Postcards To Home ♥

Its Saturday night and where would you choose to be? a.) A night venturing to various halloween party with friends b.) doing work at your favorite coffee shop c.) going to see a movie Since parties don't come up that often I originally chose "a" but at 3:30 today I felt like it was a good night to chill out and "b", do some work at my favorite coffee shop. Some may think that was lame but I'm on a creative role and need to get some work done for the magizine I freelance for. (www.pureEonline.com) Seems like I'm not the only one choosing "b" for the coffee shop has various patrons plugging away at their computers or hidden behind books. My friend Leanne was home working a few blocks away so I convinced her to come work here at the coffee shop. We worked a little, talked a lot and then ended up watching "the Philadelphia Story" in my buildings little movie theatre. We were dissapointed for we always heard other movies mentioning this fi...

So several days a month I'm usually stuck working late, helping hot projects get out the door. Tonight is especially tough since I'm coming down with a cold and my eyes are so heavy that sitting in front of my monster apple screen is not helping. I want to be home in bed. But even if I wasn't here, I'd be working on other design projects. At least tonight I'm with a fun group of people all working together to get these projects out the door! Uggh I want a vacation!

Its a gorgeous fall Sunday. Bright, sunny and I should be in my apartment working on my freelance and T-Mobile work. I feel like I'm getting a cold that has been spreading in the office. Its hard not to catch it especially when I share a cube with someone who caught the nasty cold. I escaped to uptown espresso to get an Irish Creme 2% Latte' and get some fresh air. Now I'll return to my pad and start the "work day" more photos here! - October 22nd in Seattle

I experienced my 1st Rat City Rollergirls event. The Socket Wenches won the championship. It was a lot of fun. Roller Derby is when girls circle a rink, 5 from each team try to get their "jammer" with the star on her helmet to loop the track so many times. The "jammer" starts in the back has to work her way through the pack of girls and onces she makes one full lap around after passing the pack, its a point and she continues making points the more laps she can pass the pack with out getting trampled, push aside or blocked. The other girls on the team have to try to help the jammer get ahead by blocking the other team's players from stopping the jammer and also to make sure the other team's "jammer" doesn't get ahead. Lots on falling, lots of yelling, lots of undies with funny sayings being flashed. There were mascots for the teams and a score girl. Its similar to boxing where a hot girl comes out and shows the score each round, except this gir...

Various nights of the sunset and my apartment is coming more and more together. I love it. 3rd floor rooftop garden overlooking the space needle. A movie room, a fitness center (no picture yet...maybe when I actually use it!), club room with pool table (another missing shot), a conference room, laundry room, office center with PCs, mini-market, post office, El Portal restaurant (yummy), and my favorite coffee shop is a block away! I went with friends to see Clap Your Hands Say Yeah last night. I enjoyed the band before them the most. ARCHITECTURES IN HELSKINKI. An australian band that basically puts on a party on stage that you wish you can jump up and get in on. the fun.

Thursday night an old pal from ESU, Jen and her new hubby came to town. They were on a NW honeymoon roadtrip. We met for some drinks and a late dinner. It was great to see Jen. She was always such a fun girl with all these cool things going on with herself. Now she has a ultra sweet, crazy talented husband. I'm happy for Jen. Friday night I planned to stay in but went out for a drink with a buddy from work and his friends. Well one drink led into a few more drinks at various bars. We met up with a gal I know from the Ad agency my company works with. Its cool to see people outside the work environment. Saturday, Darby and I went to Ikea. Big mistake since it was packed! It was their anniversary with sales so the place was nuts! Later that night we saw " We are Scientist" at Nuemos. Great band! Afterwards we went for a drink at Lindas. Its nice we can be friends. I miss him bigtime so knowing he is still there to talk to and enjoy our favorite music is a nice thing. I s...

Tonight I am going to see Delirium, a live music Cirque Du Soleil. T-Mobile is treating our team as a thank you for our involvement in the retail store rebranding. Its walking distance to my house so a few of us will meet at my place for a beer and then head over. Should be fun.

Friday night, Darby and I cleaned the old apartment from top to bottom, then had dinner at the good ol' Rowie. For the days I had been there packing and cleaning....it was hard & emotional. Lots of memories. I will miss him and it sucks we couldn't work things out. however I was the one who gave up and called it quites. After 4+ years, how long can you hope things will change without realizing life can be better than this situation? Saturday, we had the walk through and are no longer residents of Ridgewood Apartments. I took a bunch of clothes to Red Light to sell. They were looking for halloween outfits this month so I didn't sell much of my clothes however I got $6 for an old school zip up jacket. Poor girl before me only got $5 for a pile of blouses. So compared to her, I lucked out. Saturday, I attended an Autism Auction with George and Ona. The auction were horrible to their volunteers. Not enough food, empty pizza trays and lots of standing around. We bailed afte...