Well the last couple weeks I have really had nothing to talk about, but I want people to continue to come and read my blog, so if I want that I guess I need to to post something so that people can comment and know what in the world I am doing three thousand miles away from my family. Actually a very common question since I got here is asking me how hard it is to be so far away from my family, and why did I decide to move all the way across the country to Virgina. Well the answers to that are these, It is extremely hard for me to be this far away from my family, but at the same time I needed to move out eventually and I was given the perfect opportunity to do so and I took it and ran. To the other question, Virginia was the farthest away from California that I could get, and that usually makes the other person laugh and end the conversation.

I have been here in Virginia for a little over three months now, I am still working on making new friends and feeling completely comfortable at church and work but I will get there in time, But I still love it out here. Yesterday marked my 2 months at work, I am sure that my parents are very happy that I have a job and that I have kept it for so long. I have even been complimented about how hard I work and how good of a job that I do.

In just a little over two weeks my parents will be here, I am looking forward to them coming and being able to see and spend time with them, so look for more updates after they come for pictures and other stories of my fun adventures. I was hoping they would be here for the 8th of June but they wont make it that soon so instead of leaving myself to wonder, I am going to be giving myself a celebration of not getting married, and I am looking forward to it.

Sunday

Sorry there have been several posts for this weekend but I have been stressed with work and have not really wanted to do much once I get home from work. So to finish with my over view of what I did. I didn't take any pictures on Sunday so I will have to get a few from my Aunt.
On Sunday we slept in and had a late morning, then we headed to the zoo where we spent most of the day. The Washington DC zoo is a very nice zoo, it has a nice variety of animals, and the habits for the animals aren't extremely small so the animals have room to move around. There are also lots of little learning things by the exhibits and throughout the zoo which made it more of a learning experience then just lets go look at pretty animals. When we left the zoo we went out and found a nice Japanese place to eat then went back to the Hotel.
So I think I have finally given a nice summary of what we did. We did not however do everything, we did not get my first pair of sunglasses, my aunt thinks its time that I get some and start wearing them, and we did not make the list of what a guy should have like what my aunt and her friend wanted to, but I did get one thing to put onto it. That is, how they play church ball.

Here are the Pictures

here are the Pictures, Sorry they aren't very good. And not in order, or have any captions. The very Top is the one with the Temple in it.

A Nice Weekend Away Part 2

Well I guess I didn't get very far on my weekend as what I planned on doing. At least the picture that I got up was a good one.
I was given the opportunity this weekend to spend time with my Aunt, a cousin and some of their friends. The people I live with were kind enough to take me there and to pick me up so that I could spend the weekend with them. It turned out to be a wonderful weekend that I needed after a week like the one I had last week.
I went and joined my Aunt Friday night and we spent the evening talking and enjoying each others company. And of course we didn't get to bed till late because we were talking.
On Saturday we went to the Library of Congress, I was able to walk around it and take a tour. During the tour we went into the over look for the room on National Treasure. It looks exactly like what it does in the movie, except we weren't allowed to go running round in it like what those in the movie can. I wasn't able to take any pictures in that room though. It was interesting to see the different art work and hear the different meanings of each thing on the wall. All but two statues had a name.
After the Library of Congress we went out to lunch and I had my first experience at a metro food court, and my first experience on a metro, I can now go and travel around DC and I will know how to use the Metro!
After lunch we made our way through the crowd of people waiting for their free ride on the train for National Train day. Once outside we headed to the National Postal Museum where we actually spent quite a bit of time there. It was nifty to see the way the mail has worked its way through time, advancing as we do. At the Museum I also saw my very first stuffed real dog. My little cousin had a blast sorting mail, and playing with the truck they had in there for people to go and see.
When we were done with having fun at the Postal Museum we went to the Washington Monument, and we headed all the way to the top. This was pretty cool, the thing I found to be the most amazing thing was that out of the North window, you can see the Washington DC temple, it is far in the Distance but you can tell that it is the temple.
Back on ground level my cousin and her friend found a stage and gave us a little performance. Then we headed to the Jefferson memorial, it wasn't my favorite thing to see but it was still pretty cool to see and to experience.
When we were done getting water we went to the Memorial for Franklin Roosevelt. This memorial was actually pretty amazing, it takes you through his 4 terms in office, and is a nice little walk through memorial, with water that was symbolic to the life of the president.
By the end of the Memorial My cousin was done for the day so we made our way back to the metro and back to the Hotel where we spent the evening. I was able to take a quick picture of the New Mexico memorial to the WWII memorial.

A Nice Weekend Away

The Longest day of Work

This post WILL make it to my blog. I have started several and deleted several, but have yet to finish one and post it... So if it makes it be proud, be very proud of me. SO after much thought as to what I should put into this blog I have figured it out. I am sure you are all wanting to hear about my date on Friday night but all I have to say about it is it was a date, it wasn't a bad date, just a date that I personally don't see leading to anything more then a first date for many personal reasons.
Now what the newest post really is about, I know you have already guessed it, and your right it is about work, my day at work today. I knew as soon as I woke up this morning that the week was going to be long because I am looking forward to Friday evening because I am going to spend the weekend with my Aunt Jeanine... But I didn't know it was going to be this long.
3 reasons to know that your day at work is going to be long. Aside from not wanting to get out of bed.
Reason number one- One of the first things at work that you do it is kneel down on a bed spread that is soaked with pee... This is not a pleasant experience.
Reason number two- You find out you are short a house keeper for who knows how long and the remaining three have to go and do her floor along with the ones they have one their own.
Reason number three- You drop something behind a residents toilet, you bend down to get it and on your way back up you rush so you don't fall forward and bang your head on the bottom corner of the cabinet above the toilet. My head still is hurting from that.
So from the beginning I knew it would be long, just how long I did not know. I am hoping for a better day tomorrow, more sleep tonight, no messes to clean up, and my headache to disappear.
PS. I hate dating life.