| Well I haven't written so long in this thing, why not give an obligatory yearly update on what I'm up to?
First, I interviewed for a semi-permanent position in the west coast, Los Angeles, California to be exact. And I finally got an offer to move out there! Michelle and I are really stoked because well living out in Kansas ain't the greatest. I mean it was a good experience and there's some really good BBQ, but I can't wait to return to the west coast where I feel I belong. (or Hawaii) I've met some really cool people while I was living out here in KC, and I'll miss them, but I'll see them online and stuffs. Peeps like, Cole, Justin, Eli, Kevin, Miguel, Chris C. I'm sure I'll run into them sometime or another later on.
But living in LA is going to be so cool. If we can get passed the drive bys, traffic, pollution, and high costs of living, I'm pretty sure we're going to have a great time. And Michelle has tons of relatives there, I don't know if that's a good thing or bad thing, but they'll always be there if we need them.
We're planning on living somewhere decent, hopefully like in Westwood near UCLA or something like that, but I hear the cost of living is insane. I wonder what the interest rates are like for apartment/home buying, because if I'm paying like $25,000 a year to rent, I'd rather be putting that towards something I'm going to own rather than just throwing it away.
I think the plan is to have me move somewhere in late June or early July, but I still have to hear about the timing from my new manager and some executives who are in charge of that kinda stuffs. Michelle was getting all fussy cuz it took a while to set this position up and stuff and she didn't think it was gonna happen. hahaha, patience grasshopper. If it is God's Will it will happen and it did :)
But the only bad thing is that we're going to have to give Sugar to her Mom and Dad to take care of, because I don't think we can babysit him at home like we do in Kansas. Michelle wants to find a nice place to work with coi ponds hahaha and a nice big glass window. But her parents seem excited about taking in Sugar so that's really cool of them. He's a real dog not like that K-8 Buddy, who bites their faces, he bit Michelle AND robbie on the face, wtf? Damn devil dog.
In other news, my sister is graduating from UH Med School and heading off to her Residency in Queen's Medical Center on Oahu, where she will be specializing in OB/GYN. Mad props to her, there is no way I have the dedication to do that kinda stuff. And she's graduating with honors too. Just goes to show you, with hard work, you can accomplish anything you want, you just have to want it bad enough. Her life will be like the real Grey's Anatomy, kissing ass to residents and attendings, trying to move up the ranks and impress them, without making the next tier up jealous... etc. Fun stuffs. Glad I don't have to do it. Hey and when she sets up her office I can recommend computer software for her :) I don't think I'd recommend my company, since they're rather expensive for small offices, but maybe they might have something more affordable by the time she gets out.
We're actually going back to Hawaii to see her graduate and we're going to do other cool things like Jet ski and stuff while we're there. Michelle will get to do some mad shopping at her favorite Ala Moana mall. And I'll get to eat some onolicious grinds.
I've been playing a little bit of tennis, like once every two weeks, cuz I'm in this corporate challenge thing where we compete against other companies in the KC area like Sprint, H&R Block and more in sports events, and then the company with the highest finishes in the most sports gets to be the Corporate challenge winner. So right now we're playing an internal tennis tournament to see who will represent our company in the final challenge. I'm in the semi-finals right now, I won my last two matches pretty easily.
Haven't been playing much poker, however I did play 10-20 limit last night and won like 3 C notes. It just hasn't been that exciting to me. I was discussing it with my friend Andy and playing those lower limits just isn't fun anymore, especially when you have a salary and income which pays so much more. I might try playing $5-$10 and seeing if it's still fun.
I'm still playing WOW, I'm in this guild The Dark Souls, which is probably the #2 horde guild on the Tichondrius server. My level 60 rogue is the top DPSer in our guild and we're primarily a PVE guild, we just downed Princess HuHuran a week ago, and are working on the Twin Emps.
Well I'm starving and need to get a haircut, as michelle is nagging me about my the forest growing on my head. So I best be taking off. Be sure to listen in next year for another update on my life.
Peace out,
-Jon |
