Reboot

Part one of this ongoing journey:

At one point in our lives I feel like we all have the wish that we could "run away", "start fresh", "have a clean slate", and other phrases for the same action of just a good ol' fashion ctrl+alt+delete and reboot. I am at that crossroad in my life and it is exhilarating and absolutely terrifying at the same time. After being at the same company/industry for 9 years and staying there out of convenience, comfort, and just plain being a coward I was laid off (along with the rest of the country). It was a toxic job towards the end; with no personal interaction, watching others leave around me, having a coworker take his on life and then being stuck in an office from 8-5 all by myself it really takes a toll on your well being and mental health. When my boss came to and let me know my office would be closing I can't say I was shocked but I still dealt with the feelings of loss. I had put my all into that office and I felt like through the years lost track of myself through that job and felt so stifled by my surroundings and options. Losing that comfort and normalcy in my life has been jarring and has really given me the opportunity to reevaluate my life. I have gotten to this point in my life by getting in my own way at times, being lazy and overall terrified of failing so I fail to even try. I feel like I have been given a second chance and I don't want to waste it and shoot for the stars. So join me on this journey of figuring myself out, growing up and ya' know what being selfish.

Please don't get in my way, cause for once I'm going to try to not get in my own either.

Listening to: Mat Kearney - Young Love

A giraffe, some elephants, and a monkey penis

I am a planner, and tend to be a lil' anal retentive about planning. If you know me, you know this is true and I'm sorry if in planning mode I have bitten your head off. (ie wedding morning at Kim "It's my wedding" moment) In my marriage I have accepted the role of planner of events and such and tend to do it often, but the world turned upside down and Travis took it upon himself to plan an entire outing for me and it was a complete surprise. He booked the train tickets, and compared prices and planned his lil' heart out and I am/was so proud of him.

He told me I had to be up at 6:30 cause we needed to leave the house by 7:30 and no later and he said there is no being tardy. So hopped in the car and drove us to our first destination. I love taking the train and Travis has never been on a train so him planning this aspect was great no need to worry about who is driving (which is a constant battle in our marriage) or any traffic. By this time I was starting to get an inkling of where we were headed since the ticket said San Diego. He ended up telling me we were going to the San Diego Zoo which was awesome cause I haven't been there in forever and I love that place. We took a taxi to the zoo and had a great day walking around that monstrosity of a place. I forgot how giant it was and just how much walking that place entails but oh so worth it.








So proud of him for planning this outing for me and even more surprising me with it. It seems as the years go on you really do learn more about your significant other and truly go through phases where it almost feels like we started dating all over again and you just want to spend as much time with them as possible. This outing was a nice lil' reminder of why I love him and why he is my best friend.

I went to Comic Con and all I got was this lousy pen.

I have now been back for 3 days and I am still hungover from Comic Con. The lack of sleep and the intense adrenaline and rush of the convention can really wipe you out at the end of it. Needless to say though I had a blast as always.

Day one for me was Thursday and we go in on the train which is honestly the way to travel to Comic Con, no need to worry about a car, parking or traffic. When we exited our train who did we see none other than lil' Kaley Cuoco and we knew it had begun. Wandered around downtown SD and made our way to the convention center, one thing to say about this years Comic Con was that Scott Pilgrim took over.





You couldn't look around without some sort of Scott Pilgrim advertisment being shoved down your throat (and I didn't mind) I was glad I had finished the series before so I could really enjoy what they had to offer from making personalized tshirts, to custom flipbooks, and awesome signings Scott Pilgrim was the ultimate. Edgar Wright also suprised Congoers with an exclusive screening of the movie 3 nights in a row and the cast was in attendance. At the Scott Pilgrim experience they even had a garlic bread truck which we all know SP loves garlic bread. Here are some photos from the event.



After Scott Pilgrim we headed back to the hotel and change because there is no place that can make you feel stinkier and stickier than Comic Con, it's just something about the air. Then we headed to the Machete party where it was free beers, tequila and a good ol' taco truck. We saw a few minutes of footage of the new Robert Rodriguez movie and let me say Michelle Rodriguez looks pretty bad ass. Robert, Michelle and Danny Trejo were all in attendance as well as this man we befriended. We all prefer to call him "Batchete" he was wearing a Batman mask and cape and a "Machete" tshirt. People seemed to get a huge kick out of a bunch of girls dancing with him and let me say "Only at Comic Con will you see that type of shit.







After the party and some sobering up (lol) we headed out to stake out some places and ended up getting pretty lucky and meeting everyone from Paul Wesley to Nelsan Ellis and seeing the likes of many others. Only Comic Con can you see Harrison Ford and Pauley Shore in the same day. Up next day two.... Same bat time same bat channel