I so haven't updated my blog in awhile. I'm such the slacker! I think this is why I can never keep a journal. Anyway....so the last couple weeks have been a complete blur. It seems like it's been forever since I got back from Maui, but I know it hasn't been that long. Let's see...what's been going on since I got back.
Well I finally had my graduation ceremony. It was weird since I graduated in April. Argosy is so weird though and only has one ceremony a year. It was at Benaroya Hall and was nice as ceremonies go. It was nice to see Michelle and some of my other school peeps. We were all able to receive congrats from our Program Chair during the ceremony which was cool since our Program Chair is now Doug who just happened to be one of our fave instructors. My family was there along with Heather, Joanna, and Godfrey so that was nice. There was a reception at the school, but we only went there for a little bit. We ended up going to Cactus over in Madison Park (which is one of my fave places in Seattle) for dinner. When we were finishing up with dinner I looked up and who should come in...Doug. I thought that was pretty funny. No matter where the man goes he can't get away from his students.
What else has been going on? Oh! Trina and David's greyhound Tigger went missing awhile back. Luckily, she had only made it as far as a few streets away and she's now safely back home. Yay! Oh ...Sarah and Greg bought their first house! I'm so happy for them! They've been wanting to buy a house for awhile now, but were having problems finding one in Seattle. Their house is like a brand new one and has that new house smell. Okay...so I don't know if that's a real smell, but that's what the house smells like. The house is really nice and somewhow seems very them. They are near I-90 now so they are much closer to me now. Yay!
On the work front...when I got back last Monday I found out that Mike was leaving and got a new job down in Marketing. You know...I was just getting used to Bryan being gone since he left the company just before I went to Maui. I'm happy for Mike, but I feel a little sad. Yeah he's crazy to work with, but he's such a nice guy and he is the one who trained me back when I started in the department.
Oh my mom went in for a CT scan yesterday. She's been having some problems and the doctors haven't been able to figure it out. We're just waiting on the results and hoping it's nothing too serious. She has seriously not had a good last few years healthwise.
I know I'm jumping around...but I can't believe Thanksgiving is just around the corner! Navan called a few days ago and said he's flying up for Thanksgiving. I think Thanksgiving will be a lot different this year. No Dan this year. It will be nice because Thanksgivings with him were always so miserable and/or tense.
Okay...so I think I've done enough rambling for one day!
October 29, 2006
October 21, 2006
Almost paradise...
Okay so... I recently returned from my trip to Maui for Nifer & Jeff's wedding. How was paradise you ask? Well the trip was more eventful than I had thought it would be.
The first few days in Maui were wonderful! Beautiful beaches, warm temperature, lots of sunshine, relaxation, and endless things to do. Mar even flew over from the Big Island so that we could spend some time together. Which made the trip even better. The day of the wedding we heard word that there might be a storm brewing and heading our way. Fortunately, there was only some slight overcast skies which actually helped us all not to melt from the heat. The wedding went smoothly and the whole day was great. Later that night, Mar & I made some plans for the next day not knowing what was ahead.
Sunday morning at around 7:08AM, I woke up to feel the bed shaking underneath me. I looked around and everything around me was shaking. I listened for sounds and only heard silence. No sounds from the birds which I learned is never a good sign on the island. Finally, the shaking stopped. I jumped from bed and pulled the door open and called to Mar asking him what was going on. He sat up and looked at me and said "Earthquake!" Just as he was saying that... shaking began for the 2nd time. After the shaking stopped this time, we both walked to my front window and pulled the drapes open to look at the ocean. We were both thinking the same thing... tsunami? At this point I seriously was cursing the fact that I had selected an ocean front condo and that I was on the 1st floor.
We tried to get some more info, but realized that all the power was out. Mar called around to people he knew on the island and on his island. I ended up calling Gina to see if she was near the internet to give us more info. A big thank you to all of Mar's buddies and Gina for their help in getting us info and keeping us updated! We found out that there had been 3 earthquakes and like 14 aftershocks that stemmed from the area around Kona on the Big Island. The quake that woke us was a 6.6 magnitude.
Anyway, Mar & I ventured out to go to breakfast to get our minds of things. Unfortunately, we realized there was no power anywhere. We headed to the one place we knew might have generators... the grocery store. That was a sight to behold! The store was dark, but the registers were on back-up generators. I swear half the town was in there and buying anything and everything like it was the end of the world. We ended up going back to the condo to see if power was back. We then heard on the radio that the entire island had no power and the power was pretty much out on ALL the islands. Poor Mar had a flight out that day. He had to wait about 7 hours before his flight actually left Maui and then had a few hours in Honolulu which had no power and storms that day.
We luckily got power back in Maui later in the day and were able to go to a nice bday dinner for David at Stella Blues. So the day may have ended up a little shaky (pardon the pun)... but ended up okay.
Monday morning, I woke up to the silence again. Then I realize that I'm hearing heavy, heavy rain. I turn on the tv and there is a flash flood warning in effect for Maui. I start thinking....boy this trip keeps getting better and better! Well to sum up the day... we had major constant rainfall all day. There was some rockslides, mudslides, flooding, etc. as a result of the rain and the earthquake from the day before. They even closed the road to the airport. I went where I could and tried to do things that weren't impacted by the weather. Luckily, the weather finally let up in the evening.
So Tuesday morning I wasn't sure what to expect. It was the day I was leaving. Guess what? Sunny skies and warm weather and no signs that the last few days had happened. Go figure! At least I got to enjoy some sunshine on my last day.
The first few days in Maui were wonderful! Beautiful beaches, warm temperature, lots of sunshine, relaxation, and endless things to do. Mar even flew over from the Big Island so that we could spend some time together. Which made the trip even better. The day of the wedding we heard word that there might be a storm brewing and heading our way. Fortunately, there was only some slight overcast skies which actually helped us all not to melt from the heat. The wedding went smoothly and the whole day was great. Later that night, Mar & I made some plans for the next day not knowing what was ahead.
Sunday morning at around 7:08AM, I woke up to feel the bed shaking underneath me. I looked around and everything around me was shaking. I listened for sounds and only heard silence. No sounds from the birds which I learned is never a good sign on the island. Finally, the shaking stopped. I jumped from bed and pulled the door open and called to Mar asking him what was going on. He sat up and looked at me and said "Earthquake!" Just as he was saying that... shaking began for the 2nd time. After the shaking stopped this time, we both walked to my front window and pulled the drapes open to look at the ocean. We were both thinking the same thing... tsunami? At this point I seriously was cursing the fact that I had selected an ocean front condo and that I was on the 1st floor.
We tried to get some more info, but realized that all the power was out. Mar called around to people he knew on the island and on his island. I ended up calling Gina to see if she was near the internet to give us more info. A big thank you to all of Mar's buddies and Gina for their help in getting us info and keeping us updated! We found out that there had been 3 earthquakes and like 14 aftershocks that stemmed from the area around Kona on the Big Island. The quake that woke us was a 6.6 magnitude.
Anyway, Mar & I ventured out to go to breakfast to get our minds of things. Unfortunately, we realized there was no power anywhere. We headed to the one place we knew might have generators... the grocery store. That was a sight to behold! The store was dark, but the registers were on back-up generators. I swear half the town was in there and buying anything and everything like it was the end of the world. We ended up going back to the condo to see if power was back. We then heard on the radio that the entire island had no power and the power was pretty much out on ALL the islands. Poor Mar had a flight out that day. He had to wait about 7 hours before his flight actually left Maui and then had a few hours in Honolulu which had no power and storms that day.
We luckily got power back in Maui later in the day and were able to go to a nice bday dinner for David at Stella Blues. So the day may have ended up a little shaky (pardon the pun)... but ended up okay.
Monday morning, I woke up to the silence again. Then I realize that I'm hearing heavy, heavy rain. I turn on the tv and there is a flash flood warning in effect for Maui. I start thinking....boy this trip keeps getting better and better! Well to sum up the day... we had major constant rainfall all day. There was some rockslides, mudslides, flooding, etc. as a result of the rain and the earthquake from the day before. They even closed the road to the airport. I went where I could and tried to do things that weren't impacted by the weather. Luckily, the weather finally let up in the evening.
So Tuesday morning I wasn't sure what to expect. It was the day I was leaving. Guess what? Sunny skies and warm weather and no signs that the last few days had happened. Go figure! At least I got to enjoy some sunshine on my last day.
October 8, 2006
After a long hiatus...
Okay so it's been awhile since I've posted on here. To be honest...I actually forgot I even started this blog. What's worse is that I discovered a few days ago that there were like 3-4 other similar online journals, diaries, etc that I'd started at various times and had forgotten about. So in case you couldn't guess it...I have a short attention span and some of my memory is not so good.
So what is the point of all my rambling you ask? Well it was simply to explain the mega long hiatus and to explain that I have decided to try this again.
Well let's see...where should I start? I guess anywhere since it's been way too long anyway to pick up where I left off. Recently, I've been thinking a lot about what I want to do with my life and where I'm going. For the last few months I've felt sort of trapped and that my life had become stagnant. I started to think that maybe it was just me and this is how everyone else felt. Kind of a depressing thought huh?
Anyway...I hung out with my friend Jen the other night and we had a really long discussion about life and the future. Well I guess that Jen had been feeling like I did and that her life had become stagnant. We both realized that part of it was the fact that we both had graduated and were now in limbo. I guess when you're going to school you feel like your life is moving forward and you're working towards a more positive future. Now there are so many more questions. Where do I go from here? What path should I choose?
One of my instructors once told me that the more I learned...the more I would realize how little I knew. I really think he was right. I thought that once I got my degree I'd have all the answers for myself. I realize just how wrong I was about that. It seems now that the world is full of so many more possibilities and I just don't know which way to go.
The good thing that came out of my discussion with Jen is that we both kind of felt like we inspired eachother. I think I am determined to make some definite decisions about my life when I get back from my trip to Maui. So I guess we'll see what happens!
Ciao for now!
So what is the point of all my rambling you ask? Well it was simply to explain the mega long hiatus and to explain that I have decided to try this again.
Well let's see...where should I start? I guess anywhere since it's been way too long anyway to pick up where I left off. Recently, I've been thinking a lot about what I want to do with my life and where I'm going. For the last few months I've felt sort of trapped and that my life had become stagnant. I started to think that maybe it was just me and this is how everyone else felt. Kind of a depressing thought huh?
Anyway...I hung out with my friend Jen the other night and we had a really long discussion about life and the future. Well I guess that Jen had been feeling like I did and that her life had become stagnant. We both realized that part of it was the fact that we both had graduated and were now in limbo. I guess when you're going to school you feel like your life is moving forward and you're working towards a more positive future. Now there are so many more questions. Where do I go from here? What path should I choose?
One of my instructors once told me that the more I learned...the more I would realize how little I knew. I really think he was right. I thought that once I got my degree I'd have all the answers for myself. I realize just how wrong I was about that. It seems now that the world is full of so many more possibilities and I just don't know which way to go.
The good thing that came out of my discussion with Jen is that we both kind of felt like we inspired eachother. I think I am determined to make some definite decisions about my life when I get back from my trip to Maui. So I guess we'll see what happens!
Ciao for now!
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