Welcome to South Park, CA!!

Hello there!!!!! So I've finally made it!!! I moved to my new place over the weekend!!!! I could not be happier!!! This house is so cool (100 yrs old), the roomies are awesome, the neighborhood is cool and I have nice neighbors (yes...I met neighbors!!! Go figure!!!!) I'm so happy. I Started lugging stuff the second I got off work Friday and didn't stop until 830 Sunday night. A HUGE thank you to my Squishy. You are amazing and I don't know what I'd do without you! I'm sorry for the grumpy panda I become when moving. As happy as one can be to move...moving still SUCKS!!! That being said...I'm finally here. Welcome to South Park! Not to be confused with North Park...gotta keep it straight. ;-) South Park has a feel of the Highlands and Wash Park. Cool old houses, restaurants, shops, bars, very urban, right outside downtown and only 15 min to the beach. :-). How can I complain with any of that?! I have a little bit of a commute now, but to be honest, I kinda like it. It gives me time to enjoy some quite, or call and harass my Texans and Louisiana buddies. :-) I miss you guys!!! Bryan said I should plan a trip for October when your state birds die off (seeing that they ate me alive last time i was there!!!) so pencil me in guys. So this weekend, I plan to become domestic again. Trips to Von's, Target, Home Depot and Bed Bath & Beyond are in my near future. I have to get some color on these walls...and curtains...yep, gotta have those...and rugs for the hardwood floors. Plus, I'm having shopping withdrawals, so this is a duel purpose domestication weekend. It's good to have a plan. Heehee I already got promoted at my second job..with a raise and everything!! Lol, I'm now the door unlocker AND locker...yep, look out people, I'm moving up in the world...and only after 2 working days on the job!! All joking aside though, I can't believe how lucky I am to have found this other job. He's already talking about giving me projects and extra hours which would be great for experience and for my wallet. It's almost like I'm actually supposed to be in California! Lol Weirrrrrrd I'm exhausted, so I'm gonna wrap it up for now, but I wanted to get you up to speed. Life is so good. I'm glad I'm here. Even with the bumps in the road, at least I have a funny story to tell when I'm old about the time I moved to California. Shoot for the moon! Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars. If you're not happy with something in your life, change it! Life is too short to be unhappy. Night night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite. Love you, miss you!!! E

The Pink Cup

Hello!!! So is blogging like a diary you're supposed to write in every day, or just a place to vent/talk/dream, etc. when the moment strikes? I'm going to use it for the latter. :-) Until I'm told otherwise at least. So some good things are coming down the pipe!! Moving in a few days!!! I can't wait to have a place to settle into!!! And maybe have a cocktail party or something on the awesome Cali patio?! Yes please!!! Started a new part time job today! Just working a few nights a week making phone calls. Oddly enough, the president of this company knows one of my new bosses, AND this company does event planning!! Seems like every part of my life will revolve around events and hospitality. Lol even the new roomie works at an event venue. I love it!!! My job at RBI has been crazy!! I love it and I love the people I work with. There are so many pieces to it! I really wasn't expecting it to be this challenging, but i definitely welcome it. The days FLY by. I can't wait to master everything so I can relax a bit. It's only been a month, but I feel like I should have all the answers. No I'm not a control freak! Psh!! As-if!! How could you....Ok, maybe I am a little...don't rub it in... I made myself a sticky note reminder to just relax. Sticky notes have magic powers, so it's all good. Heehee And now for the pink cup. Sooooooo, my AWESOMELY, NON-AWESOME soon to be FORMER roommate seems to have an issue with my pink bathroom cup. I don't know what my pink cup ever did to her, but she really hates it. I came home the other night and the cup is knocked over. Weird, but whatever, I pick the cup up. 20 min later, walk by the bathroom, cup knocked over again. Strange! 30 min after that, poor pink cup has been knocked over again. Are you for real dude?? All I can picture is a little kid who wants soooo badly to pitch a complete fit and break something, but he knows he'll get beat for it, so instead he knocks a cup over just to prove something. Hahahahaha, ok. So I come home Monday night and the bloody pink cup is knocked over again!!!! So now, I'm on a mission. I think everyday from now until Sunday, I just do something to the cup. Velcro it to the counter? Put a drink umbrella in it? Sticky tacky it to the mirror?? I mean, I gotta play along at this point. I'd like to say this is cheap entertainment, but I had to pay rent this month, so it's not cheap!! Lol Anywhoodles, just thought I'd pass along a laugh. It's made me laugh at least. Gonna say good-night now. Meanwhile, Any blogging tips and/or rules are welcomed!! Along with ideas for the pink cup. :-) Hope you're having a great week!!! Love you! Miss you! E

Welcome to Hotel California!!!

So this is my new life in California. I thought as crazy as this has already been and since I'm away from my friends now, maybe I should try this blogging thing. So here it goes kids. So what brings you to Cali? Whelp, once upon a time...November 2011...I've been laid off from my awesome job in CO and find myself trying to figure out what I wanted out of life. Tired of being laid off, I did a little soul searching to really decide what I wanted to do. I've always been very good with events, I'm great with people, I'm free for adventure at this point in my life, so where do I go with all of that? With the help of a number of awesome friends, my family and some aqcuaintences, I started going crazy networking. Skipping forward, one of those emails finally paid off and I find myself deciding on picking up my life and chasing my dreams, or taking the safe route and staying put. Yeah...I'm not much for the road most traveled, so after lots of praying, and talking to people, I decided to take the leap and head west! 3 weeks to lease my Denver apartment, find a place to live in CA and move my booty to San Diego. That was probably the hardest three weeks of my life....well, up until I got here!! But we'll get to that. What better way to start your adventure of moving to CA than a stop in Vegas on your way!! So with the help of my AMAZING friend, Holly, we loaded up and hit the road!!! (that's all I can say about Vegas...you know what they say...) Rules are rules!! But we had a blast! So great to have such supportive friends in my life. Also, lucky for me I have an amazing family and brothers that love me...so my awesome brother BJ and my honey pie, Ryan loaded up a truck with all my stuff and brought it put to me. Thank you guys so much!!! I love you and I'm so lucky to have you!! So here I am, we got to CA safe and sound...and that's when the craziness began. Where do I even begin? Let me say this for sure...don't move in with people you've never met!!!! I know I didn't have a lot of time to work with, but holy crap, I've never felt so duped in my life!!! These people are INSANE!!!!! I can't get over it. So about 2 hours after I met these clowns, I knew this was already a place I had to get out of. Life is way too short to be unhappy, so I've been looking for a place to live since I got to CA. Lucky for me, my boss had a friend looking for a new roomie. Great news for me! So we met up and she's awesome, so I'll be moving in less than 2 weeks now. I CAN'T WAIT!!!!! A huge weight is already coming off my shoulders. I will finally be able to enjoy and relax and just live my new life. I'm so excited. My job is awesome!!!! I'm so Blessed to have this opportunity. I'm working really hard to learn as much as I can so I can make my way up the ladder. It's cool to have an actual career path now. I've loved most of my jobs up to this point, but I've never really been sure where any of them were going. Now I have a goal that I'm shooting for and I'm gonna do my darnedest to get it!!! That's the last month or so in a nutshell. Crazy people, home for Christmas, LA for New Years Eve, friends coming to see me and getting ready to move again. I need a nap, that's for sure!! I'll fill in the gaps of crazy in the days to come, but that's where I'll leave it for now. Welcome to Cali. Can't wait for the awesome adventures that are waiting for me. And I can't wait to tell you all about it. Love you all! Miss you a TON!!! E