4.21

Orange: Loft, Shorts: AE, Shoes: Famous Footwear Necklace: Sears?, Purse: handmade
I wore orange because I told Dave to pick a color and he picked orange.

I woke up at 11. Then I spent over an hour emailing from bed. Dave probably thought I was still sleeping.   Then I used my desktop for a bit.

We went to Target around 2:30. We spent over an hour at Target. We were trying to buy a shower curtain. It's funny that between Dave and I we couldn't figure out what color our rugs were. I thought they were blue (was thinking navy) but they are a green/jade type color. I thought our towels were white and tan but that's the other bathroom. They were tan and that green color.  We did figure out the walls were a tan and the ceramic was tan. We thought the cabinets were medium wood but they are white. I thought the sink and counter were white but the sink was white and the counter was the same pattern as our kitchen counter.  We were so close yet so far away. It's funny.  We ended up just buying a white shower curtain. We couldn't handle choosing a pattern.  They had one with a subway map on it but it wasn't that cool so we didn't get it.

Through most of Target, I swear Dave was in slow motion. I had to wait for him in each aisle.  Since we drove, we had so many things on the list that I wouldn't buy when I was walking.  We had 92 lbs of groceries + however much the big Tide laundry detergent weights. We left that in the car.

We went to BJ's for dinner.

We watched Argo and then I read in bed.  The light was keeping Dave awake so I played Popping Donuts on my iPad instead.

4.23

Shirt: Loft, Shorts: AE, Shoes: Famous Footwear, Necklace: Gifted
Jeans: Express
Purse: handmade by a friend.

I wore too many outfits.

Dave was getting dressed in the morning and I was helping him match. He didn't believe me that gray and red went together but he put it on. Then a few minutes later he realized those exact colors are the colors of his bag.

Poly thinks she's allowed to sit on my keyboard.

Who knew a bowl was a good pillow.

Poly must have scratched me. I noticed this a few days earlier but didn't photograph it.

Poly likes the sink.

We went to Costco for the first time in CA and it was just weird to see all the booze.

4.22

I like this necklace but rarely wear it. it's a little long that it hits my necklines. Or maybe my V-necks should be more plunging. Or maybe I just  need some high neck shirts to have 100% of the necklace be over it.

The last picture shows the one bridge I used to bike and run on. From the road it even looks high. No wonder I was scared.

These are very good. Now I don't normally like chocolate or peanuts but these are good. They remind me of Mario Buns or whatever those things were called in the early 90s.

Poly found a spot to sleep.

10.21

Shirt: VS, Jeans: F21, Belt: Kohl's, Shoes: Famous Footwear, Earrings: Target
I need better shoes.

I woke up and ran. Well waking up was a little rough. I set a few alarms and even set the timer on my phone. I just wanted to keep sleeping.

I got home and analyzed some data and then decided to go lift weights before showering. I might as well get 2 workouts in for 1 shower.  Not eating at all wasn't the best idea so the last few things I did, I only did one set.

We went out to lunch and went to Baja Fresh. I miss the Baja Fresh close to our apartment. They are putting in a Boudin where it used to be.  Then we went to Walmart to see if they had foods that Safeway, Target, Lucky, Sprouts, and Whole Foods don't have. Walmart was the worst. It is not worth it. They didn't really have different stuff anyway.  We went to Whole Foods after.  I got home and had to rest on the couch for a few hours to recover from Walmart.  Walmart was too crowded. If I never go back, I'd be fine with it.

I watched a few episodes of Psych.  Dave went and picked up pizza and we watched the Steeler game.  I cannot believe how the Steelers suck this year.  They won but the first half just made me scared the entire time. I was scared for every play.

Evening football is so much better on the West Coast. It doesn't end so late.  I still watched TV after.

10.2

I started the day watching Psych.  I watched a few but since there is no plot going between episodes I didn't think I wanted to be watching it all day.

I started watching New Girl Season 1 so that I could start with season 2 since we record it.

I went to the gym and read while using the elliptical. I didn't have a lot of time so I only did 20 minutes. That 20 minutes was pretty tiring.  I'm also not used to reading while working out.

I went to Google for dinner.  It wasn't as good as it has been in the past.

Dave and I watched TV when we got home. Then he went to sleep and I watched more TV. I eventually fell asleep on the couch sitting up.

Shirt: Sam's Club, Belt: Target, Jeans: F21, Shoes: Famous Footwear
I wore my skinny jeans for the first time in a long time. It was so hot I went with a sleeveless shirt. I was surprised when I got to Google and people had on coats. I think heels are better with skinny jeans on me but I didn't know how much walking Dave would have me do so I went with flats.

8.6 - Nerdiness

Shoes: Famous Footwear
Shirt: Loft (2009)
Shorts: F21
Necklace: I can't remember
Purse: Kohl's

I wasn't sure if this matched. I usually wear darker or brighter blue with orange but I think it looks alright in the pictures. I don't know though.

My definition of a nerd has changed over the years.  I got excited learning about creating VBA Macros in Excel, learning SQL, and organizing my inbox and I didn't even think any of those things were remotely nerdy.  The other day I installed a virtual linux machine on my desktop and also didn't think that was nerdy.  My computer name is Voyager so Dave came up with naming my virtual machine Delta Flyer and I thought that was nerdy.   I created some macros today for fun and created a few basic ones for my running file and didn't consider that nerdy.   I also look at different people that someone calls a nerd and don't think they look nerdy at all.  Dave said it is because I hang out with too many nerds.  That might be the case or maybe the definition of nerd has evolved over the years.

I go so involved in doing things that I didn't think were nerdy that I didn't even eat lunch until 3pm.

I met Dave for dinner at Five Guys.

We did our usually in the evening... computers + TV.  I did complete 15 of 20 things on my to-do list. If the stairs were open during the day or the door lock wasn't broken in the evening I would have done another one easy.

Poly climbed up on top of the monitor box but then I guess she didn't want to share with the polar bear so she knocked him right off.
Poly was well behaved throughout the day.  Either she is behaved so I'm happier so I'm happier so then she's more behaved. I haven't figured out which way the correlation goes yet.

6.18 - Outfit

Shirt: F1

Jeans: Express
Shorts: American Eagle Outfitters
Necklace: Lia Sophia

Lately I haven't been putting outfit photos on all my daily posts. In case you were afraid I wasn't wearing clothes, you can always check out my calendar site.  You may notice in some photos there are numbers. If there is a 2 or a 3 that means if you click to enlarge you actually get 2  or 3 outfits that day.

The shorts I'm wearing in the 2nd and third photo are actually in the bag I'm holding in the first photo. I have on idea why I kept thinking my shorts were from the Gap. My tag is even wrong on all my posts now.

7.1

Shorts: AE Outfitters (June 18, 2012 - $15)
Shirt: Loft (February 28, 2009... ~$20)
Shoes: Sperry from Famous Footwear (May 2012 - $54 I think)

I wish these shorts were an inch longer. I make do though.

This was the calm before the storm.  The last day at temporary housing.

I had perfect timing. I finished blogging my already cropped pictures so it was good timing for our household goods to arrive. Granted I would have liked to still have posts to do before the move but it was better that I didn't run out.

We went to the Sunnyvale library and it was so busy.  The pictures don't do it justice. I was shocked at how full the parking lot was.  Dave was looking for SQL books and they didn't have what he wanted.

6.14

We woke up and were just relaxing in bed. We were talking about how the packers were supposed to call the day before to tell us what time they were coming. Nobody ever called. I had nightmares that they wouldn't even show up.  Dave joked that they were probably on the porch right then.  A few minutes later I got up to walk to my craft room and saw people on the porch! I hurried up and put on a hoodie and went and answered the door. The packers were there. There were two, a male and a female, and they did a little tour of the house to see what was going and what wasn't.

Just as they were showing up, my parents were showing up.  Originally we were told not to pack anything up at all. We were told that even if something is in our own box they will repack it.   We discussed this with the packers later and they said they just list things as owner packed boxes.  We had a ton of things thrown in boxes and hidden in the basement but not packed for real. (Later we would learn that we should have just taken it all out of our boxes to be properly packed so things weren't damaged.)

The packers said it is an owner packed box but that nothing in the owner packed boxes is insured.  Nothing makes sense.  They made a big deal about the original TV boxes and original game system boxes and how they wouldn't pack anything in those. Well well well that meant we were packing that up and the TVs. I was riled up because if we would have known that, we could have done some things the day before.  The moving coordinator specifically warned us not to pack anything at all.  I hate the contradictions.

Since we had to pack up the stuff that goes in the original boxes, my mom helped with that.  She did all the gaming systems in the family room.  I got a box to put the cable box in.  We didn't want them accidentally packing that.  Poly got in the box so I had to wait to put the cable box in it.

I had to leave to go to the NVision lunch.  Dave could have gone but we didn't want to leave the packers there alone.  I was getting an award.  I asked if I was able to go even though I quit working and they said yes. I got there and talked a little to people but I had to leave immediately after to get lunch and get home for Dave. I wished I would have had more time to talk to everyone.  My manager went to see me get my award.

After the lunch someone asked the photographer if he was going to take a group photo and he said no. Well we decided to take one and I we used my camera.  I'm glad we have it.  That group photo even went in a newsletter at work. I guess the real photographer should have gotten it.  It's funny they didn't even ask my permission to use it or anything.

Poly was tired from all the commotion and all of her toys and places to go were being taken away so she napped on a chair. She did like to explore all the boxes.

At one point Dave went out to buy more luggage (even though he came home empty handed) and I mowed the lawn.  The mower had to be packed w/o gas in it and our lawn kind of needed to be mowed. I was just going to mow until the mower ran out of gas but I ended up doing the entire lawn. A little gas goes a long way.

Originally the packers said they'd be done early afternoon. Then later they said 5pm.  We had to pick up our rental car by 6.  I made dinner plans with coworkers for 6pm. Well around 4:45 they told us how they would go long and we needed to get the rental car before the place closed.  Dave was not happy about that.  Dinner was right by the rental car place to be convenient for us.  Well the later it got the later I was to MY OWN dinner.  Finally I suggested that I leave and Dave join us after they are done.  I thought of that the entire time but I didn't want to ditch Dave since he had already missed out on lunch.  I had texted everyone saying I'd be late so some knew to get there 20 min late or so. I ended up being over an hour late.  Boy was I mad.  Dave got there over 1.5 hours late.  At least I ordered his food so that was there.  His food actually arrived prior to him.   I was so upset to be late to my dinner.  I felt like even though everyone waited to order they ate and left because they already killed an hour sitting there before I arrived.   It was really nice getting to talk to some people again.  I know I had a going away dinner previously but you can never have enough and some different people came this time.  I did send out the invites via email at the last minute and didn't have everyone's personal email addresses so I didn't even get everyone. Ten people were there total. I was surprised how many people made it out.

After dinner, 4 of us went for frozen yogurt. It was Dave's idea and he said who to ask.  He doesn't like huge groups so I let it go with 4 of us. One of them said they felt special being invited to the after party. Ha. I never thought of it that way.

After we got home, we were exhausted.

Dave got rid of his car so now we just had the rental.  We knew the movers were showing up at 9am.  We knew we'd need to shower in the morning.  We had our bedding and towels but not much else going on.  We didn't have wireless since all that was packed up.  At least we had 3G on our phones.

I don't have any pictures of my first outfit.

My second outfit was for the NVision lunch.

My third outfit was for doing work around the house. 

Oh I guess I had another outfit - my lawn mowing outfit.

Shirt and shorts: F21, Shoes: Famous Footwear

Dress: Dress Barn, Cardigan: Kohl's, Necklace: Sears, Shoes: Famous Footwear

I wore the same dress as in the photo that would be on the powerpoint presentation. I did that on purpose to see if anyone would notice and a few did.

At one point I looked in the mirror. I was confused. Then I realized I forgot what my face looks like with makeup on. 

7.12

I woke up bright and early to get to an 8:00 DMV appointment.
I cannot believe how long the DMV took. I didn't even wait in line at all. I was talking to the lady asking if I had an appointment and then I went up to the window right after that. Then I had to go get the inspection. Then I came in and got to bypass the line. I did have to wait for the ladies to finish talking to who they were talking to. Then I left that counter and didn't even get to sit down and I was called to the window. The longest line was 3 people at the picture. Then I was next for the test. There were 4 people in front of me waiting to have tests graded. All that and I was still there an hour and a half (1:29 if you don't want me to round).

I got home and saw red doors and lots of doors opened but some closed as I got closer to our door. Then our door was still gray and not opened. I got in and let Poly out and she was just resting on the bed like a good Poly. I let her out and she waited for Dave. Then I went to our office. So did she. Then she knocked the lid off the printer and started printing stuff. She didn't print the normal test page this time.

Shortly after the guys knocked to paint the door.  I was a little sad because Poly had just gotten comfortable on my lap and she rarely does that anymore.  I locked Poly in the office with me and I didn't want her opening the door to get out this time so I made sure the door latched and I put a stool in front of the door. I did NOT want an escaping cat again.

Poly was a very good kitty just sleeping in the office. If only she was this pleasant on Day 1 of door painting.

At 10:40 I decided it was too quiet and turned on music. To most this might seem like a normal thing but I am pretty sure the last time I turned on music was freshman year of college.  I listened to TV show theme songs then and that is what I'm listening to now.  The other day I found a CD and said "I found my CD." Most people can't say "my CD" they would have to say "one of my CDs" but that is my only one.  After I found it Dave ripped it so it is in iTunes now. I have to play music on his computer since I don't have speakers set up (or well speakers at all). We donated my speakers to Goodwill. They had a subwoofer but were kind of annoying and took up too much room and a subwoofer might not be nice for the neighbors.

I called TruGreen since I got a bill from them for spraying my lawn on June 27 but I cancelled service well before that.  They took care of it. They also told me my confirmation code from the time I called before to cancel in case I get any other bills. The call took only a minute or so. It was so pleasant. Couldn't the benefits center or comcast be like that.

I pretty much felt like I sat at my computer all day and didn't do anything but then I'd look around and I did clean off the table and put stuff away and put stuff on my shelf so maybe I just remember the good times of sitting at my desk.  I took a picture of my to-do list at some point during the day. I love crossing things off. I really like seeing the times though. I'm glad I came across this tablet while unpacking. It is old.
  
I went to Google for dinner. It was crowded again.  We went to the first cafeteria and it was packed so we went to another one. We ate there. It wasn't that good though so we went back to the first cafeteria and ate a second dinner.

We hit up Lowe's on the way home to return something.

Then we got home and watched Hell's Kitchen.  We watched 2 episodes. It's On Demand so we are able to watch it even though Dave didn't set up the computer so we can tape shows.  I sat with Dave on the chair and a half to try to get him to tickle my back. Then Poly joined him.  So all three of us were on that chair and the couch was empty with nobody on it.  I went to sleep kind of early for me but I woke up so early so I guess it's ok.  I fell asleep before midnight playing Solitaire and didn't move my iPad off the bed until close to 3am.  I moved it after Poly woke me up. I felt like my chest was being smashed and it was Poly on top of me.

Shirt and Cardigan: Limited
Shorts: AE Outfitters
Shoes (flats): Famous Footwear
Shoes: (sandals): Kohl's

6.28

Dave's shirt and shorts: JCP
My shirt and shorts: F21. Shoes: Famous Footwear

I woke up and was going to go for a run. Instead I watched 10 episodes of One Tree Hill.  (And for some of my TV watching, Poly was in the TV stand.)
I had a Boston Market frozen dinner.  This time I ate more than last time but still didn't finish it. The thing is only about 500 calories and I can't eat the entire thing anymore.

I updated my resume a little bit and applied for some jobs.

I went to Google for dinner.  Dave and I walked around campus for about 30 minutes trying to figure out where to eat.  Then we ate but they were running out of food. I was still hungry after.  They did have good banana cream pie once I took off the flaked chocolate off.   The chicken was probably good but it was too spicy for me so I barely ate any of it.  I enjoyed making the panini.  After we ate, we heard a noise that sounded like a jet. After a few minutes we still didn't know what it was.  We saw people going over a fence. We went over. The white thing in the left picture is what the noise was.  It seemed like a gas leak or something but who knows.  After a few minutes, it turned to some smoke and then went away.  It was a very weird occurrence.  I'm glad we walked  over to see what it was.  Between us and the mysterious thing was a golf course and people were just there golfing like it was no big thing.

I ended up watching more One Tree Hill and tapped out at falling asleep during my 16th episode of the day.

6.9

I ran the race and went to Red Robin after so I didn't get home from that until after 5pm.  After that we got my old white furniture ready to sell.  I'm missing it a bit. It was nice furniture and mine from growing up.  I guess I had to sell it though.

I found old shorts (from early college).  Dave said they looked old. I believe I asked him what matched them and he said 2004.  I went with a white tank because I didn't know what else to wear with them. The print really throws me off.  I love that the denim is stretchy.

6.4

Outfit 1: Express Shirt, F21 shorts, Sperry shoes, 

Outfit 2: Express Jeans, Express Shirt, F21 hoodie, Sperry shoes

Necklace and earrings: Target

Scarf that I wore a little is from F21

I woke up before Dave so I played Solitaire sitting on the bathroom floor.  I was trying not to wake Dave up.

At 6:30 we went to eat the hotel breakfast.

Then we went to a park to run/walk.  The weather was nice. We saw a crossing guard. Their outfits are different than around here. She had a stop sign with a flashing light.  Also by around here I mean by my parents. I've never seen a crossing guard up in Valencia.

We got home showered and wasted a little (or a lot) of time. I wanted to eat breakfast again at 8am but apparently I had to wait.

We went to Target to kill time then went to Fresh Choice for lunch.  It was nothing to right home about.   We went to Trader Joe's next to scope it out. We took pictures of limes for Timmy.

We went to San Jose and looked at the apartments that we will be staying in for temporary housing.  We also looked at some 2 and 3 bedroom apartments there to see what they are like.   Then it was time to go back to our hotel.  We decided to look up where to go next instead of try to figure it out on the way.

We went to the local mall just for kicks (We either did this before or after going to the apartment. I am writing this 5 hours later and can't remember the order.)  The mall reminded me of Ross Park Mall.  There were similar fancy stores. There were a few more fancy stores but the mall is larger.  I think it is Westfield Mall but my memory could be wrong.

I ended up taking a 30 minute nap while sitting up and using my computer.  We headed to a bar and grill for dinner then off to drive up to the mountains.  The view was nice but they didn't have nice stopping places and when they did, we couldn't photograph it well.
Then we went to Whole Foods to go in one.

Then it was back to the hotel and time to crawl in bed and use my computer.

The Target around here will stop having bags June 20. It is from some new law but I didn't read the entire sign.

Having a cat removes about 3/4 of the available apartments around here. I don't know why so many restrict. Poly is a little baby.