2010 Subaru Impreza
More details to come but I highly recommend Patrick Subaru as they made this car purchase not only easy but also quite enjoyable…
Archive for July, 2010
31
Jul
Jul
What are the implications of having a very public life? Especially when people in your life are private people, do I say or do things that jeopardize my relations with others. I always believed that my blog is pretty PG, safe for the masses and those involved in my life. I know over the years I have voiced my opinion very much so on things only to insert foot in mouth shortly after. I am not a perfect person and I always tend to say exactly what I am thinking at any particular moment in time. I can say that I have upset people but that is never my intention. My intention is to create this timeline of my life, as a person who does not want children I know I will need my own daily reminder in old age to what my life was like because I may just lack the people to tell my “story” to. The memories and stories are all we have. We are only what people remember about us and within a couple generations no one really remembers anything about us or who we were to those that mattered. I use this blog as my years of journals to remind myself where I started and also to realize that even the 15 year old who religiously wrote daily is not that far off from the 30 year old who maybe understands life much less than I did then. Life gets complicated and when it does I look back at where I have been and try my hardest to not repeat. I almost like this Crystal, this is when I get introspective, this is the Crystal who feels and sometimes it is great to remember that I am human and not some being absent of all emotion. I have so many things to be thankful in my life for right now, the times of feeling bad for myself went away last year and I live each day just happy and maybe in some form of the word blessed. But I don’t think I will ever stop putting my public self out there, the years of blogging has opened communication with so many people, I have been able to meet some amazing individuals here in Worcester through this avenue. I feel safe with words-written, the ones that are said never feel as safe to me.
So really how much is too much to deluge in a public forum?
more...Jul
Next week my blog will be 5 years old. Happy Blogoversary and 1031 blog post
Crazy to look over all my post from the last 5 years and see how I have grown as a writer, a presenter of my ideas and just grown as a person. The development of patience has come on strong in the last couple years. I have always used my blog as more of a “memory” tool for me, I have been a journal writer since I was about 8 and this was an extension but on a much more PG scale. But I am happy to say my blog has armed and motivated others on occasion since I started it. I went through a 4 year relationship, a house purchase that would have never been, a condo purchase that should have NEVER been, school and a HUGE change in my life in the last year.
Here’s to another 5 years…
Jul
For every bit of aggravation in my life there is 10 times more joy, yeah I am friggen Hallmark card…
A lot has happened in the last week and I can only imagine that part of it will be written.
Lets first start off with the fact that I will soon be GAINFULLY employed. Last week I had three job offers, three AMAZING job offers. With pay and benefits I didn’t think would exist for me this soon after graduation. I am finally going to a salary position and not hourly, with a job that will not demand my whole life, doing EXACTLY what I want to be doing. So I get to check off the “Find a Great Job in my field” box on the 2010 Goals I set back in December. I had a very hard decision last week as to what job I would take, the pay came in about the same on all three, so it came down to logistics. I may end up with a Coulda-Shoulda-Woulda but I do believe I went with the best option for me. I can’t explain just how happy I am that I will be working again and for DAMN good money.
Lets see there is a pretty nifty guy in my life right now, he makes me smile a lot and all my friends love him (well the many who have meet him already) We have spent quite a bit of time together and it is really nice. Again my ability to jinx my own life on a regular bases is keeping this low key for now, but this situation has me pretty happy too.
Speaking of which it was GAME NIGHT on Friday and we held the night at Paul’s, so I spent the day over his place cleaning up and going shopping to prepare. Made a trip down to Putnam to see the mammadukes and get my bounty of fresh veggies from the garden. We made food, everyone brought some food and drinks. My vegan friendly stuffed mushrooms and crab and vegan rangoons where a hit.. We had so much food and lots of drink it was a great night with great friends.
Saturday we crawled out of bed after 10 and got ready to get out of town for the day, the goal was to get to Maine but the traffic was crazy. So instead headed to Portsmouth to drink good beer, do some shopping and try/buy some AMAZING balsamic’s we got a Summer Peach and a Blueberry. It is really fun spending time with someone who enjoys amazing food too. Followed by us trying to go to Red Hook for there to be a huge festival so we couldn’t even get into the brewery. So headed south a bit to Salisbury Beach, with a blanket, food and cocktails and chilled on the beach for awhile watching the moon in all its glory. To end the evening before some shitty rain appeared we played some games at the arcade and retreated back to Worcester.
Sunday was another low-key day, spent many hours sleeping to try to catch up on the hours of non-sleep I have been getting. Paul and I did some bumming around, shopped a bit and then got ready for what turned into another amazing friend filled night. The original plan was for us all to go to the drive-in, but with bad pairing Kelly decided a cook-out would be a good time. Well Paul had the great idea to bring the projector and with a laptop and a white sheet we had tons of food, 13 people and watched Zombie Land while getting bit by mosquitoes. Outdoor movie night on Kelly’s patio is a pretty awesome night.
The more and more I am involved with people here in Worcester the happier I am, I have a great group of welcoming and intelligent friends who make me love where I am in life even more. Everything is falling into place right now and as I stated back in December 2010 will be my best year ever, with a small hiccup in the middle. I don’t believe I have been as happy in my life as I am currently and that is a pretty big thing.
Next: Get a Car……..the search continues.
Jul
Jul
Jul
Seriously this once a week blog post is getting old. Another great past week and past weekend, to the point I am beyond exhausted and really need a good sleep tonight. I can’t wait to be back to work because at least the structure will be good for me once more, I believe I will know for sure what or where I will be working this week, but then again I have an interview at Newton-Wellesley Hospital tomorrow for what could also be a great position.
I spent most of the weekend with a new guy, who seems pretty chill but not gonna jinx anything at this point. Good times had. Friday was a rough day as little sleep and a fun night on the town on Thursday made me only better than useless. Saturday I volunteered at the WARL (Worcester Animal Rescue Leagues) Art for Animals Craft Fair, I worked the Raffle Tent, thanks to Cheryl’s hard work there were many great raffled items. It was such a hot day in the mid- 90′s and humid with an occasional breeze but was a great day overall.
Saturday night headed to Providence for Water Fire and drinks.. Meet a dog named Gary who seems to like girls a lot and he bit my butt. This again LATE night (or very early morning 5am bed times have been occuring TOO much as of late) led to another groggy morning but followed by lunch @ Corner Grille (god I love this place) they honestly have the best pizza in the city. Yesterday was the “Dr. Gonzos Second Annual Summer Sausage Slamfest” I don’t eat it but I really go to support my friends and have a good time, listen to some music and drink some fancy cocktails. We took a short break from the heat and went to the Abbey for a bit to have a drink and cool off. Overly tired and hot decided it would be a movie night, but 30 minutes into a pretty bad movie it was time for bed…
It is Monday, I was offered a position with a company that could be amazing, still making my decision as I have many options floating around right now but I feel it could be a good career path. Thinking I may need a nap after all the weekend excitement.
more...12
Jul
If there is any luck in the world it never does find me…
So quickly last Wednesday I was involved in an accident in the Washington Sq Rotary with an Ambulance. I was already in the rotary and a car pulled out in front of me, which took my attention away from any traffic entering the rotary. Well one of them was an ambulance who stated his lights and sirens were on, but I never heard the sirens. He also stated he looked and did not see me. My car was totaled and ended up in the middle of the Washington Sq Rotary. This couldn’t happen at a worst possible time as I am “between jobs” right now and no one is going to give me a car loan. So in the grand scheme of things I am okay minus a car but between my great friends, the train and buses, my legs and bike I will do fine getting where I need to be until I am working again or I can buy a cheap car to get me to a new car.
I am looking at a used MINI, Jeep or Subaru for my next car, but again if I end up with a job in downtown Boston, I will be taking the train to work everyday.
more...Jul
This habit of writing once a week needs to end. For being slightly ”poor” while unemployed I am still enjoying my summer for the most part. Last week I have my 3rd interview for the dream job and I do very much hope it works out. I spent a day at the beach with Mandy, enjoyed the Farmer’s Market to learn that a new pizza place just opened near Clark called FLATS, which is an organic pizza joint with insane hours on the weekend nights, 3am pizza here I come.
Thursday was an evening of The Dive, The Lucky Dog and Nick’s and Friday night was night one of the Summer Nationals and fireworks but having apps and drinks at Brew City and then over to the Dive was much more entertaining. Not much to do on Saturday during the day was time for me to clean up the house, get lunch at The Perfect Game and then head to Sarah’s to visit for a bit before heading over to the Lucky Dog for another night of Flock.
Saturday night was a good time and also a giant shit show. Which ended in me not sleeping at all until 11:30 last night, a night in which sitting outside until the sun was ready to come up, 5:30am Princess Bride in HD (Ugg no good in HD) and not joining the rest of the world until 2pm to only go get pizza at Corner Grill followed by me catching up with Robyn to see Eclipse and then grab food at The Flying Rhino. So all in all Saturday into Sunday turned into a pretty killer night.
Today I think I need to cave and go buy an AC, this 90+ degree temp is NOT cool, followed by afternoon at Brad’s and maybe just maybe I will take the offer for a Sailing Expedition in Boston at dusk….
Hope everyones 4th was safe and fun.
more...