An Alpha Gam Happy Hour

 

 

We had an awesome turn out!

 

The lovely Adrienne from AOG Daily

 

My great, grand (um….) little! Vixen Love!

 

The lovely Jess!

 

Great location, delicious wine and even better company! Last night was spent drinking wine, meeting sisters from around the US and simply unwinding from work! I would not have wanted to spend my Monday night any other way! Thanks to all of the beautiful women who came out and I can’t wait to see more of you!

Happy November!

Happy November!!

I hope November brings you closer to your family and friends!

Remember to breathe! 

High School Homecoming

 

 

 

Isn’t my little brother handsome?? Sheesh!

 

Anyway, it is so wonderful to be so close to home and be part of all of these special events! Saturday night was my oldest little brother's homecoming. I helped him decide which shirt to wear and I tied his tie. I, also, took a zillion pictures before the dance! It was so fun to be on the ‘taking picture’ side of the dance! Let’s just say, I am a proud sister! I am proud to watch him grow up! And I am so happy to be close by so I can see it all first hand!

Happy Birthday Grammie Pat!

 

Rich’s grandparents drove down to San Francisco to spend the weekend with all of us for Grammie Pat’s birthday! We had a great time celebrating this wonderful woman! We had lunch on Saturday at Tadich Bar & Grill and on Sunday we were able to have breakfast together!

 

 

We are blessed to have a these wonderful people in our lives and we are so grateful that we were able to celebrate!

 

Cheers to 75 more years! :-)

JDRF Walk–SF

 

 

 

 

 

The sorority I was affiliated with in college, and am still active in, donates money and time to the Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation which supports Diabetes Research. In San Francisco, yesterday a couple of us got together to participate in the JDRF walk. It was a bit cloudy out which was perfect for walking.  After the walk, we headed to the Marina for brunch and while we were in the restaurant this happened next door! It was so scary to have all of the patrons rush into the restaurant off of the patio as well as people rushing to the back of the restaurant. Eek!

 

It was quite an eventful afternoon!

Oh Bart - vol. 1

At my last job I was exposed to some hilarious people which provided me and everyone around me with some great stories and entertainment! Now that I have moved out of working directly with customers I don’t have any fun stories to share. What am I to talk about? And then I realized that I have a whole new opportunity to share some crazy stories – my daily commute to work on BART!

On Friday night I had a crazy experience: I was snuggled, on BART, by a stranger.

I hopped on a BART train headed for my final destination, home, and sit next to a young man, he was sitting to my left and I was sitting on the aisle. I pulled out my magazine and started reading an article about people who seek out haunted houses and like to scare people. There was a picture of people in a jar in the article. A few minutes into the ride I could feel that he was looking at my magazine. I didn’t thinking anything of it and continued reading. All of a sudden, he pointed to the picture (described above) and then moved his head to be in between mine and the magazine, to, I guess, get a better look. And so I made some small talk with him regarding the topic of the article and continued reading. Then, without any warning he readjusted his his body to lean in toward me and he put his head on my shoulder! I was speechless – almost literally. He did this and I laughed and looked at him and said: “Are you tired?” He nodded and snuggled in a little more. I literally had no idea what to do! So I started to shrug my shoulder so he would get the hint – fortunately he did and he got off of me.

#friendlypersonproblems #strangerdanger (thank you for that one, Linz!(I laughed out loud at that one!))

I really don’t like confrontation. I would rather be uncomfortable than make someone else feel uncomfortable. And when he did this to me it made me really nervous – he is clearly shameless and I didn’t know what he could do if I called him out for his actions. (I tend to think the worse)

Moral of the story: I have decided that I am going to start my New Year resolution early and learn to stand up for myself. Let’s do this!

New Job!

I have now been at my job for a few days and I am starting to feel more comfortable with the routine of going to sleep at a decent hour, waking up early and the stimulation of working! I commute using public transportation, which is super easy; however, this whole BART strike is really throwing a wrench into my daily routine…fortunately I have a couple of coworkers who are awesome who live in the area and we are able to carpool together!

I am a project manager for a social media startup. The company culture is awesome, I feel taken care of and the people I work with are friendly and patient! I feel so fortunate to be part of this industry and be working in such a cool environment.

All meals are provided on site with tons of options. For breakfast, they have fresh fruit brought in, every day, and I feel like I am in the bulk aisle at Whole Foods with how many different types of cereal is offered. Lunch is catered by 3 different restaurants, there is an afternoon snack of sandwiches and cookies and dinner is also provided, on a much smaller scale, for those who stay later. There are multiple chess boards, a ping pong table, foosball and pool and did I mention that a yoga instructor comes in twice a week for classes and there is a keg with 2 beers on tap. I like to describe this place as an amusement park for adults! It is amazing!

My first day was also my department’s team outing. Pizza was catered for dinner. While we sipped on beer and margaritas I was able to meet most of the team which was followed by being bussed to a karaoke bar for what will always be considered the best first day in the history of first days!

I hope I didn’t just make you all jealous of my new job….Just know that places like this are real, not just a fantasy you see portrayed in movies and documentaries about Google and Facebook! Are you all about to put in your 2-week notice and move to San Francisco to work in the Tech Industry?! Yeah, I thought so! :-)

Happy Wednesday!

Happy 1 Week Birthday!

One of my best friends became a mother last week. 

I would like to introduce you to sweet baby Elle Parker. What a little bundle of joy who I cannot wait to meet, hug, snuggle and kiss next month! Isn't she precious!? 

Sam and Jame will be wonderful parents and I can't wait to watch this little munchkin grow up into a beautiful, loving, kind and passionate woman! She is blessed with an incredible family and will be so loved and adored by everyone! 

What a precious gift this world has been blessed with! <3