having withdrawls

okay, i miss kansas city pretty bad now. i miss the pork tenderloin at kitty's cafe and i miss the z-man at oklahoma joe's. i miss how little traffic there is and how cheap the gas is. i miss cheap groceries and cigarette's. i miss my wine bar job and i miss my friends.

seattle is cool and all, but i live 15 miles from downtown, and thusly 15 miles from meeting anyone of notable quality. living in the 'burbs is exactly opposite of what i want, but it's not affordable to live closer to the action. i have no people to chill with on the weekend. i don't even have money to do any chilling. the roads here suck worse than I-70. i can't think of much good to say right now about seattle except the land and land use is quite lovely.

i need a kc care package and my family mailed to me pronto.

Viewing requirement at my new job

So the other day I was given several DVDs that I am required to watch by my new employer.

Once I've watched them, I sign a little paper that says so, that way if I sexually harass anyone, physically assault them, verbally abuse them, or practice unsafe working methods, I can be fired.

So, after work, I came home, put in the DVDs one by one and was amazed at the video quality and impressed by the actors. Just kidding, it was laughable and I decided to document the highlights of the films via still shots from my camera phone.

Here are the most impressive ones from the video.

We begin with Sexual Harassment. Great font choice!



Next we have some harassment going on.



Here is even MORE harassment, though this is a woman being harassed by a calendar.



And finally we have the recently harassed woman freaking out in the restroom.



Here we have Workplace Violence!



Here is some MORE gun toting workplace action!



And finally, here is a poor sap that is complaining to Human Resources because Ted in Accounting verbally assaulted him.



Moving on to our final category, Safety in the Workplace!



This dude is using the Eye Bleach station due to seeing repulsive fat chick that he ran into in the hallway, but you'll see that later.



Here is the aforementioned hallway incident.



Finally, the man, having finally rendered himself sightless, blindly assists fat chick with a band-aid.



And now, I will leave you with what appears to be this mans best pirate imitation whilst reciting college textbook psychology to the camera.



After all that, I certainly learned a lot. I hope you did too.

I'm a Seattlite now

So I am sitting in the living room of my new tiny rental house. It's about 80 degrees inside and we have no A/C, but I'm okay with that since I'm so skinny. Plus, box fans are in abundance.

The drive to Seattle was really cool, we went through South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and finally Washington. Montana was by far the most beautiful part of the trip, although driving through the mountains trailing a 26' moving van was super sketchy.

The dogs handled it quite well, slept most of the time but struggled with eating, peeing and pooping somewhere beside their own backyard. I saw the following animals on the trip: antelope, deer, elk, bald eagle, fat chicks and one angry Chihuahua.

I start my new job tomorrow which I am excited about. I hope I like the people I work with and that the job is easy. Hell, even if it's not easy, I should have no trouble considering how tough my previous job made me. I can handle damn near any work situation.

Well, here are a few pics from the trip up. I know they are small, I took them with my phone. All the sunset pics are from the same time in Montana. When you drive west through the mountains, you get a different sunset at every turn, it's pretty cool. There is at least one photo of the Columbia River in Washington, it was massive. Also have pics of the hot dogs, Whiskey and Athena. There are a crapload of spiders here, and there was one particularly large guy in the bathroom so I snagged a photo. Last night we went to a Mexican restaurant and Jeremy could basically set his margarita right on his belly so I snapped a pic.



I'll keep you guys and gals posted after my first week at work. I don't miss KC yet, but I'm sure I will eventually.

Cheers!

I got a job!

Yayayayayay! I got an email today that said I have a job with the sign and banner division of a large printing company in Seattle.

Only con is that my commute in traffic is 45 minutes one way. Oh well.

The stars are aligning for me my friends. I wish that millions of dollars would align themselves with my bank account because moving 2,000 miles is EXPENSIVE. Maybe not even worth it, but I love my husband so I'll do this for him.

Kansas City will always be my home. And I will miss it a lot! I will miss my family and my friends, the food and cheap housing, gas and cigarettes.

Someone may have to mail Camel Lights and BBQ to me once a month.

I'll keep you all updated, T-minus 21 days til I'm outta here!

Ahahahahaa it's so crazy to think that I'm leaving. Ahahahahaa.

Seattle or bust!

So, I'm moving to Seattle. It's official. I put my resignation in today and my last day is my birthday (best present evar). Moving at the end of July. Renting out the NEKC mansion. So we'll at least have something besides friends and family tying us to Kansas City. I am hella excited but nervous. I don't have a job yet so I'm worried about health insurance and paying for COBRA until I do find a job. I'm sure I can find a bar job easily, but I would like to have a stable income and not have to work so darn late.

I am going to miss this city so much. I've gone through all the pro's and con's and for fun, I'm going to list them here.

PRO's
1. no sub zero or super hot temperatures, the climate is very mild there, except for the rain that is.
2. seattle actually cares about itself and is clean and unlittered.
3. beautiful mountains, waterfalls and lakes within an hour from the city.
4. fresh fish, seafood and sushi.
5. excellent metro transportation.
6. bicycle and motorcycle friendly.
7. strong local economy which means better job and better pay.
8. home of Ken Griffey Jr.
9. the chance to see bald eagles and whales in their natural habitats, even better if i got to see them fight to the death. lol i keed.


CON's
1. fucking crazy expensive cost of living, think of the shittiest house you've seen in the northeast, then picture that with a 400K price tag.
2. they don't have Gate's, Arthur Bryant's, LC's, Oklahoma Joe's, Rosedale, Jack Stack BBQ. BOOOOOO.
3. they don't have the greatest pork tenderloin known to man, courtesy of Kitty's Cafe.
4. they are super nazi when it comes to smoking. cigarette's are $7 a pack. this may also be considered a pro, as i may have to quit.
5. frequent rain and cloudy most of the time.
6. too much coffee, and too many caffinated people.
7. passive-aggressive attitude prevails.
8. traffic that makes you want to drive off a cliff, but even if you wanted to, there is too much traffic to get to the cliff. eventually you just give up altogether and live another day.
9. my friends and family aren't there. i'll be pretty lonely.
10. it's costing us a pretty penny to do this.

So I guess it will work out in the end. If any of you want to wish me well with 10 dollar bills, you can find me at JP Wine Bar until July 18th. Come have some wine.

I will keep you all posted on the happenings and once I get settled I'll have something and someplace new to write about.

Cheers for now!!!

back from seattle

man my trip was great, except for flying with northwest, that was not so great. long layover's in minneapolis and a not so stellar flight attendant crew. other than that it was okay. i did miss my flight home by 24 hours though. thought i was leaving 12:15am on thursday but it was wednesday. still, i was able to pay for a different flight home but i'm a tad jet lagged.

we did some fun stuff while there. did a sea plane tour of seattle which was pretty amazing.

also went up to skykomish river and stayed in a cabin by the river. very close to mount index and steven's pass. having a bmw m3 to ride all the mountain roads on was a blast. jeremy is in heaven. he had so much fun driving all the switchbacks and winding river roads. here is a view from our cabin.

we ended our cabin trip with a visit to deception falls, a roaring waterfall. i have never been so close to such turbulent waters. it was pretty awesome. here is a view from a bridge crossing the falls.

we ate some great food, went to alki beach and watched the sunset and checked out all the neato architecture. i also drank a lot of coffee but i must say, starbucks made the best latte's out of all the coffee shops i visited. strange but true. i am so happy that i got to spend time with my husband. i miss him terribly but know i will see him soon. we had a great time and it was the perfect vacation for me. seattle is by far the most beautiful city i've been to. the city itself is situated beautifully on the puget sound, and in a half day, you can be in the mountains or at the pacific coast. it's clean and refreshing, but has shittier traffic than dallas texas which is hard to believe. if this doesn't make you want to go there, i don't know what will.

happy father's day to all the great dads out there, this sunday and every day.

going to seattle

yay i'm going to the emerald city next week. gonna see my hubby and do all kinds of other stuff i can't tell you about yet. hee hee. i'm excited to be back in the pacific northwest, it's been a few years.

work is going alright. i've been covering the receiving office so lots of packages to rustle through.

i don't have much else to talk about right now. i know, it makes you sad. i'll post again when i come back.

adios!