Kate's Wedding

In the hopes of not completely neglecting my blog... I have to post about one of my oldest and dearest friend's wedding.  I have known Kate since 8th grade.  We met at church and then both went to Meridian together.  But, we both had totally different friends.  She was on the dance team, and as we all know I cannot dance. :)  I drank in high school, she did not.  However, we had church as a common bond and we did a lot of amazing things together... mission trips to Mexico, anyone?  Yes please!!  Then, we went to SPU together and the fun continued.  Then she left Seattle (and me!) to go to grad school in so-Cal... and it was there she met her hubby to be! :)  I blogged about meeting him here!  Since he seemed like a decent guy... I let him propose. :)  J/K... I had nothing to do with it! :)

So, anyways... she got married on October 15th, and to say she was a beautiful bride would be an understatement!  She looked flawless and could not stop smiling! :)  I was so happy for her!  Here are some pics from the day... sorry there are not more!  It is super hard to be in the wedding and take pics!

Ready to go!

Kate and her Aunt

Kate and Aubrey

Kate and Me :)

Mother in law, Kate, and her Mom :)

Sisters (in law :)!

This is what happens when you give my mom a camera... blurry pics... but still cute

Dancing with her daddy...

Kate, you are one of my most favorite people and I am so glad I got to celebrate this day with you!  I wish you and Adam all the best because you only deserve the best!  Love you!

My Birthday!

I love my birthday.  Even though I am not super excited about getting older, I love a reason to get together with my good friends for good food, good wine, and great conversation.  (That statement alone makes me sound old!)  Here are some pics from my birthday dinner at Purple Wine Bar.  (Love this place.  It has amazing food... a bazillion wine choices and a great atmosphere.  If you are in Seattle try it!)

Me :)

Marissa and me and Liam's head

Me and Shakira

Natalie, Nicole, and Me

The Life of a Single Gal

So... I had a suggestion to post honestly about what it is like to be single.  Since it's no secret I want to meet someone amazing and get married... well, here goes.  I'm in school.  I work full time at a pretty time consuming job (meaning I have to take work home with me... in fact I should be working right now!)  I'm busy.  When I do have free time I either catch up on sleep or hang out with my girlfriends.  To get married, you have to date, but in my super busy life, I meet very few new people.  This whole school thing is only a year long, so I can deal.

So... imagine my surprise when I go to take my final and a cute guy starts talking to me at the desk.  Long story short... he asks me out and we met up last night for some drinks.  Ugh... longest two hours of my life!  There was just no spark.  He was vegan... I'm sorry for all of you who are vegan.  Vegetarian is one thing... gluten free is understandable because I've had my own digestive issues.  Vegan is just too much!  The guy ordered pizza with no cheese!  That's the best part!  I happily ate my caprese... savoring the mozzarella and being so grateful for cheese! :)

Anyways... so we just had nothing in common.  We went for a walk and talked a bit, but I was just bored!  I finally said I had to get up early... so I had to head home.  I gave him a half hug, thanked him for dinner and headed home.  As I was walking into my apartment (less than 15 minutes later)... I get this text.

You are a beautiful and smart woman and I feel like I need to be honest with you.  Not that I'm trying to jump into bed with you, but about 5 years ago I had a girlfriend who wasn't honest with me and now I have herpes.

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!  WTF????  I mean seriously... we didn't even kiss.  Not that I'm trying to jump into bed with you?  Who do you think I am?  We hung out for 2 hours!  That is not necessary information to disclose at this time.  And, look, I am sorry that happened to him.  I'm not a cold hearted bitch... but ewww!  I don't even know this guy!  Why would he tell me that?  That's at least maybe third date material!  Ugh... so yes... this is why I hate dating.  It is why I stay in my own little area and hope my prince will fall into my lap... preferably disease free...

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The Band Perry

I love love love this band!  I love country, and next to Taylor, these guys are my new fav.  (They sing "If I Die Young" but their whole CD is amazeballs!)  I went to their concert at the Evergreen State Fair on Tuesday.  And, the best part of small venues/not that famous people yet?  You get to meet them!  Here are my pics below.  I went with one of my best friends, Marissa.  She and I love concerts so much and are always down to see a show together!  Great night!  Oh... and I got their autograph too, as well as the pic!

We weren't that close...but just wait!

Kimberly Perry... so cute!!

Marissa and Me

Here we all are... Neil, Marissa, Kimberly, Me, Reid

Today at Work

Okay... I have to vent. If this thing had a mood choice, it would be: Irritated. So, a couple weeks ago I got in trouble at work for being too social. Shocking, I know. I was always the girl getting sent to the hall for talking too much. The worst part is, I still get all my work done because I'm crazy like that, but it may not help others around me. Whatever, I shut my mouth and door to be extra anti social.

So we had this huge billing project come up and basically I have to do that and all this other work by myself because my co-worker went out of town. So, I'm working my ass off doing this project and was told by the president to put everything aside and get this done. She calls to check up on some things, and I told her I would be done tomorrow, which she was shocked I would be done so fast. I told her I would, but I hadn't been able to get a few other things done. She said that was fine and that they are low priority so no worries, just get the project done.

Then our office manager comes in and asks if I had done those other things I just talked to the president about not getting to. I told her I was working on the project. She says, "Well, it's no good they are not done." No shit, sherlock, but I'm kind of busy over here. But here's the kicker. She goes back to her office and I see her red light on her phone light up, meaning she's making a call. She called the president to tattle on me!!!

Can you believe it? And, do you know what the president told her? Calm down, she is doing something way more important. Then the prez calls me and says, "Don't worry about her, just ignore her. You are doing a great job, and I am not worried about what she has to say." Talk about some weird signals. I feel like I am in such a dysfunctional relationship... one week I'm in trouble for talking too much, this week I'm praised and told I'm doing a great job and ignore any negativity. I mean, I'm not gonna lie, I'm a kick-ass employee, even if I talk to much. And is it really that bad that people like me and want to be my friend? That doesn't sound like such a bad thing! :) Anyways, I need a new job! If anyone knows of anything, let me know. Obviously here in Seattle since I don't want to move until I'm done with school. I could go on and on about the drama that is my job, but alas, I must get back to my accounting homework. Here's to hoping each of you had a better day today. :)

What to Say...

I don't want to completely neglect my blog, but I don't want to bore anyone either. So, here's a recap on my life...

This week has been INSANE. I've been so busy with work and school. Work... ugh... can't even talk about it on here because it's too public, but if you really want to know what's up send me a text/facebook message. School: had way too much to do, but as always it got done and the only thing to suffer was my sleep.

I'm trying to train for a 10K in October in another attempt to lose weight... hoping it is not in vein. Seattle weather has not been too fab... but I'm sitting here sweating right now if that means anything to anyone. :)

I taped Shark Week and am currently watching it... is it bad I feel for the seals??? But I am still fascinated/scared of sharks.

The CRAZIEST thing happened the other night. I went to bed early and was awoken at 12:30 am to noise on my roof. We've had raccoons on the roof before, but this was moving really fast. Then I felt the whole building shake like someone jumped down. My window was wide open and I got really scared someone was trying to break in... so I called 911. I was so scared I couldn't even remember my address. I grabbed a piece of mail and read the operator my address. She stayed on the phone with me till the police got there. (One of which who was very cute... if you aren't married... want to come back and make sure I'm okay???) They asked what happened and I explained what I had heard. They said, "Well, have you heard of Parkour?" "Yes," I said... "Why?" "We've recently had some complaints in the area about people doing Parkour on the rooftops." ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME??? I'm trying to sleep and some idiots who have clearly been watching too much MTV or G4 are disrupting that and scaring the shit out of me! Annoying... but it has made for quite the story.

So, other than that all I do is work and school. And words with friends... if you want to play send me a message and I'll give you my screen name. It's fun! I love my iPhone! :)