I have T-minus 3 weeks until I am done with my marketing class... which is great because I have taken on more and more responsibilities at work. I am so thankful to have amazing opportunities to grow professionally and be a part of the success at my company. On top of work, I have a lot of fun weekends coming up.
In a few hours I will be hopping on a flight to SFO where I will join Carina and we'll meet our grandparents. Nonna & Papa are taking us to dinner in the city before we head home for the big unveiling of the Santi "Kitchen" Remodel of 2012. What started as a kitchen addition, turned into quite the home project- affecting our living room, dining room, guest bathroom, and hallway in addition to the kitchen addition.
Tomorrow morning, Carina and I will head up to Lake Tahoe for a wedding. Mom and Dad are arriving at the Hunter Lake House sometime early this afternoon with the Wards (who have kids my and Carina's age) to relax before college friend Dominic's daughter, Katie's, wedding tomorrow. I haven't met her soon-to-be-husband yet, but I am really excited to do so. Katie and Rick have been together since college, and I was not surprised when he proposed.
The Wards' son will be getting married next month, and I'll be heading home the second weekend in September to attend that. Their son, Matt, is marrying a really wonderful girl, Whitney, who I was able to meet at the 49er games this fall. Matt and I have kept in touch since high school through tailgating during football games. I am really happy for he and Whitney, and really excited to celebrate their nuptials.
Bring up the end of the 2012 wedding season, Allison is getting married the first weekend in October. I am so, so happy for her. Allison was a huge role model for me in junior high school and high school when she paved the road for me into water polo. She and her mom convinced my mom and I that I should get involved in the sport, she had me join her summer club team for the Junior Olympics, and she drove me to practice when I was a sophomore on the our High School Varsity Team.
The only bummer about all these great trips is having to leave little Hunter Puppy at home. Sam's got call tomorrow and won't be home until Sunday afternoon some time. So I am leaving here shortly to drop Hunter off at our vet's office where he will be boarded until Sam comes home on Sunday. This is Hunter's LONGEST stretch at the vet's office- we have boarded him overnight before, but never two nights in a row. I am honestly a little nervous for him! At least I can be an overbearing mom and call the vet to check in on him. LOL.
Friday, August 3, 2012
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Procrastination
I really didn't want to work this weekend. I mean, I did mentally, but emotionally I was just not having any of it. The whole marketing strategy I wanted to write up for work hardly even entered my mind. Then there was my homework 3 chapters to re-read for a quiz, 2 assignments to write and submit, and a forum posting. Oh joy.
Friday night, Sam was on-call overnight. One would think that would have been a good time for me to buckle down and get after my school work. Yes, yes it would have been. Instead, Hunter and I watched Gladiator while I finished (finally) scrap-booking the second half of our epic Southeast Asia Vacation from May 2011. It only took me a year to complete, but hey, at least it's done! I didn't get to start on Sam's graduation photos because I ran out of rubber cement and I don't have any cute grad stickers to decorate the pages yet.
Saturday morning I meant to get up and hit the gym, then slept in until 10 AM istead. Boy did that feel great. I tried to talk myself into studying, but since Kevin was coming and possibly spending the night, I ended up cleaning the guest room so that it was ready for company after Ryan's stint as a 2 night a week roommate over the last month and a half. Oops. Then Hunter and I went to Puppy Class and rushed home to meet the Cable Guy... who was an hour late. Luckily we did get to see Sam and Kevin while we waited for him to come and install our new cable. And after that, we met up with some of Sam's fellow residents at a small BBQ- first time meeting them! We came a little late to eat, and headed out to dinner after about an hour of socializing. It was fun!
Today, I woke up at 8 and thought I should get a jump start on the homework I had put off. Jackie was supposed to FaceTime me and catch me up on her wedding dress shopping adventures of Saturday. Unfortunately, some mishaps occurred and she couldn't. Really unfortunately, I got sucked into A Game of Thrones Season 2... there went 2 hours of my morning. Then it was time to get to Hunter's private lesson with Kate, and when we were done I desperately needed to get my car washed- last weekend's crazy weather had made me postpone the chore, but it was LONG overdue and the rain only made things worse. On our way home we had to stop at CVS and pick up a prescription, so what should have been an hour event (training) turned into a 3 hour journey. Oops. I was so happy to have TV that I turned on Harry Potter 7 as background entertainment while I read... except that I love that movie so much I kept getting distracted. And then Kevin stopped by on his way out of town, and I ended up starting HP 8 to finish out the series. By that point I had re-read the first two chapters and done one assignment and posted to the forum- yay! I turned the channel to Ice Road Truckers, and managed to read the final chapter. Woohoo! Unfortunately the quiz was malfunctioning so I did my last assignment and decided to call it a night. Please remind me not to procrastinate in the future- it really sucks.
Or so I thought. I had been drinking iced tea (black chai) all afternoon to stay alert during my reading and now I am totally amped up. Oops major. I have done all of our laundry, reorganized Sam's t-shirt drawer which was overflowing until I hung up some of the shirts. I decided to shower tonight rather than tomorrow morning, and I have now spent 25 minutes catching up on blogs I follow and writing this post. Hunter has been dozing off and on since 8PM... he clearly wants to know what the heck we're doing up past 10 on a Sunday night. Believe me, puppy, I am not happy about it either.
To make matters worse, it was REALLY hot in our bedroom and so I had to open the windows 100% and point the fan outside instead of letting it oscillate pointing inside. The latter provides more white noise and (I am convinced) blocks out the sounds of the road and other dogs better, which helps Hunter sleep through the night. Anyway, I better get off this thing and get to bed.
Last but not least: HAPPY 79th BIRTHDAY to PAPA SANTI! I am incredibly blessed to have had two wonderful grandfathers, one of whom is still able to spoil me rotten. Papa Santi is a wonderful man who would do anything to make his grandkids happy- Hunter and I made sure to give him a call and let him know we love him today.
Friday night, Sam was on-call overnight. One would think that would have been a good time for me to buckle down and get after my school work. Yes, yes it would have been. Instead, Hunter and I watched Gladiator while I finished (finally) scrap-booking the second half of our epic Southeast Asia Vacation from May 2011. It only took me a year to complete, but hey, at least it's done! I didn't get to start on Sam's graduation photos because I ran out of rubber cement and I don't have any cute grad stickers to decorate the pages yet.
Saturday morning I meant to get up and hit the gym, then slept in until 10 AM istead. Boy did that feel great. I tried to talk myself into studying, but since Kevin was coming and possibly spending the night, I ended up cleaning the guest room so that it was ready for company after Ryan's stint as a 2 night a week roommate over the last month and a half. Oops. Then Hunter and I went to Puppy Class and rushed home to meet the Cable Guy... who was an hour late. Luckily we did get to see Sam and Kevin while we waited for him to come and install our new cable. And after that, we met up with some of Sam's fellow residents at a small BBQ- first time meeting them! We came a little late to eat, and headed out to dinner after about an hour of socializing. It was fun!
Today, I woke up at 8 and thought I should get a jump start on the homework I had put off. Jackie was supposed to FaceTime me and catch me up on her wedding dress shopping adventures of Saturday. Unfortunately, some mishaps occurred and she couldn't. Really unfortunately, I got sucked into A Game of Thrones Season 2... there went 2 hours of my morning. Then it was time to get to Hunter's private lesson with Kate, and when we were done I desperately needed to get my car washed- last weekend's crazy weather had made me postpone the chore, but it was LONG overdue and the rain only made things worse. On our way home we had to stop at CVS and pick up a prescription, so what should have been an hour event (training) turned into a 3 hour journey. Oops. I was so happy to have TV that I turned on Harry Potter 7 as background entertainment while I read... except that I love that movie so much I kept getting distracted. And then Kevin stopped by on his way out of town, and I ended up starting HP 8 to finish out the series. By that point I had re-read the first two chapters and done one assignment and posted to the forum- yay! I turned the channel to Ice Road Truckers, and managed to read the final chapter. Woohoo! Unfortunately the quiz was malfunctioning so I did my last assignment and decided to call it a night. Please remind me not to procrastinate in the future- it really sucks.
Or so I thought. I had been drinking iced tea (black chai) all afternoon to stay alert during my reading and now I am totally amped up. Oops major. I have done all of our laundry, reorganized Sam's t-shirt drawer which was overflowing until I hung up some of the shirts. I decided to shower tonight rather than tomorrow morning, and I have now spent 25 minutes catching up on blogs I follow and writing this post. Hunter has been dozing off and on since 8PM... he clearly wants to know what the heck we're doing up past 10 on a Sunday night. Believe me, puppy, I am not happy about it either.
To make matters worse, it was REALLY hot in our bedroom and so I had to open the windows 100% and point the fan outside instead of letting it oscillate pointing inside. The latter provides more white noise and (I am convinced) blocks out the sounds of the road and other dogs better, which helps Hunter sleep through the night. Anyway, I better get off this thing and get to bed.
Last but not least: HAPPY 79th BIRTHDAY to PAPA SANTI! I am incredibly blessed to have had two wonderful grandfathers, one of whom is still able to spoil me rotten. Papa Santi is a wonderful man who would do anything to make his grandkids happy- Hunter and I made sure to give him a call and let him know we love him today.
Friday, July 20, 2012
Ortho Widow
Monday- Sam is on call overnight in the hospital and doesn't come home
Tuesday- Sam gets home around 5pm, walks Hunter, and is passed out in our easy chair the entire night except for a 20 minute stretch between 8:45 & 9:05
Wednesday- Sam misses out on Ryan's last evening staying with us and the dinner and ice cream Ryan treats me to as a thank you, instead Sam arrives home at 10:45
Thursday- Sam gets home at 9:10, we finally get to catch up a bit before he goes to bed
Friday- Sam is on call overnight in the hospital and doesn't come home
It's doubtful that I am the first to coin the phrase, but I certainly feel like an "Ortho Widow" these days. I am very thankful I have my little furry companion to keep me company during Sam's crazy long days... and for the 50% discount on cable that Cox offered me. It's getting turned on tomorrow afternoon & a week from tonight I will be watching the opening ceremonies with a LARGE beverage celebrating the completion of my first big event at work.
Sigh... if only life had a Fast Forward button.
Tuesday- Sam gets home around 5pm, walks Hunter, and is passed out in our easy chair the entire night except for a 20 minute stretch between 8:45 & 9:05
Wednesday- Sam misses out on Ryan's last evening staying with us and the dinner and ice cream Ryan treats me to as a thank you, instead Sam arrives home at 10:45
Thursday- Sam gets home at 9:10, we finally get to catch up a bit before he goes to bed
Friday- Sam is on call overnight in the hospital and doesn't come home
It's doubtful that I am the first to coin the phrase, but I certainly feel like an "Ortho Widow" these days. I am very thankful I have my little furry companion to keep me company during Sam's crazy long days... and for the 50% discount on cable that Cox offered me. It's getting turned on tomorrow afternoon & a week from tonight I will be watching the opening ceremonies with a LARGE beverage celebrating the completion of my first big event at work.
Sigh... if only life had a Fast Forward button.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Right on Time
YOUR JOURNEY HAS MOLDED
YOU FOR YOUR GREATER GOOD,
AND IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT IT NEEDED TO BE.
DON'T THINK THAT YOU'VE LOST TIME.
IT TOOK EACH AND EVERY
SITUATION YOU HAVE ENCOUNTERED
TO BRING YOU TO THE NOW.
AND NOW IS RIGHT ON TIME.
-Asha Tyson
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Perspective
Yesterday I got a text from my mom that a high school classmate of mine had lost both of her parents over the weekend as the result of a tragic plane crash. Sitting at my desk, my stomach bottomed out. They had been flying a small plane from San Francisco to their vacation home in Colorado and went missing on Saturday night.
I cannot imagine the horror of not knowing that night and the following morning. I can only pray that I will never have to go through something like this.
The Facebook posts ranged from several sentences to a single word. All of them touched on the subject but most were respectful of the bereaved and did not go into detail with names until the below thread. A girl I have known since middle school posted one word: Perspective. Yes, Ashley, perspective. A little too much perspective, I would argue.
Today, I woke up thankful to be alive. Appreciative that I still have two loving parents alive and well. I am grateful for my friends.
My heart goes out to Kathleen and her whole family.
I cannot imagine the horror of not knowing that night and the following morning. I can only pray that I will never have to go through something like this.
The Facebook posts ranged from several sentences to a single word. All of them touched on the subject but most were respectful of the bereaved and did not go into detail with names until the below thread. A girl I have known since middle school posted one word: Perspective. Yes, Ashley, perspective. A little too much perspective, I would argue.
Today, I woke up thankful to be alive. Appreciative that I still have two loving parents alive and well. I am grateful for my friends.
My heart goes out to Kathleen and her whole family.
A Single Step
It's 5 AM, & Hunter and I are off.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu
Chinese philosopher (604 BC - 531 BC)
Chinese philosopher (604 BC - 531 BC)
Thursday, July 12, 2012
On Track
Hunter & I got up at 5 AM for our run this morning. Boy does it feel good to work out in the morning again- I am definitely prefer it to the evenings when I'm home from work and want to relax.
I seriously thought about going to bed at 7:30 tonight. Sam was on call last night at the hospital and he was exhausted when he got home today. So, curled up with Sam and Hunter in our bed while we had a tropical rain storm outside, it was very tempting to give in and drift off. However, I didn't think Hunter would sleep all night if we went to bed that early, or worse, he'd be up and destroy something while unattended. Hunter and I took our evening walk, I washed my face (and applied some Biore strips), and now we're hanging out at the table blogging and intermittently playing fetch while trying to avoid waking Sam up.
Hunter loves fetch. I almost wish I didn't teach him in the first place because he gets real pouty if you don't throw the ball back on his schedule. And this poor kid is in for a rude reality check in about 12 minutes when I head to bed. He would fetch all night if I let him!
Anyway, here's to Sam having this weekend off and me still having WAY too much homework to catch up on. :-( I hope by Sunday night I am in a much better place!
I seriously thought about going to bed at 7:30 tonight. Sam was on call last night at the hospital and he was exhausted when he got home today. So, curled up with Sam and Hunter in our bed while we had a tropical rain storm outside, it was very tempting to give in and drift off. However, I didn't think Hunter would sleep all night if we went to bed that early, or worse, he'd be up and destroy something while unattended. Hunter and I took our evening walk, I washed my face (and applied some Biore strips), and now we're hanging out at the table blogging and intermittently playing fetch while trying to avoid waking Sam up.
Hunter loves fetch. I almost wish I didn't teach him in the first place because he gets real pouty if you don't throw the ball back on his schedule. And this poor kid is in for a rude reality check in about 12 minutes when I head to bed. He would fetch all night if I let him!
Anyway, here's to Sam having this weekend off and me still having WAY too much homework to catch up on. :-( I hope by Sunday night I am in a much better place!
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