recent talks

Friends are important to have in life.  I know for many of us friends come and go.  However, I think you can tell one you hang with friends if they are a life time friend or the state in your life friend.  Both types of friends are important to have and you gain a lot from both of them.

I spent a good amount of time this weekend with friends.  Even through out the week I have shared some messages with Friends that I don't see often. I even had my longest phone conversation ever today that was over two hours long.  

2011 has brought on nothing but craziness in my life.  Work has never been so stressful,  I live with one cool roommate and one not so, I need to figure out to Alaska or not,  to move into the studio or find somewhere else and much more is going on.  

What I have got from friends and co-workers this week 

- "don't stay with any one you go home with and you wake up wet"

-"don't stay with the boyfriend who wants a three-some with you and your best friend" 

- "if he has to be high to have fun, leave him" 

- "don't go to Alaska"

-"Go to Alaska, if I was able too I would so be there"

-"I need to figure things out, I am not going"

-"I'm too much a friend with the guys, because I am too chill" 

-"We need you so you must go to Alaska"

-people are flakes so I refuse to be one

-"I am not that surprised that she's not here"

-"You are more of a Wednesday night person"

-half of my friends hate snow

-Come to Vegas it's a good time and your Boss is paying

- I need to visit Laura

- I need to see Regina

- Things have changed a lot in the past seven years

-Just take the summer and be ZITA to figure it out 

This list could keep going and out of everything I still have not decided what I am gonna do.

homeward adventure

My flight from Italy to the states was changed three times by Delta.  In the end the flight they placed me on wasn't too bad because it was the same one out of the country as Maria.  But that's not even the fun part.  Guy got sick the night before so when it would all depend if he'd be able to get us to Rome or not in the morning.  He woke us up and was still sick and Miriam was also not feeling well.  She was able to get us to the train station and get us tickets to Rome and then to the airport.  Maria and I jump on the train its a full one so we ride in the part of the car where you enter at with only one seat, we sat on out bags.  We are about a mile outside of the Rome train station one all of a sudden the train stops moving.  No one knows what's going on.  After being stopped for around a half an hour the doors on the train open and everyone gets off and starts walking along the tracks to the station.  We follow carrying our bags as we were walking along one woman fell out of the train on me.  It was crazy.  We reach the station to find out there is some sort of power supply problem and that all trains are delayed or cancelled.  But the signs say that a train is going to the airport we board that one.  We waited on it for a half hour before it leaves for the airport.  Once at the airport we have to walk to catch a shuttle to the right terminal.  No problems checking in and our flight is delayed an hour.  We get on the shuttle that takes us to the gates where we wait.  We land in JFK and have to be towed to the gate where the tow has power problems which post us on the jet way and stuck on board the plane for an extra 30 minutes.  Takes for ever to get through security where workers keep leaving even though there is a never ending line.  I get Maria to her gate say good and she waits.  I walk the 20 minutes to my gate and wait for my delayed flight.   Now I sit at the Phoenix airport waiting until 7 am when I can hopefully catch the shuttle bus to Flagstaff and be done with this adventure.  At least it was great time in Italy.

Here is the newest hat that has been created.  Miriam has claimed it and has tried knitting, and was doing a good job at it.  Now to find some more time for her to work on it.

new skills

So Last night I decided to do some knitting and made little baby Lucy and pretty pink flower headband.  when I was making it Travis decided that he wanted to learn how to knit.  So I am in the process of teaching the seven year how to knit.  He is trying really hard to learn it.  He really is a smart little boy.  Maria also is trying her best to knit.  She has it except she has the problem that a lot of new knitters have as it gets longer it gets wider.   Now to teach Miriam how to knit.

Traveling

So Maria and I are at the airport all we want is to get something to drink.  so we go into this cafe place and we are standing there reading the menu and figuring out what we want. Once we decided and  the lady asked us if it was here or go, we go to order.  The lady would not take our order from where we were standing because it was to go and we needed to be by the register.  so we walked the two feet out of the place around the rope and up to the register to order.  I found it funny that we were the only people in there ordering two soda pops and she wouldn't take our orders until we were by the register.  I would not be happy if my employees treated our customers like that.

We were not assigned seats when we checked in and when we went up to the desk to get em the lady there told us no we couldn't sit next to each other and then wouldn't help us out.   when they started boarding we went up and asked for seats and she tells us you have been sitting there a while.  Yes we were and when we asked for seats you told us no and would not help us.   This same lady also called zone 4 to board the plane and then freaked out when zone 4 was boarding the plane and not zone 3.  I can't believe how rude the people are at the atlanta airport.  grr

anyways being in Italy is awesome.  the kids are great. Baby Lucy sure  likes to make her noises,  Travis loves to play.   and then there are always pictures that are taken when you visit people.

one could be cloned 

Thanksgiving

So my Thanksgiving break was awesome.  Work went very smoothly on Wednesday so we were able to get out by 2.  Budget didn't give me any problems when I went to pick up the rental car.  We ate a late lunch with Derk and then Zach and I were on the road to Tucson.  We arrived at his parent's house around 9pm, they were very nice and waited up for us to get there. After meeting them we headed over to see our pal Joe,  who we hadn't saw in while.   On Thanksgiving itself I woke up well before Zachie boy,  but it was fine I just knitted a scarf out in the sun shine watching the Guinea pigs play outside.  He got up and his sisters came over and we all hung out and ate a good meal.  On Friday morning they all got up and went to hike somewhere, where I met my friend Good Friend Patrice for some coffee.  Then Patrice and I went to her brothers packed a lunch and then we went Hiking in the Catalina State Park.  It was a very good time I miss my adventures with Patrice that we used to have back in the days of her living up here.  That evening I drove to meet the Casavants in Benson for a good Cheeseburger.  Then we went Kartchner caverns and camp in an RV.  Saturday morning was spent touring the cave which was pretty sweet.  This cave is very well preserved as far as the bigger touring caves I have been in.   After the tour and some lunch we drove down to Bisbee.  Bisbee is an old mining town on the Mexico Boarder.  We left Zach's parents at the hotel and went to check the town out.  Very pretty old town, reminds me of a bigger version of Jerome.   We were all excited about eating dinner in this one really good Mexican restaurant, however they were to busy and could seat the size of our groups. So we ended up eating some good pizza.  Then we all ended up at this one little bar, playing pool, shuffle board and singing some Karaoke.   Zach and I ended up going on an adventure so he could find some cheese.  We ended up taking stairs to the top of a hill, the sky was Beautiful.  We finally did find a gas station and created a line of customers for the cashier who spazed on my ID.  ( got  a new one today and i look like a ghost).  Though I told him its cool we just won't get the beer but he spazed anyways.  Sunday morning we went on a Tour of the old Queen mine.  It was pretty fun to ride on the little train that went down into the mine.  After wards we took a drive through some pretty country back to Tucson.  Then we loaded up the guinea pigs and headed to Phoenix where we stopped in Tempe to get dinner with Chris.  Then on wards to the snow storm in Flagstaff or so we were told it would be storming.  But when we arrived the storm was over, roads were covered in snow and ice but we were fine.   Due to the trip to Tucson, my guinea pig now lives with me cause he couldn't not fight with Marbles in the car.   And Zach went to Cali to see Sarah and we had to take her guinea pigs with him.   But it's cool I like having him here with me.  However next week I head to Cali for work so he will going back to Zach's with the others.  Now I wait for Italy!!!!

Looking Forward

This weekend has gotten me in the mood for up coming trips.  On Wednesday I am heading to Tucson for a few days.  I will be eating Thanksgiving dinner with my friend Zach's family.  On Friday the plan is go hiking with Patrice, which is she is the reason I am going to Tucson in the first place.  Then I on Saturday Zach's dad is getting us into Kartchern caverns. I am excited about this a lot.  I love caves and going on cave tours. Zach's dad is also a Geologist.  We head back up to Flagstaff on Sunday, and in any case I won't have to be back at work until Tuesday.  So I will have Monday to do whatever,  which Mondays I tend to not do much at all.  I watch America's Next Top Model marathons and hopefully get coffee/slash daily dose of Food with Laura and then walk her doggies.  This tiny vacation is well needed after the past few weeks I have had at work.

December 23 till Jan 10 is my big trip to Italy.  I am looking forward to this a lot.  I will be going with Maria, so that's a plus I like to share adventures with people and who better to share this one with.  Also I can not wait to meet the little baby Lu and see how big Travis has gotten over the past few years.  And it will be great to spend time with Guy and Miriam.  Another plus is I haven't been around any family for the past two Christmases, should be good times.  The first year not being anywhere for Christmas was harder than what I expected it to be.  Last year wasn't bad because I spent the day over at my friends Regina and Sylus's along with two of their friends plus Laura and Jeff where there.  any whoot I better get off of here and to bed.