it's the great pumpkin, charlie brown

you know I've realized that my peanuts references really do nothing for me in the town charles shulz built. I need to get back to Ziggy or Calvin and Hobbs. Anyway Halloween is fast approaching. This makes me excited and sad all at the same time. I like Halloween a lot, it is probably my second favorite holliday. When else could you not shower and dress up like a hobo or dress skanky and not be looked down on for it. Plus the excess of chocolate is always good. Tim and I bought a pumpkin to carve, put up orange and purple lights in the front yard and are planning to make luminaries to light our walk way to encourage children that even though or house faces an ally "Yes, we will give you candy!"

The evil part of halloween is that it's the gateway to the greater holliday season. This year I get to be completely alone for Thanksgiving and then I have to choose to either be with Tim or my family for Chrstmas.

So for now I must go. One week from today I have test number 2 for the new gig so wish me luck.

it's been awhile

A whirlwind two months...sorry for the lack of updates but I have been super busy, super stressed and most of the time way too emotional and as always borderline crazy. So I have met Tim's family (on a vacation in Oregon), become a registered representative and celebrated my one year anniversary with Tim (for which we went to Santa Barbara for the weekend) in that order. Work is, let's just say, challenging. I'm not convinced at all that this is what I want to do. For the moment though it is a good expirience to have.

So other than that what have I been upto? I have been taking in my spare time a tax prep class (hoping that I will be able to increase my cash flow during tax season-however it still has yet to be approved by Manager) and I have also begun my training to be a track star. Ok I'm kidding (sorta) Kel and I have been talking about it for awhile now but we are going to make it happen: The Walt Disney World Half Marathon in January 2009. So I literally have been "training" I've never really run at any point in my life so I'm trying this whole walk for awhile, then run for a while, repeat routine (my hip hurts by the way.) I have over a year so I know I can do it. I'll try to get some vacation pics up net time.

Because it's Saturday....

Almost every Saturday since I moved to California Tim sings me a little song in the morning about what you don't have to do like go to work or school and you can stay in bed all day "because its Saturday" the song makes me happy and now that I don't work on the weekends any more the song makes me more happy.

So I have now completed my first two weeks at my new job, mostly just studying to pass test and having to deal with being one of only three women that are financial advisors. So it can suck a lot. I'm looking forward to being done with my first big test at the end of september. The day I actually take the test is our one year anniversary so either i'll be double happy or really crabby.

I did, however, get a day off so I am going to Oregon with Tim's family at the end of this month.

Catharsis

It has long been my philoshopy that journaling is very healthy and helps you maintain your sanity. I have lost my sanity recently and so I've decided to try and blog more often for those of you who read this. Also I will actually write in my personal journal (something I have only done twice since moving to california). I just need to put it back in my routine.

On the work front, I'm now in my second week of work at my new firm. Last week was just bordem and not knowing what to do but now I feel I have a little more direction and I at least have my study materials for the series 7. I also sucessfully asked for the friday off before labor day so I'm going to Oregon for that weekend with Tim and his family.

To bed I go, but check back soon for more updates :)

Friday is Magic for Muggles!

I'm having mixed fellings as we approach the end happy that we'll know but sad that there won't be any more. I am refering to the last Harry Potter book (I'm being completely upfront about my dorkiness here). I also decided to go stand in line at midnight tomorrow so I can start reading earlier and finish over the weekend before I have to go back to WORK on monday.
Oh yes folks that was no typo, I did get that job and I actually heard back the very next day, so I am getting back into the grind after being unemployed for 2 months now. I'm nervous and excited all at once. Now all I have to do is get the guts up to ask for the friday before labor day weekend off so I can go with Tim to meet his parents.

Friday

Tick fricken tock! So Friday is the big day I find out from this super fantastic firm if the want me or not (I won't mention company names in my blog but I promise you've heard of it.) It is so hard to have an exact date and then comes the waiting. The exciting news is that if I get it then I will pack up my bags and go to Colorado for 5 days, if not I'm staying here to take the county's civil service exam. I'm trying to talk Tim into going to CO with me so I can show off my child hood. I met his niece so now it's time for him to meet my Katelyn, Tony and Michael. Oh and I threw in another picture from Lisa's visit, it is me and Tim and the japanese tea garden in Golden Gate Park.

I cannot be trusted...

...to blog in a timely fashion. even as I am unemployed and should have an abundance of time on my hands I seems to always have something to do. A month has passed and yes I still have not found gainful employment. I do have volunteer work I have been doing with a homeless women's drop in center, which has been rewarding and fun. I've missed volunteering since I left home. I especially miss the staff at LCM.
In other news, recently we had our first house guest since moving in to our new house, my best roommate ever from the college program came to stay with us for just under a week and while Lisa was here we also got to go see Ali in the City while he was there for a wedding. It was a nice mainstreet reunion. I will post some more pictures once I get them from Lisa, I gave up on my camera after a while out of sheer laziness. I will try and write again soon, I've sat down numerous times trying to blog and even have some drafts to finish one of these days but until then.