Currently Listening Viva La Vida By Coldplay Viva la Vida see related

so by the way...

• JOB
  • New title: Manager Marketing, Northwest Region
  • hiring an assistant and two summer interns
  • spending lots of time in the Bay Area and Seattle as of late...
    
• HOME
  • Moving in with Jon in Tustin...in 3 weeks
  • Giving away furniture...already gone: sofa and coffee table
    • Still giving away: dishes, end table, dining table/chairs, desk
  • Going to miss the 5 minute commute, but a 20 minute opposite commute isn't bad
    
• LEISURE
  • Going to Bahamas and Hawaii in Sept/Oct
  • Went to Hawaii for a family reunion in April
    • On the planning committee for next year's reunion...on Kauai!
      
• HEALTH
  • Sprained my ankle playing beach volleyball 3 weeks ago
    
• IN THE NEWS
  • OMG, Aloha Airlines...
  • Can fuel get any higher?  Boy, $3.99/gal, what a deal.
  • Go Obama!
  • Dancing with the Stars -- yay, Kristi Yamaguchi!

ok, i'll admit it...

THE NEW DANITY KANE CD IS OK...

specifically:

• pretty boy
• damaged
• bad girl

slow down!

2/20 Bay Area
2/25 Salt Lake City
3/3 Seattle
3/11 Austin

I've been traveling every week for about a month now.  True, my job requires a lot of travel, but it's quite honestly been pretty exhausting.  And when I move into my new position, I think I'll be on the road 3 out of the 4 weeks of every month.  But -- the saving grace is that I'll probably be a lot less tired and weary, as I will only be covering ONE job instead of FOUR.

You know things are bad when someone you "catch up" with on the phone says "so what was the story?" in regards to something that happened like six weeks ago.  Nonetheless, it's still good to "catch up" and hear how things are back home.

Great things are to come, personal growth will soon blossom, and the adventure of my adult life will continue.  We should all be happy for the things we have to "hold on" to -- whether it be family, friends, significant others, successes, or a comfortable bed.

Speaking of beds -- my hotel in Seattle had those Temperpedic beds -- it was so comfortable, that it was hard to get up in the morning!  You know, those beds where the lady is jumping on one side of the bed, and there's a glass of wine on the other that doesn't spill even though she's bouncing all over the place.  Now, c'mon...I know it's a simulation, but who is ever going to do that??

And another funny moment -- when we were playing beach volleyball on Sunday, this middle-aged lady is grasping tightly to her dog's leash as they proceed to walk on the sand.  The dog is going nuts, barking and yelping like he sees a feral cat.  You can tell she's struggling -- and then she just lets go of the leash.  Her body language was like "oh, f--k it already" and lets the dog run wild.  What does he go for?  Our volleyball.

And she walks away!  Snob.

highest highs

No, not drugs!  Haha.

So I'm totally cool, as per my last post.  Nothing big big big, and it's definitely not like I was at my lowest of lows -- it's just when something happens that you feel emotionally moved by, maybe it's a good idea to "xanga" (v.) about it.

Anyway, yesterday was a great day!!  My company announced that we're flying to LAX, and we announced it by flying a plane full of excited crewmembers, and having the Mayor of LA roll the "red carpet" right to the bottom of the airstairs.  Literally, there was a red carpet.  It was fun to help put the event together and to execute it -- our CEO was also onboard the flight, so he (among the other logistics) was my responsibility.  I got a PERSONAL EMAIL from him afterwards thanking me and complimenting the work I did!

Yeah, tooting my own horn.

Oh, and while I'm being incredibly conceited, yesterday I also found out that I GOT PROMOTED!  Come April 1st, I'll be managing all field marketing activities (sponsorships, community donations, local airport liaising) for the Northwest region (SFO, SJC, OAK, SMF, SEA, PDX, DEN, SLC).

The skies are getting BLUEr....=P

emotional management

So I don't manage anger very well.

I think I'm a generally happy person.  I don't think I'm superficial, but rather I usually am able to "get over" something that makes me angry fairly quickly.  However, when something rocks me to my core, I think I get pretty bad.  I shut down, and I don't let anyone in.  Anyone.  That's no good.

Luckily, I think there are a few people out there who will call me out on this.  And while it's my hope that I can overcome the mental shutdown (and shutting down others) on my own, I'm mighty thankful for those people who know me well enough to attempt to defuse my emotions.

I'm not the best at working through these types of things, because like I said, frankly, I don't shut down very often.  But when I do, at least now I know what to try.  I have to keep an open mind.  And in the end, I think things work out anyway.  Damn, I knew my HS yearbook quote would make some sense one day.

"Everything is o.k. in the end.  If it's not o.k., then it's not the end."