job hunt

For me, I despise job hunting. I find it so annoying to spend countless hours trying to find one that I qualify for, and hopefully one that I would like. Dressing up all the time is tedious too, and pretending to be confident. Job interviews are even worse, I hate the dumb questions they ask. Ask my parents or Wolfgang, I'm a mess when trying to find a job because I am so incredibly nervous and lack any and all confidence, during the job hunt and even during the start of a new job.

BUT...

Currently Wolfgang has been job hunting, and it is SO FUN. I seriously get really excited about it, more than him I think. There is a slight chance we will be staying here for another year or so if he gets this management trainee program that he wants, but we are coming up with plan b, c, d, e...just in case. So far, he has applied for jobs in:

Hawaii
NYC- already has had his 1st interview over "Skype"
Chicago-(denied, but applied for another position)
Phoenix-(denied)

Other places he's planning on applying to?

More in AZ
Las Vegas
Aspen and Denver
England (maybe)

...and anything else that strikes our eye.

I currently want Chicago (never been there, but looks fun) or Colorado, and HE wants NYC or Las Vegas...(although I could do both too, LV is close to family and a lot cheaper to live rather than these other 'ideals', and NYC...is, well, NYC.)

We'll see how this works out.

entertainment for the uncreative

I felt the need to blog, but instead of telling you something, I thought I would show you some funny videos I've encountered in the last couple of days. Enjoy.

t-shirt

Thanks Jess, for the new shirt (I like)



The day I wore it, I noticed a cute cruiser that someone was walking, and I almost said something like, "Nice cruiser!" but immediately realized that was a bad idea and would be a potentially creeper situation, seeing that I was wearing a shirt with a cruiser on it.

It brings me back to about 2 years ago when I owned my own half-pseudo cruiser, which I loved, until it was STOLEN. Yes, it was even locked up with a pretty hefty bike lock.

Damn you, "Laie Boyz."

aaaRRRR

So today was national "talk like a pirate day"...

Oh, and my birthday.

24. ??!! I'm pretty sure my body is already on it's way to deteriorating.

24 years ago my poor mother had to deal with a little preemie baby that wanted to come out the wrong way. OUCH.

Last night the husband took me out to eat at Macaroni Grill (MMMmmmmm) and did a little window shopping, but after trying on some cute shirts, we were too cheap to pay the price and just left, hoping for the best that we could get it on sale later...(self control, self control....)

Today was a bit busy but good, and in the evening invited friends to have some cake and ice cream.

The problem is, I never found someone willing to do my homework for me for my birthday. HOW.RUDE. Jess offered, but I think the time I would waste figuring out how to get it to Portland, I would have it done by then (but then again probably not) AND did she didn't guarantee a good grade, so it looks like I'm stuck.

She also informed me it's my last year of being in my "early 20's." ouch.

I better make it a good one.

Thanks to all those who made it special with the phone calls, text messages, emails, cards...etc, etc.

Back in the swing of things

Today has been long and busy so far, with back-to-back classes with a side of work before and after.

I got so use to our campus being a ghost town during the summer, that it is weird and kinda annoying to dodge so many people all over the place.

Best quote of the day by one of my teachers,

"...The best kind of art history, comes from good history."

...

huh?

(and that didn't even come from my Taiwanese "KA-muni-kka-shuns" teacher)

lame.

We start school tomorrow.

UGH.

BUT, it's our last semester.

I can do this, I can do this, I can do this...

Out of order

So I FINALLY blogged about our vacation back to AZ, but it's a little out of order; the post is underneath the post with the rocks in hand.

Just thought I'd let you know :)

Happy Rosh Hashanah. this one's for the family.

The superb vaycay

Alright folks, here are finally some pictures from our little vacation to home/vegas. As soon as we got our sweet cheap flights back in oh, about April, we were counting down. We had a really great time, and a part of me wished I could of just stayed there and just have someone pack all our bags here in Hawaii, and move on to the next stage in our life, but alas we are back, and I can't complain.fair warning, I am TERRIBLE at trying to condense the amount of pictures I should use to recap any event, but I'll try to keep it not-so-out-of-control.

We...(not necessarily in complete order)

...went to the gorgeous Las Vegas temple for the first time. Absolutely beautiful.


Celebrated our first anniversary in Vegas for the weekend and got a sweet deal to stay at
THE TRUMP. It was lovely. They even had framed pictures in our room of Antelope Slot Canyon. I'm pretty sure they customized it, JUST for me.
Got our new dos (as you have already seen),ate at all the places we missed,and even took our chances at the slots

...and were carded immediately upon arrival at the roulette table. I would of taken a picture then, but I was too embarrassed and wasn't sure if it's allowed?

Moving on.
Saw the Blue Man Group, which was AWWWWESOME. We loved it. (We got a bargain on those tickets too, thank you very much! We were all about the deals, and they were even really good seats)And of course, play on da LAKE. We even camped out under the stars, it was beyond great. Ok ok, so the ground wasn't very soft, but that's the only complaint :)
Lake Powell is one of my favorite, if not THE most favorite places of mine to be. Maybe it's because it's quite nostalgic. I'm am so completely at home and 'in my element' if you will, when I'm boating with family and friends, and just swimming in that perfect degree water. It's so gorgeous! Truly blessed to have grown up next to it. I've come to realize that I really enjoy living next to water...

Rainbow Bridge

I married a kid

Hiking "Hole in the Rock." It was quite the little hike! It was where the pioneers hiked down with wagons, families, and livestock. I can't believe they did it! And at that time there was no lake, so we looked at the depth reader on the boat, and it was another 300 feet down!

That little white speck is our boat!

We even convinced my dad to go on the tube!
(PS for the record I completed wasted Dave and Wolfgang on the tube, they didn't think I was a good enough driver...I showed them! I wish I had a video of it)

It was a great time enjoyed by all!

Well hello desert

So apparently there IS part of a desert (oh! and a road and a bus...)as my background of my new blog template thing...it doesn't show up on my laptop, but it does on my work computer screen (I don't get that)
but it's not like I'm blogging at work, or anything...

(anything BUT) Labor Day

Labor Day was pretty nice,
even though it should be a day of reverence and remembering, instead it was a day of sleeping, beaching, and eating.

We went out to dinner with some friends to The Cheesecake Factory, and holy cow! apparently I haven't eaten dinner there in a while. Their portions sizes are HUGE! Our friends were smart and shared an entree, while Wolfgang and I had a severe amount of left overs. It was actually quite sad, because I then had NO room, or even desire for that matter, to have cheesecake! what a serious shame, I never say no to their cheesecake!

I won't make that mistake again... ;)

sunny...with a high percentage of LAZINESS.

Being home in AZ and going to Vegas was absolutely wonderful. I thoroughly enjoyed being with my family, and to see a few friends too. I'm always such a pansy when I have to leave my family, I cry like a small child, for various reasons. I don't know what my problem is, I think I have transitional anxiety (I made that up, but it sounded great). I promise that I'll post some pictures soon but alas, I'm just too lazy to do so, hence the name of this post.

Going on vacation totally threw us off. HI and AZ are only a mere 3 hours difference, yet the first several days, we were so jet lagged, it was really quite pathetic. We would be EXHAUSTED in the early evening, and would go to bed at around 9-10 at night, and wake up early in the morning (then go back to sleep of course). I can't even remember the last time I went to bed that early.

Anyway, so it's been really hard to get back into the swing of things, especially since school hasn't started yet (which I do want to get started on, just for the mere fact that I want it OVER with). My first day back to work was a drag, I had to work 13 1/2 hrs. ugh. Needless to say, after only three days of being back to work, I was already ready for this 3 day weekend (I LOVEEEE office jobs for this reason, and somehow got lucky not to have to work at subway)

Well, that's my boring update for you. I hope you all have a lovely Labor Day holiday, and find some time to enjoy and relax.

mess

Dear Maintenance Boys,

I appreciate you "fixing" our toilet, but I don't appreciate the messes you leave after you fix something, especially when it's in places that you didn't even fix something in.

Sincerely,
Jaimie

trophy dog

Now THAT is funny.

Why bother having an obnoxious dancing partner if you can just use your dog?