Updating the old blog

(As requested by my sister, I will now be cross-posting entries from my Livejournal here, so that everyone can comment.)

This is going to be totally random and stream-of-consciousness. Deal with it. :)


1. Car - My car was parked on the street over Easter weekend while James and I went up to Porterville (more on that later) and someone sideswiped it or backed into it or something. Anyway, they didn't leave a note, and the driver's side door and the panel over the driver's side wheel are both bashed in. I haven't taken it in for an estimate yet. Bonus: my insurance won't cover anything. Yaaayy.

2. Bikes - speaking of breaking things, I had a cheapo bike that I bought on Craigslist that was too small for me and too hard to pedal, so James gave me his old bike. We've been going on bike rides down at the beach. Then I broke the bike by shifting going up a hill and the little sproingy sprocket thing on the back wheel that moves the chain bent up and around and somehow got lodged in the spokes of the wheel. It's completely busted. BUT when we were in Porterville we told his parents what happened and his mom gave me her bike!! Oo, I need to write a thank-you note for that! Anyway, the bike rides can continue, yaaay!

3. Easter - We drove up to Porterville for Easter, but James was fighting an awful cold. He slept most of Saturday. It was nice to be up there and visiting with his family, but it was a bit odd to be mostly by myself at his house and keeping myself entertained by reading and listening to my ipod. I went out to lunch with his brothers, which was really nice. They're good guys, and lots of fun. And interestingly enough his mom let James and me share a room rather than having me across the hall from him. (The room has two twin beds.) His brothers didn't want to sleep with his snoring/sickness, so I did. I wonder if that'll happen again or if it's a one-time thing.

4. Sickness - James got really badly sick from this cold, he had to take last Monday off and he's still fighting it off. He's even on antibiotics and ear drops for a nasty ear infection. I got it too but not nearly as badly. I only had one real sick day and it didn't even matter since I'm not working. The worst couple days James took care of me by taking me out to dinner so I wouldn't have to cook or wash dishes or anything. Isn't he a sweetie?!?

5. Job - I had to fill out another application online for Raytheon, this time about all my employment history for the last ten years and agreeing to urine tests and stuff. I got a call today asking if it was done yet so they could send me my offer. I finished it today (remembering every little job I had at BU and in college was really annoying - especially tracking down all the addresses and phone numbers aaaand even remembering peoples' names) soooo I should be getting my offer soon.

6. Hike - yesterday James and Steve and I went on a hike with some of Steve's UCLA friends. It was a lot of fun and really great to be outdoors in the sunshine, but the hike was a bit more intense that we'd expected. Since James and I are still recovering from our cold, we fell behind on the hike pretty quickly. The path was very steep for long stretches as we climbed up these hills that rose above LA, up near Malibu. It was lovely, though. There were lots of wild flowers. Afterwards, we all went to a Mexican restaurant and had second lunch/dinner (it was about 4 pm). Mm, margaritas. I want to go out with James and get margaritas after my first day of work. Which shouldn't be too far off!!

7. No more baby - the neighbors next door with the baby that cried every morning at 5 AM have moved (YAY) and we got new neighbors. I made cupcakes for them but I need to frost them! And then give them. Yummmm, homemade vanilla buttermilk cupcakes.

I think that's about it for now...