On a really cool job.

Ok, so I've been a terrible blogger lately. I'm sorry! I hope that you will all forgive me soon!

That being said, I would like to talk to you about my new job! If I haven't already told 98% of the world, I am now working at the Space Needle. I went in for an interview at the beginning of last week, and was already put to work last weekend. The training was a little hectic, but I really like it so far. I am an elevator operator. Basically, that means I take people's tickets, load them into a huge glass doored elevator, and talk to them about the Space Needle and it's history for about a minute until they get to the observation deck. I make my own speech with whatever facts I wanted to add. Also, I get a strange Space Needle vest and a name tag. See?

So, how about you guys come visit me and I'll take you to the top? No, seriously. :)

On a beautiful day at the park

Today the weather was gorgeous. 60 degrees, sunny, breezy, and wonderful. My roommates upstairs, their friend Yama and I sat in our side yard soaking in the vitamin D and talking until we realized it would be an amazing day to go to the park. So, off we went. Yama went to QFC and brought back a bag full of baguettes, gouda cheese, avocados, and sparkling strawberry juice. We snacked, relaxed, and watched the hula hoopers, frisbee players, kite fliers, and dog walkers enjoy the day just as much as we were. It's a great day to live in the pacific northwest!

On a few of my favorite things.

I thought I would share a few of my favorite things so far 

(or, at least the ones I had my camera with me to take a picture of.) 

Exploring, of course. If you haven't figured out by now, I go somewhere new almost every day. I wake up, shower, and get right on Google maps to find a place I've never had close to me living in a small town, or somewhere I've heard of but never been. Anyway, this picture is from my trip to Capitol Hill- I just finished going into Red Light Vintage (thank goodness it's not very close, because a combination of close and amazing means bad things for my wallet) and I saw the Space Needle down the street and thought I should take a picture.

Everything being so green! I love that everywhere I look there is something green, and what a green it is! This is a little park on the side of Seattle University between me and Capitol Hill. Complete with gorgeous trees and all. Cute, huh?

The number 3 bus. This bus takes me everywhere I need to go and then some. It's so comforting that no matter how lost I am downtown, all I need to do is get to a bus stop with the number 3 on it and I'll be on my way home. (Just until I get used to all the bus routes, I'm getting there.) It takes me close to my new job (at American Eagle Outfitters), to Pike's Place Market, and even to the Space Needle. My bus pass just started working today and I could not be more excited to not have to dig for change anymore. Oh, bus number 3, we will be seeing a lot more of each other in the near future. 

As everyone already knows, I am a sucker for libraries. In my home town, libraries are small. Not that I mind small, but it also comes with a limited space for material. Seattle Central Library is more than any library I could've dreamed of. There are floors and floors of new, interesting things- and definitely no lack of exciting material. Plus, it looks really cool! Oh, did I mention it has a conveyer belt-slot outside for a book return? Yeah, it automatically opens when you put a book near it and you get to watch it go up the belt and into the library from the outside of the building. I feel like a little kid when I over excitedly try to explain this to people, but I don't care. I love this place. 

As much as I like exploring and adventuring, I like just as much to come home in the late afternoon, curl up on the couch with a Seattle Weekly, and watch Heroes. I just started watching the show the on Netflix when I got here, and unfortunately, I am already running out of episodes! I am enjoying them while they last, anyway. (Oh, Peter Petrelli, how I will miss your face when I am finished!) Oh! Can't forget about Have'a Corn Chips! They're a tasty new snack that I found at Madison Street Co-Op. They have about 4 or 5 simple good-for-you ingredients, but taste like they are good enough to be terrible for you. Yum!

Last, but definitely not least...

there's nothing like a warm bath to soak my weary feet in after a long day of travelin'.

That's all for now. A bit of a scattered entry, but you guys get the idea.