I'm Moving!

It's about time I made this bit of news "blog offical." I'm leaving California. I have a friend, Kelley, in Denver, Colorado who has been planting little seeds in my brain to get me to move out there and room with her, and I guess they finally took root. I'm going.  I'm moving to Denver. Honest to blog.

I feel really great about this decision. There are no major reasons why I shouldn't go, except that I'll miss my parents and brother... miss being somewhere safe and comfortable. But it's like a mini-plan of salvation. I need to leave my wonderful home and go out into the world to experience those things that will help me grow into the best woman I can be.

I've been working at Rack-it Truck Racks for almost 4 years, the longest I've been at a job. Today I gave a tearful notice to Denise, who has been my supervisor and one of the best cheerleaders in my life. It seemed to me that she was not at all suprised. She gave me hugs and encouragement; told me she was proud of me and excited. She is a really great lady. She's not a member of the LDS church, but she is very spiritual and speaks truths that are uplifting and interesting. I've liked her from the beginning, and I'm sad to leave her behind.

Last March, when Rack-it found it necessary to cut my hours to only 16 a week, I began working for A-Total Fire Protection as an assistant to the office manager, Tymphani. She has known about my plans for a few months and generously agreed to keep me on until I go, even though she's been wanting someone full time. More encouragement coming from her, as well.

So now that both jobs know I'm leaving, I feel I can talk (squeal) about it freely: I'm MOVING!!Awoohoo!!

I'll pack up my car and drive away on March 30th. Kelley is sending me her GPS so I won't get lost, because, as you can see, it's a looooong way. (Wyoming!? I get to hit a new state! cool!)

I'll be living in The Lowry Park Apartments, on the third floor, at Kelley's stipulation, apt #1831. (not a picture of the actual apartment...you'll have to wait 'til I get there for that.)

Here is a look at our floor plan. I want the room with the bathroom attached. If she got her stipulation, I should totally get mine. Right? Right!

I'll be living with Kelley in her living room for the first two weeks, while I look for and begin a new job (squeal) and we will move into our new apartment on April 12th.

I feel completely sure that this is the right thing to do. I'm not even asking whether or not I go in my prayers anymore. Heavenly Father has answered me. Except for the anxiety that comes with doing something new, I feel absolutely at peace. I even catch myself trying to feel more upset than I actually do. Odd, I know, but I'll catch myself caught up in a circular thought pattern that usually consists of: oh my gosh what am I doing what am I thinking i just quit my job... but through all that comes that quiet voice that reminds me what peace feels like and I realize that when Heavenly Father is telling me to go, I don't need to freak out. And so I'm not. And it feels great.

pictures from Lowry's website and google maps

Zuzu on Camera II

Yes! Finally uploading this video went right! So, here she is: Zuki at 21 months playing outside with the family. December 2009.



If you can't watch it on my blog, click here to view it on Youtube.

Zuzu on Camera I

By popular demand, and also kind of by default, here is a little video I made in December 2008 while hanging out with my neice Zuki.  She is 9 months old here and SO darn adorable!! You'll see.




Isn't she cuuuuute!? Super Adorable.
I have some video Anna shot of Zuki playing Basketball with her uncles and her dad, but I've had that uploading since 9:30am. It is now 2:30, and since I also tried all day yesterday to post it, I give up. I tried uploading this one to see if it would work, and since it did, there must be something wrong with the basketball footage. I promised Nat I'd post it, and I will if it kills me! You'll just have be patient and enjoy this one in the meantime, eh?

Catch-up Post

I often intend to blog more than I do. Here are some events I meant to post last year.

A couple friends and I went to see Into the Woods!! It has been one of my favorites (sharing #1 with Sweeny Todd and Passion) so my friends insisted that we go see it when it was playing in Sacramento. It was a fun evening and a pretty good performance! By an interesting coincidence, mom and dad ended up at the same performance (they were given the tickets as a thank you gift) and so were Hayden and her mom, but I couldn't find them until it was time to hide my camera or have it confiscated.

Karen, Valerie and Dwynne all looking pretty scary in the odd light, but eh.

Mom and Dad accross the theater, which was in the round, like a Shakespearean stage. Mom and Dad were in the section to the south of us, and Hayden was directly across. Fun!

Next are a couple pictures from the yard sale we had at Grampa's house and his move into his new appartment:

Dad made us stick "ASK ME" sickers all over ourselves. It worked... not that I had any answers when asked... "I know it says ask me, but you really need to ask HIM."

We made bank!

Making bank works up an appetite...for Shorty's Oatmeal Spice Cookies!!

Aunt Jeri, Jessica and Melinda came to CA to help move Grampa in to his apartment

Melinda did the heaving lifting.