Wow. It is had to believe what has went on since I’ve last blogged. I’m serious.. And all the things happened within less than a month. We went to Six Flags on Saturday the 22nd and it was a blast. We started off with a ride that was lame and wasn’t that much fun to ride. The name of the ride was X2. The first 4D ride of its kind in the world. Kinda cool bragging rights though- wish it were more fun. We went on a few other rides and had more fun with each ride we took. I finally convinced Sky to ride the Superman ride (escape from Krypton). She was super scared at first. I can’t really blame her… being shot at some 100+ MPH into the air backwards and then seeing the world from Superman’s view some 415 feet up in the air.. Only to come streaming back in just as fast as we went up. It was Fun! 🙂 She ended up liking that ride so much that we decided it would also be the last ride we went on as well. We went on some wet rides, the first coaster in the world that took people in a loop and even rode the first ride that was in the park the day it was new. We had a good variety and lots of fun. The day wound down pretty quickly & before we knew it we had to get back in line for Superman before the park closed. While in line we met this younger girl who was scared of having to ride it alone. She was cute, Sky talked to her and put her mind at ease and we let her know she could ride it with us if she wanted to. She took us up on that offer. We ended the day on a high note (not just because of the Superman ride) but because of how the enjoyment level for the park had risen from earlier in the heat of the day (100+ degrees) Ick! It was fun. The next week I received a call from an employer in Oregon who wanted to do a phone screen. I talked to them and explained my situation. They understood and wanted to move forward. The same week I received calls for jobs with a temp agency who wanted me to come interview for a job which they said was a great fit/opportunity. So, after talking it over with Sky we decided we would make the trip the next week. I went to interview with VW Credit. Below is a picture of their waiting room lobby. During the interview they told me repeatedly that I’d be a better fit for management or more – just not a phone job. But that they’d like to see if they could bring me on. Not what I wanted to hear after I made the trip and spent all that time. On our drive up to the area we received another call from a place I applied to in Seattle. They wanted to interview me as well. So again, not wanting to miss an opportunity we decided it would be best if we went for the interview. (And we were pretty much in the area). Below is a picture I captured from their waiting room… This one seemingly went better (as they said I seem like a good fit for a call center job). The interview for this company was with Internet Identity. Well! With all of this going on I am contacted by that original company who has only spoken to me by phone – they let me know that they were extending a job offer to me. Call center or not- it’s a job. It pays. It could be worse. We still wanted to see about the other jobs since we made the trip, so we waited a little. Nothing. I contacted the temp agency and they let me know that VW absolutely loved me. They were however going to do something unusual. Instead of offer me a job – they’d keep me on as a reserve (incase someone declined an offer). News flash: nobody declined. But hey, at least everyone likes me just enough to not offer a job that is better than another, right? Oh well. On our way back we were talking in the car and said something to the effect of ‘I wish God would come down and tell me what he wants me to do’ and almost instantly we both saw this big sign blaring in front of our faces. And we were comforted by it. Yes – that is Stealthy posing for a shot in front of the sign. So now we are tasked with finding a place to live. I accepted the job offer under the condition that we could find a living arrangement in the area. Something we are still working on. We were staying with a friend of Skys and she let us stay a few additional days which we spent (we stayed until we ran out of food money) looking for apartments the whole time. It was rough, but we found a few possibilities and are still deciding amongst the few that it has been narrowed down to. I am remaining optimistic that we will be able to come to an agreement within the allotted time. On our trip back we decided to have some fun. We stopped at the Oregon Caves, The Redwoods and even stopped to watch the sunset over the Golden Gate Bridge. Very cool. Here are some pictures from the way down: The Oregon Caves Our stop at the Jelly Belly factory A shot at a little house / thing off the side of the GGB. And finally a side profile as we embarked upon our sunset stroll across the bridge. I am somewhat anxious but yet excited to see what will come of things in the next few weeks. Start date? Oct 22. That leaves us little time to squabble about things. Only God. just Pray.

Hey,

Another month has come and gone. It is hard to believe that yesterday was the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. I spent part of the evening yesterday watching the history channel and it’s documentary on 9/11/01. It’s kind of crazy to think that the video from 2001 is starting to look old, it is starting to look dated. I guess this is how it feels to be getting old?

In the past week or so we have been busy. We both had been applying to jobs near and far, some weeks we end up applying for over 50+ jobs. I’ve only heard back from one place and they are out of state and they only pay nine something an hour. I’m not so sure that will cut it.

This Saturday we are going to use some tickets that we purchased sometime ago. We bought two tickets to Six Flags a few months back for our honeymoon and haven’t yet used them. This weekend Kutless is going to be performing at Six Flags along with some other Christian artists. We thought this would be a good time to go. The following day we will be at an event in Malibu, at a company party for Galpin motors.

So last time I left off we were about to go to Sea World and Universal Studios. I can tell you now that if you have the chance to visit Southern California Universal, Disneyland and Six Flags are the places to visit. I can say this because I have already visited these parks previously and have yet again as of late. Sea World was a let down. We were expecting a lot more from Sea World and it did not meet our expectations. The rides look like they were last updated in the 1980s or earlier, and the new events that they have are nothing more than a dressed up kiddie ride made to look like something more. We watched the show for Shamu, some dolphins and other animals that they had on the grounds but were ultimately left feeling flat. I should preface this by saying that we were hoping to enjoy this park a lot. If you ended up getting a city pass which includes a free ticket to sea world, it would be smart to visit sea world first as each subsequent park will get better and better.

That weekend we also went to the coast with my family as we checked out an outlet mall that was in the area. We made a day of it and it was rather fun. We ended up stopping at Taco Bell and ate some empanadas on the beach. You couldn’t ask for a better setting. It was a cool day on the coast and with a warm empanada in hand.. we watched the sun set before our eyes.

This is a picture of everybody chillin’ on the beach.

And this is a picture of our gorgeous sunset…

Last thing, I just received an update and it was from the only employer that I had a chance with. They let me know that they will not be hiring full-time until October at the earliest. I suppose I will be keeping them in my contacts.

Hmmm and that’s about all there is to update for now.

I would love to see some rain but everything and everyone says that won’t be happening anytime soon. So I will wait for another day when perhaps we will have more than empty clouds hanging overhead.

just Pray.

It is finished!

We are married. It is still new to me… To think that I am married. I am a married man. Crazy. I know that I have had a lot of time beforehand to let it sink in but not as much time afterward.

So about the wedding… Yeah.

The day itself was nothing more than mass chaos. Seriously. It was definitely one of the most stressful days in my life- if not The Most. My parents left early from the house but the gas pump went out on their way down to San Diego. They had to rent a car and get help from Highway Patrol. I was waiting to get ready in their hotel room and couldn’t do that until they arrived.

For a wedding that started at 5:30, I didn’t even get into my parent’s hotel room until after 4:30 thanks to all of the delays. I’m just glad they made it. Otherwise, we would have just canceled the whole thing. Maryia had problems throughout the day with her makeup and other things and then even finding the venue itself. We were late by 15 minutes and Maryia and her family were another 10 minutes behind us.

Crazy. But we pulled it off. The wedding lady/officiant didn’t have the right vows, music or poems that we requested and once even said that we were here to unite Maryia and Sky. I don’t think anyone noticed though. We had purchased a camera and a camcorder for the event but in the midst of everything we forgot them in the car. I know, I know. Crazy.

The wedding was super small but looking back we both agree that those that were at the wedding, they the ones who should have been at the event. It pained and hurt me a lot that Michael in particular didn’t come, but hey. After everyone had arrived things went a lot smoother.

Here is a few pictures:

We had a small reception at CiCi’s pizza. Maryia and I were so sick from the stresses of the day we didn’t eat anything much other than a small bite of the wedding cake (everyone told us we HAD to eat at the very least, a bite).

The Wedding Cake

After the day ended we went to our hotel in Stanton/Anaheim area. We got a city pass for LA and it included Disneyland passes for 3 days, Universal Studios for 2 days, and 1 time to Sea World. Fun indeed.

We brought some cake with us to eat the next day, but unknown to us we discovered the fridge was bad and the cake we brought was ruined.

We had a lot of problems with the hotel, but we had a blast at Universal and during our 3 days at Disneyland.

Tomorrow we finish up the honeymoon at Sea world and then on to our 2nd and final trip to Universal Studios.

🙂

just Pray.