Almost Go Time
Hey Folks!! Here I am.....once again writing because it enables me to put something else off....in this case, packing up to MOVE! Hmmmm....life is pretty good right now. Cool. But let me catch you up...
I went on my trip, which was a little cruise that hit San Diego, Catalina Island and Ensenada. I was looking forward to being away from work and having a good time with my wonderful self....and I'm glad I got away, but it definitely wasn't the vacation of a lifetime or anything. To be honest, I kind of felt like a big loner the whole time =-(. There are several zones in the land of me, and one of those zones is the "Wheeeeeeee! I love people let me make friends with lots of them!" The only thing is....I was never in that zone on this trip. Instead I was in the place where I was constantly noticing that, on a cruise, pretty much EVERYONE comes with other people. Whether it's families, friends, significant others, whatever! So I just felt like the "Hey can you take our picture" girl or what-have-you, which made me kinda sad, because I hate it when I turn out not to be that person who can happily prance around the planet and feel totally content by myself. I have done the solo travel thing before and been fine, but it's really because I have made friends along the way, and, as it turns out....I'm a freaking people person, hehe. I would have to say the single moment that probably embodies how I felt that whole time was when I was sitting and enjoying the dueling pianos in one of the crowded lounges and this hot guy walked up and asked if the seat next to me was taken.....mind you, I didn't think he was going to hit on me, it was crowded and he wanted a seat, however, I completely did not expect him to hoist this heavy chair over his head and walk out of sight with it, leaving me sitting in the isolated chair all by myself, and breaking any illusion that I might have been with someone (anyone). Ya, how do you make the solo traveler feel like even MORE of a loner?? Why don'tcha haul ass as you take the chair away....mmmmmm, ya, mission accomplished!!!
I did snorkel for the first time at Catalina Island and that was cool. It was wetsuit snorkeling, but the water was cold enough that my brain was freezing, hehe. My room was really cool though....I had a big window on the 8th deck and a really comfy bed, and the whole place all to myself =-). I would totally do one again, but not by myself. If I had had someone else with me I would have had a blast. Next time.
The Saturday after the cruise was St. Patty's Day and I met up with a bunch of fabulous people for festivities in the Bay Area. Had loads and loads of fun (was so stoked to be rocking the friend time after 5 days of being Loner Girl). My outfit was super cute (Yay for cute outfits!), but I determined that one accessory was probably a mistake. Turns out if you wear a button that says "Luck Off" the leprechauns take that pretty seriously!! Even if you are also wearing Shamrock earrings and Beedely-Boppers....don't wear the "Luck Off" button!!!!!! The leprechauns attacked me during the night and by the time I went to the doctor a couple of nights later I left with a walking cast and crutches!! I didn't break anything, but I seriously irritated a certain tendon that caused major swelling and lots of bruising that gave people that "Ewww!" reaction. I'm still in the walking cast (which means that I can take it on and off), but I ditched the crutches a couple of days ago because I hated them. I only have to wear it probably through this week, but there is this rather large bump on my foot that doesn't seem to be planning on leaving anytime soon. I tried on my pink go-go boots to see if they would fit, and my foot practically bitchslapped me for even thinking that was a good idea =-/. Ho hum, ho hum, ho hum. Freaking leprechauns!!!
The good news is, overall I am doing very well right now. This is evidently quite unusual because when I called my Dad recently and replied with "Really well" when asked how I was doing, he was shocked and perplexed as he let out his surprised "REALLY?!?!?!". Hehe. We got our roommate assignments for corporate housing, and the girl I am going to be with is really cool, so I am stoked =-)! There are quite a few people I would have been happy being placed with, but some that would have not been cool, so I'm quite pleased! Plus, the housing looks like it will be pretty swanky - yay!! I'm looking forward to taking neverending showers to make up for the quick-speed demon water-turns-cold-too-fast ones I get here. Bah!
Plus, we got our work schedule for the next couple months and it's not as bad as I imagined it would be. Definitely not great at all, but not as doom-and-destruction as I imagined. I will have to be at work on many days FAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRR too freaking early, and we do have to work some weekends, but not all of them. Plus, the area we will be in is pretty, so once my ankle gets better it will be nice to explore it.
I've loved living in this area socially, so I've decided once this job deployment stint ends I think I will look for an actual apartment over here instead of just a sublet. The idea of living all by myself sends goosebumps of happiness through me over the thought of being able to be the Decoration Dictator - woohoo! There's a lot to do in this area, I'm near a nice bunch of good friends, and I've been lucky enough to make friends with some really cool new people. See, people make me happy, hehe! Unless they are pissing me off, then WATCH OUT! But groovy people rock my whirl =-).
On that note, time for bed....another week of the working world hullaballoo.
Night!
I went on my trip, which was a little cruise that hit San Diego, Catalina Island and Ensenada. I was looking forward to being away from work and having a good time with my wonderful self....and I'm glad I got away, but it definitely wasn't the vacation of a lifetime or anything. To be honest, I kind of felt like a big loner the whole time =-(. There are several zones in the land of me, and one of those zones is the "Wheeeeeeee! I love people let me make friends with lots of them!" The only thing is....I was never in that zone on this trip. Instead I was in the place where I was constantly noticing that, on a cruise, pretty much EVERYONE comes with other people. Whether it's families, friends, significant others, whatever! So I just felt like the "Hey can you take our picture" girl or what-have-you, which made me kinda sad, because I hate it when I turn out not to be that person who can happily prance around the planet and feel totally content by myself. I have done the solo travel thing before and been fine, but it's really because I have made friends along the way, and, as it turns out....I'm a freaking people person, hehe. I would have to say the single moment that probably embodies how I felt that whole time was when I was sitting and enjoying the dueling pianos in one of the crowded lounges and this hot guy walked up and asked if the seat next to me was taken.....mind you, I didn't think he was going to hit on me, it was crowded and he wanted a seat, however, I completely did not expect him to hoist this heavy chair over his head and walk out of sight with it, leaving me sitting in the isolated chair all by myself, and breaking any illusion that I might have been with someone (anyone). Ya, how do you make the solo traveler feel like even MORE of a loner?? Why don'tcha haul ass as you take the chair away....mmmmmm, ya, mission accomplished!!!
I did snorkel for the first time at Catalina Island and that was cool. It was wetsuit snorkeling, but the water was cold enough that my brain was freezing, hehe. My room was really cool though....I had a big window on the 8th deck and a really comfy bed, and the whole place all to myself =-). I would totally do one again, but not by myself. If I had had someone else with me I would have had a blast. Next time.
The Saturday after the cruise was St. Patty's Day and I met up with a bunch of fabulous people for festivities in the Bay Area. Had loads and loads of fun (was so stoked to be rocking the friend time after 5 days of being Loner Girl). My outfit was super cute (Yay for cute outfits!), but I determined that one accessory was probably a mistake. Turns out if you wear a button that says "Luck Off" the leprechauns take that pretty seriously!! Even if you are also wearing Shamrock earrings and Beedely-Boppers....don't wear the "Luck Off" button!!!!!! The leprechauns attacked me during the night and by the time I went to the doctor a couple of nights later I left with a walking cast and crutches!! I didn't break anything, but I seriously irritated a certain tendon that caused major swelling and lots of bruising that gave people that "Ewww!" reaction. I'm still in the walking cast (which means that I can take it on and off), but I ditched the crutches a couple of days ago because I hated them. I only have to wear it probably through this week, but there is this rather large bump on my foot that doesn't seem to be planning on leaving anytime soon. I tried on my pink go-go boots to see if they would fit, and my foot practically bitchslapped me for even thinking that was a good idea =-/. Ho hum, ho hum, ho hum. Freaking leprechauns!!!
The good news is, overall I am doing very well right now. This is evidently quite unusual because when I called my Dad recently and replied with "Really well" when asked how I was doing, he was shocked and perplexed as he let out his surprised "REALLY?!?!?!". Hehe. We got our roommate assignments for corporate housing, and the girl I am going to be with is really cool, so I am stoked =-)! There are quite a few people I would have been happy being placed with, but some that would have not been cool, so I'm quite pleased! Plus, the housing looks like it will be pretty swanky - yay!! I'm looking forward to taking neverending showers to make up for the quick-speed demon water-turns-cold-too-fast ones I get here. Bah!
Plus, we got our work schedule for the next couple months and it's not as bad as I imagined it would be. Definitely not great at all, but not as doom-and-destruction as I imagined. I will have to be at work on many days FAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRR too freaking early, and we do have to work some weekends, but not all of them. Plus, the area we will be in is pretty, so once my ankle gets better it will be nice to explore it.
I've loved living in this area socially, so I've decided once this job deployment stint ends I think I will look for an actual apartment over here instead of just a sublet. The idea of living all by myself sends goosebumps of happiness through me over the thought of being able to be the Decoration Dictator - woohoo! There's a lot to do in this area, I'm near a nice bunch of good friends, and I've been lucky enough to make friends with some really cool new people. See, people make me happy, hehe! Unless they are pissing me off, then WATCH OUT! But groovy people rock my whirl =-).
On that note, time for bed....another week of the working world hullaballoo.
Night!
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