Truth.

I feel as though I have not been completely honest on my blog. I vowed when I started this that I wouldn't write about 2 things.

1. Anything negative or confidential at work.

2. Anything that made another person look bad or stupid. This is meant to be a fun, entertaining and overall positive account of my life. I didn't start this blog to bad mouth anyone, and let's face it- they might eventually see it. Yikes.

By not writing about these 2 things a majority of you don't know that I'm actually having a very difficult time with one of my coworkers to the point where I've thought about leaving the store. I hate to do this to you, but I'll stop there. That's not what this entry is about. This entry is about dealing with a situation like that while you are all by yourself a million miles away from everyone and everything familiar. Truth be told, dealing with it is extremely difficult.

I am so completely happy that I took this big leap and moved to Park City. It has made me feel very good about myself. We all have these amazing moments every now and then where we fully realize our strengths and life just couldn't be better. We are, after all, our own worst critics, so when we're pleased with ourselves, it's a phenomenal feeling. But then there are moments where it is apparent just how human we are through the surfacing of fears, weaknesses and vulnerabilities we never even knew about.

I predict that I will be back on the east coast in a year. I have been thinking that for a little while now and I've just been too afraid to say it because I worry that people will think I'm weak and unadventurous. But you know what? I, like many people, have spent far too much time worrying about what others think of me. Recently I have allowed someone to make me doubt myself and my abilities- and no one should let that happen.

I learned a lot over the past few days. We must have faith in ourselves to get through the bad times, but having a support team close by certainly doesn't hurt and it's not something to be ashamed of needing. Sometimes all we need is a hug and I haven't been hugged in a long time. So do me a favor everyone, will you, please? Give someone a hug today and think of me. Just like I could sense when someone was talking smack about me behind my back at work this past week, I think I will sense that someone somewhere is giving a hug in my honor.

What did make me feel better at the end of a rough day? Belami. He's the best and he loves me no matter what. I feel the same way about him.

Remember, if people talk behind your back, it only means you are two steps ahead."
-Fannie Flagg

Damn!

I accidentally got the photos mixed up. The explanation of what I said is the first is actually what you're seeing in the second, and what I said you're seeing in the second is actually the first.

Sorry!!

Let me explain.

Okay ladies here is an explanation of the photos. The first picture I took while standing in front of the garage looking across the street. There is a line of trees in front of a field where some cows live, in front of, what else? Mountains... this is Park City, after all.

The second photo is from the same spot, just looking over to the left which gives you a nice view of my landlords' front yard and beyond. If you drive down that road it takes to you to some ski resorts and somewhere down there are the Sundance offices. The road also takes you towards Main Street, it's about 5 minutes away.

When you're looking at the house in the third picture you can see a door right next to the garage door- that brings you to my apartment. There is also a back door into the apartment. The house is built into a hill so even though you go down a set of stairs to get in from the front, the back door takes you right into the apartment from the ground.

Hope that clears things up!

Live from Park City, it's Saturday night! And I'm sitting at home writing my blog....

Possible good news: Stacie and I were thinking that we could split the cost of a package of tickets for Sundance! She got assigned a later time slot to buy than I did so we're going to research the options and decide if it's definitely something that we want to do! I'll let everyone know how it turns out!

I know how much you all enjoy photos so I figured I would post some pics of the outside of my apartment and there's also a photo of our kitty roommates, Pixel (torti... calico? I can never tell the difference!) and Sweet Pea (black and white) to get a better idea of my surroundings!

In other feline news Belami has started eating big boy food! He will be a year old in less than a month so I bought some adult cat food to mix in with his kitten food. So far he seems to like it more- but I'm not sure if I'm just thinking that. He loves the toy that woman gave me for free with the bench so the other photo is of him enjoying his little tunnel!

I hope everyone is enjoying a nice and relaxing weekend!

:(

I'm so bummed.

Today was the day that I could buy tickets to Sundance and I thought the purchase time was 10am, but it was actually 9am- Mom, maybe I really do have a time problem... By the time I was ready to go, the one package that applies to me that I can afford was all sold out!!! I think that there are other ways to get tickets later on so I hope that will work. This sucks, I was so excited.

I hope everyone else's day started out better than mine! Before my dream of going to a major film festival was crushed I had to plunge my toilet. It's been quite a morning.

Time for work.

Where have I been all your life... er... week?

Well hello again!

It's been too long since my last post. The delay is due to my computer being.... infected. Ewww, that's what the "Park City Computer Guy" called it when he fixed it for me. It's all better now- thank goodness! I felt so disconnected from the world without this little guy for a few days!

I have been working so much, make that TOO much lately. We are just doing so much more volume than anticipated so our original staffing needs have been upped! Luckily our fourth manager starts next week and we hired 7 new part time associates this week. That will make things easier and more enjoyable for everyone at work! Especially Kathleen, Stacie and me, who have been working way more than we should. Other than that work is going great!

I've obtained more furniture since my last post! Last Saturday I went out to the yard sales again before work and got a bookshelf and cute kitchen table for $25 each! We bought 4 chairs to match for $5 each. They need to be reupholstered so that could be a fun little project for me when I have some free time. I haven't taken pictures of the stuff yet but I will soon and put them up when I do!

Today after work I attended an orientation for the therapeutic riding program at the National Ability Center here in Park City. I really hope I can work it out with my schedule- should be able to with the new employees- but in retail it's tough to have a specific time off every week.

I love having a blog but since it is so public there are stories I wish I could tell everyone that I'm not comfortable posting if they make someone else look silly or even stupid! There's stuff going on that most of you don't even know about since the way you keep up with my adventures is by reading this! Email or call anytime to get the scoop! I'm like a TV show... you have to go online to get behind-the-scenes footage!

I have a confession to make: almost every time I get a phone call or email from someone I secretly hope they're going to say that they are coming to visit! So can someone just grant my one wish and buy a damn plane ticket already!? I may not have furniture but I did find an air mattress in the laundry room (I guess it's more of a laundry closet) the other day!

Wayne Pacelle's blog had some great news today that Ebay will no longer allow ivory buying or selling on their site! Read all about it to your right! And since I told everyone reading this to vote YES on Prop 2 in CA, I wanted to also encourage any Californians to vote NO on Prop 8!!!

Boring blog, but I wanted everyone to know what's up with me lately! I'll post pictures soon, promise!!

Bad movies.

You know how I usually recommend movies TO SEE? Well today I am going to recommend 2 movies TO NOT SEE.

I finally watched my Netflix this weekend and what a bummer! First of all, I had Iron Man up at the top of my queue and it was in stock but I hadn't changed my billing address to match my mailing address so I by the time I had that figured out it must have no longer been available. Instead I received Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story and The Feast of Love.

I wasn't expecting Walk Hard to be anything spectacular but I figured I'd get a chuckle out of it. Jenna Fischer is one of the stars and I like her a lot, plus there were a TON of cameos. This was one of the worst movies I have ever seen! I have a rule to not turn movies off but boy this was pushing it. I guess you could say I kind of broke that rule when I started doing other things (some of them in the other room) while the movie was still playing. Honestly, do not waste your time with this- not that any of you were going to, but still.

The Feast of Love also tempted me with a great cast- Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear.... a cute Brittany spaniel. But this was a major letdown as well! I couldn't hear or understand anything the actors were saying and somebody really needed to turn on a light! I think one of the themes of the movie was to have most of it take place in poorly-lit spaces. It must have been a metaphor or something.

Sometimes I get into these film ruts where I watch a bunch of bad movies in a row. So can someone please recommend a decent movie to me?!? I'm so out of the loop without my Entertainment Weekly! I can't wait until I start getting that in the mail again!

Luckily I'm reading that good book. I was reading it while I had my snow tires put on today and hoping no one would look over my shoulder and think I was a creep with a book about a murderer who preys on young Italian couples having sex in parked cars!