Tomorrow is my last day at MarketTools. It's a little sad, but I'm glad to be leaving. I spent today trying to change my name. I went to the DMV this morning- I hate them. I had an appointment and it still took almost an hour. Things are so incredibly inefficient. If there's any pro bono consultant work that should be done, it's that. Unfortunately, I was told that it would take 2 weeks before I would receive my new license in the mail. I hope that I get it before next week when I have to start my new job. I don't know what I'll do because I can't prove my identity otherwise.
I also cleaned out my cube and then went to change my bank to change my bank info. I feel like every time I make one change, I find out I have to make 3 more for this name change thing. I changed the info at my bank, but now I have to order new checks and will need to change my credit cards. I am told that this name change thing takes about a year. I believe it, but I keep thinking that I can try and beat it.
Belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Christmas in LA
This year, we're spending Christmas in LA. My grandparents moved to LA this year and since Edwin's mom also lives in LA, I asked my parents to spend Christmas in LA. Australia kind of wiped out my PTO, so the shorter flight was also an attraction. It still feels weird for it to be Christmas and like 70 degrees outside. I know, I can hear those of you in the Midwest and East Coast groaning "cry my a river..." However, I miss the cold. Christmas is never the same without the snow. And since we got such a late start this year since we got back from Australia on the 11th (I know, I know, I still need to post all the activities from our trip), everything just feels so rushed. Luckily, we got most of our Christmas shopping done today. However, I think that Edwin and I will be getting each other late gifts this year.
We're spending most of our stay at Edwin's mom's house. My parents are coming on Christmas day and we'll go watch a movie together and have dinner together. Don't think it gets that much better than that. Reminds me of when we were kids and we would to Lisa's or Al's house and go watch a movie. Remember when we took up the first 2 rows watching "Scrooged?"
So I have been working hard at uploading the wedding photos. I am almost done. I uploaded the photographer's photos and I am almost done with the table photos. Still need to upload the honeymoon photos. Geez!
The good news is that we have written most of the Christmas cards on the flight over. We still need to write Thank You cards and clean the apartment. I can't wait until we have a garage sale so that we can get rid of some of the old stuff. We definitely have too much stuff right now.
We're spending most of our stay at Edwin's mom's house. My parents are coming on Christmas day and we'll go watch a movie together and have dinner together. Don't think it gets that much better than that. Reminds me of when we were kids and we would to Lisa's or Al's house and go watch a movie. Remember when we took up the first 2 rows watching "Scrooged?"
So I have been working hard at uploading the wedding photos. I am almost done. I uploaded the photographer's photos and I am almost done with the table photos. Still need to upload the honeymoon photos. Geez!
The good news is that we have written most of the Christmas cards on the flight over. We still need to write Thank You cards and clean the apartment. I can't wait until we have a garage sale so that we can get rid of some of the old stuff. We definitely have too much stuff right now.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
What time is it? What day is it?
So I'm sure that some of you are wondering if I have quit the blog. No, I know that it's been a while since my last update, but it's just been kind of a whirlwind since we returned. We got back last Monday, on December 11th. I decided to accept the new offer and put in my notice. My last day at MarketTools will be December 29th. I didn't know this at the time, but that's very good for taxes. I get to start at my new job with IRI on Tuesday, December 2nd. Everyone keeps asking me if I'm taking any time off. I probably should, but I don't want to push it with my new employer. I don't think that after returning from a month-long vacation I should ask for yet another week off when they have told me that they would like me to start right away. Something about first impressions...
Since we have returned, Edwin started his new job at UCSF hospital. He's still trying to figure out the best public transportation route, but so far, so good. We also started some Christmas shopping last weekend. I think that tomorrow is the deadline for mailing gifts and we are going to be severely late this year. Oh well. Christmas cards have also been on the to do list. I think this year we are only sending them to people that have sent us one. We haven't even started on the thank you notes. Guess those will have to wait.
Sleeping since we returned has been somewhat of a challenge for me. Even if I go to bed at midnight, I'll lie awake in bed for 1-2 hours. I don't know why. Waking up is always a struggle for me, but it's been after Australia. My eating schedule is OK, just sleeping is not like it used to be.
So I started organizing the wedding photos from the photographers. Yikes. There's just so many of them! There are about 1000, but I am trying to upload only about 250 so that it's a little more manageable. I have been experimenting with a bunch of the new photo sites like flickr and picasa. I chose picasa because they gave me more memory. I think that I still will need to purchase memory because these photos are just so big. But I wanted people to be able to download the actual photos that were decent quality.
We leave on Friday for LA where we will stay with Edwin's mom. My parents are flying there too since my grandparents moved to San Gabriel earlier this year. Here's a cute pic with my grandparents from the wedding. I can't remember the last time I took a picture with them. Probably Laura's wedding.
Since we have returned, Edwin started his new job at UCSF hospital. He's still trying to figure out the best public transportation route, but so far, so good. We also started some Christmas shopping last weekend. I think that tomorrow is the deadline for mailing gifts and we are going to be severely late this year. Oh well. Christmas cards have also been on the to do list. I think this year we are only sending them to people that have sent us one. We haven't even started on the thank you notes. Guess those will have to wait.
Sleeping since we returned has been somewhat of a challenge for me. Even if I go to bed at midnight, I'll lie awake in bed for 1-2 hours. I don't know why. Waking up is always a struggle for me, but it's been after Australia. My eating schedule is OK, just sleeping is not like it used to be.
So I started organizing the wedding photos from the photographers. Yikes. There's just so many of them! There are about 1000, but I am trying to upload only about 250 so that it's a little more manageable. I have been experimenting with a bunch of the new photo sites like flickr and picasa. I chose picasa because they gave me more memory. I think that I still will need to purchase memory because these photos are just so big. But I wanted people to be able to download the actual photos that were decent quality.
We leave on Friday for LA where we will stay with Edwin's mom. My parents are flying there too since my grandparents moved to San Gabriel earlier this year. Here's a cute pic with my grandparents from the wedding. I can't remember the last time I took a picture with them. Probably Laura's wedding.
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