update

Just showered and now waiting for my hair to dry before I head to bed. So might as well give you guys a quick update.

Life has been busy as usual but not stressful at all. Work is good, just started another job, Im finding time to do everything I was and spend time with the people I want to spend time with. So everything is good.

Lets see what else. I won 4th place at the most recent Fremont Alleycat cause we took a wrong turn. Went to Great America for work to chaperon a diabetic student. Saw Ms. Lauryn Hill in concert along with Dead Prez.

Theres a lot more but my mind isnt working very well right now. Im tired and I cant think. I think its time for bed. So here are some pictures!

Awesome Day

Today was a really good day. Actually I cant really complain about the past few weeks. Everything has been going pretty well, or that Ive just learned to not let all the bad stuff affect me. Cause I am having some car problems at the moment which left me with no choice but to ride my bike to work. That mean riding back and forth from school all day. But you wont hear no complaints here. This is one of the reasons why I love my job. In nursing school I always dreaded the thought of wearing scrubs for the rest of my life. I would have never thought I could dress up in regular clothes, ride my bike all day, and still be a nurse! Awesome right?
Well after work I got a text from Ruel telling me to go to Berkeley to meet up with Ryan. It was spontaneous, I had no plans for the rest of the day, and I feel like my life is starting to turn into a routine, so I rode to the closest BART station and headed out to meet up with them.
Saw this really cool BART ad. Id like to see more ads like these. Artistic, creative, and still easy enough to translate what its trying to show; that BART is filled with weirdos.
As I got out of Downtown Berkeley, there were teachers with picket signs. Its about the current problem with the state budgets and how they are trying to lay off a whole bunch of school staff, and that is even including the nurses. We'll find out tomorrow though if Ill be staying next year or not, but either way I have a Plan B so Im not so worried. The other nurses are though, since some of them are nearing retirement age and their choices for other jobs are very slim, especially in this economy. So hoping for the best.
Met up Ryan and Ruel at the "stairs" at the UC Berkeley campus. We used to do at least once a week summer of '09. We were all unemployed or working 1-2 days a week and just had nothing to do but ride bikes and eat. I still dont know how we were able to afford all of that, but we always managed to do the things we wanted to with spending the minimum amount of money.
I was hungry and Ruel came up with the BEST idea of the day. To go eat at Brazilian Cafe! I havent been here in almost a year and I LOVE their tri-tip sandwich. Ahhh so good.
After filling up we went and rode to Montano Velo to talk and look at bikes. Got some tea to try and wake up Ruel and headed home.
Montano Velo had a bin of vintage cycling jerseys, bibs, shorts, etc. and they were cheap! I felt like a kid in a candy store. I had to control myself and not go crazy. But I did pick up a kit and a jersey. These are usually really expensive, I was really happy to get these for the price that I did. Plus they look pretty damn good and fit me really well.
But man, today was really really good. It felt the same way back 2 years ago. When all we really did was hang out all day. I felt unemployed! haha. I had no worries, just enjoying the wonderful weather, riding, joking around, eating, and all the usual shenanigans. Ah such a good day. We definitely need to have more of these. Summer is just around the corner though and I have a feeling we will.

Windy

No words could describe how windy it was out today. I know that it didnt seem that windy when you got to the suburbs but out in the hills and in the open it was totally nuts. This is probably the worst wind I have ridden in, ever, and thats saying a lot. But my legs managed to get me out to the bay out in coyote hills. Havent been there in a while, so it was real nice just sitting there and relaxing for a bit, stretching my legs, and snacking on some granola bars.
On the way I ran into this snake. This picture does not do it justice. That thing was pretty fat, I wanted to go hold it but I passe cause I didnt want to get bit.

Later on went and met up with Scotty. Havent seen him in a while so it was nice to catch up for a bit. Hung around Bicycle Garage the rode to Petco cause he needed to go buy meal worms for his lizards. I needed to buy mice for my snake too but their prices were twice as much of what I usually pay. So I decided to pass on that, I could get my snake 2 for their price of one. My snake wont die, he might get angry and think my fingers are food, but he wont die.
Look at this fatass.

"you never blog anymore"

Ive been hearing that saying too many times from too many people, so I found some time to finally update. Im still very surprised how much my life got busier and how much less time I have once I got out of school. One would think that it would be the total opposite.

Anyways, got some free time this weekend to hang out in the San Francisco. Got to see and hang out with old friends that I have seen in a while. Also rode around the city like how it was 2 summers ago. Felt really nice, but made me miss the good days of riding. Not a lot of pictures posted cause I dont have much time. Im planning on taking an easy day tomorrow so Ill more than likely have some time to update too.
Today was a good day though. Work went well, got another job lined up for the summer, thrift shopping, crab sandwich, lame jokes, ice cream, people watching, the awesome weather, and Im home early enough to catch some much needed sleep. Cant get much better (on a work week).