We're in Boston! Quincy to be exact. After a long, dramatic trip, we're here... and I'm SO excited! Quick travel re-cap. Lesson number one = never fly US Airways. I'm pretty sure I said that last summer too, after our flight was delayed in Hartford and Todd and I got stuck in Atlanta for a night, but anyway I'm pretty sure it's the worst airline ever. First of all, Todd had to pull all kinds of strings to get us to sit together. Apparently if you don't book your seats way in advance (which we're pretty sure we did anyway) you have to pay $15 extra dollars to get "premium" seats. That basically means you get to sit in a cramped middle seat that might be next to someone you know. Ugh! Our flight to Phoenix was okay, besides the fact that I lost my license and boarding pass before even making it to the gate! Then, Todd got chosen for a "special" pre-boarding security check. All I have to say is damn terrorists ruining travel for us all! So, the first flight was quick - 45 minutes - but once we got to the airport we saw that our flight was delayed 2 hours for mechanical issues. Obviously my plane anxiety did not deal with this well, so Todd and I headed to the over-priced airport bar for some drinks. I kept overhearing the plane lady talking about the plane getting worked on and I was pretty sure it was going to get cancelled, but by some miracle it pulled up to the gate just before midnight. The flight was super bumpy and Todd and I sat in the emergency row, which meant no reclining chairs, but we somehow slept a bunch. Lin picked us up from the airport and and took us to Dunkin (which I just found out started in Quincy), and now we're at her apartment waiting to go on our historical tour of colonial Boston (okay, maybe that's just me). Quincy is really historical. John Adams and John Hancock lived here. In fact, John Adams' famous house, Peacefield, is here! Check it out: 
Yay. I've also been reading 1776, so I'm ready for all the history :)
OK, time to go, but tonight is our dinner cruise on the Spirit of Boston. More updates to come soon!
We're here!
Back from the Weekend.
Happy Monday (blah). Haha! Well, it's the end of the day at least and I'm blogging - yippie! I can't believe the weekend is already over. This was a fast one for sure, but still fun! Friday was SeaWorld night, so Todd and I met up with my family after work to see a bunch of shows and go on kiddie rides. We even watched the fireworks, which I hear slash see on a regular basis, but have never actually watched from inside the park. Saturday was a lazy day, but nice. It was nice to relax! Jennie came down later in the night and us girls plus Todd and Eli headed to PB to meet up with Steph and friends. It was really great to see my old roomie! I miss her a lot, but her job and life in NYC sound amazing. It's so crazy how different of a city New York is from little, laid-back San Diego. And on to Sunday, one of the best days ever! I picked my mom up in the afternoon and we got our makeup down at Bobbi Brown, then headed to RA Sushi for dinner. Neither of us got real sushi (I got a veggie roll), but it was delicious. Especially because we got the pineapple wontons - yum! After dinner, we walked down to the Civic Centre to see THE PHANTOM! And, boy was it wonderful. I was really impressed by everything. They did a great job of making the set look exactly like the Majestic Theater. And, I think this cast one of the best I have ever seen. The Phantom in this version was a lot more dark and scary... less romantic and more, psychotic. Plus, this cast used a lot more comedy, too. I really loved it (if you can't tell). It was also really nice to have a girls day/night with my mom. We'll have to do that more often! I'll be seeing the show again in 10 days (my birthday!) and I'm already looking forward to it. Elysia (who also went last night) might want to go again, so maybe I'll go with her, too. Wow, I'm obsessed a bit :)
Alright, time to pack things up here. But, if you're looking for some new music, check out The Cab. My best friend, Alyx, introduced them to me and I'm hooked!
Hi!
It's a gloomy, un-summer-like day in SD. It's making me feel sleepy. Oh - I take that back, the sun is just starting to peek through the overcastness. I'm still sleepy though.
Anyway, last night was a lot of fun! I went to my mom's for the season premier of Project Runway! I have really become addicted to that show. It makes me wish I could be a designer. My little sister is crazy making beaded bracelets and necklaces lately and we were taking about taking knitting lessons at the store where she buys all of her beads. My creativity (minus all the writing I do) has been brushed aside and I really miss doing art and plays and other things like that. I've been really wanting to take a ceramics class for a while and while I really don't want to take tests, I've been looking into a class at one of the community colleges in the area. I was also trying to find a theatre group that Elysia and I could join, but no luck yet. Let me know if you know of anything good! I guess I just need to find a hobby. I miss the days of extra-curricular activities - dancing, etc. That's another thing I've been looking into! I found some studios around my house that offer classes for pretty cheap. Basically, I need to get motivated and start signing up for things!
Last weekend was a lot of fun and it's so worth writing about even if we're only a day away from another one... everyone went wine tasting in Temecula! It was the perfect day full of tasty wine, sunshine and friends. We even went line dancing at night, which is always a lot of fun. They actually just opened a new line dancing bar in downtown that I think we might check out on Saturday. I'll let you know how it is! Steph (my old roomie who moved to the NYC area) is coming home for the weekend, so we have a lot of catching up to do. It will be nice to have her back for a couple of days.
Okay, back to work. Or off to lunch. Not sure which one yet :)
Join, or Die
Todd and I have been watching HBO's John Adams like crazy. I love it (obviously) and it's making me count down the days even more until my trip to Boston. I can't wait! Todd already pressed play on the next episode, but check out the theme song. It's great! :)
Quick Update
I'm back! At least for a day :) My non-posting reasons have been the same - I'm super busy AND I don't have internet at my house. Long story, but apparently AT&T doesn't service my area even though we've had internet with them for the past year and they've been sending me pamphlets to re-activate my service. Anyway, Elysia and I are Facebook deprived. Thank goodness for my iPhone (or brain, as Eli and Derrick like to call it). So, yeah, it's somehow the last day of June and it still hasn't really felt like summer in San Diego. We had one heat spell, but other than that the June Gloom is still lingering here and there. I am completely prepared for when summer decides to show it's face though because Todd installed an air conditioner for me. Woohoo! I've been thoroughly enjoying sleeping in a cold room. Actually, everyone's been enjoying my room. Elysia took a nap in it the other day when I was gone and everyone piled in during that heat spell to hang out. It was pretty funny, considering I don't have that big of a room.
Here are my other updates:
1. I've been at my job for one year! I have no idea how a year went by, but it did. I had my review last week and despite a little bit of nervousness, everything went really well. I'm excited to see how this year will unfold. I've already learned so much here and know that I am 10 times a better writer and strategic thinker than I was when I first started.
2. It's wedding season. Yes! I finally got to say that! Anyway, this is the first year where a bunch a people I know are getting married. It's totally weird, but also exciting. I love weddings, so no complaints here. This past weekend, Todd and I headed up to the Santa Barbara area for the first one. Todd was actually invited to two more that we couldn't make it to, so we could have been going to five weddings this summer - ah!
3. The countdown to my birthday has begun! That's right, it's almost July and that means 31 days till my birthday. I'm turning 23, which is just crazy, but I'm trying to think of fun things to do. Lemme know if you have any ideas!
And that's it I think. I'm really looking forward to the 4th of July and I'm praying that I get to see fireworks this year. I'll keep ya posted on anything exciting that happens in the meantime.
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Oh my sad, sad blog. :(
It's been so hard to update, as you can tell. I'm not even going to say I'll try harder, because I've said that a million times and yet the weeks still seem to fly by withough a single post. Anyway, here I am. It's May - almost June, and things are crazy busy at work (hence the no blogging). San Diego is really warming up and it's feeling more and more like summer. This past weekend it was nearly 90 degrees! I spent my time at Elysia's pool and at Disneyland with Todd, and it was an amazingly relaxing two days. I'm really looking forward to this three day weekend too, even though I don't have any trips planned or anything. I tried really hard to schedule something, but by the time I got the idea to get on a plane and go somewhere, the prices were already sky high! At least it's only a couple of months until my trips to San Fran and to Boston/back home. I'm really looking forward to them! Thaaank you cousins for getting married. I also have a bunch of other fun things on my calendar that I'm really excited about, including a Padres/Mets game, seeing the Phantom (twice) and my birthday (hey! i can start counting down... it's almost summer.) Other than that, I'm playing it low key - just spending time with my family and friends.
That's it for now. But to end this post, a bit of news: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/ap_on_en_mu/people_lou_pearlman
Oh man... what a Backstreet creeper!
My hands hurt from this one!
Ahhh! This has been a long day. I think my brain has just about stopped working. Anyway, Elysia is officially moved in and we've already seen more of the rest of the high school girls than usual. Hannah came down on Monday night and Jennie came over last night. It's been great to get together and still be the same exact friends we were in high school (5 years ago?!) The one bad thing has been the lack of sleep the visits have caused! Elysia and I are seriously sleep deprived. I even overslept the alarm this morning for the first time in forever. Needless to say, I jumped out of bed at about 8:05. I still made it to work by 8:30, but it was a stressful morning. I've made a promise to myself to go to bed by 10 tonight, but we'll see. It's actually way worse for Elysia though. She works from 7 am to 7 pm! We've calculated it, and she would need to go to bed at 9 every night to get 8 hours of sleep. Oh boy!
So, here's some stuff that's been going on with me...
1. I'm loving that you can finally tell it getting closer to summer. It's been so great to leave work and have the sun still shining. Plus, I've been exploring the city more on my lunch breaks. Not too long ago, I took a walk from the office to the Seaport. It was beautiful and relaxing to sit on the rocks by myself for a while. I also headed to Balboa Park yesterday. The museums are actually free on Tuesdays, but the one I wanted to go to was closed. So, I took the extra time to lie in the grass for 40 minutes and listen to music. I think I'll be doing that more often.
2. I got a bike. Most of you probably know about Todd's bike riding past. As for me, I think the last time I owned a bike was when I was like 12 or something. Anyway, Todd's been sad that his bike just sits in his garage collecting dust, so I figured I might as well get one and ride with him. So far, so good. We've gone on three rides so far and it's pretty fun. Plus, I bought this super cool helmet. I've decided I'm getting all the gear. I'm sure I'll be biking across the country in no time :)
3. I'm really excited about this new series on HBO. If you know me, you know I love colonial America so much that I wish I lived back then. The new series is called John Adams and is based off of David McCullough's book about Adams' life during the Revolution. I know I'm a nerd, but it looks like an amazing depiction of the times back then. Oh yeah, and a couple of days ago I walked over to Borders and started reading McCullough's other book, 1776. I definitely need to go back and buy it!
Oh, and since I'm posting, I might as well finally answer Todd's tag. Here goes:
10 Years Ago - Um, I was 12 (weird) and in 7th grade, probably obsessing over the Backstreet Boys (ha!) and spending most of my time with my family and the 4 A's.
5 Things on My To-Do-List - Clean out my car, buy plane tickets to Jason's wedding, plan a million trips, finish decorating my room and go food shopping.
Things I Would Do if I Were Suddenly a Billionaire - Visit every single European country... actually, visit every country in the world. Buy that cute, little pink house that I love so much in Boston. Give a bunch to my family. Save a lot. Buy an amazing new wardrobe. Open a bakery. Ahh, too many things.
3 of My Bad Habits - I worry too much, I get really grumpy when I'm tired or haven't eaten and I'm a bit of a procrastinator.
5 Places I've Lived - I think I've only lived in 4... New Jersey, Poway, San Diego and Los Angeles.
Jobs I've Had - Hmm, I worked at a gym in the Kids Club, front desk at my college dorm and for the SDSU conference center. I was a news assistant at a newspaper, worked at SeaWorld, an advertising agency and two PR firms.
Things Most People Don't Know About Me - I have a bit of OCD when it comes to things being left open. I cannot stand when people leave drawers, cabinets, etc. open. I always have to close them. Even if it's not my own house.
Okay, I'm done. And I'm going home. Yay, Wednesday!
How long has it been?
My blog has officially died... and come back to life! :) I haven't even checked yet to see when my last post was, but I'm sure it was eons ago. This have been moving along in my world it seems. I've been doing my usual thing, but some things are different in my life. Let's see, my roommate, Steph, moved out. She got an amazing job offer in New York City - one that just couldn't be passed up. She decided to take it, and after three very fast weeks, she was gone. My apartment is very strange and quiet these days. Granted, she's only been gone for like four days, but I'm already sad. We had a ton of fun, our little group, and a piece of it will be gone now. What I can say is I am excited to hear all of her amazing city stories and to have one more person to visit when I'm back home!
As for me and my little apartment, it will soon be the home of my high school friend Elysia! I'm very happy to be able to share my home with someone I already know and who I already hang out with just about every day anyway. It seriously cut down on a lot of unneeded stress in my life. I think that's about the biggest news in my life. Besides that, Todd and I recently took a trip to Mexico that turned into a disaster and led us to Las Vegas! We also bought plane tickets to go to his cousin's wedding up in San Fran in the summer and will probably be looking into buying tickets home for my cousin Jason's summer wedding sometime soon also.
Well, that felt good. A much needed post (even it if wasn't all that great). Don't give up on me guys! I'm going to try my very best to get to posting again.
XOXO
I just wanted to say a quick HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY to everyone!! I hope you spent the day with the people you love :)
2 Second Break
This is gonna be really short cause I'm super busy at work, but I forgot to tell you all that I felt my first earthquake! I'm only excited because it was a little one (a 5.1 in Mexico) and no one got hurt... and I've been wanting to feel one since I moved here 9 years ago. Anyway, it lasted for about 3 to 5 seconds and made the building feel like it was swaying. So weird!
Okay, back to work for me, but, check out this article. Maybe fairytales are real, after all :)