I Heart New York!

I finally have the Internet again, so I can post!! I'm all moved into my new apartment and so far things are going well. I'm making the best of it. Ok, and now for NYC!!! Oh, how I love that city!

After a restless red-eye, we arrived Saturday morning bright and early. We got to my friend Lisa's apartment and I got ready while Kevin crashed. That happened a lot during the trip. We mostly just wandered around Times Square and Central Park the first day. I also did an H&M walk-through. I had to make a mental list of the things I wanted to buy later in the week when we were staying in the hotel.

Sunday we went to my old ward and it was nice to see some old friends. That evening we walked a ton more. It felt sooo good!

Monday I checked into the hotel and did some work. I managed to get in 30 mins of H&M and dropped way too much money for such little time. Then we went to the U.S. Open!! It was amazing. Some of you maybe asking yourselves, but wait, when did April become a fan of tennis? Well, I have to admit that it wasn't until half way through the Men's match in Ashe stadium. It was getting late and a lot of people were leaving so Kevin decided to try to get closer to get some pictures. I was tired, so I stayed in our seats in the upper bowl. After a while I saw a woman handing out tickets to the section below me. I got curious and walked down to see what they were. Lo and Behold they were court side tickets! I called Kevin and met up with him to move closer to the court. We started out on the second row, but eventually we made it to the first row! Donald Young and James Blake were playing. Two very good looking gentlemen. I'm sure Kevin got some amazing pictures. My pictures are pretty bad, but I thought you should get a sense of how close I actually was.

More pictures to come!

Moving Day

I am mostly moved and I am exhausted! I have too much stuff. Now I have to clean. Yuck! But I leave for NYC tomorrow night! I have been so stressed with moving and work that I really haven't planned much for the trip. But I know it will be fantastic! My new apartment has a very distinct (in other words, gross) smell to it. I'm hoping to change that when I get back. And it isn't very pretty. But I can fix that too.

Oh, and I have to share that I got the most amazing pedicure the other day. I tried a new salon and it was very chic and clean. I got a hot rock massage which was AMAZING! If only I could afford to get one every week. Another thing to do when I am rich.

Yabooo!

I really like the Internet. Google is my best friend. BUT . . . I also hate the Internet. Really, Yahoo. There is no need to reveal in a headline who the gold medal winners are for events that have not been broadcast yet. I clicked on Yahoo Mail and there it was . . . the winner of the balance beam. Stupid, Interweb.

NYC Here I Come!

I am getting really really excited to go to NYC!! I'm trying not to think about the fact that I am actually working while I am out there and I will have no idea what I am doing. I am going to make the best of it though. My days will be jammed pack with all kinds of fun things that I will definitely report about when I get back.

Moving day is also approaching. The same day I leave for NYC. I hate moving. And I am not excited about where I am moving. But I am determined to make the most of it. It will only be a year anyway. I can do anything for a year.

Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica

I want to dedicate this post to a few of my favorite quotes from "The Office."

Jim: [dressed like Dwight] Question: What kind of bear is best?
Dwight: That’s a ridiculous question…
Jim: False. Black bear.
Dwight: That’s debatable, there are basically two schools of thought…
Jim: Fact: Bears eat beets. Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica.
Dwight: Bears do not…what is going on?!? What are you doing?!?


Pam Beesly: It's whom when it's the object of the sentence and who when as the subject.
Phyllis: That sounds right.
Michael Scott: Well it sounds right but is it?
Stanley: How did Ryan use it, as an object?
Ryan: As an object.
Kelly: Ryan used me as an object.

Dwight: Question, is there firewood on the island?
Jim: I guess.
Dwight: Then I would bring an axe, no books.
Jim: It has to be a book Dwight.
Dwight: Fine. Physician’s Desk Reference…
Jim: Nice. Smart.
Dwight: …hollowed out. Inside: Waterproof matches, iodine tables, beet seeds, protein bars, NASA blanket and, in case I get bored, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. No – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Question, did my shoes come off in the plane crash?


Dwight: Well, here are your options: you can sell it for parts, drive it off a cliff... you can donate it to a person that you'd like to see die in a car crash, or, you can sell it to me, and I'll use it as I would a wagon on my farm. It will be towed by a donkey.
Andy: I have to pick one of those?
Dwight: Yes.
Andy: Can you go over those options again?
Dwight: You know what? You knock $1500 of the price right now, and I will take it off your hands. It's gotta be now.
Andy: Well I have the, the blue book value...
Dwight: Seal the deal. Let's do it. Let's do this thing. Three, two, one--
Andy: Can I think about it?
Dwight: Five, four, three, two...
Andy: Let me think about it--
Dwight: Now. Now. Now.
Andy: Let me think about it--
Dwight: Say it. Do it. Now.
Andy: I'm thinking about it--
Dwight: Do it now.
Andy: Thinking--
Dwight: Do it. Shake my hand. You will sell me this car. Shake my hand.
Andy: Yeah. All right!

The Phone Call

I know I shouldn't be posting while at work, but I was just thinking about how ridiculous it is that I hate calling people. I don't know when the hatred started, probably the first week I started texting all those years ago. The reason I was thinking about how much I dislike talking to people is because I have to call a ton of our clients today and invite them to a conference. I dread every single time I pick up that phone. Hence why I am stalling the next call and blogging right now. I would so much rather just send them all an email. These people are perfectly friendly, but it takes so much more time and I feel so stupid repeating myself to each and everyone of them. And I hate small talk. I am not good at it and it wastes my time. I also hate answering my phone at work. I never do. I let everything go to voice mail and sometimes call them back. I know people hate me, but oh well!

Anyway, I blame it all on all the technology and innovations of the world. This is sooo not my fault.

Go, Team, Go! Go My Favorite Sports Team, Go!

I Heart the Olympics! I don't know what it is, but I seriously enjoying watching just about every sport during the Olympics. I don't really do the whole watching hours upon hours of sports any other time, but I just love watching the U.S. cream the rest of the world! I also actually really like NBC, so I am glad that they are doing all the coverage. And has anyone else noticed how the commentators can hear the questions that you ask? Without fail, every time we ask a question about an event or an athlete, the commentators somehow know that we asked and answer it. It is amazing.

I also like to see how awkward some of the athletes are. Have you seen the women on the U.S. fencing team? You know they have no friends. Seriously socially awkward. And the whole drama between those two female swimmers who dated the same Italian guy or something? You gotta love it!