24 days to go

Oct 12 2011

prep and supplies

The past month has been crazy… and now it’s really getting close to Haiti time! I haven’t had a vacation in over two years haha… and I am soooo looking forward to this! (Yea, I’m weird)

Some random brain spurts…
Fundraising is complete thanks to my lovely friends and family. <3
Finished my Typhoid immunization series… had one episode of very upset stomach, but otherwise it went smoothly.
Got my shots… have to get the second Hep A shot in 6 months, but this makes my trip out next year (hopefully I get accepted again!) a lot easier and painless :)
Malarone is SUPER expensive!! :O
I’m doing crazy prep over preventing mosquito bites. I’ve got anti-mosquito spray, this anti-mosquito bracelet to wear / hang around my bed, and this treatment spray to douse all of my clothes. Fun fun! :P I refuse to be a mosquito magnet on this trip!
I’m going to try renting a camera lens (rather than buying the one I want) for the trip. This way I can test out the lens and use it for cheap. I’m going to limit myself to only bringing one lens this trip so hopefully there aren’t any issues!
I’m going to bring my flip cam too but I haven’t decided what I’m going to do with it. Trying to film a mini-doc and take the photos I plan to take (surprise series if i can pull it off) might be too much for me to handle in one week :T

When I get home I’ll get to judge a contest at work. So busy haha :) but it’s fun… definitely lots of new challenges in store for me as I grow with this company.

And I’m sooo looking forward to an improved housing situation. FO SHIZZLE lol. Back to living like I’ve been out of college for 6 years (cuz I have!) And maybe buy a house? We’ll see :)

Sep 26 2011

every time there’s a big and exciting release at work, it seems like there’s a big housing explosion at YB
2 for 2 so far… definitely a correlation

Old documents…

Sep 9 2011

I’m cleaning up my important documents and tossing out old, OLD docs… came across my first paycheck ever… from 7 years ago… it totaled $292.90 hahaha big bucks!! :P I still remember how great it felt to get that first paycheck and then cash it, too :)

JRCWP 2011 for Haiti

Aug 24 2011

Watch: Habitat Haiti Video

Turns out the 2012 JRCWP will also be in Haiti!

I’m working on my support letter and presentation for KK’s birthday now and came across this video :) Can’t wait to see the transitional and upgradeable shelters in person!

Habitat Haiti Banner

And like that, poof.

Aug 17 2011

[It's] gone.

The actual quote is “And like that, poof. He’s gone.” from the Usual Suspects, one of my all-time favorite movies, referring to the main villan of course. Here, I’m referring to HOW QUICKLY each day goes by. Like right now, I can’t believe it’s 11pm already. I don’t even have a family or kids to take care of and I can’t find enough time in a day. I feel like I’m always blogging about how fast time flies lol.

Anyways, I have a lot to blog about (also another thing I always blog about – about how I have so much to blog about but never blog the stuff lol) and I also really need to get on top of my fundraising letter. But! I have been slowly getting things off my to-do list… got my tires rotated today (finally) and faxed my request to cancel my individual health insurance (finally).

Stuff that’s happened…
- Work launch in Vegas… and everything else
- CBC retreat, lots of good and thought-provoking messages
- Mimi’s wedding, my first real wedding for a friend… it’s kicking off a trend haha
- Eric’s epic car relay, I have photos from the cardboard prep that I want to post and write about haha

Sometimes I feel like I’m no longer an “I”, but then I start to feel anxious about not having enough time to myself and I definitely feel like withdrawing into a cave. It’s crazy how much has been going on, especially since I joined Exodus!

And now I’m going to Haiti in a few months. O_O;; Craziness!

I want to blog about tech stuff… but I think I should decouple that from this blog… don’t need random people coming across a tech post and then reading the rest of my random ramblings lol

And I digress…