Hopefully not too many more times.....
But " Hey, I'm back!"
I took an unintentional summer hiatus. This came about due to a myriad of reasons. The first being work. Not that my job became 60 hours a week or anything physically exhausting, but I did have to tackle some new roles and challenges. And since I won't blog anything about my job I felt like I didn't have much material to work from. Second, I realized that isn't quite true. I did plenty of great things this summer but if I only wrote about the awesome parts of my life would I be turning this blog into a great big humble brag? Is my blog already a great big unintentional humble brag? Dammit. I still can't quite figure out this chicken/egg quandary.
Thirdly, I really wanted to continue to live what I preached about being present in the moments while they are happening. In this age where we can document every moment of our lives ( like.. uhhh.. vanity blogging) we are prone to reliving everything we do in digital fashions instead of just, you know, enjoying the moments as they happen. I want to fondly remember things because of what happened and how I felt as opposed to letting how many hits or likes I received dictate they value of my memories.
Fourthly and finally, my computer broke. So there's that.
But yesterday started some new chapters for both Chris and myself. It was my first day at my new store where I will be the bakery manager :) It was exciting, like the first day of school. It was like this last year when we opened store 152 but I was the new kid, and now I'm a cool kid! LOL. You want to see me go crazy? Show me 200 shiny new cookie sheets.
Personally and professionally things are looking up for Chris and I. His company is undergoing some staffing changes and his work load is about to increase also, but he is on a great track. We've been here a year now and have made some friends. We are still learning about the city but we have mostly stopped making jokes about moving anywhere besides home. Chris has taken to calling me a Californian due to my love of straw fedoras and my sandal tan lines. I refuse to accept this. Particularly since he keeps using the non-word "Hella". Which one of us has gone native?
But really this best thing about Sacramento is its close proximity to everything we love. It's 2 hours to anywhere great, including home if you get on an airplane. And that is why my summer vacation included not one but two trips home to the Northwest, two trips to San Francisco, a trip to Sonoma, Lake Henessey, Lake Tahoe, the discovery of fabulous new restaurants, a John Mayer concert that was surrounded by a beautiful country fields, an Oakland A's game ( I wore my Seattle Mariners shirt), and 2 more 5K's.
Speaking of 5K's, Chris and I did the Neon Splash Dash over the weekend and it was a blast! And I fulfilled my goal of riding a Golden Bear. Seriously. When we moved here and I saw all those bears near the Expo I wanted to mount one so bad! And with a little help from Chris I was able to do so.
All done! Third 5K is in the books.
Chris thinks there is a toddler picture of him somewhere looking just like this. Maybe even including stained shirt.
Success!
I have so many pictures from my bachelorette party that look similar to this, I could start a Tumblr.
Bonus Photo: I didn't put this one on Facebook. I was trying to look like I was wrestling the bear. Fail.
See you soon? Talk to you soon? Talk at you soon? Write at you soon? Who knows how you are supposed to properly end this stuff?
Sincerely,
Angelina McKenna
