guiness here we come!

So moving to a new place and not having access to the internet sucks, but going to a pretty much free Guiness event with free food and beer for only the price of a $5 donation for the Lance Armstrong Foundation - Priceless!

geeze?

so apparently,

"geeze" (not sure of the spelling) = pissed = getting drunk

that's the first i heard of the word "geeze" until this weekend, and apparently, it's the first for seven other people as well...

click...

My dad called me today. I had missed his call so I called him back. I hear someone pick up but there was just background noise, kind of like when someone accidentally calls your phone. I say "hello" three times and no one answers and I finally hear a click. He hung up on me. I then receive a voice message with the same background noise - not really a voice message I guess. I call him once again and he says he was trying to leave me a message. LOL.

This how the conversation went:

Dad: Hey, I know you're not coming home this weekend, so when you come home next weekend...

Me: (Interrupting him) I don't think I'm coming home that weekend either because I'm moving that weekend.

Dad: What?! You're not coming home that weekend either?! I need you to bring your computer home so I can borrow it and see if the TurboTax will work on your computer!

(Side Note: We've been having these problems getting all the updates for the TurboTax he bought - I have to say I hate TurboTax now with a passion!)

Me: Why? We have the same computer. Why would you think it would work on mine?

Dad: Your uncles said to try it! Fine, you don't want me to borrow your computer?!!! (he says this in a yelling tone) Fine!!! (yelling again)

And then I hear a click. He hung up on me AGAIN. WHAT THE??? And this time, it wasn't the kind of LOL kind of hanging up on me. It was the "what the ****!?" kind of hang up. I really don't understand parents, or maybe it's just mine...

"filing party"

We had a "filing party" at work today...

You know it's time to look for another job when you start having "filing parties" at work. I guess you could consider it a small party since our boss DID buy us some snacks to munch on - some cookies and a fruit platter. Who does this?

There comes a point where you have the urge to pick up and leave because there is this point where you've just had it. I've hit that point a long time ago and it just came and gone. I've lost that drive - the drive to look for something else, the drive to find something I REALLY want to do. I never pictured myself in the mortgage industry but that's where I ended up. It was one of those jobs that was the only option after college since there was nothing else available. And it's been about two years. I can't say that I hate my job because I don't. We're always busy and the day flies. The perks are great - leaving early at the end of each month, free Laker tickets, free In N' Out. But still, I feel like there's something missing. I feel like I settled somehow and maybe I did because it was the practical thing to do. I always question myself on whether or not I can do more - with finding a job a I'd like, with feeling a sense of self fulfillment, with expanding my social circles. I know the answer to all my questions is a "yes," but where do people get that drive to actually do it?

coordination - is it in our future?

My friend and I decided awhile ago that we're both not equipped to do anything that requires hand-eye or any sort of physical coordination. We've gone snowboarding a few times and have decided that carving is nowhere close in our near future. We've played tennis a few times and decided that that just wasn't the sport for us. We've played pool a few times and got tired from standing since it took THAT long for us to finish one game. Are we the only people out there who suffer from this impediment?

I can't say that we are completely uncoordinated though - we're pretty good at crafts, which does involve some sort of coordination! =) I don't think we're that bad as drivers and we can dance pretty decently, well, I know she can anyway...