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The day started with my slight rut of yesterday continuing on to this morning, and with the threat of snow coming I felt a bit "meh" this morning. Then I got a text message. No, not one saying someone fantastic wants to hire me, although being hired by text would be awesome. Actually, it was a text from my amazing baking friend Joy, who lives in sunny LA.
As you can see in the text she must have been keeping tabs on me lately and realized I needed a vacation in the sun, and so she reached out to me. After talking to Husband and the snow coming and going like 5 times today, a flight to LA was booked to spend four, what I can only assume will be fabulous days, with Ms. Joy. I can't wait!
It's funny, because after my flight was booked I then found and applied for a job, and ate a fortune cookie that said "your day shall go well tomorrow," which I have all the faith in the world in.
So thank you Joy for the Joyful outlook to my day and I can't wait to come to LA in two weeks, but what shoes will I wear.
Until next time....
Today, I was trying to pull myself out of a slight "I'm turning 31 next week" birthday rut. So in addition to contract work and the non-existent jobs in my search today, I decided to get creative today.
This creativity lead to the necklace to your left. The best part is what the metal-coin-like object is really purposed for. The mystery piece is a Spark Plug Gap Chart. Yes, the very same item one would use to measure spark plugs. This came into my possession when Husband and I were cleaning up his office Saturday, and the rest is history.
Let me know what you think.
Until next time......
Today I did something I thought I would never do. I sat in the Ikea "restaurant" for an hour and fifteen minutes. This fun filled time came about because Husband and I were looking for a large, slightly modern looking table for his office. The problem was we agreed on the style, but not the price and went to Ikea searching for the "perfect" table that might bridge the gap between price and looks.
So we arrived in the As-Is section at 11am on the Friday before Presidents Day where yes we did find the prefect table for $62, and all it needs is a little coat of paint, perfect. Here is where it gets sticky, and I'm not talking about the Ikea cinnamon rolls.
We decide to purchase the table and realize it won't fit in our car. I figure Ikea has this problem all the time and would let us purchase said table, put a sold sign on it, and we would go get the larger car. Clearly my logic and Ikea's didn't jive, and the Ikea man suggested one of us stay with the table while the other gets the right car. With no other options we decide that yes, this is what must be done. So I was nominated, by default of not knowing the most efficient way home, to stay. So Husband left while I waited.
Things I learned while in the Ikea "restaurant" for an hour and 15 minutes:
1. Ikea, or maybe the Swedish in general, hate gluten free people.
2. Ikea, or yet maybe the Swedish again, really like to make people fat.
3. The general public really likes Swedish meatballs.
4. Between 11am and noon a lot of babies go to Ikea.
5. Ikea potato chips are not very good. Do Swedish people not know how to make good potato chips?
6. When small children walk and try to eat at the same time they lose all other senses and run into things like our new perfect table.
7. When small children eat and walk they also look like they are drunk, which I think is funny.
Side note: I also thought it was funny when the"inebriated" child ran into the table. It's not my fault it's not as if the table jumped out at her it was standing completely still and is stark white.
Until next time.....
What up, what up, guess what I did today? I signed up for the Rock and Roll half marathon in June. Yes, although I swore I would never do another one after my first one this last November, I have decided, with the encouragement of my friend Kevin, to do it again.
Registering for my crazy race, was done in between eating fortune cookies, making shelves out of books (you heard me right) and searching for jobs, that today did not seem to exist. The reason of mentioning the fortune cookies is because the fortunes to your left. I believe they are a sign for jobs to come.
Until next time...
Hi, yes I'm back. Please excuse my hiatus I was moving and with Husband being in London I decided it would be easier to not have to write a daily blog.
Today I had a meeting with the fantastic Kate at her new space at 6th and Union.Mine and Husbands new living location is now closer to downtown, so I decided I wanted to see how long it would take to walk. Why I decided to choose to walk in rain, I'm not sure, but hey it's Seattle it's what we do. So I walked in the rain and realized it only takes me 15 minutes and one near account of death by car in a crosswalk.
My meeting went well. I then picked Husband up some tee-shirts at Urban Outfitter and found they are now using reusable bags as their bags, which is really cool, and oh so earth friendly. I also took a little visit to my other contracting responsibility to pick up my paycheck and then walked home and looked for jobs.
It seems the job market has picked up a bit and I was actually able to apply for two today, with one waiting for application in the wings. So let's keep our fingers crossed.
Just a note about all my walking today. I had my hair cut and colored last Tuesday and she gave me the white person afro I always wanted. So today when it was pouring rain I just pulled my white person afro back in a few bobby pins, but still afro like and I looked good, I view today as a plus, plus on all levels.
Boy it's good to be back.
Until next time....
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