Waking up in Washington

I know.. I know... it's hard to believe that our lives have brought us back home finally. It feels a little weird, to be honest, like my house is new all over again!

It's a gorgeous morning in $eattle, like only a person who doesn't work can enjoy. It always seems like when you are at work, the weather is gorgeous. Then the weekends, when you can actually enjoy it, it rains cats and dogs. Right now, I can see the mountains from my perch at the kitchen table (the one that doesn't actually fit in our kitchen, for those of you who know we bought furniture for the house we PLAN to have, not the one we actually have!) - which is hanging out in the front room for now. We kind of like the layout though and may keep it like this in the future.

So... where to begin.... first there was Yosemite. I was looking at the photos again today. In fact, we took more photos in Yosemite than in NYC. I think we only got two photos in NYC - of myself and my blog buddy/now family friend for life (don't get scared Joe!) - and we took it on a disposible camera which means that it probably won't get developed until next year!

We have a running joke in our house regarding our digital camera. It seems that every time we need to use it, the batteries are dead. We open the thing and see the flashing red battery light and we just start laughing. In an effort to remedy this, I actually charged the batteries the night before we left my parents house. I was so proud of myself for remembering this. Thought I was being clever and all. We drove into Yosemite a day later, where the gorgeous photo ops are right at the entrance and the 'village' is about 20 miles inward. Of course when Irish took the camera out, the battery light was on. OF COURSE IT WAS! We had to drive the 20 miles into the village (it was 20 miles the way we came from too) to buy batteries, the drive back out to take the snaps. We hate the f%^%&^%% camera. If we didn't have a disposible in NY, we'd have no photo of Joe because for sure the batteries woulda been dead.







Anyhow, it was just a quick trip to Yosemite but it was worth it. Irish hadn't been and I hadn't been for a few years so it was nice to show him. We'll go again in the summer, and drive over Tioga Pass which if you haven't done it, is gorgeous. We'll camp. We'll make s'mores. Maybe we'll meet our coyote cousin again.

After that, we met up with friends in the Bay Area and I signed up for my next tour of duty with the same company. I'll be doing training for electronic timesheets. This should be interesting, as public speaking has never been my strong point. Which is exactly why I am doing it. Because it's time to face a fear and move on.

Next post will be NYC and meeting the wonderful soul at Random Thoughts from NYC. If you haven't read Joe, you should because he's funny and his comment section is pretty funny too. I guarantee he'll put a smile on your face.