Moving Day...Again

I get so distracted while moving. First, I have to go through all my clothes, something I didn't do the last time I moved. So then I end up trying stuff on. Now I also have to pack a suitcase for another week down here while I roam the streets of Irvine (not a bad place to do so, I might add). Anyways, the Gabrielino apt will no longer be in use since my other roomies have gone home to St. Louis and WV respectively.
I spent a fabulous week in San Diego with a friend I haven't seen in a long time. She got married in February...are we getting THAT old? Her mother also got married recently so they had a rager of a party that consisted of me smashing a pig skull (he was DEAD already) and kissing its burnt snout. It was way fun.
This is also my shout out to Ashley Marcelle(sp?) Bocast who recently started a blog. Follow her travels in New Zealand here: http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=113415886915&h=pgMlZ&u=EhBvV. I can't wait to visit! Random: I rolled my ankle super bad on Monday and it still hurts like a bitch. Our summer league team is 5-1, no thanks to me, since I missed both games this weekend! My last two games will be this Saturday so we best secure some wins.
My stay in IRV keeps getting longer and longer. As of now, the plan is to stay until Wednesday, but some are trying to convince me to stay until Friday, but I would really like to get home and see my niece, who is just over 10 months. Maybe 11. Don't know.
Also, check out this article from the Chico Enterprise Record that ran last Saturday: http://www.chicoer.com/chicostate/ci_12913203. Right, the real blogging is gonna start in about 2 weeks when I'm traveling across the world to Austria and might have something new and exciting to write about. Word.

My Future Home

Audi-Austria-August

So I am almost down to my final two weeks living here in SoCal and my final month in the States for now. I learned today that I will be joined in Vienna by another CCAA legend (from UCSD, boo) and we will be roommates. Her name is Michelle Osier. I am super stoked to finally get out of here...my days are so long with nothing to do.
The summer league was super fun and a great success. We played two teams featuring girls from the UCLA team. We are currently 2-0 and Jade and I got to play all 40 min of both games. The league goes Saturday and Sunday of every week and we play in the USC PE building, which is featured in the epic movie Love and Basketball. The gym is also right across the street from the track where Monica and Q are talking before she has curfew...ill stop now. It surprises me how many people have not seen that movie. Anyways, it was great fun getting a chance to play again.
My mother is coming to visit with one of her good friends on Sunday and will get to come to one of the games. Then my Dad is coming on the 25th for absolutely no reason. My leaving date keeps getting pushed back farther and farther. I am now set to leave here on the 2nd of August, but want to stay a little longer to see a friend that is going out of town until the evening of the 2nd. I need to eventually drive the vovlo, and its new brakes, up to Chico. I am not yet certain of the date of the flight over to Austria but it will be mid August.

Austrian Flag

I went to the beach today in Huntington and there was a massive setup for the Hurley US Open surf competition which will be July 18-26. I hope to attend multiple days next week. Also, the annual Office Olympics begin next thursday. The three events are cornhole, bowling, and ping pong. Pretty sure I suck at all 3 so lets hope I get a good partner. Cooking this week: We made crabcakes, pork tenderloin, and enchiladas. And margaritas. And when I say we, I mean me all by myself. Whoever said spending time alone wasn't fun, probably was not a very fun person in general. Harry Potter tomorrow. I'll leave you with these words to live by: Tigers don't like cinnamon. Tigers like pepper.

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The 4th, visits, and ABBA

So I have gotten into the whole twitter thing, which is almost like a mini blog. I am one week into my last month here in Irvine. It's sort of bittersweet. I am super stoked to finally be able to play again, but I just got to the point of comfort living down here. I definitely want to come back and live in Orange County when all is said and done. My friend Liz is coming down this Thursday and we are going to San Diego on Friday for another friends birthday.
Also this Saturday, I start the summer league. Im excited to get to play with two of the girls from our UCI team. It should be a nice little test run before the big show in Vienna. I have been reading tons of travel books and I think im ready to do it. My last official day of work is this Friday.
We had our summer camps the past couple weeks. I am finally done after having to do youth camp by myself and team camp, which was just a big project. I am so releived that they are done and that I can get paaaaaaaid. Yeah! I may invest in some new basketball shoes.
This has been an eventful couple of months since the last post...we just celebrated the 4th of July. I spent the afternoon in Newport Beach with my Chico friend Kyle and his girlfriend. I had a great time laying on the beach and riding bikes. We ended up in Huntington Beach for the fireworks, which were LAME. I purchased a bike that morning just for the day, which I plan on returning.
I also had my first church experience. It was interesting to say the least, but my roommate is moving back to West Virginia at the end of the week so I wanted to spend some time with her and check out her church scene. Dont know if its for me though. I am totally obsessed with the music of ABBA and Journey right now. It's not like I just discovered it, but it is like my happy music and makes me feel juiced! ABBA is a little rough sometimes, so I switch it up and just listen to the Mamma Mia soundtrack, which is awesome! Ill update after the summer league starts and something interesting actually happens in my life. Oh, and the movie Twilight gets better everytime I watch it.