun! we went back to the house after dinner to set a few little things up for manda. the three of us spent the rest of the night eating cupcakes, talking, and smoking cigars. it was such a great weekend for the three of us to spend some time together and catch up a bit more.
after getting back home i unpacked and then packed for my trip to dallas. my mom was having sinus surgery on monday, and i was going to keep her company. she was pretty out of it at times, but other than that she was normal. it was good to see my family again so soon. on the flight back home i noticed that i recognized a passenger that got on the plane. it was owen wilson. yep. the movie start himself. he was only on the plane from dallas to austin, but hey...i was a mere 2 inches from owen wilson. the rest of the flight i was occupied by 'the undomestic goddess' by sophie kinsella (whom i love) and dewey (the famous library cat).
i got back from dallas on thursday at 4:30, sat in traffic for nearly 2 hours, got back about 10 minutes before craig, unpacked from dallas, packed for san diego, and then craig and i were on our way. i booked us a hotel room in san diego on thursday night, and then i got us tickets to the wild animal park for friday. craig's 24th birthday was on saturday so we got a head start on celebrating his birthday. the park was so much fun. we walked the whole park and got to see so many animals. we had a lot of fun, and i am so glad that craig enjoyed the trip. on saturday he had to work-and of course he didn'g get off on time-so when he came home i made him a home cooked meal and watched a movie. then on sunday (after a lot of cleaning) we went out to dinner at lucille's with craig's family. lucille's is always a good choice with craig. after dinner we had everyone over for some cake and more hang-out time.
now, i am finally back home and things are back to normal. well, as normal as it can be at the moment. :-)
May 4, 2009
April 23, 2009
fresh start
craig and i are moving to fullerton. it all happened pretty fast. we went to check out the apartment complex on wednesday and then went back on friday to sign the papers. we hadn't even been talking about moving from our apartment. we like it here, but rent's a bit expensive and they won't lower it at all. there are a few other not-so-good things about our complex too...like: one of our neighbors smokes pot in the courtyard on sunday nights/monday mornings and it's so strong that it wakes us up, my car got broken into in the gated parking lot, and we're kind of far from the people that we want to be closer to. it's kind of funny because the complex we are moving to is going to make us so much closer to craig's family, and our biola friends which will be fantastic. we're also going to be 1 floor above our friends courtney and woody. we are really looking forward to this move and all that comes along with it. we really want to take advantage of the community that we will have while we live in fullerton before we move to who knows where.
since we are planning on moving, i'm looking for another job. i definitely did not want to stay at forever 21 for that long. don't get me wrong though; i am so thankful that i got that job and that i got promoted to something that i enjoy. it's just that with my back injury and the fact that i'm 22, it's just not the place for me to be. i've applied to dozens (yes dozens) of administrative assistant jobs. i actually love doing that kind of work. for some reason filing, copying, and answering the phones is enjoyable to me. and, i'll be able to sit most of the day which would be great for my grandma back.
i am definitely looking forward to some change. i have had a hard last couple of months and i feel like this is going to be a fresh start for me. i am looking forward to some consistency, stability, community, and getting to live in orange county instead of los angeles county.
since we are planning on moving, i'm looking for another job. i definitely did not want to stay at forever 21 for that long. don't get me wrong though; i am so thankful that i got that job and that i got promoted to something that i enjoy. it's just that with my back injury and the fact that i'm 22, it's just not the place for me to be. i've applied to dozens (yes dozens) of administrative assistant jobs. i actually love doing that kind of work. for some reason filing, copying, and answering the phones is enjoyable to me. and, i'll be able to sit most of the day which would be great for my grandma back.
i am definitely looking forward to some change. i have had a hard last couple of months and i feel like this is going to be a fresh start for me. i am looking forward to some consistency, stability, community, and getting to live in orange county instead of los angeles county.
April 14, 2009
so this is where we are
hey. i guess that i am bad at the whole blog thing. i am sure that i will get better now that i am off of work for awhile...
i'm on medical leave from work right now, which makes me feel really old. i hurt my back while moving a bunch of heavy boxes. i didn't think it was that bad at first, but after a few days i couldn't move my back, bend over, pick up stuff, etc. so, i ended up in the emergency room so that i could get some pain meds until i could get in to see my dr. to make a long story short, i saw my dr., filed an 'incident report' at my work, and have been off for a week now. i'm waiting for my employers to approve my 'incident report' so that i can go and see their dr., but they are being a pain about it all. i'm sure they just don't want to pay for it. so here i sit...all day...every day.
up until today i have done nothing but sit in bed. that's all that i have been able to physically do. today though, i was able to get up and do some much needed laundry and start my spring cleaning. it felt good to be able to accomplish something around the apt. i was starting to feel really down on myself for not being able to help out. poor craig. he was having to do so much for me last week. i know that he was totally happy to do it, but there's still something so humbling about having to completely rely on another person, even when it's your spouse. i am so thankful for everything that he has done to make me feel better and to make me feel like i am not a burden.
on another note...craig is now an ambulance driver! he has been since the end of january, and he actually enjoys it. he started a new shift just 2 weeks ago that lets us actually see each other every day, which is such a huge blessing. we went 3 months with just seeing each other 1 or 2 times a week...except for when we were sleeping. he has a great partner on his shift, and he almost has enough hours to be able to pick up a fire-shift, so that will be so exciting for him. he worked an insane 65 hours last week! yay for super overtime!!!
other than that, nothing is really going on. craig and i are considering moving to fullerton when our lease expires at the end of may. courtney and woody are living there once they get married, so it would be really fun to live close to another couple. we are just so excited about how much closer we are going to be to everyone now. i mean, i know that we aren't far, but over the hill seems to create a larger obstacle. we'll only be 20 minutes from his parents, sister and brother-in-law, 20 minutes from erin and manda, and we'll be so much closer to all of our friends/family in the biola area. we really want to take advantage of living close to so many of our dear friends and family before we move to...? we are going to look at the complex on wednesday!!!
ok. this is a long enough post for now. once i update more regularly, they won't be so long.
love.
i'm on medical leave from work right now, which makes me feel really old. i hurt my back while moving a bunch of heavy boxes. i didn't think it was that bad at first, but after a few days i couldn't move my back, bend over, pick up stuff, etc. so, i ended up in the emergency room so that i could get some pain meds until i could get in to see my dr. to make a long story short, i saw my dr., filed an 'incident report' at my work, and have been off for a week now. i'm waiting for my employers to approve my 'incident report' so that i can go and see their dr., but they are being a pain about it all. i'm sure they just don't want to pay for it. so here i sit...all day...every day.
up until today i have done nothing but sit in bed. that's all that i have been able to physically do. today though, i was able to get up and do some much needed laundry and start my spring cleaning. it felt good to be able to accomplish something around the apt. i was starting to feel really down on myself for not being able to help out. poor craig. he was having to do so much for me last week. i know that he was totally happy to do it, but there's still something so humbling about having to completely rely on another person, even when it's your spouse. i am so thankful for everything that he has done to make me feel better and to make me feel like i am not a burden.
on another note...craig is now an ambulance driver! he has been since the end of january, and he actually enjoys it. he started a new shift just 2 weeks ago that lets us actually see each other every day, which is such a huge blessing. we went 3 months with just seeing each other 1 or 2 times a week...except for when we were sleeping. he has a great partner on his shift, and he almost has enough hours to be able to pick up a fire-shift, so that will be so exciting for him. he worked an insane 65 hours last week! yay for super overtime!!!
other than that, nothing is really going on. craig and i are considering moving to fullerton when our lease expires at the end of may. courtney and woody are living there once they get married, so it would be really fun to live close to another couple. we are just so excited about how much closer we are going to be to everyone now. i mean, i know that we aren't far, but over the hill seems to create a larger obstacle. we'll only be 20 minutes from his parents, sister and brother-in-law, 20 minutes from erin and manda, and we'll be so much closer to all of our friends/family in the biola area. we really want to take advantage of living close to so many of our dear friends and family before we move to...? we are going to look at the complex on wednesday!!!
ok. this is a long enough post for now. once i update more regularly, they won't be so long.
love.
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