There's this great sarcastic newspaper called The Onion. Today, they ran an article that made me laugh out loud, so I just had to share.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/well-it-looks-like-my-work-here-has-been-successfu,17492/
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
The Cliffs' Note Version of My Life in 2010...Bringing You All up to Date
So, I know my blog entries have been scarce for the past few months. Part of the problem is that it takes so darned long to upload photos to my blog and it's so much easier to post them on Facebook. So, that's usually where I post them these days.
I've decided that "normal" for me is living life at a frenetic pace where there's barely time to keep my head above water and that things like blogging, scrapbooking, and quilting will likely always take a backseat to everything else. So, I've quit expecting myself to get it all done...I'll get there eventually...just not today. That change in attitude has been a great change!
I have had little time to travel this year...I haven't been home to Modesto since Christmas. And, with Eric & Sheree now living in Modesto, my semi-annual trip to D.C. this Spring did not happen. But, as my previous blog posts have indicated, my friend Tracy came to visit me in January and my friend Janell came to visit in February. This weekend my friend Collette is visiting and Eric, Sheree, and Tyler are coming next weekend. This summer, I will head home for the week after the 4th of July...I also hope to head to NYC for a long weekend with a few of my LA girlfriends and to take a strip to SLC to see the many friends who live in Utah. I also expect visits from Tracy and Janell this summer and hope to see Jared, Cindy, Jack, and Kate visit as well. I'm looking forward to a fun and full summer.
I am still the Young Women's President for the 3 wards in my building at church. After 2 years in this calling, I am finally feeling sort of comfortable in my own skin in the calling. I truly LOVE my girls and am so grateful for the opportunities this calling has given me. I work with an amazing group of women who span an amazing age range and who are of multiple cultures. I have learned so much from all of them. And, the girls are amazing, too. I have learned so much from theml. It's almost tough to imagine having any other calling. It is a calling, though, that takes up ALOT of my time. Except for the 1st week, I spent every Tuesday evening, all day Saturday, and much of Sunday in April with these girls. We had great fun with a rummage sale and with a day in Disneyland (as a result of our Give-a-Day-Get-a-Day service project in January).
I've also gotten involved with the Stake mid-singles (age 28-45) group at church, which has provided me the opportunity to meet some great people and to start (after 3 1/2 years) to feel comfortable living here in LA. I am a teacher for the mid-singles Sunday School class once month, which I am also really enjoying. And, it gives me a good "excuse" to read and study my scriptures.
I continue to be very busy at work, but Young Women's and MSA activities have forced some balance into my life that is really good and healthy. It's good to have an excuse to get out of the office. The problem is that this balance has lead to a place where I am behind on my hours. For the first time EVER in my career as an attorney, I have hours to make up between now and June 30 when our year ends. So, while it was brutal to work over 130 hours in the first 2 weeks of May because of a due process hearing, I needed to do it to make up for other activities in months prior. I've got a ways to go still, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel and I should be able to hit 1800 for the year by June 30.
And, just when I didn't think I could fit one more thing in, I started dating a friend of mine here in LA. We are in the same Stake at church, but not in the same ward--we actually go to church in separate buildings (me, close to downtown; he, on the West side by the temple). He's actually someone I went to law school with; so, we've known each other for 9 1/2 years. His name is Billy Gonzalez. (No, Billy is not actually his legal name...but, that's a long story for an entirely different post.) He's been a really good friend here in LA. And, has been diligently trying to get me to date him since last September. I wasn't interested then; perhaps, you could say the timing just wasn't right. But, sometime in March, I started to wonder if I was making a mistake...we were such good friends and maybe I should give him a chance...what did I have to lose...if it worked out, I would only have something to gain! So, I took the leap and we have been dating for the past 2 months. It's such a new and unusual experience to date someone that I'm friends with, whom I trust, am completely comfortable with, and with whom I can communicate openly and freely. It's a very welcome change--one that makes life so much happier and one that puts all of this other crazy, busy-ness into a much better perspective. This has been the main reason behind my prior statements and postings like "Life is what happens when you are making other plans." It's also taught me that the saying is really true...when you least expect it...
So, life is good; 2010 and being 38 are shaping into VERY different things than I expected. I'm excited to see what the remainder of the year holds!
For inquiring minds who want to know, here's a photo of the two of us with our friend Rozanna from last summer at the Hollywood Bowl.
I've decided that "normal" for me is living life at a frenetic pace where there's barely time to keep my head above water and that things like blogging, scrapbooking, and quilting will likely always take a backseat to everything else. So, I've quit expecting myself to get it all done...I'll get there eventually...just not today. That change in attitude has been a great change!
I have had little time to travel this year...I haven't been home to Modesto since Christmas. And, with Eric & Sheree now living in Modesto, my semi-annual trip to D.C. this Spring did not happen. But, as my previous blog posts have indicated, my friend Tracy came to visit me in January and my friend Janell came to visit in February. This weekend my friend Collette is visiting and Eric, Sheree, and Tyler are coming next weekend. This summer, I will head home for the week after the 4th of July...I also hope to head to NYC for a long weekend with a few of my LA girlfriends and to take a strip to SLC to see the many friends who live in Utah. I also expect visits from Tracy and Janell this summer and hope to see Jared, Cindy, Jack, and Kate visit as well. I'm looking forward to a fun and full summer.
I am still the Young Women's President for the 3 wards in my building at church. After 2 years in this calling, I am finally feeling sort of comfortable in my own skin in the calling. I truly LOVE my girls and am so grateful for the opportunities this calling has given me. I work with an amazing group of women who span an amazing age range and who are of multiple cultures. I have learned so much from all of them. And, the girls are amazing, too. I have learned so much from theml. It's almost tough to imagine having any other calling. It is a calling, though, that takes up ALOT of my time. Except for the 1st week, I spent every Tuesday evening, all day Saturday, and much of Sunday in April with these girls. We had great fun with a rummage sale and with a day in Disneyland (as a result of our Give-a-Day-Get-a-Day service project in January).
I've also gotten involved with the Stake mid-singles (age 28-45) group at church, which has provided me the opportunity to meet some great people and to start (after 3 1/2 years) to feel comfortable living here in LA. I am a teacher for the mid-singles Sunday School class once month, which I am also really enjoying. And, it gives me a good "excuse" to read and study my scriptures.
I continue to be very busy at work, but Young Women's and MSA activities have forced some balance into my life that is really good and healthy. It's good to have an excuse to get out of the office. The problem is that this balance has lead to a place where I am behind on my hours. For the first time EVER in my career as an attorney, I have hours to make up between now and June 30 when our year ends. So, while it was brutal to work over 130 hours in the first 2 weeks of May because of a due process hearing, I needed to do it to make up for other activities in months prior. I've got a ways to go still, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel and I should be able to hit 1800 for the year by June 30.
And, just when I didn't think I could fit one more thing in, I started dating a friend of mine here in LA. We are in the same Stake at church, but not in the same ward--we actually go to church in separate buildings (me, close to downtown; he, on the West side by the temple). He's actually someone I went to law school with; so, we've known each other for 9 1/2 years. His name is Billy Gonzalez. (No, Billy is not actually his legal name...but, that's a long story for an entirely different post.) He's been a really good friend here in LA. And, has been diligently trying to get me to date him since last September. I wasn't interested then; perhaps, you could say the timing just wasn't right. But, sometime in March, I started to wonder if I was making a mistake...we were such good friends and maybe I should give him a chance...what did I have to lose...if it worked out, I would only have something to gain! So, I took the leap and we have been dating for the past 2 months. It's such a new and unusual experience to date someone that I'm friends with, whom I trust, am completely comfortable with, and with whom I can communicate openly and freely. It's a very welcome change--one that makes life so much happier and one that puts all of this other crazy, busy-ness into a much better perspective. This has been the main reason behind my prior statements and postings like "Life is what happens when you are making other plans." It's also taught me that the saying is really true...when you least expect it...
So, life is good; 2010 and being 38 are shaping into VERY different things than I expected. I'm excited to see what the remainder of the year holds!
For inquiring minds who want to know, here's a photo of the two of us with our friend Rozanna from last summer at the Hollywood Bowl.
Rozanna, Billy, Me
Monday, May 17, 2010
She Passed!!!!!
I'm am so excited that I'm beyond words...my friend Janell passed the Bar. She so deserves this. Now, we can plan a trip for her to come to visit me in LA this summer just for fun...no more attempts at passing the California Bar. Congrats Janell and welcome to the world of lawyering!
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Life is What Happens When You are Making Other Plans
This really should be the motto of my life...I'm considering where/how I could display it in large print in a place that I will see it regularly because if I could remember this little motto/life's lesson more often, I'm sure I would be less frustrated about some things in life.
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