Rainy days and Mondays always get me down... Not so much the rainy days, but definitely the Mondays, but I am working on fixing that. Also, it isnt't rainy today, in fact it's a gorgeous, crisp fall day. The bike ride to work this morning was rather chilly, but bearable (afterall, I need to enjoy it while I can before it is dark all the freaking time!) Thank goodness for scarves and warm hoodies... Need some gloves or mittens or something though....
Monday doesn't sting nearly as much when I can reflect on the awesome happenings of the weekend. Friday after work Collin and I went and did our weekly "necessity" grocery shopping (as in milk, eggs, bread, lettuce etc.). Saturday we slept in until almost 9:30! Which is extremely late for us these days, since Collin has been getting up for work at 4am. Friday was his last day working that shift. They moved him to a 9am-6pm position, so now he gets up with me, and the timing works out perfect so that we can share our one bathroom easily. Back to the weekend adventure sharing...
So, Saturday we got up, had breakfast, and then went about rearranging the bedroom and tidying up the rest of the house. It's insane how one simple change such as turning the bed ninety degrees can totally change the entire feel of a room. The bedroom now flows much better... I'll have to post pictures at some point... Downside to the change was that our current nightstands didn't fit between the walls and bed so we had to go hunt down some narrow nightstands. (We also decided it was time to invest in a bed skirt so that our whore of a bed wasn't giving away all her goods, LOL!) We went to Target, no luck; ShopKo, no luck; and then out of desperation we were going to go to WalMart (which I have no beef with, just I HATE going there on a weekend afternoon!), but then I remembered there is also this nifty forgotten place called K-Mart. We went to K-Mart and scored a cheap set of night stands that work perfectly in the corners by the bed! Phew!
Saturday night we were going to go to a party at Duffy's Hanger (a bar by the airport), but when we got there it was so overwhelmingly packed and NO parking left in like a two block radius. We figured we were dressed and amped up to do something so we headed out to Your Break (a bar with pool tables and other games) in Silverton (aka the Tron) and played some pool. It had been a good two plus years since we had played pool, and we were both a little rusty. Collin had a couple beers and I had a couple sodas (I didn't feel like drinking since I would need to drive back to Salem), and had a great time. We left just before midnight and decided we wanted pumpkin pie (I had been craving it since one of our friends had posted about pumpkin pie on Facebook) and I wanted a new sweatshirt. So, we went to the only place one can go for sweatshirts and pumpkin pie in the middle of the night: WAL-MART! I got a super warm, soft, 'n' cuddly gray pullover hoody and Collin got a navy blue one, and then we picked up a pumpkin pie and went home. We each had a slice and then went to bed... It was about 1:30ish...
Sunday morning came, we had breakfast, then we did some dinner prep for last night's and tonight's dinner. After that was done and we had cleaned up we went to SPIRIT the Halloween shop that pops up this time of year to get some new decorations. We got some awesome stuff and after we decorate next weekend there will be pictures. We watched a movie and went for a bike ride at the park, and then spent the rest of the day relaxing.
It was a great weekend. Who knows what next weekend will have in store for us.... I kind of do, because we need to do our "monthly" grocery shopping, and I want to put up all the Halloween stuff (I heart my husband's birthday!!!), and Friday night I am having my co-workers over maybe... But who knows what other antics will arise!
Monday, October 11, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
The Outdoor Misadventures of Him and I: Part 1
Two weeks ago we went to the park for our typical evening bike ride. When we got to Minto Brown and unloaded the bikes I made a shocking discovery. My back tire (on my bike, not the truck!) was flat! *epic sad face*
We decided to load the bikes back up and go for a walk instead. We decided to walk down to the river's edge, and once there we decided to take a trail that we had seen on the map, but had never explored (I figured it would be good since it was a soft surface trail). Mind you, it was after six, and cloudy to boot. As we plodded along we were expecting to come across a clearing that would loop us right back to the parking lot... We kept trudging on and on but never finding the expected clearing and it was steadily getting dimmer. At one point we reached an opening in the trees and brush where some power-lines ran perpendicular to the path and out across a field. Both of us looked out across the field and it hit us... We had no effing clue where we were in the park!
Well, we sort of knew, but it was unknown to us. We kept walking through the trees and Collin was beginning to think we had walked through a wormhole and ended up in WWI Germany... Thankfully we finally found this unexpected visitor info center outpost thingy, but there was no map... At first glance. We managed to find a "map" of sorts and figured out where the hell we were, which was a lot farther than we had expected to go. To get back to the truck we had to go past a compost/old landfill that smelled horrid and then walk on pavement through the woods as it was getting ever darker and darker.
To add to the terror of the darkening parks (we have met some crazies on the paths in the park in broad daylight so dusk/dark was cah-reepy!) my poor pinkie toe on the right foot was rubbing just wrong against my sock and shoe...
I started repeating the mantra in my head, "Just make it back to the truck... Just make it back to the truck... I will not miss the season premiere of Grey's Anatomy because of this!!!"
We made it back to the truck unscathed (apart from my raw pinkie toe) and it was only 7:20.... Thank god the dinner that night was straight forward and easy.
This is just one of our many (mis)adventures at Minto Brown... There are more to share, and I am sure more to experience!
We decided to load the bikes back up and go for a walk instead. We decided to walk down to the river's edge, and once there we decided to take a trail that we had seen on the map, but had never explored (I figured it would be good since it was a soft surface trail). Mind you, it was after six, and cloudy to boot. As we plodded along we were expecting to come across a clearing that would loop us right back to the parking lot... We kept trudging on and on but never finding the expected clearing and it was steadily getting dimmer. At one point we reached an opening in the trees and brush where some power-lines ran perpendicular to the path and out across a field. Both of us looked out across the field and it hit us... We had no effing clue where we were in the park!
Well, we sort of knew, but it was unknown to us. We kept walking through the trees and Collin was beginning to think we had walked through a wormhole and ended up in WWI Germany... Thankfully we finally found this unexpected visitor info center outpost thingy, but there was no map... At first glance. We managed to find a "map" of sorts and figured out where the hell we were, which was a lot farther than we had expected to go. To get back to the truck we had to go past a compost/old landfill that smelled horrid and then walk on pavement through the woods as it was getting ever darker and darker.
To add to the terror of the darkening parks (we have met some crazies on the paths in the park in broad daylight so dusk/dark was cah-reepy!) my poor pinkie toe on the right foot was rubbing just wrong against my sock and shoe...
I started repeating the mantra in my head, "Just make it back to the truck... Just make it back to the truck... I will not miss the season premiere of Grey's Anatomy because of this!!!"
We made it back to the truck unscathed (apart from my raw pinkie toe) and it was only 7:20.... Thank god the dinner that night was straight forward and easy.
This is just one of our many (mis)adventures at Minto Brown... There are more to share, and I am sure more to experience!
I Have Never Enjoyed Juggling...
Too much.... Way too much going on all at once... I know the picture blogging was an epic fail. It figured that after deciding I was going to do that I would have things to blog about that weren't easily conveyed through pictures...
A big piece of news is that I have had an epiphany with regards to my job and the future of my career. (I kind of already knew this but...) I deserve much better than the place I am at, and there is no reason I can't achieve better. I have begun looking for better opportunities. If I find something soon, it would be awesome. I am tired, ALL THE TIME. This place has become such a drain on me mentally, physically, and emotionally. I believe the technical term would be depression.
I recently read an article that talked about "Six Signs It's Time To Find A Better Job," and one of the signs alarmingly applied to me: "If you frequently have nightmares about your job/workplace." Well, thats me and my job in a nutshell.
Oh, and for the first time ever I terminated an employee. It was difficult and regardless of the situation it is something I don't think anyone would ever want to do.
In other news, Collin is doing well at his assignment in Portland, but we still have no definites about how long, or if it will become permanent.
It is just one of the many things that are constantly on my mind. I like consistancy and not knowing how long his position will last is unnerving, especially when coupled with me wanting to change jobs. But, I never did see myself as someone who would have everything come to me easily. I know all will work out as it should, when it should.
This last weekend was awesome. Collin and I had a great time on Saturday. We went to a Winterhawks game at the Rose Garden, and just had a blast. They lost, but it was still a great game. Went to a shoot out, so it wasn't like they got stomped on in the first period or something.
Hurry up and wait. I am tired of that. I feel like everything is on hold while waiting for certain things to fall into place, and I am tired of it. I am retaking control of my future.
Ugh, I don't like going through temp agencies for work if I can avoid it. One of the biggest difficulties I will have in this process is scheduling interviews and such. I NEVER miss work, or take time off.... For anything... So how will I go about this without raising the alarm to the owners of my company? I guess I will figure it out...
I am sure there will be happier posts to come.
A big piece of news is that I have had an epiphany with regards to my job and the future of my career. (I kind of already knew this but...) I deserve much better than the place I am at, and there is no reason I can't achieve better. I have begun looking for better opportunities. If I find something soon, it would be awesome. I am tired, ALL THE TIME. This place has become such a drain on me mentally, physically, and emotionally. I believe the technical term would be depression.
I recently read an article that talked about "Six Signs It's Time To Find A Better Job," and one of the signs alarmingly applied to me: "If you frequently have nightmares about your job/workplace." Well, thats me and my job in a nutshell.
Oh, and for the first time ever I terminated an employee. It was difficult and regardless of the situation it is something I don't think anyone would ever want to do.
In other news, Collin is doing well at his assignment in Portland, but we still have no definites about how long, or if it will become permanent.
It is just one of the many things that are constantly on my mind. I like consistancy and not knowing how long his position will last is unnerving, especially when coupled with me wanting to change jobs. But, I never did see myself as someone who would have everything come to me easily. I know all will work out as it should, when it should.
This last weekend was awesome. Collin and I had a great time on Saturday. We went to a Winterhawks game at the Rose Garden, and just had a blast. They lost, but it was still a great game. Went to a shoot out, so it wasn't like they got stomped on in the first period or something.
Hurry up and wait. I am tired of that. I feel like everything is on hold while waiting for certain things to fall into place, and I am tired of it. I am retaking control of my future.
Ugh, I don't like going through temp agencies for work if I can avoid it. One of the biggest difficulties I will have in this process is scheduling interviews and such. I NEVER miss work, or take time off.... For anything... So how will I go about this without raising the alarm to the owners of my company? I guess I will figure it out...
I am sure there will be happier posts to come.
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