so many stories of where i've been and how i've got to where i am

Hello to all my faithful blog-checkers. you've surely been disappointed for the past few weeks as I haven't updated in quite some time. I apologize. Things have been happening. I'm thankful for the warm weather as it makes the city feel more alive, and quite frankly, it makes me feel more alive as well.

This past weekend I went apartment hunting. My current lease is up at the end of this month so I decided to take a peek at some other apartments to get a feel for what else is available. Rebecca Reed can attest to the very interesting apartment hunting experience I had on Saturday afternoon. Wow. Our agent from Apartment People was a piece of work. I'd describe him as a mix between someone with a severe case of ADD and a middle age man who hates his job. He also proved to be a very horrible and wreckless driver who's car was missing the rear bumper. But according to him, it wasn't his fault and I shouldn't be alarmed. Yeah right. Should I be alarmed when he purposely drives the wrong way down one-way streets or when he drives down the wrong lane in a 2-way street because he wants to avoid the traffic jam or when he backs into the car parked behind him??? Yeah, I was pretty astounded that this guy even has a license.

He definitely didn't sell me an apartment. Mostly because what he showed me was unimpressive and too expensive, and because he had horrible customer service. Rule number 1: don't complain about how much you hate your job, how broke you are or how much you dislike your coworkers to a possible customer/client. I'm staying in my current apartment for another year and I'm totally ok with that.

I'm also due to stay at the museum for another year. Yea! my term position has been extended for another year and I'm hoping to see a bit of a raise as well! can't beat that :)

For the past few months I've been busy designing some banners for my church. Today was a big day as i was finally able to send the files to the printer. They should be finished by the end of the week and installed in time for Sunday's service. Let's hope things go smoothly with my files and the printer.

I guess it was 2 weekends ago already that my friend Jen got married up in Michigan. Rachel flew in from seattle and stayed with me and then Saturday morning me, rachel and Becky took off for holland for the wedding. It was a very beautiful ceremony. Despite the torential downpour between the wedding and the reception, the entire evening was very nice. Congrats Jen and Chris!

Memorial Day weekend was very nice overall. It was nice weather on Monday so Rachel, Becky and I spent some time in a local park playing catch, throwing frisbee, reading, and napping in the sun :) Later we went out for mexican and then headed to the zoo! We saw the lion, and he was roaring :) We didn't see any polar bears which was a big disappointment, but we did see the monkeys and they were cute!