After my first "real" week down here, I have noticed that I find the biggest change in the little things...
When I wake up in the morning, I watch/listen to the local news, I think I'm finally used to the "surf report" but I don't think I'll get used to what weather I need to pay attention to on what I call the weather grid. Because of the location, the San Diego weather (on this particular station) is presented in a grid. the normal "high, low, precip, humidity, ect" is across the top like normal, but there is four of them stacked on each other presenting the "coastal, inland, mountain, desert" So I have to be quick to listen and read, otherwise ill be prepared for the 95 degree desert weather, when really, I needed to be listening for the 65 degree costal weather.
drama.
Im ALMOST able to drive to and from work without using my GPS. but its definitely limited TO and FROM work, and only when I'm starting and ending at Pats house (see the cast of characters). and even though I drive the same 2 routes everyday, I cant get over the names of the exits I take.. "Sea World Blvd." is probably my favorite, and even though I take the "Los Angeles" exit going home from work- I would rather take the one that leads you to the beach.. called "Beaches"- it never fails to amuse me.
I've kept nice and busy- not really by choice, but I'm very very very glad to be working. Since I got back last week (Monday) I've worked every day between the two jobs. I scored next monday (memorial day) off, and am going to a pool party with Zach and Alex (see the c.o.c) really excited! it will make the 13 days of no days off worth it!
I'm OBSESSED with the big project happening at Maudlin right now, its a farm to plate eatery opening in Del Mar this summer- were doing all the fixtures for it.. heres the web site so you can check what its all about ( www.urbanplates.com )
I move into the townhouse in Pacific Beach with two roommates who already live there on the 1st, so I'm anxiously looking forward to that.. but will miss Pats delicious baking!! I can smell homemade banana bread in the oven now.. yummmmm! The lease for that place is up in October, in that time I will either not want to leave its awesome awesome awesome location (I could't afford to live in the area without a roommate- or two. not to mention its an AWESOME place, everything is new new new) and find two roommates to fill the other spots- OR (and most likely) I'll find a new place to move into on my own.
hopefully more exciting things will happen so I have more to update you on!!
xoxo
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
Cast of Characters (ever changing)
Whos who in my new life!!!
Pat- pat is the woman who make it all happen. I met her for a few hours when I was down here
in February, and the next thing I know she found me a job, a home, and pretty much my
life as it is.
Jennifer- Jennifer is my new boss at Maudlin. She's pretty much a boss at life and I'm so
excited to soak up all her knowledge and sass.
Zach- Zach is my friend from.. like.. 4th grade who lives down here. I went with him to the
party that I met Pat at.. Love him :)
Alex- Alex is Zachs super fox fiancee. love him too :)
Andria- Andria is super amazing as well!! it was at her birthday party that I went to with Zach,
in which I met Pat, to get a job working for Jennifer.
Daniel- Daniel is Pats son who went to WSU for two years, which got me talking to Pat. He's
kind enough to let me tag along with him to evening outings, and mooch on fun with his
friends.
Okay- so I guess my cast is pretty small.. but there will be more to come soon!
Pat- pat is the woman who make it all happen. I met her for a few hours when I was down here
in February, and the next thing I know she found me a job, a home, and pretty much my
life as it is.
Jennifer- Jennifer is my new boss at Maudlin. She's pretty much a boss at life and I'm so
excited to soak up all her knowledge and sass.
Zach- Zach is my friend from.. like.. 4th grade who lives down here. I went with him to the
party that I met Pat at.. Love him :)
Alex- Alex is Zachs super fox fiancee. love him too :)
Andria- Andria is super amazing as well!! it was at her birthday party that I went to with Zach,
in which I met Pat, to get a job working for Jennifer.
Daniel- Daniel is Pats son who went to WSU for two years, which got me talking to Pat. He's
kind enough to let me tag along with him to evening outings, and mooch on fun with his
friends.
Okay- so I guess my cast is pretty small.. but there will be more to come soon!
turn around
I was here just long enough to grasp- and then this afternoon I leave for Washington to watch my brother graduate!
The drive down was great, the car worked perfect and one of my oldest friends drove down with me.. We thought it would be fun to stay the night in Reno- we were wrong. Reno is probably one of the most sad, empty has been towns on the planet.
When we got here on Sunday afternoon, Zach (the friend that drove down with me) and I wandered around the downtown/gaslamp area.. one of my favs- and over to Cornado. We had dinner downtown and stayed with my friend (other Zach) who lives down here. On Monday I dropped Zach off at the airport, and explored around the Hillcrest area, where other Zach lives.. the neighborhood is really nice and is one of the areas I'm looking at for my new place!
That night I helped at at inventory to meet my boss, and my new Pier 1 team! everything went really well there and I'm excited to get going!! Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday I got started with my new Maudlin job and I really feel like it couldn't be more perfect! I love the atmosphere, and my boss is amazing, I can tell already that I'm going to learn so much from her and the business, I truly am blessed!
Im couch surfing/house sitting through the end of the month, and am moving into a town house in Pacific Beach. A girl that Pat (the woman who recommended me for the job) knows has a roommate leaving, so I'm going to take the third room in their super cute place until their lease is up in October! They are both really nice, and the location is really awesome, its in Crown Pointe- a place I probably couldnt afford without having two other roommates- so I'm looking forward to living in the glory lands- even if only for a few months. In the meantime, I will look at every apartment for rent so I have the perfect place once October comes!
... After writing this- I think I need a cast of characters entry. Jennifer (my new boss) made me a cast of characters list so I can catch on to who is who.. it helped greatly.
So my next entry will be a cast of characters, that will be ever changing as needed.
this could get interesting.
The drive down was great, the car worked perfect and one of my oldest friends drove down with me.. We thought it would be fun to stay the night in Reno- we were wrong. Reno is probably one of the most sad, empty has been towns on the planet.
When we got here on Sunday afternoon, Zach (the friend that drove down with me) and I wandered around the downtown/gaslamp area.. one of my favs- and over to Cornado. We had dinner downtown and stayed with my friend (other Zach) who lives down here. On Monday I dropped Zach off at the airport, and explored around the Hillcrest area, where other Zach lives.. the neighborhood is really nice and is one of the areas I'm looking at for my new place!
That night I helped at at inventory to meet my boss, and my new Pier 1 team! everything went really well there and I'm excited to get going!! Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday I got started with my new Maudlin job and I really feel like it couldn't be more perfect! I love the atmosphere, and my boss is amazing, I can tell already that I'm going to learn so much from her and the business, I truly am blessed!
Im couch surfing/house sitting through the end of the month, and am moving into a town house in Pacific Beach. A girl that Pat (the woman who recommended me for the job) knows has a roommate leaving, so I'm going to take the third room in their super cute place until their lease is up in October! They are both really nice, and the location is really awesome, its in Crown Pointe- a place I probably couldnt afford without having two other roommates- so I'm looking forward to living in the glory lands- even if only for a few months. In the meantime, I will look at every apartment for rent so I have the perfect place once October comes!
... After writing this- I think I need a cast of characters entry. Jennifer (my new boss) made me a cast of characters list so I can catch on to who is who.. it helped greatly.
So my next entry will be a cast of characters, that will be ever changing as needed.
this could get interesting.
Friday, May 6, 2011
the end of the beginning.
It's my last night in Spokane before I head down South
The past week has been extremely emotional, as it's been full of "lasts"
On Sunday, I went down to Pullman for senior halls at my sorority, the "closing ceremony" for our pledge class with our chapter. I've had to say goodbye to the house before, two years ago when I left Pullman for Spokane.. it definitely wasn't any easier the second time around.
Tuesday was our last day of class, and final presentations.. something weird to wrap my mind around.. that I was "done". Following the presentations, most of the people from our program met up at the closet bar to campus and.. well.. celebrated all of our hard work.
Wednesday, my close group of friend got together and clowned around campus taking pictures in our graduation gowns. Im really glad I now have such great pictures with these ladies.. they truly made the survival and completion of school possible.
Tonight was our program "senior banquet" at the Davenport. Everybody got dressed up and.. well.. talked for the most part. Most everyone had their parents there, or siblings.. boyfriends.. and it was a really fun time for "everyone else" to see the relationships we have made the past four years- and vice-versa. I won a goofy award, voted on by the senior class, "most likely to lose work three days before its due".. fitting really.
Tomorrow is the big day.. graduation is at 2pm, and then I'm having dinner with my family, and leaving to my parents house that night. Saturday am Im starting the trip down to San Diego.. I cant believe its already here! I suppose I should tape up the rest of my boxes- before I have to stay another day. .
xoxo-
Katie
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
listing
its getting closer!!! not counting moving day, its down to single digits! only 9 days till I leave spokane and head on down to San Diego!!
My most recent feeling about leaving has been nostalgia.
I said my first really rough goodbye (unless he can make it up to spokane for my going away shindig) to one of my longest running friends, when I visited Pullman (also probably for the last time). I've been concentrating so much on all the good and how excited I am, that I have been ignoring all the people I'm going to miss like crazy.
Also, today was my first really day of packing. the walls in my apartment are bare now, and there are boxes scattered around. Its hard to tell if I'm coming or going. I cried a little packing up all my frames and pictures.. taping them shut in a cardboard box knowing I wont see them until I get settled into a place at the end of the summer and my parents bring everything down. I also know it will probably be twice as hard to reopen the box and see all my friends smiling faces- hard copies of my favorite memories.
I was grabbing some dinner to go at a market by my work when I ran into my friend/favorite barista.. He's also moving, and we talked about getting ready to leave Spokane and he said something that has stuck in my mind all day.. "its a good thing you're leaving before you hate it, otherwise you'd never come back"
this is true. I'm not leaving spokane because I hate it, I'm actually more fond of it than most people..
I just cant be here right now.. at this point in my life, and might morph into a pile of dust if I had to keep living my life as it is right now, for another day. If I didn't get a job in San Diego, I would have found another reason to move somewhere else. to keep my spirits high about visiting and coming back, I decided to have a list of why I like "home" (spokane, LCV) that I can refer to, need be, at a later date.
1. people. My parents live here, so I obvs have to come visit them
2. I love the Asotin County Fair.. actually I hate the fair.. but I love to hate it.. so many high school memories involve the fair.
3. Pullman/AXO my beautiful sorority and beautiful sisters.. well.. my sisters are leaving Pullman too.. but.. still. litb
4. my Pier1 family! the most amazing women ever :)
5. Fazzaris Pizza. if you know- you know.
Also, I'm worried I'll get down there and ask myself.. why did I move down here.. every time something goes wrong. (I predict this to be a longer list)
1. No matter where I am, I am within 5 miles of a Baja Fresh, and Baja Fresh has an unlimited supply if my favorite food: pico de gallo. They call it a "condiment bar" I call it an all you can eat pico buffet.
2. job. duh
3. sunshine. No more monthly tanning bill!!!
4. Im one step closer to starting a beachfront waffle house in San Diego called the "sandy eggo" GET IT?!?
5. I watch pandacam on the San Diego Zoo website (pretty much watching pandas hang out on live camera) all the time, and now I can just go to the zoo and watch panda cam HD.. #winning!
6. I can FINALLY go see the grand canyon!! Every time my family goes to Vegas, I try to talk someone into taking a day trip and seeing it.. now my dream can be a reality!
7. Its easier to bribe people to visit you when you live in a desirable location. sun, surf, the zoo and close proximity to disneyland and LA.. much more fun than doing.. well.. nothing in Spokane.
all logical reasons.. and of course many more. thats just what I came up with off the top of my head.
putting things in perspective.
My most recent feeling about leaving has been nostalgia.
I said my first really rough goodbye (unless he can make it up to spokane for my going away shindig) to one of my longest running friends, when I visited Pullman (also probably for the last time). I've been concentrating so much on all the good and how excited I am, that I have been ignoring all the people I'm going to miss like crazy.
Also, today was my first really day of packing. the walls in my apartment are bare now, and there are boxes scattered around. Its hard to tell if I'm coming or going. I cried a little packing up all my frames and pictures.. taping them shut in a cardboard box knowing I wont see them until I get settled into a place at the end of the summer and my parents bring everything down. I also know it will probably be twice as hard to reopen the box and see all my friends smiling faces- hard copies of my favorite memories.
I was grabbing some dinner to go at a market by my work when I ran into my friend/favorite barista.. He's also moving, and we talked about getting ready to leave Spokane and he said something that has stuck in my mind all day.. "its a good thing you're leaving before you hate it, otherwise you'd never come back"
this is true. I'm not leaving spokane because I hate it, I'm actually more fond of it than most people..
I just cant be here right now.. at this point in my life, and might morph into a pile of dust if I had to keep living my life as it is right now, for another day. If I didn't get a job in San Diego, I would have found another reason to move somewhere else. to keep my spirits high about visiting and coming back, I decided to have a list of why I like "home" (spokane, LCV) that I can refer to, need be, at a later date.
1. people. My parents live here, so I obvs have to come visit them
2. I love the Asotin County Fair.. actually I hate the fair.. but I love to hate it.. so many high school memories involve the fair.
3. Pullman/AXO my beautiful sorority and beautiful sisters.. well.. my sisters are leaving Pullman too.. but.. still. litb
4. my Pier1 family! the most amazing women ever :)
5. Fazzaris Pizza. if you know- you know.
Also, I'm worried I'll get down there and ask myself.. why did I move down here.. every time something goes wrong. (I predict this to be a longer list)
1. No matter where I am, I am within 5 miles of a Baja Fresh, and Baja Fresh has an unlimited supply if my favorite food: pico de gallo. They call it a "condiment bar" I call it an all you can eat pico buffet.
2. job. duh
3. sunshine. No more monthly tanning bill!!!
4. Im one step closer to starting a beachfront waffle house in San Diego called the "sandy eggo" GET IT?!?
5. I watch pandacam on the San Diego Zoo website (pretty much watching pandas hang out on live camera) all the time, and now I can just go to the zoo and watch panda cam HD.. #winning!
6. I can FINALLY go see the grand canyon!! Every time my family goes to Vegas, I try to talk someone into taking a day trip and seeing it.. now my dream can be a reality!
7. Its easier to bribe people to visit you when you live in a desirable location. sun, surf, the zoo and close proximity to disneyland and LA.. much more fun than doing.. well.. nothing in Spokane.
all logical reasons.. and of course many more. thats just what I came up with off the top of my head.
putting things in perspective.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Houston, we have a problem
I jinxed myself, the first flaw in this master plan of life has emerged.
the student housing situation has fell through as she has decided to stay in the San Diego area for the summer and is no longer sub leasing her apartment! AH!
The good thing is I know two months "ahead of time" so I'm not further 'behind' than I was.. and I'm not really that behind.. at all. And if I want to still do that, there are 100s of students looking to sublease for the summer. So again- not too worried.
The good news is, the woman who started this whole San Diego moving adventure knows a guy who is renting out a room in his downtown apartment. Also, price wise- its on the bottom end of what I was hoping to pay (very very bottom end.. meaning, it was probably the lowest I thought I would find) BUT he wants it leased out by May 1.. I wont even be down there "permanently" until May 16th- and I wasn't hoping to have to start paying rent until mid June.. But the price is definitely right and the location is one I probably would't have been able to afford on my own.. so I might have to bite the bullet (or whatever they say) and just take this "ideal" apartment now. I'll get an e-mail tomorrow morning with all the details- I'll see if its too good to be true!
In equally as not exciting news- Im beginning to part with furniture in my apartment that I swore I would be taking down with me.. I need the money and less crap. sooo I'll be starting over in that area.. but if im moving in with someone, it sounds like I wont need anything anyways. So maybe it will work out..
I'll find out tomorrow when I get more details from that email!
Crisis averted?
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
come together, right now
What recession?! Today I found out that my transfer is official and I will continue to work at Pier 1, keeping my same position in management which was really exciting! I assumed I would go in as just work a few hours a week as an associate, but they randomly needed a new sales manager the week I move down.. so this is very great news for me, my wallet and my future rent collector!! I get to stick with Pier 1, and the extra job will help a lot financially.
Also, I feel very homeless in life. I haven't really lived at home with my parents since I graduated high school, and have been floating all around between the Pullman and Spokane WSU campuses over the past four years.. I don't really consider myself "from" anywhere anymore- I have a house, but I don't really have a home. Pier 1 has been a consistent thing in my life since moving to Spokane, so I'm really happy I will have something I "know" upon my arrival in San Diego. The women that I work with are such a big part of my life here- I really do count them as a part of my family as far as living in Spokane goes.
When I get to San Diego, I will be staying with friends, as well as house sitting into late June- so I have a month of rent I don't really have to worry about, and a month of time to find a great place. I've been looking at places I would be interested in living- but I don't quite qualify to even apply, which has been making me very anxious. Most (legit) places require a few months of local employment history, which I simply wouldn't have. Also, I don't know exactly what my pay checks are looking like ect.. and I dont want to be rushed into moving into the first cheap apartment that will let me move in on craigslist, I want a great place. A place that I can consider my first real home. After the last 4 years, and especially the first 2 months of SD living, I'm really exausted from temporary living and temporary plans.. I know its not going to be the biggest place, or the nicest place, but it will be my own place that I worked for.. and I think that will mean more than anything.
Today I added one more temporary housing place on my list.
Tons of UCSD and SDSU students are trying to sublease their apartments/rooms for their summer vacation. I decided to take up one of these rooms for many reasons.
1. The rent will be a little bit cheaper, for a little bit longer
2. Its 3 more months I have to establish employment history/figure out just how much money I'll be taking in each month
3. I can research in what part of the San Diego/La Jolla area I want to live
4. I can make friends my age!!!
I'll be sharing an apartment until mid/end of August with (I think) 3 other girls (maybe only 2), who I believe are all finishing up their junior year , so they are just a year below me! After an appropriate amount of facebook stalking, the girl whose room I'm moving into and I decided we would all get along great and I'm REALLY excited! I think my stress levels went down from 5 mental breakdowns a day to probably just one.
Of course all this business of things going my way just leaves me waiting for something to go wrong. Im crossing my fingers it wont!
Also, I feel very homeless in life. I haven't really lived at home with my parents since I graduated high school, and have been floating all around between the Pullman and Spokane WSU campuses over the past four years.. I don't really consider myself "from" anywhere anymore- I have a house, but I don't really have a home. Pier 1 has been a consistent thing in my life since moving to Spokane, so I'm really happy I will have something I "know" upon my arrival in San Diego. The women that I work with are such a big part of my life here- I really do count them as a part of my family as far as living in Spokane goes.
When I get to San Diego, I will be staying with friends, as well as house sitting into late June- so I have a month of rent I don't really have to worry about, and a month of time to find a great place. I've been looking at places I would be interested in living- but I don't quite qualify to even apply, which has been making me very anxious. Most (legit) places require a few months of local employment history, which I simply wouldn't have. Also, I don't know exactly what my pay checks are looking like ect.. and I dont want to be rushed into moving into the first cheap apartment that will let me move in on craigslist, I want a great place. A place that I can consider my first real home. After the last 4 years, and especially the first 2 months of SD living, I'm really exausted from temporary living and temporary plans.. I know its not going to be the biggest place, or the nicest place, but it will be my own place that I worked for.. and I think that will mean more than anything.
Today I added one more temporary housing place on my list.
Tons of UCSD and SDSU students are trying to sublease their apartments/rooms for their summer vacation. I decided to take up one of these rooms for many reasons.
1. The rent will be a little bit cheaper, for a little bit longer
2. Its 3 more months I have to establish employment history/figure out just how much money I'll be taking in each month
3. I can research in what part of the San Diego/La Jolla area I want to live
4. I can make friends my age!!!
I'll be sharing an apartment until mid/end of August with (I think) 3 other girls (maybe only 2), who I believe are all finishing up their junior year , so they are just a year below me! After an appropriate amount of facebook stalking, the girl whose room I'm moving into and I decided we would all get along great and I'm REALLY excited! I think my stress levels went down from 5 mental breakdowns a day to probably just one.
Of course all this business of things going my way just leaves me waiting for something to go wrong. Im crossing my fingers it wont!
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