She Likes to Move It Move It

Since my last post, I started my new job and I moved to a new place! So far things are going really well at said new job. Everyone has been really welcoming and friendly. I feel very fortunate to have found a job where everyone is nice and works together as a team. I've had some super sucky jobs in the past with some sour apples so I can really appreciate working with nice people. And everyone seems to like me, so that's very good news! When I first applied for the job I was quite pompous and thought, "They won't even need to train me. I know everything about crafting! Ehehehe!" To my surprise, my crafting/art supply knowledge is waaaaaaay more limited than I realized. Most of the time I don't even know what the customers are asking me for since there's so many supplies that I didn't even know existed! It's very humbling. I feel like a major pest asking my coworkers for help all of the time and for asking a BILLION questions but everyone tells me that I'll learn with time. Most of the staff has worked at the store for many many years so it must be a good company to work for. I'm very excited about all of the new materials and mediums I'm going to get to experiment with. I have a feeling that my Etsy store is going to be bursting with new wares this holiday season. Very exciting stuff!

This morning my parents left me here alone (again) after helping me move into my new place over the weekend. It was great seeing them even though they were driving me totally NUTZO. It's weird how quickly my parents have turned into bonafide senior citizens. It was so frustrating! They were so easily confused and crotchety. And all they wanted to do was watch Netflix and eat food! It was bananas! I kept telling them, "You came ALL this way! You can watch tv at home! GAAAAHHH!" Then they wouldn't let a body go to sleep. Mama gets sleepy around 11:30pm these days but the parents stay up til dawn and would NOT let me sleep! It was quite vexing. There were so many things that they said we were going to do while they were here and we really didn't end up doing anything (besides move all of my gear). But it was nice to just be around them after being on my own all summer. I've missed them. My mom was a real trooper too. She hadn't been on a road trip in about 20 years so it really meant a lot to me that she actually made it here! I was worried that my dad was going to show up alone but they both made it here in one piece. While they were here we ate Mexican food almost everyday! Since I've been in Seattle I've had Mexican food once so it was funny that my AZ parents wanted Mexican food everyday they were here. 

They arrived on Thursday night around 10pm and we were all STARVING. I had just gotten home from work and am always ravenous after workies. Nothing was open late so we had to rush to Azteca Mexican Restaurant before they closed and got take out. They were not pleased that we showed up because they were closing in 10 minutes but people gotta eat! The next day was moving day. That was an EXHAUSTING day. I think it took a total of 5 hours to move everything. I still don't know how my dad and I managed to move everything out of that apartment ourselves. I must've just summoned super-human strength for the day because the next day I was completely zapped of all my energy. It is sooooo great to be out of that god-awful apartment. The U-district was an effing hellhole. The difference between my old place and my new place is like night and day. It's so clean and nice here and talk about QUIET. I don't think I got a good night's sleep in the 3 months I lived in that apartment complex. It was noisy as hell. College students have ZERO consideration for other people. Everyday I'd get woken up by either the people stomping upstairs, the goddamn coffee grinder in the kitchen or from the fan in the bathroom. The fan in the toilet would vibrate the walls like the devil and I'm an extremely light sleeper so I'd wake up every time. It's also amazing not having to worry about a psycho cat running up my walls or trying to scratch my face off everyday. Now I can leave my door open to my heart's content. Can anyone ask for more than that? I think I deserve to have some good karma after having things so rough for the first few months. I hope it'll be smooth sailing from here.

Back to my parent's visit. On Sunday we took a day trip to Mt. Rainier. Thank gawd for GPS or we never would've found it. According to my dad GPS is the best thing to happen to humanity this millennium. It took about 2 hours to get to the park and when we got there there wasn't any parking ANYWHERE. The mountain was absolutely beautiful but the park was not people friendly. We pretty much just got to take a few photos then had to turn around and head back home. Here's some pics:

 We stopped at IKEA on the way back. Boy, do I love IKEA. I could live there...literally. I had mushroom and cheese crepes and lentil soup (plus one ice cream cone) and bought a couple things. I think I got a lamp, mirror and some bowls. My whole room is pretty much completely furnished by IKEA now. Anywho, yesterday we went downtown since my mom had never seen the Space Needle. I had only seen it from my car so I was excited to see it too. We had planned on going to the top but it turned out that tickets were $30 so we decided to skip it. We saw a bunch of signs for a King Tut exhibit at the Science Center so we thought we'd check that out. I was really excited about it but when my old man found out it would be $91 for all of us to go, he quickly changed his mind. The sign said it's the last time King Tut's sarcophagus will be in the USA, so I think I'll shell out $30 to see it before the exhibit ends in January. I'd love to see it since I don't really plan on ever going to Egypt. I'm much more interested in seeing Europe and Japan. We had lunch in China Town and it was kind of gross. There was only one vegetarian option on the menu (almost everything had fish sauce in it) and it was loaded with ginger. It turns out that Mama doesn't care for ginger. We passed a Chinese bakery on the way back to the car and got a slice of coconut cake. I hadn't had cake in AGES, which is very very sad. 

I did a little more unpacking when we got back to the house and then we went to Ooba Tooba Mexican Grill for dinner. My parents fuggin' loved that place. We ate there two days in a row. They could NOT remember the name either. They kept calling it Ooba Dooba or Oofa Jooba. Aiya! 

I woke up this morning to the sound of my dad packing up all his suitcases in my room. Even though they drove me nuts for the past 5 days, I'm pretty bummed that they're gone. It's hard to come to the terms with the fact that once you move out of state from your family and friends you'll be lucky if you get to see them once a year. I probs won't see them until next summer since I'm not coming home for Christmas. But I think it'll be good for me to be on my own. I think I made the right choice in coming here. Everything seems to be slowly falling into place. All I need now is to meet a handsome young man and life will be the berries :)

Gotta keep warm this winter!