save me san francisco!

i have had a very exciting last little bit. i mailed some cd's to the first group of people that gave me addresses... but... i am missing laura and amy's addresses (GET THEM TO ME... or... no cd's).

on thursday i was in kelowna at the Q recording my friday night show, thank q its friday (tqif) and i received an email from my program director in vernon. he asked me if my passport would still be valid in december, and if it was, how would i like to be the station rep for wendy's dreamlift day and go to disneyland. my response was something like this: "seriously? pardon my french, but, FUCK YES!" i told him i had never been to disneyland.

i have ALWAYS wanted to go to disneyland. and the pictures that laura took recently with katie's family... made me insanely jealous. my mom always promised when andrew turned 5, we would all go. well... andrew is 17, almost 18, and still none of us have ever been. i think the only two people who are even remotely interested are rhiannon and me... but i am a child at heart, and i want to see it!!! i think going for wendy's dreamlift day would be an amazing experience. basically what will happen (if i pass the application process and all that - but i can't imagine why i wouldn't) is i will get teamed up with a terminally ill or disabled child, and i will get to spend 6 hours in the disneyland park with them. it is this child's dream to visit disneyland. i think i will make an awesome partner for this kid because... well... its my dream too! and i am excited like a little kid about it... its a win win situation!

i think its really funny that i have spent the first 25 years of my life never traveling anywhere of note... and now in the span of 6 months i am spending a month in europe, going to disneyland (hopefully) AND going with my family to mexico. mexico is a plan for dean's birthday. probably in february or something. i will be a travel virgin no more.

i've been working a ton lately. i'm currently at the q covering an afternoon shift. and i have been going to the farmer's market as much as i can (i skipped monday... for fear of rain that never came - bummer). i've been selling so much stuff at the market. i have been producing new stuff constantly to try and keep up with it. its fun. plus, bethany designed me these REALLY cute business cards that i just picked up today from staples. hopefully that will help get my name out there a little more and get me a few more facebook likes, haha.

tyler and i are hoping to get our backpacks this week. all our flights have been purchased. our rail passes have been ordered. and alison is trying to talk us into paying for a hotel for rome and london. i'm not totally sold on a hotel. she said like $150 a night... and i looked it up for both cities... we can stay in a hostel for like 20 euros each. i don't think it is really worth it. i don't know... maybe i will regret making this decision when it comes down to it... especially considering we are only in those cities for one night each... but... oh well. i think we are going to have to get an adapter so we can charge our ipods on the trip with a wall charger. but i think that is the only thing we have to get... i think... i need to make a list. somewhere that i won't lose it.

i can't believe i am going to europe. its insane.

i can't believe i won't be working for 35 days! that's so long. paying rent while we're gone will be so hard... and we still haven't found someone to stay at our house to take care of the cats while we're gone... that's kind of an issue.

old white lincoln.

i like to think this song is about me. haha. do you ever hear songs like that?




anyway.

tyler got a new modem from shaw cable for free. it is supposed to be way faster. problem is... we can't even get it to connect. tyler fiddled around with it all last night trying to get it to work. and he tried calling shaw this morning to get them to figure it out... but he was put on hold, and had to go to work. i tried getting it to work when i got up... to no avail. and back in went the old modem. i don't even care. i just want to actually get online!! sheesh.

i have been devouring cherries the last 2 weeks. i got some from the farmer's market from a certified organic farm in oyama... and oh my they are delicious. so dark red they are just about black, big and juicy. so delicious. they could make any bad day just melt away.

speaking of bad days... i have been having some of those thanks to work. i've been extremely frustrated. not really worth getting into... but the jist of it is that i feel excluded from, well, everything. i'm just like the person who comes in to fill in for things while everyone else is included in big important things that the station does. i think it is time to start putting together my demo and looking around for what is out there. find out what kind of job i can even get. i saw one online yesterday that was for afternoons/music director. which is basically my dream job... but it was in peterborough, ontario. which, in case you were wondering, is NOT my dream location. haha. i really hope i can find something in a good location where i will want to stay. most people when they go to school for radio, get out of school and work in the worst locations. like tiny tiny towns in saskatchewan, or manitoba, or alberta... or, worst of all, prince george. i do NOT want to live in prince george.

aside from all that... i have been making feather goodies like a villain. i've been doing the farmer's market. the last two mondays i made over $200. which i can't really complain about. this monday i wore a tube top to try and minimize the tan lines i would get from sitting out there for 4 hours. not such a brilliant idea. it wouldn't have been so bad if the sun was behind me... but it was in front of me. i have a very straight line tan line across my chest. haha. i guess i'll just have to go to the beach more to get rid of it! darn. haha.

i am preparing madly for my trip to europe. trying to scrape together the last of our money. the farmer's market has helped with that... giving us money to live on. haha. we still need to buy backpacks. tyler has been seriously hounding me about needing a new camera. and it's true... our camera is not that great. but he wants to buy a big slr. which... are a) expensive and b) don't you think its a little dangerous to be backpacking with one of those? PLUS... neither of us know how to use one. neither of us are fantastic photographers. i think our camera will just have to suffice.

annnnnd... i have made the best mix that i have been listening to solid for the last few weeks. i am going to mail doug a copy of my july playlist (2 cd's) and this other mix i have been listening to... which i guess could very well be august... anyone else want copies? send me your address!!!