Jersey Stuff

To everyone's shock, my parents sold the house in NJ. It's weird to hear that since all my stuff is still there, the house is still furnished!! It will be quite a rush for me to get everything settled there in like a weekend. The good part would be that, I would not have to take care of the bills and etc, but I guess I probably won't be visiting too often now that I don't have a place to stay. I wished everything was planned a little better so I would still have a car there.

One redeaming thing about the timing is that I may do a business trip there and jsut tacked on this moving thing. At least it saves me airfare. Wonder if I can write off the rental car too. That may be a stretch, but I guess I should be happy with something. I wonder what I will do with all my stuff. I wonder how I would mail or get all the stuff I still want here. Once it's here, what would I do with it? *sigh* I need a house so things like this won't happen to me.

Peter is worried about all my stuffed animals. I think Peter would throw them away, but I want to keep them. They are like my babies. If we had our own place I could decorate the apartment/house with them, but we don't.

This past weekend we purchased Trendwest vacations. It's kinda neat, you buy certain amount of points and then you can go on vacations with them for life. Granted the vacation was expensive, but considering we can use it for the rest of our lives, I think it's worth it. It was our first purchase together. We should actually get a joint credit card, but then again, I would end up paying for most of it I am afraid.

Anyhow, I guess that's all for now.

Pioneer Weekend to be

It’s the end of another work week.  I am looking forward to doing some organization and reading this weekend.  I still have all my photos from graduation and before I moved here etc.  Yeah, I am a little behind on that wouldn’t you say.  I will finish filling in all the gaps on my cruise too.  Then slowly, I can update my webpage, but that may be saved for another long weekend.  I also want to get some sort of filing system for my papers and etc.  All these little things can really clutter up my little space. 

My book readings are slowing down.  I started the Hillary Clinton book, The Lexus and Olive Tree, and Atlas Shrugged.  I am in the midst of all three, but I guess I should really follow through with what I started.  I think my goal should be the Clinton book since I started that first out of the three.  I guess it’s a little boring so I am not all that into it.  The book is a lot about the politics during Bill’s presidency which isn’t all the juicy compared to his scandal and impeachment.  I also need to start this book, “Love Languages.”  It’s suppose to enlighten people about marriage, commitment, and all that jazz.

I don’t have tennis this week, but I hope Peter would play with me.  I want to show him I am getting better, I still don’t play as well as him, but I am getting there.  Oh by the way, in case you are wondering 7/24 is Pioneer Day.  That was the day when Joseph Smith decided to settle in Utah because this is where the Zion will be.  To me, it’s just a freebie day.  There will be parades and fireworks and maybe cotton candies too.  Yum yum.  

My Month of July

Jackie came to visit me this past weekend.  She arrived at 4:20 AM, that's right it's in the morning.  Apparently due to some storm in the East Coast.  The good thing is that I live really close to the airport so I can just pick her up when she called.  I still made it before she got her luggage and etc. 
 
After a brief "nap" we headed to Lagoon.  It's an amusement park with a water park.  Since we are not big roller coster person, we just stayed most of our time in the water park.  I went on my first water slide with the tubing.  It was really fun.  Then we met up with my roommate at night to go to a Piano Bar.  I have never been to a piano bar, so it was a very interesting experience.  They played a lot of country music and of course out of all the people there, it's the old folks that tried to talk to Jackie and I.
 
Friday was the coolest day ever.  We went on our first hot air balloon ride.  It was really neat to see everything in fresh air, not like what you get in the airplane.  It wasn't scary at all.  The balloon actually moved very slowly.  Afterwards we did a little shopping and sight seeing around Park City.  Afterwards, we had to take a nap since we had to get up at 5:30 for the hot air balloon.   After our nap, we went to a club.  Unlike the night before, we got whole bunch of young'ins.  They claimed to be 21 - 22, but when you are in UT, these kids look like they are 18 especially with the blond hair and baby face.
 
Next day, I had tennis in the morning.   Then we went to visit The Great Salt Lake and antelop Island.  What is interesting about the place is that there are ~700 buffalos living on this island, but we didn't see any running in the wild.  We saw three in the pen!!  They claimed it's because of the weather, but I think it's a conspiracy to get people to pay $8 to drive around a salty island that is not suitable for anything else.  We then went to a Neurosurgeon's house party.  While it was neat to see them drink and etc, but the women / ladies there are all married and talk about kids and how they don't see their husbands.  We got bored pretty quick.  Unfortunately, they went to a club after we left.  I wouldn't have minded going to a club... at least I don't have to hear about how they put their husband through med school.
 
Sunday was Jackie's last day.  We just drove around downtown and visited the LDS temple.  It was very interesting to learn about their history and their views.  I don't think I will join, but I think it's good that people have their faith.  Then, I streaked / highlighted my hair red.  I like it, even though everyone is skeptical about it.  I think it turned out fine, it's only hair anyways.
 
 

I finished my beginner tennis class this past weekend so I am eligible to be in intermediate tennis next week. I have been playing a lot more lately with my new tennis buddy. We played twice during the week and some after class. He is pretty cool. That reminds me, why do girls suck? I got stood up by two different girls in my class on two different days. Then I was supposed to play volleyball with this other girl on Sunday. Guess what? She calls an hour before to tell me the she hurt her knee waking up that morning. I think girls are too shady for me. They can’t even tell me ahead of time like a day or two before hand if they can’t play. No more girls for me.

I am also going to start my running thing tomorrow. I wonder how that will go since I haven’t run in a long long time. At least I know my roommate won’t stand me up. On Saturday, I also got the best deal ever. I bought a bike for $4!! As you can imagine, it will need a lot of work. Like new brakes and new tires, but otherwise it looked fine. I figure I can bring it into a bike shop and have someone fix the brakes for me. I think I can do the tires myself. It will definitely be an interesting experience.

Random Thoughts of the Week

I made a list of things I want to do before I get married. These are the things that I would want to accomplish.
1. Play in a tennis league. (I will be able to in the fall, but in the meantime I can just take lessons)
2. Run a 10K race (I will start training next week)
3. Get 6 pack (it shoudl come with all my exercise)
4. Backpack through Europe (dunno if I can find a buddy)
5. Get drunk ( I have never bee drunk before)
6. Have a crazy drug experience
7. Read Atlas Shrugged
8. Learn to play the guitar
9. Learn to swim
10. Go to Eusemites, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, visit all the western states

I also think it woudl be nice to do Peace Corp and stuff, but I am giving that up. I think it's way too dangerous in this world plus all the other stuff like time.

I guess I will try to start from the beginning of the list. Since it's a little too much to do all in one day.

My one year birthday!!

I have officially completed my first year in mmy fellowship. Hard to believe, a year ago, I was just a wondering child coming to Utah. I came with two suitcases and two carry-ons full of stuff. I arrived late at night and my first stop was to Walmart to buy all the essentials such as sheets, toilet paper, bathroom essentials, and other random miscellenous things. The whole first week that I was here, I just wondered around buying things everyday. I spent my first night in a really cold apartment with my clothes as pillows and jackets and a blanket as my cover. Of course, I slept on the floor too. Slowly I upgraded to having a comforter, a mattress, and then a bed. It was pretty pathetic since I had my box as my dining table for the longest time, well i still don't have a table, but at least I have two bar stools to eat at the counter. Now I have so much stuff, it's making me wonder how I will be able to move out of my apartment. I even have two cars now. My other car arrived a week ago. Surprisingly with all the discounts I get for being me, the second car pretty much costs me nothing this year. It's great.

Well, now I go back to work, so I can get out early today. Well ok, 5 is pretty early. hehe.