Things That Made My Day

Today was the first day in my company's new office and I was actually fairly pleased with the changes this brought to my daily life. Today was pretty hectic though, so I didn't have time to do much exploring and I haven't found a place to take photos yet. That will have to wait a bit.

Here are things that made my day:

-The longer commute ended up being a lot less painful than anticipated. Hooray for pleasant surprises!

-I sorta like my new workspace. Can't wait to Adiel-ify it a bit more!

-The views from my new office!





-New shoes!



-My Moo Mini Cards arrived!



-B bought me a new travel mug for my new commute!



Happy Monday!

Packing Up and Moving On

This is a bit of a sentimental post since this is the last outfit photo that I will ever take against the beloved green wall! Yesterday, my company packed up our humble Sunnyvale offices to move to a bigger place in San Mateo.

Denim shirt - Gap | Black tee - TJMaxx | Black jeans - Forever 21 | Leopard flats - American Eagle

Necklaces - H&M and Lolabella Boutique

Side note: My bangs are at a very in-between length right now and I'm not sure what I want to do with them. Keep growing them out or cut them again? Hmmm....

Get my look!

Black and Blue... by triplyksis

Goodbye, Sunnyvale offices! I sure hope I can find a good place to take outfit photos at the new place!

Another Goodbye

Things are changing in my life pretty consistently these days. Last week I had to say goodbye to possibly the best person I've ever worked for as he left the company to start his next adventure. We sent him off in style and celebrated in a big way. We rented out Forbes Island in San Francisco where we danced the night away!






















Black blazer - Forever 21 | Silver satin dress - H&M | Black buckled shoes - Nine West

If you're wondering about the lady on a stick, the story is that one of our coworkers couldn't make it to the party so we thought it'd be funny to put her face on a stick so she could be there in spirit. I'd like to think we showed her a good time!

I swear, we must have danced for five hours. My legs were so incredibly sore for days afterwards. All I can say is that I work with some pretty fantastic people and that they sure know how to party.

I hoped that the time to say goodbye wouldn't come, but the good times had to come to an end. Goodbye, Manish. It's been fun! You will be missed, but I wish you all the best in your future endeavors!

P.S. Those are cat scratches, not whatever else you may be thinking. ;)

Adiel = Happy

I can see the many visits this blog is getting every day despite the lack of updates. I apologize for this. I don't feel that I've got much to say.

It's been so great having a job that I feel like I need to be thankful for this great opportunity at all times of the day. Everything out here has been going so smooth!

I found an awesome roommate and we're going to be looking for a place to live immediately. I've got high hopes for this.

I'm steadily learning new tasks at my new job and I am absolutely loving it. The people I work with are beyond-words fantastic!

Activities outside of work have been in abundance as well. Two weeks ago I had never been to San Fransisco. I've now been to the city several times for different meet-ups and events. I love it!

It's so great out here and I just want to once again thank every single person that had anything to do with me being able to come out here. It really is like a dream come true.

Adiel = Happy

I'll leave you with a few photos of me and a few of my co-workers at a shopping event.

Hello California!

Alright friends. It's truth time. I feel I owe my readers, if I have any left, an explanation to my prolonged absence. As you may recall, I was laid off my full time office job last October. It was pretty life shattering and looking back on it, it is more than clear that it put me into a bit of a depression. Probably somewhere around two months ago I also received word that the school I had been coaching cheer at no longer had the funds to pay my position come the end of this school year. Needless to say, I was devastated. Getting laid off two jobs in six months was far from fun for me. I had a long time to think about what I wanted to do with my life and had considered many things including moving out of state, maybe even out of the country.

Then the light at the end of the tunnel arrived.

Recently I landed a job as the community coordinator for Kaboodle.com Any long time reader of my blog knows how passionate I have been about this site for a long time! In fact, my kaboodle profile tells me I've been on there since January 17, 2007. You seen me talk about kaboodle many times on this blog, clearly I'm a big fan. So I'm pretty stoked to have this opportunity to join the Kaboodle team and do something that I've been passionate about for so long!

So this is the reason for my recent to move to California, this is where Kaboodle headquarters are located. I'm stoked to be out here and I already love the place. I can't wait to start my new job tomorrow!

Monday, my sister, dad and niece drove me and my belongings out to Sunnyvale. Many of you may have followed this roadtrip on my Twitter. I took many, many photos that day and would like to share them with you in the form of a slideshow.



...and as long as we're on the topic, I think you should all sign up for an account on Kaboodle and check it out. It's been my favorite website for years, maybe it's time you find out why! Be sure to add me as a friend when you do!

Freaky Friday

When the alarm went off Friday morning, something told me that I really should just stay in bed. I pressed snooze, but eventually my need to be responsible got me out of bed and out the door. 

Due to some rather shocking events that morning, I am now in the need of a new full time job. I mention this in the hopes that maybe someone reading this might know of something. If you do, email me. 

That afternoon was the first round of playoff football so I travel with Wendy and the girls we coach on a school bus up to Syracuse for the game. Since my mom lives so close to where game was being played, she, my grandma and my sister all came to watch the game. Sadly, we lost the game so football season is over for us this year. 

Wendy and I

Me, my grandma, my mom and my sister

Getting my grandma to cheer

My girls stunting

Crabby mood

Well, I have this Calvin & Hobbes comic hanging up at my desk, Marrdy printed it off for me way back when. I'm not entirely sure why, but I felt the need to share it today.

Work this week has put me in a pretty poor general mood. There is a lot of negative energy in my office and it's not fun to be here. It's not one bit like it was one year ago. I'm treated pretty poorly by some of the new faces around here, in turn it's made it hard to find the motivation to do anything around here.

I always find it hilarious and saddening when I look at it. I mean, it's Calvin, he's a funny little kid. However, this is so the story of my life. When I get sad or mad, nobody notices.I think we can all agree with comic to a point. Some of us want to be left alone when we're feeling down, but I think for the most part could all use a little pick-me-up from loved ones when feeling blue.

So take some time to notice the people you come in contact with on a daily basis and if they are cranky or moody, maybe just say a little something kind to cheer them up. I think we all feel like Calvin at times and could use a little extra affection once in a while.

Lagoon

My company's Lagoon day was this past weekend. Despite the fact that it was organized in the strangest fashion that I've ever seen, and despite the fact that the weather reports were calling for 50% chance of a thunderstorm, I decided to go. 

We arrived at the park just in time for the lunch part of the day. Marrdy's son took a picture of the two of us in our company t-shirts, but we both look so terrible in that picture due to lighting and angle, I decided to spare us the humiliation. My new skimmer shoes were digging at the back of my ankles so I had to hunt down some band-aids, but as soon as the band-aids were in place, all was well. 

After lunch, Sean and I took off to go on some rides. Despite being easily prone to motion sickness, I love rollercoasters.

View from Wicked
In the waiting line...
The Spider
On the sky ride
View from the Sky Ride

After riding most of the roller coasters, we went walking through Pioneer Village. Despite the many, many times that I've been to Lagoon and Pioneer Village before, there were a couple of places that I had never seen before.

In the phone museum
In the model train museum
The semaphore outside the model train museum
Sean and I
Shortly after this last photo was taken, it started pouring rain. Sean and I took shelter inside the "Rock Church" while we waited for the worst of it to pass. After the rain let up, we decided to take off.
I am pretty bugged though because I lost my O-gloss, again! I guess I should just stick to the cheap lip glosses because those stick around in my purse for a long time. As soon as I spend $22 on a lip gloss, it's gone forever.

Goodbye Marrdy

I have hesitated writing anything about this because I wasn't quite sure the best way to put how I feel into words.

Over the last few months I've seen a lot of my work family moved out of this branch. It was hard to say goodbye to them each, Tonya(Work big sister), Matt(Work big brother) and Brett(Work big brother), and I've missed having them around. I call them my family because I got to be really close to them all.

Marrdy and I on Halloween

Yesterday was Marrdy's last day at the branch that I work at.
She's being transferred to another branch.
Even though she's only a city away, I couldn't be more sad.

Marrdy and I showing Mama Kat that we're real.

Mama Marrdy is my work mom in every essence of the word. She really took care of me as if I was her daughter. She fed me when I was hungry, she comforted me when I was sad or upset, she was indignant with me when I was angry, she didn't judge me and my random and wild escapades and so much more. I just wanted to make sure she knows how much I appreciate her taking care of me and treating me like an equal. It means a lot to me.

Marrdy's last day!

I don't want to say much else, because I don't want to bore anyone.
Marrdy, I'll miss you.
Good luck at your new branch!

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Related posts: Crocodile Tears (Marrdy's account of her last day, includes photos!)

A must read!

I mention work and my co-workers a lot on my blog and maybe a few of you have already been over to my co-worker Marrdy's blog. Yesterday, we had some stuff go down at work. Marrdy did a good job writing it up and even included some photos. Head on over to her blog to check it out!
(Its funny!)

Introducing.... Steve!

I have a lot of awesome co-workers.
I've introduced you to Marrdy.
I've introduced you to "Bob."
I've talked about Tonya and her Tonyaisms.

Today I will introduce you to "Steve".
We all love Steve around here because of all of his little quirks.


Here we have Steve's wallet. Steve just got done cleaning out his wallet. Look at how nice and tidy it is.



Steve has a habit of walking away with other peoples' pens when he borrows them. To try to stop this, he's developed an interesting habit in carrying pens around with him.

I hope you all get as big of a kick out of Steve as I do.

Things that made my day.

-Seeing my Kaboodle Blogazine advertised was pretty cool!


-Panty heaven closes at 6 today for another brand guide. No lame customers and no dress code! Hooray!

-The possibility of a blind date? Its likely!

-My new wallet, it matches my bag so well!

Weekend recap, and then some.

Life has been pretty hectic for me. I haven't really had a free moment to sit down in front of the computer lately.

Last week was cheer camp for the squad that I'm the assistant coach of. It was decided that a private camp would be best for our squad this year. That took a lot of planning on Wendy's part, I'm completely amazed at her ability to pull something like this together. It went extremely well I think, I don't have anything like it to compare it to. We had several people come in a do stunting, tumbling and dance workshops. All of them were so great! We made it past the few bumps that generally arise in any cheer squad at camp. We made it through an ankle injury. I got through all the bad hip-hop they had to dance to and I also choreographed for the first time in like four years. The girls learned so much and I'm super proud of them. Can't wait to see whats to come from them throughout the rest of the year. Also, all you parents out there, I had a tiny taste of knowing what its like to have a teenager. I had twelve of them! Crazy!

[Belting out "I Want You" by Savage Garden on Singstar]

[At the leadership workshop]

[Stunting, I miss doing it...]

[Learning a hip hop dance]

[The whole squad]

The weekend was pretty basic for me. Sean and I went out to dinner Friday night and ended up hanging out with Traci, Mike and Traci's family.

Saturday, I went to get my nails done and ended up getting a pedicure. I proceeded to mess it up as I got in the car to go to the pool. Leave it to me to do something lame like that. After the pool, Sean and I hung out. We watched Untraceable. Seriously, who thinks up this sick crap. Better question, why do I watch it? So gross!

Sunday, Sean and I went to The Original Pancake House. I love their food, so yummy. After that, I proceeded to read, fall asleep, and repeat. Three times. I guess I needed to catch up on some sleep considering I haven't been getting much lately. Once I finally got out of bed, Sean and I went to dinner at the Macaroni Grill. Funny story, we ordered fried mozzarella for our appetizer. When they brought our appetizer out, I thought it was strange that it came in little rings. I ate a piece anyway. I thought the texture and the taste seemed very off, but I wasn't sure so I had another. As I'm chewing the second piece, the waitress walked by and realized that someone had brought fried CALAMARI to our table instead of cheese. It all made sense, I knew that I knew that taste and it brought my right back to Mrs. Grossaint's biology class where she made us taste the fried squid we had just dissected. The best part was the look on Sean's face when he realized what he was eating. It was beyond hilarious, it made my whole weekend!

I've been pretty backed up at work with all the time I took off for cheer camp, the new responsibilities I've been having to learn and month end. I've been pretty tired after work and not been able to find time to get on the computer. Hopefully this weekend I'll be able to catch up with all my blogging friends and see what they've been up to in the last two weeks!