Catching Up

Well its been a while since I've posted anything that's for sure. Seriously I don't keep up with these, and I don't think I ever will. I just tend to forget that I have a blog. Some day...............maybe some day I will keep up a blog :p.

So last time I wrote, I reported about moving to South Dakota and what not. Well the summer tourist season has come and gone. After school had kicked in, more and more families disappeared and more and more older couples trickled in. Its funny but I didn't think about this till now, but people came in as fast or as slow as they could hahaha....*ahem*....anyway moving on. Last time I wrote was the middle of the season. Kind of a sum up of what happened towards the end of the season....we hired what we would call "dirka dirkas" (Arabic speaking ppl) and that was a trip because people would be scared to come in our stores. Sturgis season had come and gone, saw things that were cool and things I really didn't care to see (e.i. leather ppl half naked). Seeing our employees leave was a big relief. No more having to worry about scheduling, no more lazy people milking the clock! And that pretty much sums it up.

The season had slowed down so more time to blog right?........hahaha.....*ahem* yes, that seized to exist. The weather seemed to cool down more which didn't make me way to happy. In the beginning of going to South Dakota, Curt had said we will be there till the first snow. When the first snow had come in, did we leave? Nope.....grrrr....me and cold weather don't get along so well. Then we had a second hit of snow which did take out power lines and we were with out power for almost 24 hrs. South Dakota was looking more and more unappealing, and yet we were still there for a couple weeks. Finally we got out of there this past Sunday and now we're here in Montana.

The driving was boring as ever and long, I hate driving 2 separate cars. Anyways almost got hit by a stupid idiot driver. Dang women who drive SUVs.....no offense to those who drive them....inches from hitting my car, I slammed my breaks in time. I was so shaken up, I couldn't even honk the horn at her. Its over now, and I don't have to see her stupid face again. But yeah the day after we got here at Curt's parent's house, we hunted for an apartment like crazy. Luckily we got one. Fairly cheap as far as rent goes in the area and really nice. Best of all.....IT HAS A KITCHEN!!! Really I'm excited. We haven't moved in quite yet, but by the end of the week we should be moved in. :D

Emerging From the Abyss

So its been a little over a month since I've gotten married and its been a crazy ride so far. From moving into one place to another especially to a place I've never been before to being a supervisor (which I've never had experience with), its been an interesting adventure so far. Moving into an apartment that has no kitchen, living in a town smaller than Rexburg, if you can imagine that, seriously I don't know how I keep my sanity. I partially think its due to Curt who keeps my sanity, for the most part. As everyone says married life is terrific. Of course there are a couple bumps, but always solved by the end of the night :D.

So me and Curt are managing a candy store, Whistle Stop Candy Shoppe, and again the candy business is somewhat booming. We have our good and bad days. Working in the candy store reminds me of working in Disney World out in Florida, seeing tourist from all over. Mainly we see people from the near by states (Nebraska, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Wyoming, Colorado...etc) the list goes on. I'm slightly surprised partially because the way the economy is going but on the other hand, why wouldn't people go here because of the economy? Its cheap because its near by so those who are saving money go here instead of flying out to hawaii or where ever, just making it a good road trip. I haven't worked with teenagers since high school, so working with them again is pretty much nightmare. It makes me reflect on how I acted in high school. Yeah so working with high schoolers....its pretty much the same as working with my brother....lazy, likes to talk about stupid stuff, infatuated with the opposite sex. For example the girls see the "most gorgeous thing on 2 legs" and both girls have boyfriends that they claim they want to marry. I just don't see how girls do that. Though I do have to say that I may have thought that way when I was sixteen....I can't remember. Whatever, I'm tired of working with high schoolers.

There's tons to write more about, but we'll see how things go in the next month. Maybe by then me and Curt will have a blog up and running... :P we can only hope. I know that for sure that the season will pretty much be done which means almost out of South Dakota...whew!

1 Week Down

So a week left till me and Curt get married. Crazy how time flies by and escapes you. It was just yesterday he just proposed, but again everyone know how time goes by so quickly. So today is the first time I'm going through the temple and I'm nervous as ever. I'm nervous about doing something wrong or saying something wrong, and everyone says keep an open mind. Everyone says the first time you go through you won't be able to understand everything and make sure that you listen....again I'm afraid of missing something. And if you know me, I can't hear very well and I tend to forget things. I guess that's why they say you need to attend the temple more often, and that is especially the case for me :P.

Again the wedding is a week away, and tons, well I'd say about 90% of the people I talk with ask, are you nervous? And when they say that I return with, what about? Like about the wedding?Being married? What? For the most part no I'm not nervous. I'm not saying that my marriage will be perfect, I'm sure far from it, but I have faith in Curt and myself that we'll work hard through the bad times and support each other. I remember during my bridal shower they were talking about how getting mad over toothpaste, like how you squeeze the bottle. And I think really you can get mad over how the toothpaste is squeezed? But I guess it the little things that can annoy you and such, but I think marriage is give and take, sacrifice. As far as the wedding goes, I am nervous that things will go smoothly. I came up with the color scheme, design and everything, again I just hope things go through smoothly. I'm afraid of something happening wrong with the wedding really. I just need to have patience with everyone that I'm working with, and I think I've been pretty good about my wedding. Like not turning into a bridezilla, thank heavens. Now I'm counting down, 7 days left...:D

Planning a Wedding

So its been a long time since I've written in my blog. Its probably because life is coming fast at me, and really I can't keep up with these :p. So I got engaged at the beginning of this year right after Makamae's wedding. Everyone asks how Curtis proposed and it was sweet and simple. After Makamae's luncheon, Curt and I were going to go swing dancing and go spend some time together. Swing dancing was at Noah's, a reception hall for those who don't Utah that well, and well it had been a while since me and Curt had danced, so we waited a while before dancing. Earlier we had gotten there and they were still setting up so then we walked around a bit before the dancing started. I think with Noah's reception halls they all have ice skating rinks on them, because I noticed that they had a outdoorish type patio as the ice skating rink. I thought it'd be cool to go ice skating because I hadn't gone in forever. We then just headed off to go dancing and I'll admit that its been awhile. I get so rusty when I don't practice, but anyways we had danced for a good while and then he took my hand and led me to the patio. He had the manager of the place put on our song as he took my hand to dance. I'll say he did a pretty good job ;).

Now I have a wedding to plan. People all the time ask me if I'm stressed, and really it hasn't been too bad. I've taken care of the some of the core things, paid off most of the stuff, so I'm good. There have been a few bumps to say the least, esp with my dress (and don't get me started with that because I get worked into a lather). Overall though I'm good. Thanks to Jane (our adopted mom as us siblings call her) I wouldn't be on top of things, and I'm sure I'd be falling apart. I can say that every one is right, you want the engaged months to hurry up. It feels like its never gonna come, but I know before I'll realize, it'll be the big day. Anxious as ever I want it to come today.

All work and no play isn't making me dull but tired

So I have a job now. What else is there to say? Well actually there's a lot more to say about my job. Where should I start? The fact that I have to travel all the way out to Lake Forest? Or the traffic I have to go through every day? Whenever I think of that, I just think "Hey some people don't even have jobs, be thankful that you have one in the first place" of which I am. I thank Heavenly Father for blessing me with a job, and hey it pays that's all I have to say. Anyways so yeah the job is fine. All I do is take calls from people that own a Price Pfister faucet whether it be for the kitchen, bathroom, shower, or tub and troubleshoot their problems with it. Its fine, I haven't gotten a nightmare yet, though there was this lady that wanted to speak to my supervisor. It wasn't a big deal because my trainer was there and dealt with it. But yeah occasionally people will complain about the sink not working blah blah blah. The thing is the faucets are lifetime warranty, so if they need replacement parts and what have you, they call us. There's an occasional person that will say "Well I owned a Moen and I had no problems blah blah blah." My thing or thought is, if they said they had no problem with a Moen, then why the heck did they buy a Price Pfister faucet in the first place? Whatever I don't care about those people because its their fault for buying the faucet.
So yeah work load isn't that bad, but they're I think about to change what my job is. Like I do customer service right now, and so they might change that to be more clerical work and what have you. Of which I don't mind at all, kind of thankful because that way I don't have to talk to people about their problems and their beef with the company. On to talking about the driving. Man I hate driving. I used to like driving...like since I didn't get to drive much in Idaho because I didn't have a car, I loved it when Curt asked me if I could drive or asked me if I'd like to drive. Now I detest driving. At first when I started, I had to drive all the way to Lake Forest (close to Irvine) and that took me about a good hour to get out there. Now I'm beginning to carpool with a couple girls in the near by (or at least kinda in the near by) area of where I am. So now I just drive to Corona and then one of the other girl's drives out to Lake Forest. The first time I went out carpooling, the chick's car caught on fire. That was pretty long day. But yeah it used to take an hour to get home, now it take an hour and a half to get home. The 91 freeway gets more and more crowded, I just don't understand why that is, but it is what it is. Like I swear just to get from the 241 freeway to the 91, probably a good 45 minutes, bumper to bumper traffic. The girl that drives is slightly heavy set and wears the most warm looking business clothes I've ever seen. My thought is how do you stand sitting in the sun in a black LONG SLEEVED shirt. Just looking at her I start feeling hot.
Anyways the training for the job was only supposed to be 2 weeks, but instead they're extending it another 2 weeks :(. It kinda pissed me off, but when the head manager of customer service came and told me that they'd reinburse me for my gas, I was thinking, freakin' heck yes. Shoot I would even vote for a company car that I could drive, but that's really not logical. So I should be moving to the real location of the job which is Mira Loma after the 4th of July weekend. I went to the office for one day and it took me a total of like 15 minutes. Wow....only 15min. Now compare that to an hour/hour and a half of driving or being in a car. ACK! seriously I can't wait till I get to drive that short of distance. But seriously the job is draining me of my energy because I have to drive so much and what have you. All I want is a freakin' break, which for sure I'll get next month :D. But as that saying goes "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" well fit my name in and I feel like its making me feel dull. More so tired than dull, but slowly I'll become a boring person that sits behind a desk typing away and getting carpal tunnel...........man I hope not.........

A Sitting Duck

Soooo yeah...I still don't think I can keep up with a blog to be all honest. Makamae bugs me saying "you need to put a new blog up"...how often are you supposed to write in these things? On the real if there was something exciting to tell by all means I'd write something, but no there's nothing to write about. I guess today was kinda of a good day...ish...maybe b/c my "job hunt" or my lookout for a job was pretty good. I got a call from the temp agency and there's a possible job opening in Mira Loma. Nothing is definite until the temp agency can actually land me a job, it just seems like there's a lot of customer service jobs. That's what the job is customer service for Black and Decker....so I'm hoping. The pay is rounding about $11-12/hr so who knows maybe I'll get it. But seriously I feel pointless sitting at home making no money....its not that fun I dare say. It feels weird b/c I'm not going to school either. Like I want to start the massage therapy, but I feel like I can't start that until I can land a job. I'm just really tempted to go out and get a part time job doing something....just not food related. I hate working w/ food.

So since I have so much time on my hands I get to hang out with friends more. Past 3 weeks I've been going to the beach once a week :D. Many do I love the beach, but my shoulders aren't liking that too much. I got burned lik three times on the shoulders and I'm getting flaky...ack! It sucks because it never was that way when I was little, but as I'm getting older I'm getting more sunburned. I think it has to do with #1 age and #2 that's what Idaho does to your skin. Though I'm hoping as the summer progresses I won't get as sunburned. I'll probably get skin cancer sooner than I'd like, its either that or I'll get really wrinkly by the age of 30.

Now What?

So life at home in Cali isn't that great, but its not horrible at all. Finding a new job, well I guess it takes more than just depending on a temp agency. All I'm doing right now is waiting on a job. They first got me set up with a job that sounded great and I was so anxious and excited about it. Then a week before I start, they don't "need" me any more. It was one of the biggest let downs I've had in my life. I thought "Man I can finally get things going, getting a higher pay. Now I can start saving up for a car and school...." In a sense I kinda felt like a kid again. Its like telling a kid "Oh we're going to Disneyland next week" and then telling them they're not goin after all. Right now I'm just trying to see the greater light of the situation. Maybe its a better time for me to do other things...I don't know. Everyone says if life gives you lemons make lemonade or look at the brighter side of things. It is kinda hard for me to see a brighter side. Throughout it all I can hope and pray for the best. Maybe Heavenly Father has something greater for me in store, who knows really. So now what? Its weird because Tutu (my grandma) is moving back to Hawaii this weekend. Its sad because I don't know when I'll ever get to see her again. She said that this move back to Hawaii is the last trip she's going to make. After growing up with her here most of my life and seeing her go, mades me sad. Without her here its hard to live at home more so, its just me, Pono, and my dad. Again it makes me sad, so now what? I'm kinda worried about things now how are bills going to be paid? How is this summer going to go (considering gas prices are rising like crazy)? Again I just hope and pray for the best.