Living the Married Life

Just wanted to show my a few photos of me and my cute husband. He's fabulous!

Good Times

I remember when I was younger and all of my friends lived in the same town as me. Then I grew up, went to college out of state and met a lot of different people, from a lot of different places. Some of these even included different countries. The summer after college graduation, I got used to saying goodbye what seemed like every week to someone. Basically from then on, i'm lucky to have 5 friends in the same town. At times I feel as though I don't even have friends, but then I just remember how I do HAVE friends, they are just all scattered.

That's what made this past weekend so exciting. I had two friends come to visit. My friend, Caitlin who came in on Thursday and then, Nick who i'd see Saturday. It was just such a good feeling to go shopping, have coffee, and just hang out with my really good friends. It's a great feeling when you can have a glass of wine and a good conversation with someone. Especially, when they see things in the world the same way that you see them. I won't go into details about all that we did and whatnot, but only want to say that your friends really do feel like they are part of your family, and never take them for granted because once you get older it isn't as easy to find good friends like when you were back in school. Therefore, the people that you do become friends with when you're older really are true friends because you are choosing to hang out with them and didn't just grow up with them.

I took a few photos of me and Caitlin. Unfortunately, I didn't get one of me and Nick which just makes it even more clear that I must go to visit him and his lady in Canada!!! Haha. And I will leave with the advantages of having friends all over the place

-free places to stay

-get to visit places you may never go

-always fun to vacation with friends

-new restaurants to check out

-and of course, new places of scenery for photos!

Brush Yo Teeth!!

(me showing my fabulous set of teeth)

For the past month I have been having so much anxiety of this day. About three weeks ago I went to the dentist after not really going for 5 years. The majority of those years I didn't have insurance and didn't make going to the dentist any kind of priority...Until NOW. Three weeks ago when I went to the dentist, it wasn't a good time. I felt as though I had failed some kind of test, because he kept reading off tooth after tooth that needed to be filled or possibly root canaled. So needless to say, I didn't want this day to ever come. I guess in a way I did want it to come too so that I could start getting some of these things taken care of.
Fast forward to today, basically he did three fillings for me. I was excited that they were not the old scary mercury fillings and instead were ones that are the same color as your teeth. So the only people that will know that I have a filling are in the dental industry. Anyway, I brought along my ipod because the thing that makes me the most nervous about going to the dentist is hearing all of the equipment. Let me tell you there were some crazy sounds that were happening in my mouth today so I was oh so thankful for that ipod. He gave me 2 shots of anesthetic to completely numb my right hand side. I'm not a big fan of the feeling you get from numbing, as it leaves me feeling crazy and like i'm talking as a drunken fool. Anyway, I have a feeling it felt better than feeling what he was actually doing. He filled 3 fillings for me today and it wasn't really as scary as I thought. After having a root canal done last summer nothing has really topped that one...except maybe getting a tooth pulled (which I hope NEVER happens). All in all I kinda broke the bank with how much all of this is gonna cost me, but at least I won't have to feel like my mouth is a scary mess of decay. Gotta go back for round two in a few weeks but now that I know what to expect i'm not too afraid of it. So everyone, make sure that you and your children learn how important it is to floss and brush everyday too. Listerine is also a wonderful thing to have in your life. Not too sure on the whole fluoride thing, but do yourself a favor and...Brush Your Teeth!!!

A Day at the Park

Friday is a day that I am always looking forward to because it's the only day that both Amir and I have off of work. I'm forever grateful for this day. Today we dccided that we'd bring the dogs to the park and let them run around. This is something that we didn't get to do enough of this summer, as it seemed as though there were always something else going on. So we wanted to let the dogs have some fun and just be able to run around on the grass hanging out soaking in the sun. This is one of Rufus's favorite things to do as he is a Florida/California dog. I'm jealous of him because he got to live in San Francisco, and I haven't. Haha...jealous of a dog. I think i'm crazy! Anyway, besides that today was a day of relaxing and not doing too much. Tomorrow's Saturday which means a day of probably 9 massages and the other day I woke up feeling like my right index finger was jammed. Still feels that way so tomorrow's gonna be a lot of fun. I am going to an orthopedic doctor in a few weeks for my hands so maybe he'll find something. Hopefully, I just minorly strained it in some way.
So after the park we dropped the dogs off and went to eat at Sweet Tomatoes which I always love. It feels like a somewhat healthy buffet. It's a salad/soup/pasta buffet and I thorougly enjoy it. I posted a few pictures up on flickr of the park. Bout it for now. Peace out!

European Vacation

(the matterhorn in switzerland)

I'm already getting really excited for next summer!! My mom's friend's son is getting married in Bristol, England next July and my mom has been acting like she wants to go. She doesn't like flying anywhere alone which is where I come in. I will be her flying to England/vacation partner! This makes me SO happy because i've not been to England since 2001, when I came back from my last abroad program in London. It's crazy to think that in a matter of two years I went to Europe/England and beyond 4 different times and since then have NOT been back. Until I went to California, London was my favorite place, so it's gonna be cool if this really does happen. I did some really good shopping there, and ate a lot of delicious food. Camden Market and Oxford Street here we come!! And Wagamama!!! Yay! My mom has never been abroad before so i'm looking forward to show her all of what her and my dad's money was paying for while I was there. haha! Not sure if we'll be going to any other countries while we're visiting. It might just be a London vacation which is fine with me. I'll be completely happy with that. I'm hoping to get out to Cali next summer too so all in all it's gonna be like a 3 week thing. Not too concerned with what work tells me because i'm taking it no matter what! For me to stay sane I need to be able to get outta where i'm at and vacate for a bit. So should everyone. Americans work too much, if you ask me and need to be more like Europeans. I love the idea of the siesta!! We need more of those!

Blessed

Everytime I start to be annoyed with work or annoyed with whatever, I need to think of how good I really do have it. I've got the most fabulous husband that I could ever ask for, my beautiful boys (dogs), a great family, and such great friends even though I never really see any of them because they are all over the US. I'm also lucky enough to be able to take a vacation once a year to keep myself sane. Even though i'm not rich, I still feel like a blessed person in this world. Have a good day before Friday!!!

Doing it on my own!

The other day I found something out that I pretty much knew, but just made me a little more frustrated, than I was prior. This all having to do with my place of employment. Let me just give you a little info about my work. I work in a spa/salon. We are located in a hotel...the salon is upstairs and we are in the basement. There are NO windows and we usually keep it pretty dark down there to keep the spa "mood". So before I started working there, they had had several floods in the basement where the spa is located. I was told that there have been at least 4 to 5 floods in the past 5 years. In this time, the carpet was NEVER replaced. I guess that my coworkers were told that the carpet would be replaced by February of this year and that has never happened. So because of all of the flooding and water that was down there, there has been a growth of mold that has happened. AND it's STILL THERE!! There has been nothing done, and the worst part is that corporate knows about it and says that there is no mold and that everything is fine. This is so infuriating to me because this is something that is harmful to peoples' health. I have already experienced symptoms of mold exposure. It has definentely affected my breathing, I cough when i'm there and ONLY when i'm there, and sometimes my eyes burn. All of which are symptoms of mold exposure. I've already decided that I DON'T want to be pregnant while I work there because I dont want to expose my unborn child to it. I signed a contract with this company stating that I have to stay with them for one year or I have to pay money, which I heard some people haven't had to pay. But we'll see. So here are my goals for these next 7 months so I can prepare myself to get outta this place!

* Hand my business cards out to everyone/Market myself as much as possible!!
* Get certified in pregnancy massage
* Learn some new deep tissue techniques
* Get more massages for research
* Move into a house so that I have my own massage space

Those are just a few goals for this next year so that I can get my own business going. I know that people enjoy my massages and I feel like I know how to make people feel good so I just need to get my own clients so that I dont have to wait around to get booked or not get booked. So if you or anyone you know (if anyone even reads this) needs a massage let me know!! I'd love to work with you!