On my mind

This week hasn't been the best week of my life, but it hasn't been the worst. One thing that has been on my mind recently is how much I miss my friends and family back home. I have friends here, but they are David's friends and everyone is so much older than me. I haven't really met anyone my age and work doesn't help that situation. Shellie is my only friend that I have made on my own, but she is 40 and has 4 kids and lives on Bainbridge....we are going to the Rascal Flatts concert on March 4th though which I am excited about! She is awesome though and we pretty much talk about everything. Things with David are going great and it's so nice to have someone to come home to and someone who cares about you when you're so far away from everyone else that cares about you. I've been talking with my parents and sister a lot more lately which has been great, but what's sad is I can't help but shed a tear when I get off the phone with them. Same goes with my girlfriends back home. I miss them so much and they have really been true friends. I hope I get to see them soon, but for now I have to settle with just memories.......and the occasional phone call and internet chat:)

Valentine's Day

No, this post is not going be about whether I love Valentine's Day or not. All this post is about is the great news I received this morning. I PASSED THE CRIME LAB TEST! What a great present;) Interviews will begin in the coming months and I am hoping for the best! I need this! Anyway...that's all...and no, I don't know what's going on for Valentine's Day...we haven't talked really talked about it. ;)

I found it!

Well, it's been a while hasn't it. Not much new going on in my life that I think people would care about.........not saying you will care about this but since I am sitting here waiting for a bag to freeze....which takes an hour.....I thought I would write about my latest accomplishment. So, I have been riding the train/bus into work everyday for a good month now and I am loving it. It takes an hour and half to get into Seattle, but I get to sleep on the train and my body is getting used to getting up at 5:30am for my job which starts at 8. However, the train station can be confusing and you can easily get turned around down there if you don't know where you're going. You think that following the crowd would lead you in the right direction....but that is not always the case. So, I get off the train in the morning and head for the 70 bus stop. I didn't know any streets or where anything was down there a month ago. I think there is a bus for every number from 1-600. So, I studied the 70 bus route map for an hour the day before trying to figure out where it was. The first morning, I walked around for a half an hour trying to look cool and know what I was doing, but I was actually scared and lost. I was all over Jackson street and almost down to 1st ave and then back up Washington and cutting across on that 2nd ave extension until I came across the stop at Prefontaine...which is not a good place to be for a young white female since that is where a lot of homeless people sleep...so I found out. The next day I found out a shorter way to get to Prefontaine, but I kept noticing people were on the bus before me so there must be a stop before this one! So, to make a long story short...this already long enough story shorter, today I found that first stop and wouldn't you know it, it's like 100 feet from the train station. So, instead of walking a few blocks....now it's right there.....................it only took me a month!