I haven't been on deviantart in months!

Summer was busy as always and now I've just moved--to Hawaii! I doubt I'll be uploading anything here anymore, but do feel free to check out my new website! www.heidibro.com!

So I shouldn't have been so worried about talking to Brian about that... haha, he was completely fine with it and said he'd try to work me into the schedule this week. They're such nice people there. I like them more and more all the time.

I went to Teri's (my teacher) house last Thursday to help her with some things because she felt bad and wanted to pay me for my missed work hours last week. I'd seen them before but she showed all the ivory carvings and statues and looking close we were glad we didn't have to pack them ourselves. Some of them are sooo intricate and over 100 years old. She said "Wouldn't you feel bad if we were the first ones in a hundred years to break them?" haha... Yeah, I'd feel terrible.

Also, my boyfriend Trevor is coming home this week so I'm glad I'll be around to spend time with him and hopefully help him find a job.

And it's Mother's Day today! I'll get to be with my mom and we're going over to her mom's to help with the garden and eat!
Happy Mother's Day to all your mothers and those of you who are mothers!

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So...

The trip to CA fell through.

My teacher Teri who was taking me was going with the purpose of taking her inherited ivory figurines/statues to an auction house out there. But it ended up that the lady at the auction house found a packer that would pack them up professionally and ship them out for way less than it would cost for us to drive out and back. So of course I couldn't be the one to cost her more than necessary....

And I did find out shortly after I posted my last journal that there was a possibility of this happening so I'm not so much disappointed as nervous about telling all everyone that it's not happening. For some reason it just makes me feel dumb.

I'm especially anxious to tell Brian... I feel bad for him because he was all excited that he was going to be able to train me (so he didn't have to be the only cook) and then when I requested the time off he had to put the training off. So now coming back and saying "oops, I take that back, I'm not going" makes me feel like a jerk. If I despise one thing it's not being true to my word. I feel like if I ever tell anyone I'm doing something again they won't take me seriously anymore. I guess too many things like that have happened to me in the past.... I don't usually take any plans seriously until they actually happen anymore. That's how I protect my self from being disappointed for myself.

But ugh. How do I tell Brian??

Things have been going extremely well this week.

I asked my aunt last week if she thought there would be any openings at the golf course she works at because I was looking for a job closer to home. She told me to go in and check it out. So I went, and they had me fill out an application. They said they had one opening for a dishwasher in the kitchen and they seemed like very friendly and positive people so I was hopeful.
The same day, just a couple hours later, they called and asked me if I could start the following Tues. So I did, and besides my feet being pretty sore from standing by the end of a 5 hour shift I've enjoyed it quite a bit.
The cook, Brian, is a young guy, very nice. And now besides me being the dishwasher he's going to start training me so eventually I may be able to take over lunches! This is really interesting to me because I've only relatively recently thought that maybe being a cook would be something I'd enjoy. Law of Attraction, people!! so I worked there three days this week and have four scheduled next week. I'm happy.

And then...

Yesterday, my former waldorf teacher, Teri, whom I love dearly, called. She reminded me of the trip to California she had talked about taking me on last fall. She said she wanted to go next week and still wondered if I'd go with her, all expenses paid. I said I'd have to ask my new boss but was concerned about asking for two weeks off so shortly after beginning.
So I asked Brian last night. He said that was fine! I'm on my way to California a week from tomorrow! We will be driving so it will be long and grueling but I was also just recently saying I'd like to visit San Fransisco....

Are you seeing a pattern? I am.

Seriously, however you can, you should get your hands on The Secret. It's a truly inspirational movie.

As far as my camera situation, I have bought a little JVC hard-drive camcorder and have been enjoying that. I will definitely be taking it to CA so hopefully some videos of the roadtrip will be up on youtube. I'll have my sister's camera too so I'll definitely take pictures as well.

I've been here at my sister Annie's apartment in Ann Arbor for a week now. I don't have a ride out for another week at least. Annie does not get out much because she has some balance problems due to a series of possible MS breakouts. Since she doesn't go out, and I don't really know anybody here to go out with, I don't go out. She lives in an apartment complex where I can "steal" wireless signals very easily, and so I'm pretty much online all day. This is not good. I have just about become an internet addict. I did have a little break this weekend when my boyfriend came to visit but now he's gone it's back to my laptop. One particular online interest of mine has been youtube.com... I've even made my own "channel" and have two videos up. Visit me!

I do plan on taking Annie to her class tomorrow though. (She's getting her Phd. here at UofM.) I think I will walk around the city and campus maybe visit a cute little bookshop I've gone to before and hopefully take some pictures. It should be fun, hopefully I'll have something to show for it on here.

I'm also excited about becoming the co-admin for the club =dA-Michiganders I really do love Michigan!!