Rob and I got back from our trip to Monterey today… and WE’RE ENGAGED!
😀
Pictures and the proposal story to come. YAY!
Category Archives: life
macarthur maze
OMG. Look at what happened to a piece of the Macarthur Maze today.
It freaking collapsed. A tanker truck overturned and caught on fire, causing the ramp above it to buckle. CRAZY.
The Maze is the Bay Area’s busiest freeway interchange… and one of the most congested. 3 major highways (80, 580 and 880) converge there. And now 2 of its sections (westbound 80 to southbound 880 and eastbound 80 to eastbound 580) are closed until those connectors can be rebuilt. I’m *so* not looking forward to my commute to work tomorrow. TONS of people are going to take mass transit since they won’t want to deal with the headache of finding alternate routes. *whimpers* I suppose I should leave for work earlier. Boo. 🙁
Rob and I actually drove by the collapsed freeway earlier as we were out running errands (the crash site is technically in the city that we live in). It’s totally eerie to see it decimated like that.
i got nothing
I got nothing.
I’ve been trying to think of something to blog about but my mind is going “…”
Yup. *twiddles fingers*
Well, I did try to watch Rome this weekend. A few of my shows are over for the season (Prison Break, The OC, Friday Night Lights) so I rented the first disc from Netflix to see if it would fill the void. I only got about 15 minutes into the first episode and decided it wasn’t for me. It was a little too bloody and I couldn’t keep everyone straight. Oh, well. Luckily, Rob and I just got the Firefly DVDs from our friend Sebastian (*waves*) so that’ll keep us occupied for a little while. 😀
weekend update
Had a loooooooong weekend. And I am still UNBELIEVABLY TIRED.
Rob and I celebrated our 8-year anniversary last Thursday, so… YAY for that. 😀
We didn’t get a chance to celebrate this past weekend, though, because Rob was a groomsman at a friend’s wedding on Saturday and we had friends staying over for the festivities. The wedding was held at the Brazilian Room at Tilden Park in Berkeley, which was an absolutely phenomenal location. It’s set high up on a hill with a lush green backdrop. So pretty. Unfortunately, the ceremony had to be moved indoors due to the pouring rain but despite that, it was a really beautiful, intimate ceremony. The rain let up after the vows so the wedding party was able to take some pictures outside. Look how pretty the wedding party looks against the gorgeous green background. *sigh*
The bride also had so many little hand-made touches that made the wedding so unique… from her invitations (to die for!), to the little rocks that served as your seat assigment, to her own wedding dress… GUH. It was all so beautiful.
Following the wedding, we all went out to dinner, then to a club, and then the post-wedding brunch the next day. YOU GUYS. This is more activity than I’m used to in a weekend. So you’ll understand why I’ve been in a sleepy funk the past few days. LOL.
I really need to get some sleep…
easter weekend
Aaahhh, I’m having a nice and relaxing Easter weekend so far. Hope all of you are as well.
I had Friday off from work, which was so great. 😀 I got the chance to meet up with friends for lunch and we checked out the new H&M that opened up near my apartment. Then to top off my day, I got a much-needed pedicure. If only life could be as simple as this…
I’ve recently become seriously addicted to The Travel Channel. I’ve been recording the daily reruns of Passport to Europe. Samantha Brown, the host, can sometimes border on annoying and cheesy (a la Rachael Ray) but whatever, it’s EUROPE. *sigh* I wish there was a way to make travelling my day job. Or just to have the time and money to leave everything and travel through Europe for a month. I even checked out the 5 Takes website to see if they were casting. LOL. (It’s a reality show where 5 travelers are chosen to be immersed in a country and the online community on the Travel Channel site decides their daily activities, their next destination, etc). Unfortunately, you have to be 30-39 to apply. WHAT IS WRONG WITH BEING 27? 😛
The one regret I have about my college experience is that I didn’t take time over the summers to travel. I spent all my summer vacations fitting in summer school so I could graduate with a double major. If I could, I’d go back and change that in a heartbeat. I’d have taken an extra year to graduate or even applied to a study abroad program. Everything’s 20/20 in hindsight, right?
I’m also loving the Travel Channel’s 1,000 Places to See Before You Die. This show chronicles the adventures of a really lucky couple who gets to travel around the world for a few months. (The show’s based on the book of the same name). I found out about this show in Paris from our Segway tour guide. He had just finished filming a segment for the show a few nights before, which featured the Segway tour. I can’t wait to see the episode when they get to Paris. So far, they’ve been to Alaska and Italy and every time the episode is over, I am SO JEALOUS. Can you imagine? 13 weeks. All expenses paid. LUCKY.
In honor of Easter, I thought I’d share this link to the 2007 US State Easter Eggs. It’s an annual tradition that each state (plus DC) submits a decorated egg to the White House. I think it’s kinda fun. My favorites are Georgia, Maine and Washington.
Ok, enough randomness for today… I’m off to watch the first episode of The Tudors. Jonathan Rhys Meyers! WOOT.
new couch
Can you guys believe that the only really exciting that’s happened in the last week is that Rob and I finally bought a new couch? 🙂
We can finally get rid of that navy blue IKEA abomination (see photo meme pics). WOOT. I’m going to try and sell it but for now, it’s in the corner of our dining room along with a small side table that we no longer have room for. IT’S A TOTAL MESS IN HERE.
Anyway, since this is a totally lame-o entry, I bring you a song to download from Timbaland’s upcoming album —
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Timbaland ft. Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado – Give It To Me
daylight savings time
Daylight savings time totally messed me up today.
I am UNBELIEVABLY tired.
Also, is it just me or has 24 been slightly boring this season? It’s really disappointing. 🙁
girl scouts
I found those darn Girl Scouts today. Totally made my weekend.
It’s going to take all my willpower not to rip open my box of Thin Mints until April 8 (aka Easter… aka the day I can eat chocolate again).
😀
feeling drained
I can’t believe it’s February already. January flew by so quickly.
So I’ve been feeling out of sorts lately. I just… I’m not really all that happy. :/ I think it’s a combination of things, really.
Work.
I don’t know if my job suits me. I’m shy and quiet and I much prefer being in the background most of the time. That’s always been my personality. But my job forces me into a position where I make important decisions and frankly, it makes me uncomfortable. I’m horrible at making decisions! It doesn’t help that I constantly second guess myself. I can’t deal.
Friends.
I’ve never had a huge group of friends and that’s always suited me just fine. It’s the introvert in me. But recently, I don’t feel all that close to even the few friends that I have. I’m horrible at keeping in touch and as much as I enjoy my alone time, sometimes I just want to call up a friend without wondering if they’ll even care to hear from me.
Weight.
I cannot fit into, like, half of my work pants. Getting dressed in the mornings is painful. I want to blame it all on the holidays but I can’t. It’s me. I haven’t been taking care of myself. And I can’t seem to figure out what I need to do to get motivated.
There are other things but I’m starting to get sick of my whiny ramblings. I’m not usually this dramatic! Really! But it feels really good to get it all out.
after xmas poem
Oh wow, this poem *totally* describes me right now… I can barely fit into any of my pants! GRRR.
‘Twas the month after Christmas, and all through the house,
Nothing would fit me, not even a blouse.
The cookies I’d nibbled, the eggnog I’d taste,
At the holiday parties had gone to my waist.
When I got on the scales there arose such a number!
When I walked to the store (less a walk than a lumber).
I’d remember the marvelous meals I’d prepared,
The gravies and sauces and beef nicely rared.
The wine and the rum balls, the bread and the cheese,
And the way I’d never said, “No thank you, please.”
As I dressed myself in my husband’s old shirt,
And prepared once again to do battle with dirt.
I said to myself, as I only can,
“You can’t spend a winter disguised as a man!”
So–away with the last of the sour cream dip,
Get rid of the fruit cake, every cracker and chip.
Every last bit of food that I like must be banished,
‘Till all the additional ounces have vanished.
I won’t have a cookie–not even a lick,
I’ll want only to chew on a long celery stick.
I won’t have hot biscuits, or corn bread, or pie,
I’ll munch on a carrot and quietly cry.
I’m hungry, I’m lonesome, and life is a bore,
But isn’t that what January is for?
Unable to giggle, no longer a riot,
Happy New Year to all and to all a good diet!
Found at Chef Messy. 🙂