La Vida: January 2012

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

2012! A Year of Discovery

This is from earlier but might as well post it and try and add on :) enjoy

I am so excited for 2012. Everything is falling into a completely crazy, random and fun life. I am graduated from college, I earned two degrees there and I am somewhat ready to jump out into the real world. Luckily I get to ease myself into it.

So I am going to attempt to do 2012 new things this year. Seems pretty hard right now, but hopefully moving to Aruba I can knock um out haha! I'll try to keep this as updated as possible! Here is what I've got so far !! :)

1. I took Hunters Ed online. It was part of my class to get my hunters education card and hopefully get out there and hunt with my broha and friends!
2. I shot a .22 for the first time

3. I also shot a handgun
4. Later I took my hunters ed class
5. Part of the class was to go to a gun range and take a saftey class. This was my first gun range.
6. I also went to a Denver Broncos game! Where the Broncos beat the Steelers- oh ya, you remember!

7. I also went on a date to a nuggets game. I have been to a nuggets game before with friends, but this was on a date so I'm going to count it!
8. Was on a jury
9. Was in a courtroom
10. Went through jury deliberations for more than 2 days
11. Heard 11 witness testimonies and multiple expert testimony
12. Was the jury foreman
13. heard a guilty plea read to a defendant (SCARY)
14. Ate at spoons - love it!
15. Started a marketing job
16. Dog sat Danger :)
17. Sold stylers and made money doing it
18. Joined a gym
19. started a workout routine in Anytime fitness
20. had a "leg day" hahaha I always was curious why everyone was saying that...
21. Had a police escort out of the court house
22. bought a vertical credit. stupidest thing ever, had to buy a lower level spanish class in order to get my degree
23. joined linkedin : )
24. Had flowers sent to me by a guy (not a boyfriend)

25. Read Why Men Marry Bitches by Sherry Argov
26. Read Jonathan Livingston Seagull one of the many books recommended to me by Grandma
27. Played on a city league volleyball team with Mike, Casey, Robin, Matt, Joy, and John.
28. Flew to Charlotte, NC
29. Ate a Cuban sandwich with a fried pickle in it
30. Flew to Baltimore
31. Went to York, PA
32. Met Milly
33. Met Caroline
34. Drove from York, PA to Baltimore to Woodbridge, VA.
35. Worked at the Woodbridge Sam's Club
36. Met Antoinette from Nashville
37. Met Julius
38. Met Justin Broady
39. Met Pat
40. Met Desmond
41. Met Quinton
42. Met Carlston
43. Met Thomas Wiliams
44. Met Donte
45. Drove a Grand caravan
46. Met Jess Ann
47. Went to Bungalows
48. Ate at Famous Dave's
49. Went to DC with JB and Pat
50. Saw the Washington Monument
51. Saw the Lincoln Memorial
52. Saw Martin Luther King Memorial
53. Saw the White House
54. Went in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
55. Went to Miami airport
56. Worked at an Aruban water sports company
57. Went to Arashi beach
58. Went to Curaçao
59. Stayed at the renaissance in Curacao.
60. Ate chicken nuggets at a fancy restaurant at midnight.
61. Met Cactus
62. Met Tito
63. Met Koen
64. Met Naji
65. Met Shirly
66. Met Sebastian (JC's)
67. Met Sebastian (Bas)
68. Went to Old Dutch in Curaçao
69. Went to Old Dutch in Aruba
70. Went to Jc's sports bar
71. Went to Lekker
72. Went to 201
73. (realized I hadn't entered anything about my first time in Aruba) went to Aruba haha

I'll be back to add more. So many things lol

to be continued..

The After Life

Life after college... wow isn't it magical, no job, no money, living at home. Everything you dream of.. not! But really it is shaping up to be quite nice. I am home saving up some money right now, but I am finally free from these looming burdens of classes to sign up for, or complete, books to buy, places to live, this, that and all the other things. Now am I just taking in all this extra time to do somethings for myself. I have a bunch of great resolutions that I'm jumping on and that is going extremely well (take a look at my 2012 blog). I have also just started a marketing job with North Elite Inc. It is not a dream job, but a job that will earn me a little money as well as strengthen my people skills. As many of you know I will be headed to Aruba in June as well to spend about six months there, living the dream. That should all be squared away in the coming months. Meanwhile, it will be this marketing job, lots of gym time and hopefully get involved in some of my favorite hobbies (dance, art, sporting events, and so on.)

Keep checking my blog out as I attempt to do 2012 new things this year and keep up with my shenanigans.

Monday, January 9, 2012

San Sebastian

San Sebastian.

Absolutely one of the most beautiful places I've ever been in my life! It is in the very north of Spain, pretty close to France. Candace and I flew from Madrid to Santander then took a bus from Santander to San Sebastian through Bilbao. We were right on the coast and in the beautiful, green, rolling hills of the Basque country. Our hostel in San Sebastian wasn't too nice, but luckily we didn't spend much time in it. First thing the next morning we got ready and went out to explore. We walked all the way around the main beach part of the city. Called La Concha (the shell.) On our way we stopped and had some little food here and there. We stopped at little shops and got some post cards and stuff and continued our walk on an almost perfectly clear day! The tapas in the north are better than Madrid's and have their own style, the basque call them Pinchos or Pinxos. Although we didn't expect to swim or really do any beach time, the locals were in the water! It seemed too far north but really the water was quite nice and if I had my suit I probably would have taken a little swim.

After walking all the way around the concha and through some of the town we headed up the hill on the other side of the city. We took a little trolley straight up the hill and looked off over the whole city. Breathtaking to say the least. We drank some wine and enjoyed the sunset out across the sea before making our way back to our hostel. Luckily it was warm because we didn't really factor in the tide rising as we made our way back and I definitely got my leggings a little (A LOT) wet. That night we went out with two funny french guys from our hostel and had an absolute ball! I am happy to have a leopard print scarf to always remind me of that night! Other funny thing.... we hung out with those guys from about two days and when we left we couldn't guess their names for the life of us! oops. We really weren't up there long and had to take a bus back to Santander to catch an early morning flight on Sunday. Santander was gorgeous as well but nothing like the magical city of San Sebastian!