2 Months

The Queen Mary - Long Beach

At this point, I've almost hit the 2 month mark in LA. Time sure is flying fast! And yet, at the same time it sort of feels like I've been here for a long time. My life back in St. Louis seems so far away now, it's hard to believe that just 2 months ago I was living in St. Louis, working fast to try and move everything out of my old apartment to make the move out to LA.

Things have been going very well. I feel very content. I had a conversation with a co-worker the other day where she was mentioning how he doesn't understand how some people can live in the same place all of their life. That is, you live and grow up where you were born and never leave. I see what she means.

I've always been a free spirit, with a love of travel. I want to get out and see the world. And I do see that having the opportunity to move somewhere else, get a new change of pace, see a different lifestyle...it's refreshing. Scary, yes it can be that. But there is something really awesome about moving to a new place.

I joined my church's choir. I decided the best thing to do was to talk to the music director about how to get involved, and joining the choir was the best option. Went to my first rehearsal tonight and it was a lot of fun. I've missed singing, and this will help me refresh a lot of my singing skills. And eventually I hope to become a cantor as well, but we'll start with one thing at a time.

Power 106 had a Sex & The City 2 screening event on Tuesday and I was able to go. It was held in this great theater, very high class place. All the theaters are small, and the seats recline. They serve you drinks and food during the viewing. It was very very cool. Plus, I got to see the movie before it came out which is awesome. Won't spoil anything for anyone but if you are a SATC fan, go see it. You'll like it. :)

At the Sex & The City Screening in Pasadena

Last Saturday I made a trip to Long Beach. My grandma's sister's husband died, so there was a memorial service for him. I had the chance to meet up with a lot of my grandma's side of the family, many of them people I've maybe seen once or twice in my entire life. It was very nice to connect with this side of the family. That is another really nice perk about being out in Southern California. I am really enjoying getting closer to my family out here.

While I was in Long Beach I decided it was time for me to see the ocean, since I hadn't seen it yet! Long Beach isn't exactly the best beach area, it's more industrial but the ocean is there and the Queen Mary is there, which is a tourist attraction. I enjoyed walking along the water and just breathing in the sea air.

I've decided that perhaps this weekend I need to hit Manhattan Beach in LA if it's warm enough. I want to get the cute sea side shops/hit the beach/walk the beach experience and that's a better beach for it. We'll see.

In other news, I got tickets to see Paul McCartney in July in San Francisco! My cousin and her husband are going to, so it's going to be super fun!

Lots of good things going on! :)