day one
well, today's the day... i work in just over 2 hours.
sooo... this will be reasonably brief.
i am thankful for the fact that i have to leave my house 50 minutes before i start in order to make it on time.
and i only have to walk 1.5 blocks in the rain on either side of my bus journey.
it's a pretty painless commute.
i have decided however, that i'm going to learn to drive this year.
see, if i could drive my pretty blue car that's sitting in my underground right now, it would only take me 25 minutes to get there.
and there's free parking.
so it's actually cheaper than taking the bus.
and my car is pretty and comfy and dry.
and that means i could wear heels to work instead of bringing them in my purse to change into upon arrival.
so let's throw that goal on my 2010 pile, shall we?
i have to re-get my learner's and have it for a few months before i can do my road test...
and i'm going to get my learner's by the end of the month.
i've written that stupid learner's test 4 times before, so it won't be hard.
the challenge will be the driving part.
i haven't been behind the wheel of a car in 14 years.
and i have fear/anxiety around driving...
but this year is going to be about concurring my remaining fears... so driving is a good place to start me thinks.
i really want to work on setting obtainable goals for myself.
as much as i'm fond of my pie-in-the-sky lofty goals, i'm happier when i actually achieve things.
but, speaking of pie-in-the-sky goals... or maybe this one is an achievable goal...
for 2011.
my husband and i very much want to go to charlie palmer's pigs & pinot festival in california.
this year's festival snuck up on us.
it's in march, and i got the email for ticket and weekend packages yesterday... and then the follow up email less than 3 hours later stating that the packages were sold out.
next year, we'll be ready.
to be honest, the timing for the 2010 one isn't great anyways.
i'll have a brand new job, and taking time off might not be smiled upon...
so waiting until 2011 was going to be a reality anyways.
but next year, we're definitely going to hit up pigs & pinot.
so if you're interested, let's make a show of it.
there's more info on it here
but basically it's a weekend that celebrates charlie palmer's two favourite things... pigs and pinot.
so it's all about the delicious piggy and the wonderful wine of california.
it's seminars, tastings and a gala dinner.
as liz lemon would say... i want to go to there.
okay team, gotta go shower and try to find some business attire... yeesh... maybe should have started earlier, i have zero idea what to wear today...
lastly, i'm going to promise you that i'm going to try not to let my blogging suffer under my employment...
but things will change.
sure i'll be at a computer all day, but i won't be on the internets... for the first time in over 10 years, i won't be surfing the 'net all day.
so that's going to put a damper on my internet showing.
thank god for my iphone... so i'll still be on twitter all the time.
...so hit me up there.
http://twitter.com/vancityrockgirl
sooo... this will be reasonably brief.
i am thankful for the fact that i have to leave my house 50 minutes before i start in order to make it on time.
and i only have to walk 1.5 blocks in the rain on either side of my bus journey.
it's a pretty painless commute.
i have decided however, that i'm going to learn to drive this year.
see, if i could drive my pretty blue car that's sitting in my underground right now, it would only take me 25 minutes to get there.
and there's free parking.
so it's actually cheaper than taking the bus.
and my car is pretty and comfy and dry.
and that means i could wear heels to work instead of bringing them in my purse to change into upon arrival.
so let's throw that goal on my 2010 pile, shall we?
i have to re-get my learner's and have it for a few months before i can do my road test...
and i'm going to get my learner's by the end of the month.
i've written that stupid learner's test 4 times before, so it won't be hard.
the challenge will be the driving part.
i haven't been behind the wheel of a car in 14 years.
and i have fear/anxiety around driving...
but this year is going to be about concurring my remaining fears... so driving is a good place to start me thinks.
i really want to work on setting obtainable goals for myself.
as much as i'm fond of my pie-in-the-sky lofty goals, i'm happier when i actually achieve things.
but, speaking of pie-in-the-sky goals... or maybe this one is an achievable goal...
for 2011.
my husband and i very much want to go to charlie palmer's pigs & pinot festival in california.
this year's festival snuck up on us.
it's in march, and i got the email for ticket and weekend packages yesterday... and then the follow up email less than 3 hours later stating that the packages were sold out.
next year, we'll be ready.
to be honest, the timing for the 2010 one isn't great anyways.
i'll have a brand new job, and taking time off might not be smiled upon...
so waiting until 2011 was going to be a reality anyways.
but next year, we're definitely going to hit up pigs & pinot.
so if you're interested, let's make a show of it.
there's more info on it here
but basically it's a weekend that celebrates charlie palmer's two favourite things... pigs and pinot.
so it's all about the delicious piggy and the wonderful wine of california.
it's seminars, tastings and a gala dinner.
as liz lemon would say... i want to go to there.
okay team, gotta go shower and try to find some business attire... yeesh... maybe should have started earlier, i have zero idea what to wear today...
lastly, i'm going to promise you that i'm going to try not to let my blogging suffer under my employment...
but things will change.
sure i'll be at a computer all day, but i won't be on the internets... for the first time in over 10 years, i won't be surfing the 'net all day.
so that's going to put a damper on my internet showing.
thank god for my iphone... so i'll still be on twitter all the time.
...so hit me up there.
http://twitter.com/vancityrockgirl
Posted by vancityrockgirl at 1/13/2010 8:05 AM 
Categories: blogging,Travel,work and being an adult,Cooking and Recipes,booze and drugs
Categories: blogging,Travel,work and being an adult,Cooking and Recipes,booze and drugs
I've always enjoyed the idea of Bacon wrapped grapes... and every other pig/wine combo there is. I'm in!
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Uh, pigs and pinot? Yeah, I'm totally in.
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Ahh, that festival is right up my alley. All of that stuff is up there on my 'things I'm going to do when the kids are older list' and till then I'll live vivaciously through you, okay?!
Oh yeah, get your license! I can't believe you have a car hanging out downstairs .. that'd make life a bit easier for sure though 50 minutes from door to door on transit ain't bad at all.
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I hope you had a great first day!
I really have to start twittering.
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Keep us posted!
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