Saturday, September 26, 2009
Friday, I'm in Love!
Kyle and I kind of slept in today, we didn't end up falling asleep until like 3am last night, so we were super passed out all through my family's noisy morning routines. I woke up around 12 and Kyle woke up shortly after, haha. We eventually managed to roll out of bed and shower just in time to be slightly late to pick Sahar up from school. With us arriving like 20 minutes late, it's just like old times :) haha
Afterwards, we decided to go out to eat, and after sitting in front of a Pick Up Sticks for like 20 minutes, decided that we should do multiple things at once, and Kyle called the Twins (Chris & Brian) and asked them if they wanted to hang out/eat. So we drove out to La Jolla & picked them up, then we went over to the UTC mall. We were walking around the food court for a bit, Sahar decided that she wanted Panda Express, so we head that way. As a joke, I tell her to ask for a discount because she's wearing her WWF shirt which has a Panda on it, and she laughs and I know she's not going to say anything. So we get up there and order her Orange Chicken, and the lady tells us that they're going to give us a 10% discount because she's wearing a panda shirt!! It was hilarious! I couldn't believe it, I thought they were just kidding, but nope, sure enough, right on the receipt it says a 10% promotional discount!! It totally was a highlight of my day, haha.
I got some Great Khans to much on, which was super good as usual :)
After eating, walking around the mall, and being stuck in traffic, we eventually made it back to my house. We all hung out for a bit, but the boys eventually took off to hang out, and I spent time with my mommy and Sahar. We decided to go shopping for my Uncle's birthday present, he's having a pool party tomorrow.
Speaking of tomorrow, we're going to have a super busy day! First my uncle's birthday party, then we're hanging out with Chrissy & Chris, and then we're going to Jenny's going away party! It's going to be such a fun day (hopefully) but I know I'm going to be exhausted tomorrow night! But, that's okay, I know it's going to be worth it...hanging out with everyone has been so much fun...I kind of forgot what having a social life was like, haha. But making friends has been pretty hard for us to do, hopefully once school starts/we start working we'll make a few friends. It'd be nice not to be so lonely in such a big city so far away from everyone we love. But I honestly can say I miss our apartment, it's nice having a hide out where we can just pretend the rest of the world doesn't matter.
I do miss being my sister's go-to person though...apparently she and Ryan got in some huge dispute because he asked her what her perfect guy would be like, and she basically described Nick (one of her ex-boyfriends/Ryan's best friend) and it got pretty messy, he got really upset and she ended up crying herself to sleep. And I didn't even know about this! I had to find out about it like a week later after chatting with my mom! Sahar also told me this crazy ridiculous story involving air soft guns, the guys she hangs out with, getting the police called on them (they thought they had real guns) and being surrounded by 30 units, having 2 helicopters flying above them, and having a sniper on a tall building semi-far away pointed directly at them in case they did something stupid. I couldn't believe something that crazy and ridiculous could happen and she wouldn't feel inclined to tell me about it...it makes me feel totally out of the loop, which breaks my heart.
Anyway, I'm currently lying in bed in my PJs hoping Kyle comes home soon, I'm super lonely. Everyone else has gone to sleep, my brother & Kyle are both out partying, and I'm all alone in my big dark house, with only the light of this computer keeping me company. Yes, both Kyle & my Brother tried to get me to go hang out with them (separately, not both of them at the same time) but I'm already in PJs and don't really feel like going out. Tomorrow's going to be super busy, so I'd really just like to go to sleep and cuddle with my baby-babe...but the last thing I'm going to do is ask him to come home, mostly because I know he would, and he really should just keep hanging out with his friends, we are leaving in only 3 days...
I guess I'll stop being a pouty baby, I can entertain myself with Gossip Girl re-runs or something :)
Goodnight San Diego!
Afterwards, we decided to go out to eat, and after sitting in front of a Pick Up Sticks for like 20 minutes, decided that we should do multiple things at once, and Kyle called the Twins (Chris & Brian) and asked them if they wanted to hang out/eat. So we drove out to La Jolla & picked them up, then we went over to the UTC mall. We were walking around the food court for a bit, Sahar decided that she wanted Panda Express, so we head that way. As a joke, I tell her to ask for a discount because she's wearing her WWF shirt which has a Panda on it, and she laughs and I know she's not going to say anything. So we get up there and order her Orange Chicken, and the lady tells us that they're going to give us a 10% discount because she's wearing a panda shirt!! It was hilarious! I couldn't believe it, I thought they were just kidding, but nope, sure enough, right on the receipt it says a 10% promotional discount!! It totally was a highlight of my day, haha.
I got some Great Khans to much on, which was super good as usual :)
After eating, walking around the mall, and being stuck in traffic, we eventually made it back to my house. We all hung out for a bit, but the boys eventually took off to hang out, and I spent time with my mommy and Sahar. We decided to go shopping for my Uncle's birthday present, he's having a pool party tomorrow.
Speaking of tomorrow, we're going to have a super busy day! First my uncle's birthday party, then we're hanging out with Chrissy & Chris, and then we're going to Jenny's going away party! It's going to be such a fun day (hopefully) but I know I'm going to be exhausted tomorrow night! But, that's okay, I know it's going to be worth it...hanging out with everyone has been so much fun...I kind of forgot what having a social life was like, haha. But making friends has been pretty hard for us to do, hopefully once school starts/we start working we'll make a few friends. It'd be nice not to be so lonely in such a big city so far away from everyone we love. But I honestly can say I miss our apartment, it's nice having a hide out where we can just pretend the rest of the world doesn't matter.
I do miss being my sister's go-to person though...apparently she and Ryan got in some huge dispute because he asked her what her perfect guy would be like, and she basically described Nick (one of her ex-boyfriends/Ryan's best friend) and it got pretty messy, he got really upset and she ended up crying herself to sleep. And I didn't even know about this! I had to find out about it like a week later after chatting with my mom! Sahar also told me this crazy ridiculous story involving air soft guns, the guys she hangs out with, getting the police called on them (they thought they had real guns) and being surrounded by 30 units, having 2 helicopters flying above them, and having a sniper on a tall building semi-far away pointed directly at them in case they did something stupid. I couldn't believe something that crazy and ridiculous could happen and she wouldn't feel inclined to tell me about it...it makes me feel totally out of the loop, which breaks my heart.
Anyway, I'm currently lying in bed in my PJs hoping Kyle comes home soon, I'm super lonely. Everyone else has gone to sleep, my brother & Kyle are both out partying, and I'm all alone in my big dark house, with only the light of this computer keeping me company. Yes, both Kyle & my Brother tried to get me to go hang out with them (separately, not both of them at the same time) but I'm already in PJs and don't really feel like going out. Tomorrow's going to be super busy, so I'd really just like to go to sleep and cuddle with my baby-babe...but the last thing I'm going to do is ask him to come home, mostly because I know he would, and he really should just keep hanging out with his friends, we are leaving in only 3 days...
I guess I'll stop being a pouty baby, I can entertain myself with Gossip Girl re-runs or something :)
Goodnight San Diego!
Kyle's Birthday! and More!
Dear Kyle's mommy 20 years ago yesterday, you gave birth to my amazing boyfriend, so honestly, and I mean it, thank you! Because you did all the work! :)
Kyle's 20th Birthday was yesterday, Wednesday. And, we are obviously back in San Diego. Let me tell you, this pretty little city is currently burning like a soul in hell! It is RIDICULOUS! It's honestly been over 100 degrees every day we've been here! Back home in the NW it was reaching high 80s...I think it got up to 90 the day we left...but either way, over 100 is TOO hot for comfort! Oh well, soon we'll be back to our nice weather where it's not sweltering and so hot that you can't stand being outside for too long!
For Kyle's birthday, we basically spend the day eating, haha. We started the morning off with breakfast...my mommy made some of her infamous fries, I made some scrambled eggs...nothing too special, but it was nice. A few hours down the line, we decided on Brazilian Bowls for lunch which was a great decision, it was cold and refreshing! After visiting K's mommy at her work, we decided on dinner plans with his family, and ate at Sipz. The meal was large and delicious, but the best part was the dessert. Not only did they bring out a lighted candle on a BIG piece of chocolate cake, we also ordered the Banana Cake, and the Raspberry Cheesecake! Yum for Vegan desserts!! Afterwards, we went back to my house and passed out from the food coma that had settled in.
We woke to the sounds of the TV blasting the news, my dad sure does love his CNN in the morning. We lazed around for a bit, then decided we wanted Big Kitchen for breakfast...and managed to get there around 1:30, haha. We met up with Diego and Scott, ate some french toast and waffles and potatoes, and hung out accidentally past their closing time. I went to pick up Sahar from school, Kyle hung out with his friends. Sahar and I got home and it was like old times I swear. We were making plans to hang out, but she's doing this stupid thing where she's going to school, so she had a bunch of tests to study for and homework to do, and then she remembered that it was also her Open House at her high school (that still surprises me...that my little sister is in High School! Shit! haha)
So I decided that was all extra lame and went swimming with Kyle, Diego, Jenny, Scott, Anders, Taylor, and Jessica. Which was super awesome because the water felt amazing after dying of heat all day...and it was lots of fun as well. Then we went to Coldstone, where I saw a girl named Brittany, I went to middle/high school with her, but I can't remember her last name...anyway, all I really remember is that she got crazy into drugs and lost ridiculous amounts of weight, and I'm pretty sure she dropped out of high school. After Coldstone, we all went to Sipz (minus Jessica & Taylor; plus Joaquin & Emily) and had mass amounts of food, it was fantastic as usual. I got some BBQ fusion rolls (vegan sushi), Kyle got the Thai "Chicken" Curry, both of the dishes were great, but I think I liked Kyle's more. Oh, and we both got Strawberry Lemonade, because it's probably the best Strawberry Lemonade in SD :) Then we all hung out at Christoff's for a while, Kyle & I left around 1am-ish because we're trying to keep healthy sleeping habits, haha.
I received a lovely video message from Claire (she's currently studying abroad in England) and it just reminded me of how much I miss her! :( Being in San Diego is great, except for the fact that all of my friends have already gone back to school...well, except for Chrissy/Chris...but they're so busy, I haven't even seen them yet. Hopefully I get to see them on Saturday though!
Goodnight San Diego!
Kyle's 20th Birthday was yesterday, Wednesday. And, we are obviously back in San Diego. Let me tell you, this pretty little city is currently burning like a soul in hell! It is RIDICULOUS! It's honestly been over 100 degrees every day we've been here! Back home in the NW it was reaching high 80s...I think it got up to 90 the day we left...but either way, over 100 is TOO hot for comfort! Oh well, soon we'll be back to our nice weather where it's not sweltering and so hot that you can't stand being outside for too long!
For Kyle's birthday, we basically spend the day eating, haha. We started the morning off with breakfast...my mommy made some of her infamous fries, I made some scrambled eggs...nothing too special, but it was nice. A few hours down the line, we decided on Brazilian Bowls for lunch which was a great decision, it was cold and refreshing! After visiting K's mommy at her work, we decided on dinner plans with his family, and ate at Sipz. The meal was large and delicious, but the best part was the dessert. Not only did they bring out a lighted candle on a BIG piece of chocolate cake, we also ordered the Banana Cake, and the Raspberry Cheesecake! Yum for Vegan desserts!! Afterwards, we went back to my house and passed out from the food coma that had settled in.
We woke to the sounds of the TV blasting the news, my dad sure does love his CNN in the morning. We lazed around for a bit, then decided we wanted Big Kitchen for breakfast...and managed to get there around 1:30, haha. We met up with Diego and Scott, ate some french toast and waffles and potatoes, and hung out accidentally past their closing time. I went to pick up Sahar from school, Kyle hung out with his friends. Sahar and I got home and it was like old times I swear. We were making plans to hang out, but she's doing this stupid thing where she's going to school, so she had a bunch of tests to study for and homework to do, and then she remembered that it was also her Open House at her high school (that still surprises me...that my little sister is in High School! Shit! haha)
So I decided that was all extra lame and went swimming with Kyle, Diego, Jenny, Scott, Anders, Taylor, and Jessica. Which was super awesome because the water felt amazing after dying of heat all day...and it was lots of fun as well. Then we went to Coldstone, where I saw a girl named Brittany, I went to middle/high school with her, but I can't remember her last name...anyway, all I really remember is that she got crazy into drugs and lost ridiculous amounts of weight, and I'm pretty sure she dropped out of high school. After Coldstone, we all went to Sipz (minus Jessica & Taylor; plus Joaquin & Emily) and had mass amounts of food, it was fantastic as usual. I got some BBQ fusion rolls (vegan sushi), Kyle got the Thai "Chicken" Curry, both of the dishes were great, but I think I liked Kyle's more. Oh, and we both got Strawberry Lemonade, because it's probably the best Strawberry Lemonade in SD :) Then we all hung out at Christoff's for a while, Kyle & I left around 1am-ish because we're trying to keep healthy sleeping habits, haha.
I received a lovely video message from Claire (she's currently studying abroad in England) and it just reminded me of how much I miss her! :( Being in San Diego is great, except for the fact that all of my friends have already gone back to school...well, except for Chrissy/Chris...but they're so busy, I haven't even seen them yet. Hopefully I get to see them on Saturday though!
Goodnight San Diego!
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Love Letter
Dear Kyle,
I want you to know, that I want you now, and that I'll want you forever.
I want to fall asleep next to you every night for the rest of my life; ear against your chest, listening to your heart rhythmically beating to the song of love. I want to feel your body as it drifts off to sleep, your breathing slowing, your eyes fluttering, your body warming mine beneath the sheets.
I want to wake up next to you every morning for the rest of my life; arms, legs, and souls entwined. I want us to be a jumble of body parts and a collage of loving hearts.
I want to marry you, not because of societal rules, or religious rules, but because I want to celebrate finding a love as true and beautiful as ours.
I want us to have a cute little house.
I want to live in this cute little house with our cute children, and cute puppies and kittens.
I want to dream of you and me, in our home with our family, every night.
I want to know your dreams, because they're mine too. I want to know your thoughts, because they're mine too. I want to know your feelings, because they're mine too.
I want to experience all four seasons everyday. That way I'll have an excuse to steal your sweater in the fall, cuddle up next to you in the winter, watch the sunshine illuminate your smile in the spring, and watch your barely dressed body in the summer.
I want to remember every single detail of your body, so that when I close my eyes at night, I can dream of the perfect boy; with his perfect smile, his perfect hair, his perfect body, his perfect eyes.
I want to remember every single detail of your thoughts, so that everywhere I go, I can be reminded of you, and all the things you like or dislike.
I want to make you smile when you are sad, ease your worries when you're stressed, make you happy when you are mad, and join you in laughter when all we can do is laugh.
I want to kiss all your boo boos better, and kiss all illnesses away.
I want us to have met for a reason, and I want that reason to be important. I want the reason to be so important, it's bigger than the both of us. I want to spend the rest of my life with you, because you are the most important thing to me, and our love is bigger than the both of us.
I never want to have to say goodbye, in person, on the phone, over the internet; it breaks my heart every time it happens.
I never want to lose the feelings of butterflies fluttering in my stomach, so I won't.
I never want to become immune to the electricity of your touch, so I won't.
I never want to let you go, so I won't.
I never want to forget you, so I won't.
I want a lot of things, but most importantly, I want you.
And now that I have you, I never want to lose you.
Love,
Sety
I want you to know, that I want you now, and that I'll want you forever.
I want to fall asleep next to you every night for the rest of my life; ear against your chest, listening to your heart rhythmically beating to the song of love. I want to feel your body as it drifts off to sleep, your breathing slowing, your eyes fluttering, your body warming mine beneath the sheets.
I want to wake up next to you every morning for the rest of my life; arms, legs, and souls entwined. I want us to be a jumble of body parts and a collage of loving hearts.
I want to marry you, not because of societal rules, or religious rules, but because I want to celebrate finding a love as true and beautiful as ours.
I want us to have a cute little house.
I want to live in this cute little house with our cute children, and cute puppies and kittens.
I want to dream of you and me, in our home with our family, every night.
I want to know your dreams, because they're mine too. I want to know your thoughts, because they're mine too. I want to know your feelings, because they're mine too.
I want to experience all four seasons everyday. That way I'll have an excuse to steal your sweater in the fall, cuddle up next to you in the winter, watch the sunshine illuminate your smile in the spring, and watch your barely dressed body in the summer.
I want to remember every single detail of your body, so that when I close my eyes at night, I can dream of the perfect boy; with his perfect smile, his perfect hair, his perfect body, his perfect eyes.
I want to remember every single detail of your thoughts, so that everywhere I go, I can be reminded of you, and all the things you like or dislike.
I want to make you smile when you are sad, ease your worries when you're stressed, make you happy when you are mad, and join you in laughter when all we can do is laugh.
I want to kiss all your boo boos better, and kiss all illnesses away.
I want us to have met for a reason, and I want that reason to be important. I want the reason to be so important, it's bigger than the both of us. I want to spend the rest of my life with you, because you are the most important thing to me, and our love is bigger than the both of us.
I never want to have to say goodbye, in person, on the phone, over the internet; it breaks my heart every time it happens.
I never want to lose the feelings of butterflies fluttering in my stomach, so I won't.
I never want to become immune to the electricity of your touch, so I won't.
I never want to let you go, so I won't.
I never want to forget you, so I won't.
I want a lot of things, but most importantly, I want you.
And now that I have you, I never want to lose you.
Love,
Sety
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Insomnia? Meet Art
So, it's almost 3 A.M. what...you may ask...am I doing awake?
That's a good question...Kyle passed out an hr ago, however, I'm not really sleepy. (So the tables have turned, my usually nocturnal boyfriend...) I was just lying in bed staring at one of our many empty white walls (we're not legally allowed to nail anything into the walls...and so we bought some mounting putty...but we haven't really tried that out yet) when it dawned on me. I decided that I would guerrilla art our walls while you slept! I was reaching for the mounting putty...when I saw the electric tape, and was suddenly inspired. I grabbed a pair of scissors, sat down and started cutting pieces up. I didn't want to do it in the bedroom because I was afraid that I'd wake up sleepyhead, so I graffitied one of our living room walls...and it turned out mighty cute. I guess all that's left is to post a picture :)
That's a good question...Kyle passed out an hr ago, however, I'm not really sleepy. (So the tables have turned, my usually nocturnal boyfriend...) I was just lying in bed staring at one of our many empty white walls (we're not legally allowed to nail anything into the walls...and so we bought some mounting putty...but we haven't really tried that out yet) when it dawned on me. I decided that I would guerrilla art our walls while you slept! I was reaching for the mounting putty...when I saw the electric tape, and was suddenly inspired. I grabbed a pair of scissors, sat down and started cutting pieces up. I didn't want to do it in the bedroom because I was afraid that I'd wake up sleepyhead, so I graffitied one of our living room walls...and it turned out mighty cute. I guess all that's left is to post a picture :)
Monday, September 21, 2009
Strawberry Banana Pancakes and Netflix
Today began with Kyle making breakfast while I played Megaman 9 haha :) Well, actually, I was sleeping while Kyle was playing Megaman, then he came and woke me up. I was watching him play the game while grumbling about breakfast and he told me he'd make breakfast as long as I kept playing, a request I gladly accepted.
I don't know if you've ever played Megaman...or Megaman9...but we were playing on easy, and it was extremely difficult! haha. I tried the "Tornado Man" level multiple times, to no real avail. There are these spinning (batteries?) things on a wire moving back and forth, and they're incredibly difficult. I passed the first part a few times, but it was heart breaking to have to start ALL over, time after time! Kyle suggested I play the "Galaxy Man" level because he liked the music and had fun when he was playing it earlier. So I tried, and did pretty well, eventually, I even beat Galaxy Man himself! (Kyle hasn't even beaten a boss yet, so it was quite the achievement!) Soon after, while I tried the "Plug Man" level a few times and desperately failed once or twice, Kyle announced from the kitchen that breakfast was ready!
He had made strawberry-banana pancakes and some scrambled eggs, along with a peanut-butter chocolate banana soymilk shake! It was delicious :) and after glancing through the Instant Queue (we're kind of addicted to Netflix) we decided to watch Say Anything. My mom called at some point, we got buzzed by two different delivery guys, and overall distracted, which I kind of really hate during movies, but I've seen it numerous times, so it was forgivable! Aside from that, and planning all the things we need to do tomorrow, we didn't really do anything tomorrow. Which reminds me, we need to do laundry so that we have clean clothes to pack!
For Kyle's birthday (which is Wednesday) he decided that he'd really like to spend it with his friends and family, which was totally fine with me, we've been feeling kind of home sick. Well, not "home" sick exactly...more like "people" sick. Our weather and new city have been beautiful...and I kind of just wish that all of our friends lived here...our families visiting often, of course. haha. It will be so nice to be back in San Diego, even if it's just for a week! Then we get to start school the day after we get back! But for now I'll just worry about getting Kyle something for his birthday. It's nearly impossible to do considering he's with me all the time, but I've got a few plans up my sleeves! :)
Tonight I will:
1. Do laundry!
2. Pack!
3. Clean!
4. Check into our Flight!
5. Sleep? (haha, hopefully)
Tomorrow we are:
1. Going to the DOL to apply for WA state drivers licenses (we don't have DMVs up here, we have Departments of Licensing, which is like the DMV but perfectly organized into different offices depending on what you need to get done. when I registered the new car, it honestly took me maybe 20 mins! it was beautiful...)
2. Mailing everything I've been planning on mailing...birthday packages to Sarah, Sondra, Jamala, Sanya, and Linda (I'm horrible, I know, holding so many people's presents hostage! I've just been so busy!)
3. Dropping off some Job Applications
4. Getting to the Airport by 5pm (maybe earlier would be a better idea? I guess we're just parking our car in the airport parking lot and hoping no one breaks into it the entire week it'll be sitting there? OR maybe we'll just take a cab...)
Goodnight for now, I guess the next time I'll write will be directly from San Diego! Or, if I'm so occupied I don't have any down time...when we get back!
I don't know if you've ever played Megaman...or Megaman9...but we were playing on easy, and it was extremely difficult! haha. I tried the "Tornado Man" level multiple times, to no real avail. There are these spinning (batteries?) things on a wire moving back and forth, and they're incredibly difficult. I passed the first part a few times, but it was heart breaking to have to start ALL over, time after time! Kyle suggested I play the "Galaxy Man" level because he liked the music and had fun when he was playing it earlier. So I tried, and did pretty well, eventually, I even beat Galaxy Man himself! (Kyle hasn't even beaten a boss yet, so it was quite the achievement!) Soon after, while I tried the "Plug Man" level a few times and desperately failed once or twice, Kyle announced from the kitchen that breakfast was ready!
He had made strawberry-banana pancakes and some scrambled eggs, along with a peanut-butter chocolate banana soymilk shake! It was delicious :) and after glancing through the Instant Queue (we're kind of addicted to Netflix) we decided to watch Say Anything. My mom called at some point, we got buzzed by two different delivery guys, and overall distracted, which I kind of really hate during movies, but I've seen it numerous times, so it was forgivable! Aside from that, and planning all the things we need to do tomorrow, we didn't really do anything tomorrow. Which reminds me, we need to do laundry so that we have clean clothes to pack!
For Kyle's birthday (which is Wednesday) he decided that he'd really like to spend it with his friends and family, which was totally fine with me, we've been feeling kind of home sick. Well, not "home" sick exactly...more like "people" sick. Our weather and new city have been beautiful...and I kind of just wish that all of our friends lived here...our families visiting often, of course. haha. It will be so nice to be back in San Diego, even if it's just for a week! Then we get to start school the day after we get back! But for now I'll just worry about getting Kyle something for his birthday. It's nearly impossible to do considering he's with me all the time, but I've got a few plans up my sleeves! :)
Tonight I will:
1. Do laundry!
2. Pack!
3. Clean!
4. Check into our Flight!
5. Sleep? (haha, hopefully)
Tomorrow we are:
1. Going to the DOL to apply for WA state drivers licenses (we don't have DMVs up here, we have Departments of Licensing, which is like the DMV but perfectly organized into different offices depending on what you need to get done. when I registered the new car, it honestly took me maybe 20 mins! it was beautiful...)
2. Mailing everything I've been planning on mailing...birthday packages to Sarah, Sondra, Jamala, Sanya, and Linda (I'm horrible, I know, holding so many people's presents hostage! I've just been so busy!)
3. Dropping off some Job Applications
4. Getting to the Airport by 5pm (maybe earlier would be a better idea? I guess we're just parking our car in the airport parking lot and hoping no one breaks into it the entire week it'll be sitting there? OR maybe we'll just take a cab...)
Goodnight for now, I guess the next time I'll write will be directly from San Diego! Or, if I'm so occupied I don't have any down time...when we get back!
Sunday, September 20, 2009
And so it starts...
Hello! Bonjour! Hola!
My name is Sety...and this is my blog.
I've created and attempted to blog before, but I can never manage to up keep them. However, I can tweet like a pro. So I've decided that instead of doing what I normally do, I'm going to keep my blog posts short and sweet. Also, instead of writing a mini-bio...I guess you (the reader) will just have to get to know me over time :)
I just recently moved to Seattle, Washington after living the first 20 years of my life in San Diego, California. I live in a cute apartment with my boyfriend/bestfriend, Kyle, who I love dearly and couldn't imagine my life without!
Our days aren't too exciting, especially because we haven't found jobs (yet) and haven't started school (yet). So, we haven't made any friends, and after getting the apartment in the perfect livable condition, we've kind of become house-cats.
However, today was an exciting day of adventure! After staying awake the entire night prior (we have very bad sleeping patterns, don't judge us) around 9am Kyle called up Fry's and asked them to put a very high in demand router on hold for us over in Renton. Now, we live in Northern/Western Seattle near Ballard, Crown Hill, Phinney Ridge. Renton is a good 30 min drive...so we went to Starbucks to fill up on caffiene (the 'bucks was inside our QFC, which is one of my favorite places in the whole world, haha) and some teas and doughnuts for the road.
I currently have a love/hate relationship with our new car...it's been deemed the Cookie Monster by Kyle (though Chris likes to take credit...no surprise there! :P ) and in all honestly, I wish I was actually driving a real Cookie Monster...because I think it'd feel a little more comforting that our car. All I've ever been accomadated to driving was my 'lil Toyota Corolla (who I loved dearly), our Cookie Monster is a Jeep Compass, and although it was built on a car base form...it still is bigger than my Corolla and I don't feel confident driving it at all. In fact I feel like I'm going to crash into the cars sitting next to me when I'm backing out of parking spaces, or that I'm going to drive up on the curb because I'm so afraid that I'm too big to fit in one lane (these are obviously ridiculous statements, but I was afraid of driving to begin with, and it now scares me again in our new car). I did put the first scratch on it probably 3 days after we got up here...it's just a little scratch on the back door...we have an extremely tight corner to enter/leave the parking lot...and I had a trailer attached and was reversing and going forward on a trail/error basis....unfortunately, the spot I scratched was in my blind spot...
Anyway, while driving our Cookie Monster, I'm almost always very tense/paranoid/uneasy. Today, however, was a good day. I reversed out our of spot all by my self...drove for 30 mins to Renton (by the way, that drive was super beautiful, though my favorite part was crossing the bridge on the I-90 East...you're almost at water level with Lake Washington, it's a breath-taking view!) And when we got just a teensy bit lost trying to get to the Fry's thanks to unspecific directions, and we both thought I should U-Turn and do it over again, but was too afraid I wouldn't make the U-Turn and instead made a left turn, I got us right on the best path to Fry's! Yay for paranoia paying off!
So we went to Fry's, got the wireless router and some batteries for Sylvia (that's the name of my fav 35 mm Canon Rebel X if you didn't know) then drove across the street to Target, where I bought my sister and one of my best guy friends birthday presents. That was all pretty unexciting, aside from getting awesome parking spots! haha
Then we drove another 30 mins to Pike's Market Place. Which was a blast, as usual, especially since I had Sylvia :) I took a few amazing shots, which I'll post as soon as I get them developed. I haven't gone out and taken pictures in a long time...it makes me crave the days when I took her almost everywhere I went, and when I was updating my deviant art all the time, and all the feedback, I loved the feedback :) but who doesn't love compliments, right? I had a hunch that this new town would bring out the photographer in me, I can't seem to stop being amazing by how beautiful our new city is! So I'm excited to go out and explore and take lots of pictures :) I'm also thinking about buying one of the last few Polaroid Instant Film cameras...actually, who am I kidding? I have to have one! haha
So, aside from picture taking, and strolling, we enjoyed a nice lunch at a hole in the wall Thai place we found maybe a block up from the market...we're currently searching for a favorite Thai restaurant...and while we enjoyed the food for the most part, the portion of Pad Thai was kind of sad, my Yellow Curry was a good portion size...however, the reoccurring theme was bad Tofu! And I don't mean it was old or moldy...it just wasn't prepared or cooked correctly! So, we probably won't go back there, haha. But it was cheap eats, had nice music playing, and I got to read the 2nd to newest edition of Time while we enjoyed lunch :)
The drive home felt long because I was so tired, despite it only being 4:30pm, lol not sleeping for prolonged periods of time is not on my recommended list. Kyle took a nap because I was driving, and when we got home I was alert and awake for maybe an hour before passing out on the couch for a nap myself, haha. However, I cut it short in order to make sure I could go to sleep at a normal time.
Kyle, convinced he could stay up very late tonight, is currently passed out on the living room floor, I tried waking him up to come to bed, but really, once he's deep asleep you can only hope an earthquake or some other catastrophe will wake him up. The downside to that, though, is there's a high possibility that once he's awake, he won't go right back to sleep once you've relocated him. In fact, it's pretty likely that all he needed was a power nap and will once again, stay up an entire other night, defeated the purpose of us staying up all last night, haha.
Anyway, I guess I'll try waking him up again, because I'm ready to pass out! Or maybe I'll grab another blanket and join him in the living room...either once sounds nice because the end result will be sleep!
Goodnight Seattle!
My name is Sety...and this is my blog.
I've created and attempted to blog before, but I can never manage to up keep them. However, I can tweet like a pro. So I've decided that instead of doing what I normally do, I'm going to keep my blog posts short and sweet. Also, instead of writing a mini-bio...I guess you (the reader) will just have to get to know me over time :)
I just recently moved to Seattle, Washington after living the first 20 years of my life in San Diego, California. I live in a cute apartment with my boyfriend/bestfriend, Kyle, who I love dearly and couldn't imagine my life without!
Our days aren't too exciting, especially because we haven't found jobs (yet) and haven't started school (yet). So, we haven't made any friends, and after getting the apartment in the perfect livable condition, we've kind of become house-cats.
However, today was an exciting day of adventure! After staying awake the entire night prior (we have very bad sleeping patterns, don't judge us) around 9am Kyle called up Fry's and asked them to put a very high in demand router on hold for us over in Renton. Now, we live in Northern/Western Seattle near Ballard, Crown Hill, Phinney Ridge. Renton is a good 30 min drive...so we went to Starbucks to fill up on caffiene (the 'bucks was inside our QFC, which is one of my favorite places in the whole world, haha) and some teas and doughnuts for the road.
I currently have a love/hate relationship with our new car...it's been deemed the Cookie Monster by Kyle (though Chris likes to take credit...no surprise there! :P ) and in all honestly, I wish I was actually driving a real Cookie Monster...because I think it'd feel a little more comforting that our car. All I've ever been accomadated to driving was my 'lil Toyota Corolla (who I loved dearly), our Cookie Monster is a Jeep Compass, and although it was built on a car base form...it still is bigger than my Corolla and I don't feel confident driving it at all. In fact I feel like I'm going to crash into the cars sitting next to me when I'm backing out of parking spaces, or that I'm going to drive up on the curb because I'm so afraid that I'm too big to fit in one lane (these are obviously ridiculous statements, but I was afraid of driving to begin with, and it now scares me again in our new car). I did put the first scratch on it probably 3 days after we got up here...it's just a little scratch on the back door...we have an extremely tight corner to enter/leave the parking lot...and I had a trailer attached and was reversing and going forward on a trail/error basis....unfortunately, the spot I scratched was in my blind spot...
Anyway, while driving our Cookie Monster, I'm almost always very tense/paranoid/uneasy. Today, however, was a good day. I reversed out our of spot all by my self...drove for 30 mins to Renton (by the way, that drive was super beautiful, though my favorite part was crossing the bridge on the I-90 East...you're almost at water level with Lake Washington, it's a breath-taking view!) And when we got just a teensy bit lost trying to get to the Fry's thanks to unspecific directions, and we both thought I should U-Turn and do it over again, but was too afraid I wouldn't make the U-Turn and instead made a left turn, I got us right on the best path to Fry's! Yay for paranoia paying off!
So we went to Fry's, got the wireless router and some batteries for Sylvia (that's the name of my fav 35 mm Canon Rebel X if you didn't know) then drove across the street to Target, where I bought my sister and one of my best guy friends birthday presents. That was all pretty unexciting, aside from getting awesome parking spots! haha
Then we drove another 30 mins to Pike's Market Place. Which was a blast, as usual, especially since I had Sylvia :) I took a few amazing shots, which I'll post as soon as I get them developed. I haven't gone out and taken pictures in a long time...it makes me crave the days when I took her almost everywhere I went, and when I was updating my deviant art all the time, and all the feedback, I loved the feedback :) but who doesn't love compliments, right? I had a hunch that this new town would bring out the photographer in me, I can't seem to stop being amazing by how beautiful our new city is! So I'm excited to go out and explore and take lots of pictures :) I'm also thinking about buying one of the last few Polaroid Instant Film cameras...actually, who am I kidding? I have to have one! haha
So, aside from picture taking, and strolling, we enjoyed a nice lunch at a hole in the wall Thai place we found maybe a block up from the market...we're currently searching for a favorite Thai restaurant...and while we enjoyed the food for the most part, the portion of Pad Thai was kind of sad, my Yellow Curry was a good portion size...however, the reoccurring theme was bad Tofu! And I don't mean it was old or moldy...it just wasn't prepared or cooked correctly! So, we probably won't go back there, haha. But it was cheap eats, had nice music playing, and I got to read the 2nd to newest edition of Time while we enjoyed lunch :)
The drive home felt long because I was so tired, despite it only being 4:30pm, lol not sleeping for prolonged periods of time is not on my recommended list. Kyle took a nap because I was driving, and when we got home I was alert and awake for maybe an hour before passing out on the couch for a nap myself, haha. However, I cut it short in order to make sure I could go to sleep at a normal time.
Kyle, convinced he could stay up very late tonight, is currently passed out on the living room floor, I tried waking him up to come to bed, but really, once he's deep asleep you can only hope an earthquake or some other catastrophe will wake him up. The downside to that, though, is there's a high possibility that once he's awake, he won't go right back to sleep once you've relocated him. In fact, it's pretty likely that all he needed was a power nap and will once again, stay up an entire other night, defeated the purpose of us staying up all last night, haha.
Anyway, I guess I'll try waking him up again, because I'm ready to pass out! Or maybe I'll grab another blanket and join him in the living room...either once sounds nice because the end result will be sleep!
Goodnight Seattle!
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