Hello everyone! Nice to hear from some of you and see what is going on.

I am well into moving. My apartment is completely packed up and I will be moving most of everything tomorrow. My amazing friends are going to help me so I am not going to have to get a U-Haul this time. (yay!) So I should be completely moved in and out of my old apartment by this Tuesday.

I am not sure if I had mentioned it but I was going to have to pay rent at my old place in addition to my new one through the 15th of Sept because I gave too late of notice that I am moving. So my wonderful friend had the great idea last Friday that since my landlord wasn't doing anything to get someone in there (cause he already had my money coming to him) that I should find someone myself. So I put up an ad on craigslist that my apt would be available on Sept. 1st. I got a ton of responses and I narrowed it down to about 10 promising people. I sent those names and numbers off to my landlord and after calling him a few times to remind him to get on the ball, my landlord came over last night with a couple of very promising renters that are super interested in the place. So I think that I am going to be out of there and not have to pay rent through the 15th! No double rent is awesome. Persistence works people.

Work has been really busy. We have two major programs that have materials that need to be revised and redesigned so that is where it comes to me! It is nice to be busy. We also have a new shipping manager because our old one is moving to Cleveland (I got him an Indians hat as a good-bye gift!) The new guy is from Boston and is pretty nice although I can already see him getting on my nerves sometimes. He drives a Mini Cooper though! It is light electric blue and it is an S with a white top. He also really likes movies so at least I will have someone to talk to at work that has some idea of what I am talking about when I reference anything pop culture. There are only 6 people working at my office so one new person can be quite a change, but I think it will be fine.

I went to Disneyland last week. It was really fun. It was Goth Day apparently and there were people everywhere wearing really crazy outfits. Some were really cool but others were just annoying. They officially call it "Batz Day at the Fun Park" and it is a weekend long thing every year. Weird. I also got to see the new Pirates which is so cool! The new anamatronics (sp?) that they put in for Captain Jack Sparrow are amazing, they look just like him! Pirates is totally taking over Disneyland. They have street show outside the ride and people dressed as pirates wandering around everywhere. They also have a Jack Sparrow character that walks around and you can take pictures and get autographs from him. The guy who plays him now looks more like Freddie Mercury than Johnny Depp though but it is ok.

Sorry about the double LOST countdown! It said that it wouldn't post and then it did so...i dont' know how to change it.

Hope all are well! Good luck on the Hood to Coast David and all involved! Now I should get back to work!! :)

Marnie