Monday, January 28, 2008
rain, rain go away
i must say that the rain lately has actually been somewhat refreshing. but i am getting a little tired of it. i guess i'd have a hard time where there is an actual monsoon season. but it seems to have slowed down. all i can say is that i'm glad i have the super intuitive four wheel drive anti-hydroplane stability thing on my car. otherwise all the driving i've been doing lately might have been a bit scarier. last night there were all kinds of weather warnings, like flood watches, thunderstorm warnings, tornado warnings, etc. honestly, i'd never heard of tornados on the coast before, but apparently there was one down by malibu. it didn't seem too bad where i'm at though. AND i got a handy dandy little gps thing now, so i won't get lost when i drive through la. yea me!
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
ok...
so, nobody's given any ideas for a name for my car... or commented on the photo. i thought for sure that would make anyone want to come visit me. come on, who wouldn't want to eat freshly picked strawberries with the backdrop of snow covered mountains? or on the beach? i'll take you in my new nameless car.
Monday, January 21, 2008
1:00am thoughts
i can't sleep. so i blog. although i'm not sure what to talk about. my life hasn't been to extremely exciting lately, except for traveling. i spent two weeks in new mexico, then a week in el centro, then a week in st. louis, and now i'm home for the weekend, and headed back to el centro this week. i love traveling, but it's getting a bit tiring. it's kind of weird to think about where life has led me so far. i never imagined that i would be doing what i am doing. i never thought of myself as a career woman, but i guess that's what i am. but don't be expecting any pant suits anytime soon. :)
recently a friend asked me why i chose the field that i'm working in at the moment. there's not really a straight answer to that. it's like asking someone why they like their favorite color. yeah, there are reasons like, it's bright, or it makes me happy, or it calms me down or whatever. and it may not be your favorite every single day. but it's still your favorite. maybe that analogy has problems, but i guess i chose to major in horticulture, because i liked it. simple, but true. i was struggling to choose, so i took classes in a number of different directions, but i really enjoyed my plant classes, so i decided to stick with that. then as i finished school, went on a mission, and was looking for a job, i still wanted to be involved with plants. to me, it's pretty amazing to be involved with the process of life. a tiny seed comes to life, grows into a plant, which provides beauty and nourishment for all of us. and then the cycle starts over. i love being around that life, the idea of creation, to watch it all happen. i suppose you could do that in other fields of work, but this is the direction i took. i'm still working on the career path that i'm taking, but for now, this is where i am.
in a slight change of subject, as i was riding in the shuttle from the airport on friday, i realized that i may finally feel at home here. i think it took awhile for me to get used to all the people around, it still gets to me sometimes. i'm definitely a small town girl and driving through the city is quite different from what i was used to. but as we drove along the coast, i felt lucky to be here. i know there are ups and downs to this place, but at that moment, i didn't care about the downs. maybe it was because somebody else was driving. :) maybe i'm finally able to let go of whatever was holding me back. maybe i could finally get past the drawbacks to see the good. maybe i'm just in a more postivie mood... i guess what i'm saying is that life is good right now. 2008 is going to be a good year, i can feel it.
by the way, i bought a new car. a glacier blue honda crv. i'll try to get a pic of it on here sometime. i'm on the lookout for a name for my new baby, if anyone has ideas...
recently a friend asked me why i chose the field that i'm working in at the moment. there's not really a straight answer to that. it's like asking someone why they like their favorite color. yeah, there are reasons like, it's bright, or it makes me happy, or it calms me down or whatever. and it may not be your favorite every single day. but it's still your favorite. maybe that analogy has problems, but i guess i chose to major in horticulture, because i liked it. simple, but true. i was struggling to choose, so i took classes in a number of different directions, but i really enjoyed my plant classes, so i decided to stick with that. then as i finished school, went on a mission, and was looking for a job, i still wanted to be involved with plants. to me, it's pretty amazing to be involved with the process of life. a tiny seed comes to life, grows into a plant, which provides beauty and nourishment for all of us. and then the cycle starts over. i love being around that life, the idea of creation, to watch it all happen. i suppose you could do that in other fields of work, but this is the direction i took. i'm still working on the career path that i'm taking, but for now, this is where i am.
in a slight change of subject, as i was riding in the shuttle from the airport on friday, i realized that i may finally feel at home here. i think it took awhile for me to get used to all the people around, it still gets to me sometimes. i'm definitely a small town girl and driving through the city is quite different from what i was used to. but as we drove along the coast, i felt lucky to be here. i know there are ups and downs to this place, but at that moment, i didn't care about the downs. maybe it was because somebody else was driving. :) maybe i'm finally able to let go of whatever was holding me back. maybe i could finally get past the drawbacks to see the good. maybe i'm just in a more postivie mood... i guess what i'm saying is that life is good right now. 2008 is going to be a good year, i can feel it.
by the way, i bought a new car. a glacier blue honda crv. i'll try to get a pic of it on here sometime. i'm on the lookout for a name for my new baby, if anyone has ideas...
Monday, January 14, 2008
good fish
well, i should be doing some work, but i'm playing on the internet instead... but hey, i'm stuck in my hotel room in st louis and i figured i haven't posted in awhile. so yes, i'm in for another exciting week of statistics via powerpoint presentations. but at least this time, i got an upgrade in my room. i'm on the "club" level. i got a nice soft king bed, bottled water (in glass bottles) and all the fancy stuff like that. not to mention, we ate at this steak house tonight, where i got the salmon (i'm not much of a steak person). but i must say it was the best salmon i've ever had, grilled on a plank of cedar. mmm... followed by a luscious chocolate cheesecake. who'd have thought?
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
the office
Sweet as a well-stocked vending machine in the company break room, you're exactly the person people go to when they need a little pick-me-up from office politics and snooze-inducing meetings. Sure you can be a little shy, but that's exactly what makes you approachable in a sea of general nutcases. You show your true colors around the ones you really like.
Work may be a bit frustrating when you lie so low, but even a quiet type like you has the power to make it big. And you know, you don't have to play dirty to win — but it could be a little fun...
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