I am telling you...no sleeping in at all this week! I had to be at Honda at 8:45am this morning because I was getting my power steering rack replaced. Thank goodness this part was under warranty because this car is costing me A LOT of money this week. Once again I had to get a ride to work and got to leave early to pick it up. I am really hoping that after this my car is going to run smooth and not give me any more problems.

I had another busy morning and there was no time to sleep in. I had to drive down to the East Side and pick up my Maroon 5 concert tickets from the klite radio station. It was a little stressful driving there before work but I got them and I'm all set from my meet and greet!! After that I headed to work for another busy day at the office. I will tell you...there is NEVER a dull moment at the Pepper Tree which makes work quite interesting most of the time.

I got up early this morning because I needed to drop my car off at Ian's Tires at 8:30am. I have been dreading this day for quite awhile...no one wants to buy a whole new set of tires. The tire company was great and gave me a ride to work, however I was almost late because there was a huge accident and traffic was backed up. Work went well and I was able to leave a little early to pick up my car and drop almost $500. Lets just say I was a little depressed after spending that much money and spent the rest of the night at home.

Oh my gosh...the heat today was absolutely unbearable! I cannot believe that it is the end of September and we finally starting using the air conditioning at work. It was well over 110 here today and I was miserable (along with everyone else in town). After work I went home for a bit and then I decided to go grocery shopping around 7pm when it was still 94 degrees outside. Let me tell you...it was so nice to drive around in my car with the AC on and be inside Trader Joes.

I wish I had AC in my house :(

I was so tired from yesterday but there was still so much to do today! I did not get everything moved into my new room yesterday so I moved a few more things in the morning with Amy's help. Around 11am I had to drive to Calabasas to pick up Carla. Short story: she drove down to LA in the moving truck and left her car in SB. Her friend drove her from LA to Calabasas and I picked her up there and brought her back to SB. Once I got there I had lunch with Carla and Stephanie and relaxed. I could not believe how hot it was there - 108 degrees! Once I brought Carla back to SB the fun was about the begin! We were going to have our last official roommate dinner: home made pizza and 2 bottles of Sunstone Wine ($80 per bottle). I could not ask for a better night with such great friends. I love them both SO much.

There was no time for sleep this weekend. Carla and I got up early and stopped at the U haul office to pick up her moving truck and Anna's bakery. Michael and Mike came over to the house and we all had breakfast together and then helped Carla pack up her truck. It was so weird to help her move and as soon as she drove away it hit me that she moved. It was a very hard morning and I will truly miss having her as a roommate. I hung around the house since we were having her carpets cleaned and then ran a few errands while the carpet dried. Once the room was ready I started moving my stuff in...time for a bigger and better room! I spent a few hours moving my stuff and then it was time for Tanda's birthday!! We went to Zodo's and played a few games and had a blast. I have not gone bowling in a long time and you could tell my my scores...haha. By the time we were done we were all starving so we went to Chili's for dinner (yum!). It was an exhausting day and it is time for bed!

Oh happy days!! Thank goodness today is Friday!! I have a very busy weekend ahead of me but I am looking forward to having a few days off of work. Michael wanted me to come stay over and spend the night at his house but it was important for me to say in tonight. As of tomorrow I will be in a new room. Its crazy....I have lived in my room for over 9 months and tomorrow is a brand new chapter. I am super excited about having a new room but it comes at the expense of losing a roommate tomorrow which makes me sad :(

Last night I was looking on craigslist for a new couch since Carla will be taking hers when she moves on Saturday and I found one! It is also red like the one that she has and it has a pull out sofa sleeper which is awesome. I looked at the couch at lunch today and told girl that I wanted it so Michael and Nathan helped pick it up after work. It was perfect...it fit right in the back of Nathan's truck. You should see out living room...right now we have 3 couches! Later on in the evening I met up with Daniela and we went to Pastavino for dinner. We both ordered a pizza and for dessert we had s'mores! They were amazing and everyone should try them!

Happy hump day! I love Wednesday's because I know that I am half way through the week and I just have two more days till the weekend. After work I went home and worked on house stuff. I really needed to do laundry so I got that done and I cleaned up my room as well. I love having a clean space to come home to. There is something about having an organized area that makes me less stressed out and able to relax. I know that I am crazy by saying this....this is my OCD side coming out!!

After work I went over to Michael's house to hang out with him. We hung out with his roommates, drank a few beers, had some munchies and watched TV for a bit. While I was over there I helped Michael with his tests that he needed to do for Apple One. You know...I thought I knew a lot about Microsoft Word and Excel but they had some tricky questions! We made an awesome team and in the end he got some high scores. Lets just hope that Apple One is now able to help find him a job.

I had such a great weekend and I loved spending the weekend with Michael. I was sad that the weekend went by so fast and that it was time for work to start once again. Work ended up being very busy (more so than usual). Thank goodness the day went by fast and the next thing I knew it was 5pm. After work I headed to the gym for a quick work out, came home and baked cookies and then Daniela came over to hang out. There was so much to do today and not enough time in the day!

I got another great night of sleep which I am loving!! I spent the morning at home and then went to Farmers Market with Carla. I loved strolling through all the vendors and purchasing fresh fruit and veggies. I can't wait to cook all the goodies that I purchased! After that I met up with Michael for lunch at Earl Warren once again. A couple of his friends work there so they have hooked us up with lunch which is nice. I am also trying to diet and they were able to make me a veggie burger which was perfect. After lunch we went on a hike to Steven's Park which I had been wanting to do for awhile. The hike was pretty easy but it was so warm outside!! I am not much of a hiker and I know it is something that Michael likes to do so I am trying to be more open and do new things. While we were out I saw the most beautiful Sunflower - it was just stunning! After our busy day I ran home to change and then met up with Michael at Steve and Laura's house. They had us over for dinner and we had such great time. Nothing like staying up till midnight eating dinner, having great conversations and drinking LOTS of wine!

I am so happy that today is Saturday and I have a couple of days to relax. I slept in today which never happens! To me 8am is sleeping in so I just loved sleeping in till 9:30am. Michael ended up coming over late last night so it was nice to wake next to him. I could just lay in bed forever next to him and be completely happy. We decided to go out to breakfast... International Cafe has become a new favorite place for us. After breakfast we went our way for awhile. I went home and did some stuff around the house until I got hungry for lunch and called Michael again...we ended up going to Earl Warren Showgrounds for lunch. They were having a horse show there so we sat on the bleachers, ate lunch and watched some of the competitions. We hung out there for quite awhile...Michael ended up having a few drinks so we called it a day. I loved spending the day out and about with my love :)

Oh man...it was so hard to wake up and go to work this morning....I think I was still drunk when I work up. I had a pretty tough morning as I was not feeling too well but with a little bit of food and lots of water I was feeling much better by the afternoon. It took everything to get me through the day and at 5pm you better bet that I was out of there! There was no drinking tonight...just another relaxing night in.

My time at work was limited today as I had a doctors appointment at Sansum Clinic at 2pm. I was excited about getting off work a little early but not looking forward to my appointment. After I was done at the doctors I came home for a bit and relaxed, then I went to Michael's work to drop something off for him. When I tried to leave Michael's work my car would not start!! I was really upset and I had no idea what was wrong with it but thankfully Michael suggested that we try and jump start it and thank goodness it started! I drove it right to Honda and left it for them to look it over. Carla was a doll and picked me up and brought me home so we could have margaritas! We had a couple of drinks at home and then we met up with some friends for Anthony's going away party. I don't know what I was thinking drinking so much on a Thursday night. I'm not a rock star.

I have come to realize that sometimes I live a really simple life. Especially now when money is tight I don't have as much opportunity to go out and do fun fancy things like I use to. I really miss those times and it makes me sad that I have to cut back on things. Because of this I just went to work today, came home, relaxed, had dinner and just watched TV for the rest of the evening. I know I should cherish the relaxing nights because they won't last forever.

I had to get up extra early this morning because I had a dentist appointment at 8am. I was so nervous that there was going to be something wrong with my teeth but thank goodness everything was perfect!! I have been so fortunate growing up to have strong healthy teeth...I've only ever had two cavities. The appointment was so quick that I was able to get to work early. Because I got up extra early this morning I was not in the mood to go out and do anything so I ended up staying home, making dinner and calling it a night.

It was so hard to go back to work after such a nice weekend! Sadly this is what happens when you fall into the nine to five routine. What can I say...was work was work. Monday's are always busy as there are tons of emails to follow up with as well as projects from last week to wrap up. After work I headed home to meet Richard. He was coming over to the house to fill out the housing application so he can be our new roommate! Once he fills it out I can submit it to our management for approval. I am looking forward to Richard moving it as I think he will make an awesome roommate, however I am sad that we are loosing Carla as she has become such a close friend.

Happy birthday Teri!! I am so proud of you and wish you all the best in your future!

For some reason I woke up early this morning even though I went to bed very late. I got ready and went out to breakfast with the girls. We ended up spending the afternoon downtown. We went to the top of the courthouse, walked through paseos, and browsed stores. We somehow ended up at Sandbar for afternoon margaritas...funny how that happens! I was so tired from being out all day and I wanted to take a nap so bad when I got home, but I forced myself to stay awake so I could sleep through the night. I started the book Eat Pray Love and so far it is such a great book. I am glad I had some time to lay in bed and read for awhile. However now it is time to sleep...sweet dreams.

Today is a very important day...it is my best friend Teri's birthday party in SLO. The original plan was that Michael and I were going to go up for the party, stay over night and then come home in the morning. We ended up getting in a huge fight and he did not go with me. I cried all morning and finally pulled myself together and drove to SLO. Teri is a huge part of my life and I would not miss her party for anything. I got to meet so many of her friends and I had a wonderful time. Since Michael did not stay overnight with me I ended up coming home the same night. Because there was so much fog on the road it was a little scary...not sure if I would leave that late again, especially driving along.

Sooooo happy that it is Friday! I absolutely love Friday's and I just knowing that the weekend is right around the corner makes me so less stressed out. For some awful reason the day went by really slow and then it was done! I was looking forward to the evening because Michael and I were going to have date night. I met him at his house after work and then we went to Jill's Place for an amazing stake dinner. Our waitress was not that great but the food was fantastic. Michael and I go out to eat often however we never go on romantic dates so I really appreciated this evening.

I feel like I have myself in a routine. I get up around the same time everyday, get ready, eat the same breakfast, go to work, complain about the same things, come home, eat dinner, hang out and then go to bed. I know that I have a Mon-Fri 9 to 5 job so I can't get out of that routine but I feel like my weekdays have become so uneventful. What has happened to me? I am not boring! I know a lot of it comes down to costs too...going out can add up but sometimes it is necessary.

Creativity is the opposite of routine = motto that I need to start living by.

I could have really used another day off from work! The pace is starting to pick up a little more and ever since we changed the name of one of our hotels we are always finding something that still needs to be updated. It never ends.

After work I decided to go to the gym it had been awhile and I want to get back in the habit of going. I am not happy with my body and I need to make some changes. I don't want to talk about it really but yeah...changes need to be made.

After the gym I got to spend some time with my baby! I don't get to see him much on the weekends as we have both been busy so it is nice to hang out and have us time.

Nothing like going into work after a three day weekend. Emails, emails, emails...everwhere!!

I was pretty swamped all day catching up on work from the weekend and from my day off. I don't mind when I am busy, I just get stressed out when I am doing my stuff and then have to do other peoples stuff. Anyhow the day went by fast and I was so thankful for that. I spent the evening at home relaxing...I needed to unwind after today.

I was so happy to have the day off from work! I got to sleep in for a bit and then I got ready to spend the day with Christy. I met up at her house and then we went to lunch at Silvergreens. I won two tickets to go on the SB Trolley Tour so we played tourist for the day and found out some cool info on our hometown. After that we headed over to SB Winery and did a tasting there. I just LOVE that place...I think I go there too much! It was a great day and I was so happy to spend it with a good friend who I had not seen in awhile.

Michael ended up coming over last night so I had the pleasure to wake up next to him this morning. I got up early and made breakfast for us both so we could start the day. He went home pretty early because he had errands to go and so did I. I went out with Carla and got some things marked off my to do list which made me really happy. After doing that I went to my parents house and helped them clean out the attic and then I put some of the stuff up for sale on Craiglist. I was tired by the time I finally got home and did not want to go anywhere else for the night so I stayed in with Carla and watched a movie and drank lots of wine :)

Well lets just say I did not get up early this morning....I was pretty beat and had a slight headache by the time I crawled out of bed. I had breakfast with the girls and we decided that we were going to go to SB Winery and do some shopping. We invited Amy's coworker to come with us and had a great time. SB Winery was packed, but it is our favorite winery so we had to do a tasting there! We did some shopping after that and then got some dinner at SB Brewing Company.

Thank the good Lord that it is finally Friday! I have been looking forward to today all week and I am so excited that I get a three day weekend!! After work I came home and Amy and I had a margarita to celebrate the beginning of the weekend and she was kind enough to invite me out to dinner with her, Anthony and one of her coworkers. We went out for Thai food which was really yummy and then after dinner we went to Anthony's house to hang out with his roommates. There was a group of 10 or so people and we all hung out and drank and had a blast. We played a bunch of drinking games and ended up laughing all night. Perfect way to spend a Friday.

Today was such a weird day. When I got to work this morning things were not the best and I started my day off in a grumpy mood. My attitude quickly changed when I received a phone call from KLITE telling me that I won MEET AND GREET tickets to MAROON 5!!!!!!! I could not believe it....it was one of the best surprises that I have ever received. Teri and I are going to have such a great time at the concert next month. I cant wait!

After work I decided that it was time to go back to the gym. For awhile I was able to get into a good routine but I have been struggling to get back into it. I feel like I am working on the same exercise and I really need to get into some new workouts so I can challenge my body...guess it is time to go online and research.

It was an interesting day.

I had another busy day at work which is thankfully making the week go by fast. After work I went home and Michael came over. We spent the evening updating his resume and cover letter since he job is going to be ending in a couple of weeks. He has a job that he really wants so we worked for hours making his resume perfect. After 3 hours of working we finally got everything done! It was time to crawl in bed, have a glass of wine and relax because I was overworked, tired and grumpy.