Wine and Coffee

Hi!

Just got my laptop back! I was laptop and internet-less for about 2 months. Best Buy Geek Squad isn't everything they're cracked up to be. It was quite a struggle getting a replacement computer.

Let's talk about wine- last Sunday Spears and I went with the OSU alumni club on a vineyard tour in Sonoma county. It was my first experience going wine tasting- it was amazing! There were acres upon acres of fields for the wineries. My favorite was called Trentadue winery. I found a port that I loved and bought myself a bottle. We visited four wineries and tasted all types of chardonnays, sirahs, zins....so many kinds. The alumni group was a great crowd, we had a lot of fun. I would love to go back sometime and visit more wineries. It was also really fun to hang with some Buckeyes!

I tell the customers about Columbus whenever I get the chance, they seemed pretty amazed when I tell them I came all the way from the mid-west. They say "oh wow! Isn't San Francisco a lot different than Ohio?!" haha

I'm out for now, a little worn out from the first day on my own at the coffee shop this afternoon.

Miss you Ohio friends! Let me know when you are coming out this way and I will show you the town :)

Who will have the Last Laugh?

Hello! No one in our house has had a computer for the past month...wasn't able to write here...or really function in general day-to-day life haha (we are so reliant on the internet "these days")

Today I walked around the corner and down one block to my new job! I asked the owner Bill if he needed help (they're trying to let another employee "go"). He said he wanted to hire me and I start training tomorrow...I'm finally employed...yay! The kicker: I've never worked at a coffee shop; don't know how to make mocha or a latte...I just drink them. Bill said it won't be too hard to pick up...we will see about that one. Either way- I'm pretty excited about having a bit of an income now. Hopefully the roommates won't think I'm as huge of a bum as they originally thought. haha

What this all means-- today is my last day of unemployment, my last day off, the end of my streak...
I'm still spending every day on craigslist looking for a full time job, but this will alleviate some of the spending (nights out on the town) worries. When they say, "finding a job is a full time job," they're not kidding. I've been on a few interviews on the past few weeks- getting a lot of practice! Nothing has panned out just yet.