FORKS!

AUGUST 17, 2009



The view on the way to Forks was amazing. I could live here, just off the lake, with the beautiful hills around and close enough to this big cities of Tacoma and Seattle. For those of you that have no idea the significance of Forks, let me give you the run down.
There's a book series out called Twilight and it's about a young girl that moves from Arizona to Forks, Washington to live with her father while her major league baseball player step-dad and mom hit the road for baseball season. Forks is where her dad lives and while there, she meets and falls in love with a vampire. So, needless to say, this "little" book has put Forks on the map for tourists and even the local weather, that now has Forks on their weather maps on the news! (HA!)

Anyway, so I love this series, the movies are awesome, so Jen and I took her niece and nephew, that have both read the books and seen the movie, to Forks for a quick day trip. Forks is about 4 hours away from Everett, so it was a nice long day, especially since the GPS system took us the wrong way home. Anyway, we had a blast finding all the locations in the book, walking around the high school grounds and spending time in the gift shop (which is like huge!!). I ended up buying some postcards to mail to myself and mom and dad for the Forks postal mark, but sadly, it says Tacoma/Olympia.

Another part of the books is a reservation, Quileute. While that is more of a major role in the second book and beyond, it's still huge and they play right along with the story as well, with wolf tracks painted on the sidewalk, a java hut called Jacob's Java and more. We went to the beach and for the first time ever, I had my feet in the ocean and it was definitely a highlight to my day!

On the way home, we say a family of deer and they just left us watch, not caring that we were there. Although, it was a little worrisome since they were feeding right off the highway and it's curvy!

Here's some more pictures!

the ROOM and more

So I still have yet to paint, but Jen and I are making plans to paint in a couple weeks, pending I actually have that Monday off.... (this coming Monday, we're going to FORKS!!! home of Twilight!) which I doubt and I'll truly admit, I don't like my schedule right not at Cold Stone at all. The hours I worked at The Melting Pot took a huge toll on me and those happen to be the hours I'm working right now, so needless to say, I'm kinda unhappy with the job, but not complaining because, well it's a job and money I desperately need. I just need to find a real job. The other part is, while it's not a issue of not working with Jen, it's the issue of working opposite schedules to the point where I feel like I'm living alone which is scary in such unfamiliar territory, even more so when I have yet to connect with my friends that live in the area, mostly because I don't phone numbers for some of them.

As for the job search, it's pretty much come up dry. I've had several interviews and no jobs. One interview I'm thankful that they didnt' call me back, the other ones, I'd like to know why. I've interviewed for hosting and serving positions again because I know I can do it and it's easy. I've never had so many interviews before with no job to come from them. I've always had a job from through from an interview or didn't even need to interview for my jobs and it's a new experience for me in many ways and kind of a self esteem shot, but at the same time I'm not overly worried because I really do want a job with the school districts here, which, don't start until after Labor Day. Plus, I'm also applying at tons of Starbucks, so hopefully something out of that will come! One can only hope! I hope that all is well and I do suggest reading my gluten-free blog because that will have a few more updates then this one until I have news, then again, just finding great gluten-free foods is news!

And here's a picture of the wall color of my bedroom right now!

House to myself....

It's interesting the have the house to myself on the weekday while Jen and Dan are at work, but today is very different. Their 9th wedding anniversary is this Wednesday and Dan surprised Jen by getting a room at one of the many casinos in the area, so not only do I have the house to myself, but I also have the dogs. The girls are great dogs by all means but Delilah, the youngest has had a hard time warming up to me. She was a rescue dog originally that would snap and bark and bite when scared and that was her way of protecting herself. Gidget on the other hand had warmed up to me from the beginning and of course, passes out "get-it" kisses when you use what we call the "Gidget attack noise", just push your lips together and blow, and you'll have a dog in your face in no time. It's entertaining. So the things I've done so far today- wash the blankets on the couches, vacuum the house, read my Psychology book and watch Oceans Thirteen.

Some great news is that I apparently start work in Tuesday at Cold Stone, but I'm not holding my breathe until I'm there as the owner didn't even tell me myself and Jen told me. So we'll see. I've had 2 jobs interviews so far. One an open interview at a restaurant called Kafe Neo which seems promising, especially the fact that the lady I interviewed with, her husband went to Colorado College, fancy that. I call back on Tuesday and go from there. The restaurant is in Mill Creek area of town which I'm totally in love with, especially the shopping center that Kafe Neo is located in. It's an open shopping area with not only a number of restaurants, but also the University Bookstore, a Starbucks, and Central Market. Two things in the list make it one of my new favorite hangouts, besides the fact it's across the street from the library.

Central Market is by far the best gluten-free grocery I have found. It has an extensive selection and when I was there the other day, the one thing that not only made my day, but also made Central Market the place for me to go, they carry Betty Crocker GLUTEN FREE MIXES!!!!!!


Cookies, brownies, yellow and chocolate cake! I couldn't believe it. I called Mom right away to tell her that such a thing even existed! It was and is literally the capstone of my week! Now for the weather to cool down enough for me to play with the stove. The other thing that I love about this shopping center is the University Bookstore. It's a branch of the University of Washington with a Barnes and Noble flare. I can get all my textbooks there without worry about heading the hour to campus in Seattle (when the time comes) and I can get any books I want. It's not as close as say the Barnes and Noble or Borders in the Everett mall, but I think it's a far better selection at any rate.

Here's to hoping for cooler weather! Talk to you all soon!