Hello again!
Once again, I find myself sitting in a computer lab on campus. Just like the old days. Except in the old days I was never drinking a beer. Why was I never drinking a beer?? I guess it's because I was never in the mechanical engineering lab. Or the civil engineering lab. You all thought engineers are huge dorks and/or geeks and/or nerds, right? Well, you're mostly right. However, it turns out there is also a subset that is pretty darn fun to hang out with too. One of them happens to be my boyfriend. He's running on three hours of sleep (with only five the night before) and trying to finish some homework assignment that he's been working on for some ungodly amount of hours. What's a girl with not a responsibility in the world to do to help out? Bring a six pack to the lab. I do what I can. Sometimes one just needs a beer.
Hello again, LiveJournal. Long time no see. I've just not been in the mood, really. It comes and goes with me, just sometimes it goes for longer than others. Let's see what's new...
I've recently decided to participate in the UW graduation ceremony. Oh wait, make that plural. Not only am I going to be at the Psych shindig, but I've also signed myself up for the school-wide, 18.5-hour-long, 28-or-more-speakers, no-personal-recognition, rain-or-shine-but-likely-rain University of Washington Graduation Ceremony. I pick up my cap and gown tomorrow afternoon. We shall ignore the fact that I graduated six months ago. You can't blame me for wanting some closure. Or at least a couple more parties.
Last weekend I spent Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in Chandler, Arizona. That's a suburb of Phoenix, for those of you who don't know. (I didn't until we got there.) Friday night was all about Ian's cousin's wedding, complete with an open bar, great food, and an entire half of Ian's extended family that I'd never met. The next two days consisted of sleeping in, laying by the pool in my bikini, slathering sunscreen on every exposed millimeter of skin, and drinking cocktails. And beer. And whatever else was within reach. It was hard. Ooh, also I beat Ian in mini-golf. The score was 60 to 65. I rule, even when I'm sweating like a pig (or whatever kind of animal sweats).
On the work front, Mejken and I have been kicking ass and taking names. After firing two employees (one brand new, one with almost more tenure than anyone else) for smoking pot at work when they had been told specifically not to again, we realized that we're really done being walked on and pushed around. We're in charge and now we're actually acting like it. Also, two of our employees with the most responsibility (one of which is an all-time fave of mine, sytske) have moved on to jobs at the corporate office. These things, combined with the fact that summer is nearly upon us, means five or six brand new employees in the store. As much as I don't like/feel confident in training, it's empowering to know that Mejken and I will have the store running the way we want it to. For the most part, at least. Hopefully.
Hmmm... what else...
I went "camping" (i.e. I got tricked into climbing a mountain) in April. It turned out great in the end, but there was definitely a point whilst breaking our own trail through four feet of snow in the middle of the night on the side of an actual mountain when I wasn't so sure I'd see the daylight. See Facebook for pictures. Ian and I spent St. Patrick's Day weekend in Vancouver, BC, Canada and witnessed Celtic Fest. The highlight of that trip was definitely meeting a couple of awesome Canadians while bowling on a crazy Canadian bowling lane (only five pins and little balls with no finger holes!) and going on the spend the whole evening with them buying us beer at their favorite swank Vancouver bar.
Um... I think I'm spent. Happy June, everyone! I've found that with spring and impending summer my mood has risen considerably and I'm grateful. Perhaps you'll hear from me again soon.
Hello again, LiveJournal. Long time no see. I've just not been in the mood, really. It comes and goes with me, just sometimes it goes for longer than others. Let's see what's new...
I've recently decided to participate in the UW graduation ceremony. Oh wait, make that plural. Not only am I going to be at the Psych shindig, but I've also signed myself up for the school-wide, 18.5-hour-long, 28-or-more-speakers, no-personal-recognition, rain-or-shine-but-likely-rain University of Washington Graduation Ceremony. I pick up my cap and gown tomorrow afternoon. We shall ignore the fact that I graduated six months ago. You can't blame me for wanting some closure. Or at least a couple more parties.
Last weekend I spent Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in Chandler, Arizona. That's a suburb of Phoenix, for those of you who don't know. (I didn't until we got there.) Friday night was all about Ian's cousin's wedding, complete with an open bar, great food, and an entire half of Ian's extended family that I'd never met. The next two days consisted of sleeping in, laying by the pool in my bikini, slathering sunscreen on every exposed millimeter of skin, and drinking cocktails. And beer. And whatever else was within reach. It was hard. Ooh, also I beat Ian in mini-golf. The score was 60 to 65. I rule, even when I'm sweating like a pig (or whatever kind of animal sweats).
On the work front, Mejken and I have been kicking ass and taking names. After firing two employees (one brand new, one with almost more tenure than anyone else) for smoking pot at work when they had been told specifically not to again, we realized that we're really done being walked on and pushed around. We're in charge and now we're actually acting like it. Also, two of our employees with the most responsibility (one of which is an all-time fave of mine, sytske) have moved on to jobs at the corporate office. These things, combined with the fact that summer is nearly upon us, means five or six brand new employees in the store. As much as I don't like/feel confident in training, it's empowering to know that Mejken and I will have the store running the way we want it to. For the most part, at least. Hopefully.
Hmmm... what else...
I went "camping" (i.e. I got tricked into climbing a mountain) in April. It turned out great in the end, but there was definitely a point whilst breaking our own trail through four feet of snow in the middle of the night on the side of an actual mountain when I wasn't so sure I'd see the daylight. See Facebook for pictures. Ian and I spent St. Patrick's Day weekend in Vancouver, BC, Canada and witnessed Celtic Fest. The highlight of that trip was definitely meeting a couple of awesome Canadians while bowling on a crazy Canadian bowling lane (only five pins and little balls with no finger holes!) and going on the spend the whole evening with them buying us beer at their favorite swank Vancouver bar.
Um... I think I'm spent. Happy June, everyone! I've found that with spring and impending summer my mood has risen considerably and I'm grateful. Perhaps you'll hear from me again soon.