There and Back Again

I am very tired right now. I am looking at the clock on my computer and it is telling me it is 8:30, although the clock in my hotel is screaming 5:30 at me. the time difference isn’t really all that much, but the combination of no sleep sunday and traveling all day with the mental exaustion of new place/new things is making me feel like I should either be asleep or jumping up and down. I am that confused.

My flights on sunday were fairly uneventful. tried to sleep and did get some hrs in so that was sweet. Landed in Santa Ana and was almost immediately greeted by a phone call from megan and melissa, talk about good timing. from there i found my rental car (talk about a rip-off) and managed to not find my way to my hotel. one phone call later i had better directions and made it, yay! I didn’t feel like doing anything at first, but after relaxing a bit and getting the dirty feel of flying off of me, i felt up to a little exploring and drove down to the shore, about 30 mins drive maybe? I found this cool place, crystal cove state park, or something like that. It was a nice beach, you can see once i post my pics (decided not to bring the cameras usb cable so that won’t happen till sat)

Today was first day of my training classes. It is pretty cool. I feel kinda alone, most other people are in groups from their respective places, and i have no idea what i am gonna do for dinner tonight. its no fun going out to eat if you are the only one! I might have to but some of the other people tomrrow and see if i can crash their dinner plans. i ducked out of the training today a little earlier than most of the others, which i realized was dumb as i drove back to my hotel, since it meant i couldn’t do that bugging today!

Anywho, temp was in the 60s the other day, and nice and sunny. not a whole lot warmer than the weather has been in PA, but still its more awesome!

Oh, and driving here is diff, roads much bigger, for example 7+ lanes going each way, but still the traffic seems almost nicer than pa… odd.

Brett and I have decided to make plans to attend the Sundance Film festival next year. or maybe another film festival that would end up being less expesive, not sure yet. but i am excited to be making plans to do this now. there have been a few years now where last minute we were tempted to try to do some film festivals, but having time to plan ahead now i think we might do it!!!

Other news, i need a vaca. a time to get some good sleep. but since that won’t happen anytime i think i will allow my sitting down and watching the extras for star wars episode 3 give me the feeling of vaca time. I honestly need to cut down on the hours i keep. it freaks me out that the way time gets out of my hands nowadays that i am only 23, it must be awefull when you are 70++. yuck.

Random thought to end this with. it has been a long time since i have been removed for a computer for more than 6 hours (and that is when i am sleeping). a summer vacation where i leave my computer(s) behind will be an interesting experience ehh?

There are only two acceptable answers to that question, being 4 and 5 of course. well, I guess “what are you talking about?” would be an acceptable response too… lets begin again. “There are only three acceptable answers to that question,” … NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!!!

Heh, thanks to my meandering brain you just got hit with some wonderfully witty references to Monty Python there. wonderful stuff monty python, rediculous humour.

Back to a more logical thought pattern and i realize where i was going. remember when the biggest frustrations in life where the now seemingly trivial things, such as having to memorize those timesTables, and how you wouldn’t be caught dead eating that for lunch at school. etc etc. I think i lived for a while under the misaprehension that once you got out of school and weren’t ‘learning’ anymore frustrations would miraculously disappear. don’t we all know how stupid that thinking was. It was probably a while ago that i figured that one out, but today i am reminded of that.

I am trying to figure out all my travel arrangments for my CA trip at the end of the month, and i find myself once again in a position where I am doing something for the first time, accompanied with the familiar frustrations of not really wanting to have to do it. Its not even that it is hard. its just a pattern that is easy to fall back into i guess. What i have figured out is my flight plans, and kinda my hotel plans and perhaps car rental. I need to finalize them though, but i want to wait to hear back about my course registration before i book the hotel. !! I never really got good at not feeling apprehensive about things like this. I will prolly be stressing about it off and on untill i finally get on the plane. but then i’ll rock like crazy man! I need to do some searching for things to make sure i see when i am out there. If anyone wants to give me suggestions, I will be in Irvine, California, and will only be able to do evening type things, since i have obligations during the day.

Yes, i have decided i am gonna leave work and go to California. I have had it with working, and the slightly warm weather we have been teased with here in PA has made me feel up the the challenge. I am even so serious as to be looking for tickets online. its not a bad price, who wants to go for a week, say jan 30 to feb 4th?

HA i am actually serious. what I thought was a decent possibility got finalized today, and i am officially flying out to Irvine California for a week of training for work. sweet huh? the cool thing is that it is california. in january. the not as cool as it could be things are that i am going alone, don’t know if i’ll know anyone in the area (i’ll still have to try to do some things) and it is a week long course from which i am expected to learn something. the cost of this week long class sure puts messiah in perspective… 4 grand for a short course isn’t cheap, so i am glad i am not footing the bill. but then again this ain’t no ‘go have fun’ trip. I am kinda expected to be able to do great things as a result of this. don’t get me wrong, i definately have every intention to keep on rocking, but the pressure is there.

This is my good news. if anyone can beat it i would sure like to know. and if anyone is going to be around Santa Ana California during that time i want to know that too! doubtful though.

The other cool thing is Lost begins airing again tonight. or did rather, at 8:00 pm. I will do my usual and watch it tomorrow with the commercials miraculously gone. ouch, i butchered that word, almost felt like i was megan there for a while. unless i did spell it right, then my brain is just farting i guess. irrrrrr-regardless, i resolve to go to bed before 12:00 tonight. meaning i have no intention whatsoever to do so, but i really should because i left for work really late today, but i keep staying late to make up for it so its ok, but then i stay up late unwinding my brain and leave late again…. talk about a vicious cycle!

In case you didn’t know. that quote is from serenity… watch it sometime. the real news is though, that i have been having a good few days at work recently. not like it was bad before, but i have found that even though i have been getting home around 7 or 8 or even 9:30 at night sometimes lately and leaving at 6am on select mornings, its been fun. weeee. actually i have only had two early mornings lately. and only a few late nights. but it sounds better when i say it the way i did.

Its funny how things always take longer than expected when working with clients. I was down in VA last thurs, and we were there till like 7pm, and it wasn’t till the next day at 5pm that we discovered the fact that all our problems were a result of someone changing the database structure and neglecting to tell us. heh, and today i was in a 3 hour meeting for… about 8 hours. yeah, figure that one out. but its still cool. now i need to decide if i feel like moving yet. I was looking at a house in mechanicsburg and really liked it, but i guess this isnt’ the time for me to do all that, becuase i don’t feel up to being that stretched right now. the plan is to keep commuting for now i guess its not so bad and its cheap.

Peace! btw i never profread so this might not be a coherent entry becuase i am watching grey’s anatomy while writing…