First the big news, I got a job!!! You'll have to read through for more details. For now I'm going chronologically.
The wedding I was in above was my friends, Matthew and Kelly Grice. It was beautiful and fun. I'm not sure why it is I enjoy weddings so much, I just know that I like to have a good time and like to make sure others are having a good time.
After wedding season came the lull, a few weeks where not much happened. I got to get a little more comfortable with the place that I'm staying, going to the beach, going on a bike ride here and there, taking my friends jet ski out. I did get a chance to learn the bass lines to Thriller (the album) as well. It was a nice relaxing time, but did get boring.
Moving on, at the end of July I made a trip up to Washington D.C. where I spent the weekend with one of my best friends whom I hadn't seen for a few years and a chance to meet my namesake. The kid is cute, albeit he slobbers all over you if you give him the chance, but I guess that comes with being a baby. In D.C. we went to the DC Zoo (which is free!) and I dragged my friend to a jazz club called "Bohemian Caverns". It was a fun time. Also while in DC, I made a pilgramage to Washington Redskins training camp in Ashburn, VA. The event itself wasn't too exciting, we were just watching a football team practice, but I really enjoyed it. I've always said that I'm irrational about my love of the Redskins so I don't really care what people have to say about it. Plus I got a chance to get a few signatures, no RGIII but I got the running backs and the Shanahan's (Papa Shanahan is very personable by the way, not at all what you might assume given his game face).
I came back to the Va. Beach area for about a week before I headed out to Los Angeles for some time with my family (by blood, I feel like I have a lot of family, except their not all people I'm technically related to). The family time was awesome. It had been a year since I had seen any of them, especially the my nieces and nephews. I first got a chance to spend some time with my brother Jacob and his family in Venice. It was my first time getting to see them since he went on tour with Springsteen and my first chance to really get to spend some solid quality time with my niece, Sophia Quincy. We had a lot of fun playing and going to the beach.
SQ anecdote: that little girl is fearless of the water, the first time we were walking in to the water I commented to her that we should ease our way in because it was cold, to which she replied, "No, it's fine, you'll get used to it"
On my first Sunday in L.A. we had a Disneyland day. Without disclosing too much I'll just say that we all had an awesome day. The kids loved it, we had short lines, got to watch the parade and a fireworks show and no serious tantrums! I didn't know I could have so much fun at Disneyland. Just to help contextualize it, we got stuck on the "It's a Small World" ride for 15 minutes, but being able to be there with my nieces and nephew made it worth it and I was still smiling after we got off the ride. The day ended with the fireworks show that lasted for 15 minutes and had the kids filled with oos and ahhs.
Kaya anecdote: This wasn't the first time I'd ridden this ride with Kaya, the last time was when she was 8 months old, since she couldn't do anything else we rode the ride at least 4 times, every time was new for her at that age. Nine years later and she still enjoyed the ride.
After Disneyland, I headed over to my brother Bil's house in Pasadena where I got to hang out with Kuba and Ozzie, there full names are Jakub Tosh and Oskar Winston. Those boys are cute and fun. Kuba is all sports all the time and has a motor that does not stop. Apparently they are allowed to run laps during break times at his school and they counted him one day in which he did 50 to 60 laps. Ozzie is much more chill, not that he doesn't like being involved or doing stuff, he just won't create a fuss if he isn't receiving the attention. We played basketball, Wii, Uno, a game with one of the neighbor kids called "Epic", soccer and had a ton of fun. It was very much time well spent.
Kuba anecdote: We celebrated my sisters birthday while there and so of course she had a candle on her... ice cream(?) After she blew out her candle Kuba asked, "What did you wish for?"
Tina: "I can't tell you or it won't come true"
Kuba, "What did you wish for?"
Tina, "If I tell you then the wish won't come true, and I want it to come true."
Kuba, "If I guess will you tell me?"
Tina, "I guess"
Kuba, "Did you wish for a ball?"
Tina, "No"
Kuba, "Did you wish for a toy?"
Tina, "No"
Me, "Kuba, she's a grown woman, she is interested in other things."
Kuba, "Oh....well, did you wish to be younger?"
Tina, *Laughing*.......*still laughing*....."Yes, Kuba, that's what I wished for"
Unfortunately I don't think it came true :(.
As you can tell from the above anecdote, my sister came out for a few days that were well spent as well. On the 16th my brother, Quincy, helped produce the Canoga Park Art Walk that featured the work of a ton of different local artists, three different music stages, vendors selling various items from baked goods to jewelry, and a children's zone that had their own music stage and a bouncy castle. The best and maybe most amazing part is that it was all free.
All in all my time in LA was great and reminded me of three things: 1) I love my family dearly, 2) I'm glad I'm not married, 3) I'm also very glad I don't have any kids.
I got back to VA last week after spending a couple of days in AZ with my parents and left again over the weekend to go to Blacksburg to visit my "cousin" Christy with our good friend Abigail. I love Christy, and I like Blacksburg, but I kinda feel like college students are the new high school students, if you know what I mean. Last week was move in week for VaTech and there were a great deal of fresh young faces around downtown Blacksburg, it made things a little hard to take seriously or something. Christy showed us a good time for the short period we were there. So I got back from that his past Sunday.
So, now on to the news about the job. I'm going to be a car salesman starting next week after labor day! Yes, you read that correctly, a car salesman at Beach Ford. I had a friend who works there who turned me on to the job and helped me get the job. But it's basically fairly straight forward car sales. The dealership is one of the top Ford dealerships in the country which I had no idea when I walked into it. (According to this site their #4!, if you squint) This is another one of those situations where I have no idea what's going on in my life and then God sees fit to bless me with a great job that I never imagined. I don't see car sales being my career choice, but it is a good chance to make some money, be in a place I love (VA), and I'm still young enough to be here for a little while and still have a career.
I have another potential job opportunity with a homeschool organization in the area called KEYS that would be teaching two bands twice a week. Maybe the best part of it is that I might be able to do both if the schedules work out. I interviewed with both places on Tuesday. My bands at KEYS would be pretty small, at least to start off with, but there is definitely potential for it to grow. Most of all it would give me a chance to do what I love while still making good money.
So that brings us up to date on all that's been going on in Gabetron's world. Fair warning, I think I might do season previews for my Hokies and Redskins as my next posts if time permits.
Peace Out!
When I first got back to America it was in the middle of wedding season in which I was in a wedding and then went to two more the next two weeks. I love weddings, there always fun, and I love being in weddings.
After wedding season came the lull, a few weeks where not much happened. I got to get a little more comfortable with the place that I'm staying, going to the beach, going on a bike ride here and there, taking my friends jet ski out. I did get a chance to learn the bass lines to Thriller (the album) as well. It was a nice relaxing time, but did get boring.
I came back to the Va. Beach area for about a week before I headed out to Los Angeles for some time with my family (by blood, I feel like I have a lot of family, except their not all people I'm technically related to). The family time was awesome. It had been a year since I had seen any of them, especially the my nieces and nephews. I first got a chance to spend some time with my brother Jacob and his family in Venice. It was my first time getting to see them since he went on tour with Springsteen and my first chance to really get to spend some solid quality time with my niece, Sophia Quincy. We had a lot of fun playing and going to the beach.
SQ anecdote: that little girl is fearless of the water, the first time we were walking in to the water I commented to her that we should ease our way in because it was cold, to which she replied, "No, it's fine, you'll get used to it"
On my first Sunday in L.A. we had a Disneyland day. Without disclosing too much I'll just say that we all had an awesome day. The kids loved it, we had short lines, got to watch the parade and a fireworks show and no serious tantrums! I didn't know I could have so much fun at Disneyland. Just to help contextualize it, we got stuck on the "It's a Small World" ride for 15 minutes, but being able to be there with my nieces and nephew made it worth it and I was still smiling after we got off the ride. The day ended with the fireworks show that lasted for 15 minutes and had the kids filled with oos and ahhs.
Kaya anecdote: This wasn't the first time I'd ridden this ride with Kaya, the last time was when she was 8 months old, since she couldn't do anything else we rode the ride at least 4 times, every time was new for her at that age. Nine years later and she still enjoyed the ride.
After Disneyland, I headed over to my brother Bil's house in Pasadena where I got to hang out with Kuba and Ozzie, there full names are Jakub Tosh and Oskar Winston. Those boys are cute and fun. Kuba is all sports all the time and has a motor that does not stop. Apparently they are allowed to run laps during break times at his school and they counted him one day in which he did 50 to 60 laps. Ozzie is much more chill, not that he doesn't like being involved or doing stuff, he just won't create a fuss if he isn't receiving the attention. We played basketball, Wii, Uno, a game with one of the neighbor kids called "Epic", soccer and had a ton of fun. It was very much time well spent.
Kuba anecdote: We celebrated my sisters birthday while there and so of course she had a candle on her... ice cream(?) After she blew out her candle Kuba asked, "What did you wish for?"
Tina: "I can't tell you or it won't come true"
Kuba, "What did you wish for?"
Tina, "If I tell you then the wish won't come true, and I want it to come true."
Kuba, "If I guess will you tell me?"
Tina, "I guess"
Kuba, "Did you wish for a ball?"
Tina, "No"
Kuba, "Did you wish for a toy?"
Tina, "No"
Me, "Kuba, she's a grown woman, she is interested in other things."
Kuba, "Oh....well, did you wish to be younger?"
Tina, *Laughing*.......*still laughing*....."Yes, Kuba, that's what I wished for"
Unfortunately I don't think it came true :(.
As you can tell from the above anecdote, my sister came out for a few days that were well spent as well. On the 16th my brother, Quincy, helped produce the Canoga Park Art Walk that featured the work of a ton of different local artists, three different music stages, vendors selling various items from baked goods to jewelry, and a children's zone that had their own music stage and a bouncy castle. The best and maybe most amazing part is that it was all free.
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| Quincy painting a bus. |
All in all my time in LA was great and reminded me of three things: 1) I love my family dearly, 2) I'm glad I'm not married, 3) I'm also very glad I don't have any kids.
I got back to VA last week after spending a couple of days in AZ with my parents and left again over the weekend to go to Blacksburg to visit my "cousin" Christy with our good friend Abigail. I love Christy, and I like Blacksburg, but I kinda feel like college students are the new high school students, if you know what I mean. Last week was move in week for VaTech and there were a great deal of fresh young faces around downtown Blacksburg, it made things a little hard to take seriously or something. Christy showed us a good time for the short period we were there. So I got back from that his past Sunday.
So, now on to the news about the job. I'm going to be a car salesman starting next week after labor day! Yes, you read that correctly, a car salesman at Beach Ford. I had a friend who works there who turned me on to the job and helped me get the job. But it's basically fairly straight forward car sales. The dealership is one of the top Ford dealerships in the country which I had no idea when I walked into it. (According to this site their #4!, if you squint) This is another one of those situations where I have no idea what's going on in my life and then God sees fit to bless me with a great job that I never imagined. I don't see car sales being my career choice, but it is a good chance to make some money, be in a place I love (VA), and I'm still young enough to be here for a little while and still have a career.
I have another potential job opportunity with a homeschool organization in the area called KEYS that would be teaching two bands twice a week. Maybe the best part of it is that I might be able to do both if the schedules work out. I interviewed with both places on Tuesday. My bands at KEYS would be pretty small, at least to start off with, but there is definitely potential for it to grow. Most of all it would give me a chance to do what I love while still making good money.
So that brings us up to date on all that's been going on in Gabetron's world. Fair warning, I think I might do season previews for my Hokies and Redskins as my next posts if time permits.
Peace Out!
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