Monday, March 25, 2013
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Weekends & Fitting In.
I live for weekends, as I'm sure most people do but this weekend I've been looking forward to all week. I've finally made the decision to cut my hair and get bangs! My inspiration is Taylor Swift's new look, I think its sleek and shapes her face well. I'm just hoping it does the same for myself. I've been craving a change for my hair for months now! On top of my hopeful haircut I have scheduled a facial today (yay! mini spa day) Afterwards, I think tonight Chris and I are going to a new movie theater in Redmond that has recliners, blankets and food service in the theater! It sounds right up our alley :) Overall a nice little Saturday. Sundays have always been Chris and I's day because he works almost all day Saturday, but on Sunday we have been taking Bailey to the park, she loves it and its so much fun to watch her run around with other pups. Ahhh the weekend.....why do you only last two days?!
::Segway into my next thought::
Seattle is known for being a socially cold city. In fact they call it the 'Seattle Freeze' it comes from the fact that most people in the Pacific Northwest won't go out of their way to make you feel welcome or are very friendly for that matter. I'll be honest I've never experienced this, probably because I'm from New England, where if someone doesn't know you, they won't talk to you. In fact, we got in a debate at work about whether or not the East Coast or Seattle is worst for freezing people out (I was going against Seattle natives, but still believe I won) I remember when I used to come visit here, I used to always comment on how nice people our here. People might be extremely passive aggressive here (which drives me insane) but being anti-social isn't what I'd label them.
However, regardless of where you move though finding your nitch of friends I believe always presents a challenge. I wouldn't say I have tons of friends here but I have been lucky enough to have a few that I enjoy seeing when our schedules allow. But it is not the same, I miss my friends back home. This morning I woke up to a text from my best friend, Ashley. It was about some crazy drama about other friends back home, and I miss being there. I miss going out to lunch or dinner and catching up on life. I have been extremely lucky that Ashley has stuck by my side ever since I moved here. We both have been able to make time to call, text, email whenever we can so it still keep our friendships going. However, I know that this is not the norm, and I count my blessings for that. I also am lucky to have friends in multiple states from California, Arizona, Georgia, D.C, and Northern Virginia. These friends I have also been able to keep in contact with, maybe not weekly but enough to still consider them close friends. I hope that one day I will have the friends here that I would want to keep in contact with even if I'm no longer living in Seattle.
::Segway into my next thought::
Seattle is known for being a socially cold city. In fact they call it the 'Seattle Freeze' it comes from the fact that most people in the Pacific Northwest won't go out of their way to make you feel welcome or are very friendly for that matter. I'll be honest I've never experienced this, probably because I'm from New England, where if someone doesn't know you, they won't talk to you. In fact, we got in a debate at work about whether or not the East Coast or Seattle is worst for freezing people out (I was going against Seattle natives, but still believe I won) I remember when I used to come visit here, I used to always comment on how nice people our here. People might be extremely passive aggressive here (which drives me insane) but being anti-social isn't what I'd label them.
However, regardless of where you move though finding your nitch of friends I believe always presents a challenge. I wouldn't say I have tons of friends here but I have been lucky enough to have a few that I enjoy seeing when our schedules allow. But it is not the same, I miss my friends back home. This morning I woke up to a text from my best friend, Ashley. It was about some crazy drama about other friends back home, and I miss being there. I miss going out to lunch or dinner and catching up on life. I have been extremely lucky that Ashley has stuck by my side ever since I moved here. We both have been able to make time to call, text, email whenever we can so it still keep our friendships going. However, I know that this is not the norm, and I count my blessings for that. I also am lucky to have friends in multiple states from California, Arizona, Georgia, D.C, and Northern Virginia. These friends I have also been able to keep in contact with, maybe not weekly but enough to still consider them close friends. I hope that one day I will have the friends here that I would want to keep in contact with even if I'm no longer living in Seattle.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Love your life.
Update on the 'no note'.
I left a note on the car I highly suspected hit my car, she at first, was apologetic and said she would help get it fixed. Ten minutes later she called back and said if there isn't any paint from my car on hers she wasn't going to help.Apparently she wasn't aware of is that when cars hit one another they normally don't 'swap paint'. She's from Illinois so maybe that's not knowledge there. To make a long story short, both broads who part in the spot could provide "proof" they were not at the scene of the crime when my car was hit. So this left the damage up to me for to get fixed. So today I went to a great place in Kent, WA that informed me luckily its all cosmetic and none of it will rust! So I took an estimate (over $300!?!) but will most likely try and buff it out myself. This leads me to my next point.....
I completely take my life for granted. I complain, a lot. I have high expectations that normally are not realistic for my personal and professional life. I have a great job and love the people I work (well mostly), I have a wonderful boyfriend who challenges me and spoils me rotten. I love my mom and family who continue to support me no matter where I live or my life takes me. I have my health and a new apartment that has been working out beautifully. And lastly I love my puppy Bailey and I'm thrilled we have her. Literally, I have nothing to complain about. I am not a religious person but I do have a lot to be thankful for.
I left a note on the car I highly suspected hit my car, she at first, was apologetic and said she would help get it fixed. Ten minutes later she called back and said if there isn't any paint from my car on hers she wasn't going to help.Apparently she wasn't aware of is that when cars hit one another they normally don't 'swap paint'. She's from Illinois so maybe that's not knowledge there. To make a long story short, both broads who part in the spot could provide "proof" they were not at the scene of the crime when my car was hit. So this left the damage up to me for to get fixed. So today I went to a great place in Kent, WA that informed me luckily its all cosmetic and none of it will rust! So I took an estimate (over $300!?!) but will most likely try and buff it out myself. This leads me to my next point.....
Monday, March 11, 2013
NO NOTE?!
Ugh Jagoff!
For those of you don't know a jag or jag off is, it isPittsburgh lingo for 'jerk'. While I'm not from the steel city half my family is and this word has always entertained me.
Jagoff of the moment however is the one who scratched my car at my apartment complex and did not leave a note. Douchdbag. Now I have to hunt you down and threaten bodily harm....
In all honestly I'm hoping it was a simple accident or they didn't see it but with my luck it's probably not. Seriously though how rude?! Also I'm not that upset about the scratch its not terrible and hardly the first on my car but its the fact people are so inconsiderate.
For those of you don't know a jag or jag off is, it isPittsburgh lingo for 'jerk'. While I'm not from the steel city half my family is and this word has always entertained me.
Jagoff of the moment however is the one who scratched my car at my apartment complex and did not leave a note. Douchdbag. Now I have to hunt you down and threaten bodily harm....
In all honestly I'm hoping it was a simple accident or they didn't see it but with my luck it's probably not. Seriously though how rude?! Also I'm not that upset about the scratch its not terrible and hardly the first on my car but its the fact people are so inconsiderate.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Health....
As I mentioned last week I had bronchitis, which was not ideal but did seem to pass fairly quickly. Well, I'm also prone to odd growths apparently. I have a keloid on my ear from a piercing I got when I was 17, I've had two surgeries and now it requires monthly injections of chemotherapy drug in order to shrink it. On top of this I've had a cyst on my neck for a little over a year. The cyst was small and I had it checked out by my doctor who was not concerned and told me if I wanted it removed it would be a simple procedure but since it was small and didn't bother me it was nothing to be concerned with. Well, ofcourse I couldn't leave it alone and allowed my waxer (whom I trust) mess with it. What started as a small bump grew to a large knot on my neck. It was so sore and swollen that I had to go to urgent care on Sunday where they drained it but would not remove it. I was then told to go to a Ear, Nose and Throat doctor because the cyst itself was next to my jugular, ofcourse! Mind you, if you don't remove the cyst itself it could come back.Well this morning I go to the ENT doctor and he tells me its too infected for him to do anything and reopened the wound. I don't handle doctors well, I never have. I cannot look at blood (myself or others) or any other bodily liquids without feeling nauseous and lightheaded. Well lately I've been shot up with needles, sliced open and 'packing' stuffed in an infected wound. I'm not handling this well.
I thought today I would go to the ENT they would remove the actual cyst and I would go on to healing this obnoxious and ugly wound on my neck. But no. Since he reopened it, it will continue to drain. I know I'm probably completely overreacting but I'm very frustrated by this. First of all its on my neck, and very obvious because I have to keep it covered, since its open. Second the packing the put in the wound is very uncomfortable and it makes it hard to sleep or get comfortable, which makes me irritable to say the least. And lastly, in my 27 years of life I've been fairly healthy so when I have to make multiple runs to a doctor I feel like I'm not in control of myself, which is a hard thing for me to deal with or accept. I was in tears this morning on the phone with Chris out of frustration. I want to be able to sleep,I want to not have to bandage my neck and not wear scarfs everyday!
::sigh::
I thought today I would go to the ENT they would remove the actual cyst and I would go on to healing this obnoxious and ugly wound on my neck. But no. Since he reopened it, it will continue to drain. I know I'm probably completely overreacting but I'm very frustrated by this. First of all its on my neck, and very obvious because I have to keep it covered, since its open. Second the packing the put in the wound is very uncomfortable and it makes it hard to sleep or get comfortable, which makes me irritable to say the least. And lastly, in my 27 years of life I've been fairly healthy so when I have to make multiple runs to a doctor I feel like I'm not in control of myself, which is a hard thing for me to deal with or accept. I was in tears this morning on the phone with Chris out of frustration. I want to be able to sleep,I want to not have to bandage my neck and not wear scarfs everyday!
::sigh::
Friday, March 1, 2013
State Arrogance
So I've come to realize that everyone is bias (sometimes to an extreme) of their state or where they come from. I am totally on board with this. I love Connecticut, in fact I'm pretty sure it's the best state ever. We have the small town feel but also close to NYC and Boston. Legit a win win. With that being said Chris does not share my passion of his home state Alaska. In fact, he hates it and hadn't been back since he moved here 4 years ago. I haven't been but the way I see it, how bad can it be? Well I guess time will tell we're going there this summer but I mean honestly how bad can it be... 6 months of darkness, 6 months of light. Months and months of snow, and living in isolation from all things the lower 48 have. Chris has told me multiple times of the lack of concerts, sporting events and overall things to do in AK. Alright so maybe this will be 'an experience'....
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