The time has come and I’m off to NY. My parents are here and we’re leaving early in the morning, finally get to be back with my other half. And I’ve decided to start blogging about my moving adventures and it includes packing and dealing with unrighteous people or well person.

Here’s to safe travels, talk to everyone soon!

This Wednesday marks my grandma’s 1 year of passing and it’s rather bittersweet. I’m slowly building up with emotion, I’m constantly going back to the last moments I got to spend with her at the hospital. And all the moments, when I was away from her back in Washington. I remember talking to my mom everyday, constantly giving us updates on her. My grandma should still be here, but we’re all very thankful she’s no longer suffering.

My parents and brother flew back home to be with the ohana and I wish I could be there … I want nothing more than to be there with everyone, remembering my gramz. So many great memories of her, I truly miss her.

Since I’m on the other side of the world, I was going to gather some plant life and flowers and string them into a lei, and head to one of the beaches here and send it off to her. It’s not exactly the Pacific, but if you look at the bigger picture, all the water ways are one. For some reason, it feels like it brings me a little closer to the ohana and her.

I love & miss you, gramz.
e pili mau ana no nā kau a kau

My days here are dwindling and it’s becoming bittersweet the closer I reach my departure date.

I’ve been getting a bit closer with some of my co-workers and I’m just going to miss all of them, when I leave.  I’ve made some new friends through the ole Naval Academy grapevine and gained another brother figure as well, I can finally say that I’ve been enjoying my time here. If you were to ask this of me, months ago, you’d get a totally different answer.

Now that we’re already in the month of April, it’s merely weeks left before I move East. I’ll be sad to leave so many great people behind, but I’m quite ready to reunite with my other half.

There’s a lot that is going to happen this month.

Since I haven’t had my Debut Party for Mary Kay, I’ll be having it this Sunday, so if you’re in Charleston, I would love to have you there! Free facial and makeover! (Message me for details).  A couple of weekends ago, I went to Career Conference for Mary Kay in Duluth, Georgia and it was an amazing experience! I’ve never seen so many pink Caddies before and well Mary Kay cars in general. I pretty much heard and seen, what I could make possible for myself with this opportunity. Career Conference has motivated to do more with my business and I truly want to make it work, it’s a slow process for me, since I’ll have to overcome some personal barriers and continuing to try and get past my comfort zones. Believe me when I say, Mary Kay is more than just selling products.

Let me just start listing things that are going to happen soon :

• my Debut Party for MK!
• next weekend is our Unit Debut Party, I’m extremely excited for this! My new director has earned her first FREE Mary Kay car and my previous director has earned her very first Pink Cadillac! And we’ll get to see it at our Unit Debut Party 🙂
• movers come to pack up our stuff; so I’ve been trying to get some stuff packed up and ready to go, mainly clothes.
• parents will be flying in at the end of the month to make the journey north with me; haven’t seen them since September!
• and any time in between, I’ll be owning the dance floor , working, and just hanging with my friends doing whatever. Definitely getting some beach time!

Do not let fear hold you back from what you want. This applies to everything, but I’m speaking on a relationship perspective. What instills fear into us? Past experience is what really gets us, we’ve all been a victim before, probably more than once. And that builds fear into us, and there’s two things we can do it, move forward or let it hold you back. The more you hold back, the more you lose out on possibly something amazing. Yeah of course, things don’t always happen on the first try, but the more you try, the stronger you become. You’ll be more confident in going after things you want, which is where everyone needs to be.

Today, my challenge for you for the rest of your life is to go after something with no fear and no looking back on what once was. The past has nothing on you!

Is what I had this weekend and it has definitely been a while since I’ve been able to unwind and just enjoy myself. Work has pretty much taken up a lot of time here and with retail, there’s rarely a day off, since we’re open 7 days a week.

Spent time with some new people, indulged on some great food and Moscato, the night went onto hours of dancing and ended with some deep conversation over McD’s. And it was definitely nice not to drive and not be DD, I’ll be honest, you’re lying when you say you don’t mind being the DD. But of course, there should always be one, so be responsible people, but I’m just saying. Since there’s such little time left here, time to live it up a bit and explore around before I leave.

Kind of sad that I’ve waited towards the end of my stay here to actually venture out, but of course, there’s still plenty of time to do whatever!

It’s late and I’m up thinking, wonderful.

Let me just update everyone, well it’s been about two-ish weeks now since Andy has gone to CT for 2 months. And I’m here, just working and trying to find ways to pass the time. It wasn’t til this weekend, when someone asked, why didn’t you just go home for 2 months? Then I go to think about when Andy and I first talked about him going to CT and me staying here; can’t really recall what my reason was to stay here? It all makes sense now, if I did go home, then I wouldn’t be working and there’d be no funds flowing through my bank account. That would be the major con of me going home for 2 months, so a good decision that I did stay.

Now there’s another one coming. We officially signed off for a house in NY this past weekend, well the guys did, so that’s very exciting news, can’t wait to start the new adventure there. There’s 2 things that I must do before I leave Charleston, get a new car and sell my old one. As of right now, I’m making this road trip to NY on my own, of course, not ideal for me, but options are dwindling. First, my oldest brother was going to fly out here, but that’s no longer happening; I’ve been talking to my parents to see if they could fly out here (that’s a maybe), and I did text my sissy, even though that would be really awesome, doesn’t seem TOO realistic, but still REALLY awesome. Of course, you’re probably saying, why don’t you just drive up there by yourself? Because mentally, I’m just not ready, I’ve been driving for less than a year now and not quite ready to do a solo roadtrip, now you’re probably thinking, “suck it up”. Nope, I won’t, at least not on this one.

So the big question is who will be driving with me?!

Other things on my mind, the movers are packing up all the furniture on April 16th, we have the house til the end of April. And it’s quite possible that I’ll be staying in this big house by myself with no furniture, the others will more than likely be moved out by then. One of the roomies said I can stay at their apartment until I leave, someone was opposed to that idea. But to be honest, I don’t mind staying in the house, but I probably wouldn’t be spending a lot of time here. Not trying to be bored in this house for about 2 weeks.

I was planning on moving on the 27th of April because that’s when Andy’s is done with SOBC, with the hopes of trying to have someone here to drive with me, the dates don’t exactly match up, which will delay the Charleston departure date, but I don’t mind that at all. I’m just trying to get a buddy to drive with me on this roadtrip, case closed. Then I come to find out that Andy may not even be in NY, when I get there. He loves to travel, so he’ll try to take advantage of the free time and go somewhere, it’s still up in the air, but it does make getting there a little less exciting.

Then I started thinking that I could go home for two weeks after the movers come, see my ohana and friends and either fly back to Charleston and drive up or just fly straight to NY. It’s all very intriguing since it’s been quite sometime since I’ve seen my family. It’s just a thought, but whatever I decide, I need to figure it out soon.

Clearly some of things need to be discussed, so we’ll see what comes of this.

I’ve never been a football fan and was never really around to do the whole Super Bowl thing.

From middle school to college, I was always doing something volleyball related during the Super Bowl. This year, we’re having a little party here at the house and I’ll be working … go figure. Well I’ll miss half the game, hopefully I can make it home for the half-time show, but one can only hope. Good thing we close early on Sundays and maybe work won’t be so busy because of the game. That’s what I always hope for nowadays at work, less busy days.

Andy graduated from NNPTC this Friday and he was top 3 in his section, I am extremely proud of him and it brings him one step closer! In 2 days, we’ll be off to Nicaragua for 2 weeks, more adventures and we absolutely can’t wait!

Oh in other news, my manager resigned a few days ago, that was quite unexpected and now we’re all wondering who will be taking over. We have zero managers and by the time I return, someone new will be taking over. I’m a little nervous to see what kind of changes will be made, but I’m going to be hoping for the best.

I thought I had more to share, but I don’t. I’m still looking for a roadtrip partner in April, any takers?

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