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July 31, 2007

End to July... recap

July has flown by so fast and now I can't wait til work slows down or til my vacation days start up again. I will accrue more vacation time starting August 4, which was my start date 2 years ago. Being busy with work sucks especially when you gotta drive in LA traffic on a daily basis. Driving 30 miles in 2-3 hours is just plain ridiculous, LA drivers need to press their gas and not talk on their darn cell phones. Crossing my fingers something else will come up in my career hunt. I've finally come to terms that this isn't the career path that I want to take. There are many more opportunities I am interested in doing and will have to get lucky in finding that dream job. Wish me luck...

Not only was work busy, but I was busy attending weddings in July, one up in SF and another down here in Los Angeles area. In all, I had a blast the past couple weekends due to being inebriated with the open bar being so generous to us. To start off the first weekend in August, another wedding to attend, I guess everyone likes getting married in the summer time. Good times with friends and family, congratulations to the newly weds (Jenn & Cesar, Kristine & Alfred).

Softball, we're getting the hang of things now. Just gotta make sure we have enough girls to play every sunday because we are usually playing with the bare minimum (4). Double header coming up and hopefully we can fill that rover spot we so desperately need. Last weekend, I was happy to see we had a lead after the first couple innings of play. Solid hitting and solid defense helped until the other team started playing like bitches. It's freakin' slow pitch softball, swing at the darn ball.! That irked me a bit when their players would stand at the plate and have the bat resting on their shoulders. They knew we couldn't throw the ball to the plate every pitch and used that to their advantage. Oh well, guess they do what it takes to win. Next time we play them I'll do the same and get on base that way. Hopefully, I'll piss them off and walk in some runs.

July 22, 2007

Congratulations to Jenn & Cesar

Wishing you all the best in your new journey in life together. I am glad to have attended the wedding and be a part of your new step as a married couple. Tthis was the perfect weekend to get away from all the stress that work can bring. Good times wandering around SF Bay Area and also at the wedding reception where we all got a little crazy. Hope everyone had fun like I did. Thanks for an awesome weekend.!

wedding pictures... link

July 11, 2007

Still Don't Have an Answer...

Times have been going by so fast that I haven't even had the chance to think about my situation. If I haven't told you yet, I have a couple choices for where I could be relocated, either the bay area or the lovely sin city. Both areas will be a change, and I know this change will be an adventure. I'm going into 2 years of service in August and have contemplated whether or not this is the right career path for me. The only thing holding me back is the long drives that I have to endure on a daily basis. The drives can get to you especially if you drive in the awesome LA traffic. I can't complain since fuel and car allowance is given, but it doesn't help when you're driving 5mph in stop and go traffic. Possibly a change of scenery will alleviate the traffic congestion.

I have also been searching for any office job that has an IT position available. I think this type of work suites me best, since I like working with co-workers in an office environment. I was spoiled at my old company with awesome co-workers and even though the pay wasn't great, it helped that the work environment was pretty chill. Not to bag on my current job, we have awesome workers, it's just I don't see all of them on a daily basis. I knew what I was getting into when I got hired on, but I just have to figure out if this is the kind of stuff I want to do as a career. I hope things will work out and I find that answer to my career path... Until then, wish me luck!

July 10, 2007

New Layout

Jacked up the old one, so I'm starting a fresh one.