Driving

Raymond and I started our journey to Seattle this morning around 10am. When we moved to California in June we brought both of our cars. R drove his and I drove mine. We wanted to try and just bring my car up to Seattle and then get his car during the holidays. That did not work out too well. There was no way that we were able to fit even half of our stuff in one car. We did not bring any furniture or anything from Seattle, we only brought clothes, golf clubs and bikes.

We left this morning and drove six hours until we got to Stockton, where my Aunt lives. She made us a wonderful dinner and my cousin is making us strawberry shortcakes (Yummy)! We are going to leave Stockton tomorrow morning at 4am because it takes 12 hours to get to Seattle from here. We have a long day of driving ahead of us.

I really dislike driving long distances by myself. Good thing I have Sirius and an iPod with me, or else I would be really bored.

Seattle, here I come!

As some of you may know, I was in Seattle last week for a job interview. I got into Seattle on Wednesday night, and had my interview on Thursday. I had an interview with Gary Manuel Salon for their Human Resource Manager. I stayed with my college roommate Alyssa on the east side. I left Redmond at 9:00 am so I would not get stuck in traffic on 520. My interview was scheduled for 11:00am, and I made it there with plenty of time to spare. It is better to be early than running late and frazzled.

I met with the salon manager and we had talked for two hours. She gave me a tour of the salon, advanced training salon and corporate center, she also gave me directions to their school so that I could take a look at it on the way out of Seattle.

The interview went really well that she asked me to come back the next day to interview with the owner of the company. I had my interview with him at 10:00am on Friday. He is an awesome person, and our interview lasted two hours as well. He then invited me to lunch and formally offered me the job. I accepted, of course and I start on October 2.

What happened to my other job in California, you might ask??????? Well, I wasn't supposed to start there until 9/10/07 and I never formally signed an offer letter, so I called them and let them know that I was not going to be able to accept the position. My new job in Seattle is going to pay me over double and I don't have to sit in traffic for 2 hours to get there and back.

I am so excited, this is my dream job. I get to travel all over the world and do something that I love. It is going to be a challenge, but if you know me, you know that I live for challenges. I am planning to live in Belltown, that is where my job is located as well.

Seattle here I come, and I am here to stay!