ok, seriously - the weirdest stuff happens at my house!
so about a month ago, very late one night, I had two friends over and as we were sitting around my livingroom chatting, I hear a womans voice cry out "please help me, I need help!" I leap out of my seat and go to the door to find this chick bawling and kind of freaking out. Turns out she lives in town but was driving from visiting family in the valley and her car broke down a little ways from my house. We get no cell signal on this road, so she couldn't reach her husband for help. I agreed to take her home and only realized when pulling back into my driveway that she left her car in the middle of the road! There are no streetlights and people hall ass on that road, someone is going to hurt. So, not knowing what else to do, we grabbed a super flashlight to shine on the car should someone drive up and called the police to have it towed out of harms way. Before the police could arrive the woman and her husband finally showed back up and we all helped to move the car off to the side of the road. - so random
then, I come home on a sunday evening about 2 weeks ago, after being at the beach all day and there are two sherrif cars blocking my driveway - my first thought is "uh-oh someone broke into my house again" then i notice a car pulled to the side of the road so I figure they are arresting someone for DUI or something. The officer (who is my neighbor and who helped me when I did get robbed) apologies profusely for blocking me and askes if I would mind parking down the road until they are done...2 hours later they finally left.
then today, as I am walking out to get my mail, this dude just walks up and says "excuse me maam, I am so sorry to bother you but my girlfriend and I are staying at the RV park down the street, trying to find a place to move here and we ran out of water, could we pull up the RV and borrow your hose, I will gladly pay you." I have to say this really goes down as one of the stranger requests I have ever received. It seemed the neighborly/good samaritan thing to do to say yes, so I did. And he and his girlfriend are out there now filling up the water tank.
Apparently there is a sign somewhere above my house that I can't see that says "hey, stop here." so random, so funny!
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
found
azhiaziam lost...wandering i wonder
the paths left behind - they had their time
but reminded, thick foggy memories shifted dimensions and destinations
for a moment the compass spun
i forgot to find the sun
those who love me let me see
those new trails we blaze by land and by sea
simple unexpected moments of joy
grains of sand thru the hand
mates of soul those in the know
eye to eye so much in the ride
in and out goes the tide
the right ones by my side
i am home
the paths left behind - they had their time
but reminded, thick foggy memories shifted dimensions and destinations
for a moment the compass spun
i forgot to find the sun
those who love me let me see
those new trails we blaze by land and by sea
simple unexpected moments of joy
grains of sand thru the hand
mates of soul those in the know
eye to eye so much in the ride
in and out goes the tide
the right ones by my side
i am home
Monday, July 24, 2006
thank goodness for monday
I don't think I would survive an additional weekend day, I am worn out!
It began Friday evening with one of my friends calling and screaming my name into the phone with pure joy and following up with "i'm at 'the office' and we are having adult beverages, all our friends are here, you gotta come down!!" That is a hard invitation to pass up.
What he failed to mention was the tourist to local ratio (with this crazy heatwave we have been totally inundated with visitors trying to get cool - it is like we tripled our population -at least- overnight and it has been quite a challenge to get anywhere, to park, or even to be most places - we are a really small town and we just aren't set up for long term, large quantities of vistors) and our little bar just doesn't hold that many people well, so we didn't stay long.
Instead, we gathered a bunch of folks and created a pretty delicious impromptu BBQ - which included rice, salad, chicken and sausages. Yuuuuummmmmmmeeee! In fact, the only downside was that at some point my cellphone became a casualty, we still don't really know what happened, only that it worked fine up until around 9pm, and then later when I went to use it, none of the keys on the keypad would work except for the off and on switch. I can answer incoming calls, turn it off and on, but thats it - so it is being replaced with a working one ASAP.
Saturday morning, I met up with several friends and took my new surfboard out into the water for the first time - she is such a beautiful board, seafoam metallic underside and rails - 9 foot walden wahinie longboard with a beautiful hawaiian floral design on deck and I freakin' loved it. I got lots of pointers from the pro's which helped a lot. I can already catch my own waves and was already easily surfing on my knees, but I can't stand up just yet. Pretty epic! There were two other newbies in our group and they did awesome - one of them was standing by Sunday - it was such a beautiful 'family' surf day, followed by much merriment on the beach until we were all just too sunned and surfed out.
Oh and I cannot forgot our beach bonfire Saturday night, we regrouped after a late afternoon respite and it was truly lovely. It was a warm evening for us, perfectly clear - the stargazing was delightful, there were lots of locals out that stopped for a while to say hello every now and again, and our little core group was out there for a good 4 hours. We really could have stayed there all night. We roasted marshmellows, melted glass in the bonfire, walked the starlit beach, made wishes on falling stars, laughed out loud a bizzilion times and talked about how much we cherish this place and each other.
However, despite all the 'cumbaya' lets be clear about one thing - every muscle in my body hurts right now and until I get back into true longboard surf shape and can comfortably carry my board from parking to beach and back - golf before surfing is going to be key, because golf after surfing: pretty damn painful. Yeah, a friend called for a spur of the moment golf game yesterday afternoon and of course I said yes, it was golf! But that first stroke - wow, all those muscles I worked surfing the day before are the same ones screaming while back swinging...It was not my best game, thats for sure, but still a blast.
Then after golf yesterday, we went to get some Thai food and grabbed a bottle of wine and headed to the beach for sunset. That too was just lovely, beautiful colors melting into the sky, delicious noodles, fabulous wine, and great company (in fact that pretty much sums up the whole weekend - fun, beauty, nature, and community) When the 20 scary cultlike people showed up, we decided to bail and take a motorcycle ride up the coast, hiked the bluffs and then stopped off at 'the office' to say hello to some friends. The ride was so much fun but when I went to dismount I hit my bare leg on the tailpipe (because apparently I am not capable of going a whole week without bruising or burning myself right now for some unknown reason - aack!!) that part was not so much fun, but it at least looks like it is going to heal nicely. Lesson learned : if you are going to go on a motorcycle wear freakin pants, not shorts - no matter how hot it is!
After all that, I managed to get home and asleep by midnight, but this morning it felt more like I had been up for 3 days straight! :O)
See why I am glad it's monday - a day of work but also a respite from the many weekend adventures! Seriously, I feel so blessed, I am so living the best dream!! :O) Happy Monday!!
It began Friday evening with one of my friends calling and screaming my name into the phone with pure joy and following up with "i'm at 'the office' and we are having adult beverages, all our friends are here, you gotta come down!!" That is a hard invitation to pass up.
What he failed to mention was the tourist to local ratio (with this crazy heatwave we have been totally inundated with visitors trying to get cool - it is like we tripled our population -at least- overnight and it has been quite a challenge to get anywhere, to park, or even to be most places - we are a really small town and we just aren't set up for long term, large quantities of vistors) and our little bar just doesn't hold that many people well, so we didn't stay long.
Instead, we gathered a bunch of folks and created a pretty delicious impromptu BBQ - which included rice, salad, chicken and sausages. Yuuuuummmmmmmeeee! In fact, the only downside was that at some point my cellphone became a casualty, we still don't really know what happened, only that it worked fine up until around 9pm, and then later when I went to use it, none of the keys on the keypad would work except for the off and on switch. I can answer incoming calls, turn it off and on, but thats it - so it is being replaced with a working one ASAP.
Saturday morning, I met up with several friends and took my new surfboard out into the water for the first time - she is such a beautiful board, seafoam metallic underside and rails - 9 foot walden wahinie longboard with a beautiful hawaiian floral design on deck and I freakin' loved it. I got lots of pointers from the pro's which helped a lot. I can already catch my own waves and was already easily surfing on my knees, but I can't stand up just yet. Pretty epic! There were two other newbies in our group and they did awesome - one of them was standing by Sunday - it was such a beautiful 'family' surf day, followed by much merriment on the beach until we were all just too sunned and surfed out.
Oh and I cannot forgot our beach bonfire Saturday night, we regrouped after a late afternoon respite and it was truly lovely. It was a warm evening for us, perfectly clear - the stargazing was delightful, there were lots of locals out that stopped for a while to say hello every now and again, and our little core group was out there for a good 4 hours. We really could have stayed there all night. We roasted marshmellows, melted glass in the bonfire, walked the starlit beach, made wishes on falling stars, laughed out loud a bizzilion times and talked about how much we cherish this place and each other.
However, despite all the 'cumbaya' lets be clear about one thing - every muscle in my body hurts right now and until I get back into true longboard surf shape and can comfortably carry my board from parking to beach and back - golf before surfing is going to be key, because golf after surfing: pretty damn painful. Yeah, a friend called for a spur of the moment golf game yesterday afternoon and of course I said yes, it was golf! But that first stroke - wow, all those muscles I worked surfing the day before are the same ones screaming while back swinging...It was not my best game, thats for sure, but still a blast.
Then after golf yesterday, we went to get some Thai food and grabbed a bottle of wine and headed to the beach for sunset. That too was just lovely, beautiful colors melting into the sky, delicious noodles, fabulous wine, and great company (in fact that pretty much sums up the whole weekend - fun, beauty, nature, and community) When the 20 scary cultlike people showed up, we decided to bail and take a motorcycle ride up the coast, hiked the bluffs and then stopped off at 'the office' to say hello to some friends. The ride was so much fun but when I went to dismount I hit my bare leg on the tailpipe (because apparently I am not capable of going a whole week without bruising or burning myself right now for some unknown reason - aack!!) that part was not so much fun, but it at least looks like it is going to heal nicely. Lesson learned : if you are going to go on a motorcycle wear freakin pants, not shorts - no matter how hot it is!
After all that, I managed to get home and asleep by midnight, but this morning it felt more like I had been up for 3 days straight! :O)
See why I am glad it's monday - a day of work but also a respite from the many weekend adventures! Seriously, I feel so blessed, I am so living the best dream!! :O) Happy Monday!!
Friday, July 14, 2006
Where is that girl? Many updates...
Well, I am still settling into the new job and trying to create some type of routine I can plan around. I have been to the bay area 4 times in the past month, which in some ways has been great but also I am a little sick of driving, being in the car generally and of not sleeping in my own bed.
This will be only my second full week of working at home. I do however, really like the new job, the team is made up of a group of very talented folks that have been really nice. I am struggling a little with learning all the new internal stuff, but feeling more competent as each day passes. Since making the transition, the reduction of day to day stress in my life is definately the biggest bonus.
In my free time when actually home I have been golfing like a doctor, surfing like I'm sponsored, walking the beach barefoot as often as possible and just started Tai Chi classes again. Always the busy girl, and now that I work at home, I have a strong urge to be out of the house in my off time.
4th of July here this year was beyond fabulous, although the thousands of people who came to visit for the occasion were a little hard to deal with. Tourists, we love them, and we don't...but seriously, the sand castle contest was really cool this year, lots of great entries, the parade had a great turn out, lots of parade folks and lots of spectators. I actually got to be in the parade this year, which was so much fun, a totally different perspective than watching it from the sides - mostly that there are so many people that come to watch and line the streets, it was amazing. I enjoyed throwing candy out to the many kids along the parade route and seeing so many people smiling and waving. The only drawback is that when you are in the parade, you don't get to see as much of the people parading, so I wouldn't want to do it every year. The fireworks were great this year too, and not as many people set off their illegal ones on the beach so there was a lot less smoke to deal with and a much better view.
The weather has been wacky - the first two weeks of June were gorgeous, no gloom in sight and then it came back with a vengence and has been pretty gloomy through the rest of June and most of July so far (it was pretty clear on the 4th though). Now we are having monsoon weather, so even though in the valley just an hour or so away it is over 100, it has been raining here off and on all day, mostly cloudy but not as chilly as it normally would be when raining, staying at about 70 degrees. It actually reminds me of Hawaii, now if the water would warm up so we didn't have to wear wetsuits, well that would be paradise!
Lastly, I did post a few new pictures on Flickr since my last blog post, so check them out if you haven't noticed yet, and would like to. I have'nt been taking as many pictures lately, but I do have a few I need to get onto the computer and out to Flickr, and will soon post those and start shutterbugging again.
So thats the latest public news. Hope you are all having a good summer! :O)
This will be only my second full week of working at home. I do however, really like the new job, the team is made up of a group of very talented folks that have been really nice. I am struggling a little with learning all the new internal stuff, but feeling more competent as each day passes. Since making the transition, the reduction of day to day stress in my life is definately the biggest bonus.
In my free time when actually home I have been golfing like a doctor, surfing like I'm sponsored, walking the beach barefoot as often as possible and just started Tai Chi classes again. Always the busy girl, and now that I work at home, I have a strong urge to be out of the house in my off time.
4th of July here this year was beyond fabulous, although the thousands of people who came to visit for the occasion were a little hard to deal with. Tourists, we love them, and we don't...but seriously, the sand castle contest was really cool this year, lots of great entries, the parade had a great turn out, lots of parade folks and lots of spectators. I actually got to be in the parade this year, which was so much fun, a totally different perspective than watching it from the sides - mostly that there are so many people that come to watch and line the streets, it was amazing. I enjoyed throwing candy out to the many kids along the parade route and seeing so many people smiling and waving. The only drawback is that when you are in the parade, you don't get to see as much of the people parading, so I wouldn't want to do it every year. The fireworks were great this year too, and not as many people set off their illegal ones on the beach so there was a lot less smoke to deal with and a much better view.
The weather has been wacky - the first two weeks of June were gorgeous, no gloom in sight and then it came back with a vengence and has been pretty gloomy through the rest of June and most of July so far (it was pretty clear on the 4th though). Now we are having monsoon weather, so even though in the valley just an hour or so away it is over 100, it has been raining here off and on all day, mostly cloudy but not as chilly as it normally would be when raining, staying at about 70 degrees. It actually reminds me of Hawaii, now if the water would warm up so we didn't have to wear wetsuits, well that would be paradise!
Lastly, I did post a few new pictures on Flickr since my last blog post, so check them out if you haven't noticed yet, and would like to. I have'nt been taking as many pictures lately, but I do have a few I need to get onto the computer and out to Flickr, and will soon post those and start shutterbugging again.
So thats the latest public news. Hope you are all having a good summer! :O)
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