Highlights of early October
Since I haven’t posted in a while, this will be a highlights recap. Hopefully, I’ll be good about posting for the rest of the month.
San Diego:
The beginning wasn’t so good – I am never allowed caffeine again. I had a cappuccino before my 4pm flight and thus was not able to sleep at all that. Therefore the cold I had been trying to fend off finally took over due to lack of rest. At least my apartment was awesome.
Had some pho with Joel and met Fiona the Foster Pup. She’s very cute and sweet, just has a lot of issues to work out. They’re looking for a home for her right now!
Trade shows are boring. They try to make it as interesting as possible, but there’s no way around it. Sitting in a booth trying to drum up business is just not exciting. We just aren’t big enough to have carnival games or an open bar like some of the other guys.
Rented a Prius for the trip – having the engine turn off while stopped at a light was definitely weird. It took a little getting used to, but we’ll certainly consider it if we ever need to get a new car.
Saw Elaine, Aurora and Ozzie. They are all doing well. Ozzie is getting easier and easier to understand, Aurora looks adorable in her glasses and really needs to stop sucking her thumb. Elaine is getting more certifications for work and doing pretty well.
It was colder than I thought it would be, but the food was still good. Mom and Dad are doing well and just got home from Vancouver. They both got warm jackets when we went outlet shopping so they stayed warm up in the Pacific Northwest.
Back in Alexandria:
It’s good to be home, and was nice to have last Monday off. Last Friday we went through a Haunted Forest, it was pretty well done. It probably would have been better if Chad and I hadn’t been at the front of an 8 person group (some of the other girls didn’t want to be split up). The people who worked there didn’t want to give themselves away by scaring the first people, so they’d let us pass and jump out in the middle of our group. Our slow, slow, sloooooow group. We had two other groups catch up with us. It was good, but I don’t think I’d drive an hour and a half again next year.
King and Nif hosted an Oktoberfest party on Saturday evening. There were 8 different types of sausage! Also, much beer and some german chocolate cake. That was also a good time.
I think I want to host a holiday party in December. We’ll see how it goes. =)
Coming up: Trip to Charlottesville, Halloween and a visit from Dad!
