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Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Another Long Run
So Travis is officially in Phoenix for the next three weeks and the place is already really quiet. We had another great week down here, and an even better weekend. Travis' job seems to be going well with some sweet hours, he leaves when I do or after me and gets home at least an hour before me. Sweet Deal! Friday we went into the city for dinner and dancing, was a great night. We tried this Mediterranean/Greek Restaurant called Ziryab which is a tiny whole in the wall, with a great patio seating out front, which will be good in the summer when the weather is warmer. Trav had a delicious chicken breast and I had the lamb kabobs with couscous, YUM! The club we went to was called Slide, was supposed to be where the pretty people went, not too sure about that LOL, and the music was ok. The DJ was playing 80/90's and current hits mashups, I do have to say he did a good job at the whole mashup but the music was great for about an hour then just got old. We definitely both prefer techno at a dance club, so we will have to try some new places once Trav gets back form Phoenix. :)
Yesterday was another great day. :) Trav, myself and Tim (a guy I work with and am friends with his wife) we all went into the Santa Cruz Mountains basically halfway between San Mateo and Half Moon Bay, it was a gorgeous view, to go Mountain Biking! Wish we would have remembered to get pictures. But I pulled some off the internet I will post. So this was my first time Mountain Biking, and I am hooked! Tim let me borrow his wife's bike so I could see if I actually like it, which was super nice of him. I was really happy because I didn't completely suck wind, I think I kept up with Trav pretty well on the uphills, the downhills I need to get used, not used to speeding downhills that are uneven and have roots or rocks in the way. After the biking we went back to Tim's place for a great BBQ where we ate our weight in chips and burgers. It was an all around great day! Today, I got up, did Trav's laundry, got him all packed up and took him to the airport. So now I am all alone and have no one to bring me food after I ran my 18 miles! Three more weeks and I will do my 20 mile run.
So I am off for the evening, have a great week everyone!!!
Yesterday was another great day. :) Trav, myself and Tim (a guy I work with and am friends with his wife) we all went into the Santa Cruz Mountains basically halfway between San Mateo and Half Moon Bay, it was a gorgeous view, to go Mountain Biking! Wish we would have remembered to get pictures. But I pulled some off the internet I will post. So this was my first time Mountain Biking, and I am hooked! Tim let me borrow his wife's bike so I could see if I actually like it, which was super nice of him. I was really happy because I didn't completely suck wind, I think I kept up with Trav pretty well on the uphills, the downhills I need to get used, not used to speeding downhills that are uneven and have roots or rocks in the way. After the biking we went back to Tim's place for a great BBQ where we ate our weight in chips and burgers. It was an all around great day! Today, I got up, did Trav's laundry, got him all packed up and took him to the airport. So now I am all alone and have no one to bring me food after I ran my 18 miles! Three more weeks and I will do my 20 mile run.
So I am off for the evening, have a great week everyone!!!
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Trip to Oregon
So Trav and I had a great trip back to Oregon this last weekend, the 14th & 15th, it was quick, but was a great time. My cousin had gotten married in St. John's on March 27, 2007 and so this was her wedding reception. The reception was very nice, great to see all the family and hear about 10 times that they thought I would be married first and when I am I getting married. No pressure LOL Trav got to see his family and some friends while I napped :) It was a great time. Sunday after church with the Power's we got the whole fmaily together for a GREAT lunch at the Macaroni Grill Downtown. The whole family was Vince, Robin, Caris, Sandi, Scott, Kyle, Ahna, Travis and I. Lots of chatting and a good time for us to all get to know each other. :) We will be back up in Oregon for Memorial Day weekend for Chris and Heidi's wedding so we hope to see more people then. Have a great week!
Sunday, April 8, 2007
Made It!
So I made it through my 15 mile run yesterday, miraculously. I felt good through about 14 and the last mile I think it really hit that I had only brought water out on the run with me, no Gatorade or Power Gels, not a good call on my part but I made it. I actually feel pretty good, my knees were a bit sore and tight, had a hard time getting down stairs, but as the day is going on, they feel better. So next week I will do it again, hopefully it will feel better. :)
Friday, April 6, 2007
Running
So for those of you who don't know I am trying to train for my first marathon in June, the San Deigo Rock N' Roll Marathon. This has been a real challenge because, well, there are so many other things I want to do that to dedicate say 3 hours in one day just to running get hard! This weekend I need to do a 15 mile run, which should be about 3 hours of running, so think good thoughts for me. I think if I can make it through this one then I will have evaluate if it is worth it. LOL But for now I have two months to be ready, since the marathon is on June 3, 2007. Wish me luck!
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
The Beginning
So I am finally making our first post to our blog about our adventures down south. Trav and I thought we would try making a blog to keep everyone up to date with our lives.
Soooooo here is an update on the first 3.5 weeks down in the Bay Area. The drive down was not that bad, it was a beautiful day, and unfortunately I think I drove Trav nuts with a few too many rest stops. The drive took about 10.5 -11 hours and we only stopped to eat once, breakfast in Weed, at a Mexican breakfast joint (who would have thought?). When we finally made it to the apartment after a few wrong turns and not having any clue how to get around Fremont, it took another 2-3 hours to unpack the entire U-Haul. My poor brother and Travis, they were soaking wet by the time we were done and starving since we all hadn't eaten since 9am. Bu they were troopers and we all powered it out and grabbed some food immediately after finishing. I had to be at work unfortunately the next morning and only got to ay a quick goodbye to Kyle before he flew out the day at 9am.
Trav didn't start work till a week and a half ago, so for two weeks he had a nice little vacation. He was a sweetheart and helped me unpack, organize furniture and he had dinner made everynight when I got home from work. He is so wonderful! The whole work situation was quite interesting as to get the offer letter that had been verbally promised was this huge ordeal and then after he finally got it, the day he was planning on starting work and turning in the signed offer letter, they told him they needed time to now process the offer letter, so he had that second week off while they processed him, weird. LOL All is good now as he has started, things seem to be going well, he got his truck, laptop, phone and has been going on ride alongs with one of the guys the past two days.
Work for me has been insane. I swear it seems like I have no down time, and the last two days I finally think my body cracked, I got sick. I do love that work has been so engaging and really been empowering me to be more than what is expected. We are working on opening an office in Fresno so there has been a major push for market research and making our presence known, I am still supporting the Sacramento office and trying to keep up with my office keeps me running in circles.
In terms of what Trav and I have been up to, we have been super busy. The first weekend after we moved in we unfortunately didn't get to do much besides unpack and get organized because I had to be in Irvine for a work meeting Sunday at 2pm. Then 2 weeks ago we went on an amazing hike at a place called Mission Peak, only about a 15 minutes drive from our apartment. Let me say this hike was killer! About 6 miles round trip, a 2200' climb and we were hurting the next day! The view from the top was amazing though, definitely worth the blood, sweat and tears. Haha That night we went out and tried this club that people had been telling me about in Pleasanton, called Aura. This is about a 30 minute drive from our place and actually on my way to work. The place was great, the music was great, they had two rooms, the main room played more hip hop/mash ups and the back room, the blue room played the techno that we loved! The next morning we tried out a church down here in Fremont called Bridges. It was great in a way but then it is also a bit more progressive than I think Trav and I are thinking we are looking for. Check out their website www.bridgescc.org On this past Thursday, we went back to Aura because there was a great DJ spinning there, Donald Glaude, and we had a ball, danced our buns off and even made some new friends (I will post some pictures in a little bit)
Last weekend was just as full. My work sponsored a Hospitality Tent for the Nationwide Tour Tournament at a local course, called the wine country championship. After our morning workouts, we went out there for 4 or 5 hours and had a great time watching good golf. That night we went out to dinner at a mexican restaurant and back to the club Aura. This time it was horrible, the music was awful the people were rude, luckily we got in for free. Sunday was a more laid back day, just did laundry, cleaned and got ready for the week.
So other than that we are just working and looking forward to another weekend and new places to try. I am going to post some pictures for everyone to share. :)
Soooooo here is an update on the first 3.5 weeks down in the Bay Area. The drive down was not that bad, it was a beautiful day, and unfortunately I think I drove Trav nuts with a few too many rest stops. The drive took about 10.5 -11 hours and we only stopped to eat once, breakfast in Weed, at a Mexican breakfast joint (who would have thought?). When we finally made it to the apartment after a few wrong turns and not having any clue how to get around Fremont, it took another 2-3 hours to unpack the entire U-Haul. My poor brother and Travis, they were soaking wet by the time we were done and starving since we all hadn't eaten since 9am. Bu they were troopers and we all powered it out and grabbed some food immediately after finishing. I had to be at work unfortunately the next morning and only got to ay a quick goodbye to Kyle before he flew out the day at 9am.
Trav didn't start work till a week and a half ago, so for two weeks he had a nice little vacation. He was a sweetheart and helped me unpack, organize furniture and he had dinner made everynight when I got home from work. He is so wonderful! The whole work situation was quite interesting as to get the offer letter that had been verbally promised was this huge ordeal and then after he finally got it, the day he was planning on starting work and turning in the signed offer letter, they told him they needed time to now process the offer letter, so he had that second week off while they processed him, weird. LOL All is good now as he has started, things seem to be going well, he got his truck, laptop, phone and has been going on ride alongs with one of the guys the past two days.
Work for me has been insane. I swear it seems like I have no down time, and the last two days I finally think my body cracked, I got sick. I do love that work has been so engaging and really been empowering me to be more than what is expected. We are working on opening an office in Fresno so there has been a major push for market research and making our presence known, I am still supporting the Sacramento office and trying to keep up with my office keeps me running in circles.
In terms of what Trav and I have been up to, we have been super busy. The first weekend after we moved in we unfortunately didn't get to do much besides unpack and get organized because I had to be in Irvine for a work meeting Sunday at 2pm. Then 2 weeks ago we went on an amazing hike at a place called Mission Peak, only about a 15 minutes drive from our apartment. Let me say this hike was killer! About 6 miles round trip, a 2200' climb and we were hurting the next day! The view from the top was amazing though, definitely worth the blood, sweat and tears. Haha That night we went out and tried this club that people had been telling me about in Pleasanton, called Aura. This is about a 30 minute drive from our place and actually on my way to work. The place was great, the music was great, they had two rooms, the main room played more hip hop/mash ups and the back room, the blue room played the techno that we loved! The next morning we tried out a church down here in Fremont called Bridges. It was great in a way but then it is also a bit more progressive than I think Trav and I are thinking we are looking for. Check out their website www.bridgescc.org On this past Thursday, we went back to Aura because there was a great DJ spinning there, Donald Glaude, and we had a ball, danced our buns off and even made some new friends (I will post some pictures in a little bit)
Last weekend was just as full. My work sponsored a Hospitality Tent for the Nationwide Tour Tournament at a local course, called the wine country championship. After our morning workouts, we went out there for 4 or 5 hours and had a great time watching good golf. That night we went out to dinner at a mexican restaurant and back to the club Aura. This time it was horrible, the music was awful the people were rude, luckily we got in for free. Sunday was a more laid back day, just did laundry, cleaned and got ready for the week.
So other than that we are just working and looking forward to another weekend and new places to try. I am going to post some pictures for everyone to share. :)
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