I must admit, I'm struggling with some guilt feelings.
I've been busy. I haven't been communicating with people. Especially my friends and loved ones. It's not that I don't want to, really. It's just that I haven't had the time. This time difference thing is just rough. It's kinda huge. When I'm settling down for the night - my friends in Ohio are sleeping.
It's just a weird time right now. Please, please, please be patient with me.
It's been a whirlwind of 3 days.
I've met with our ad agency, discussed the magazine we're working on (...it's going to be great...), gone back and forth with copy writers (blech) and other ad people. (I was glad that the creative director wasn't there - I didn't have to battle anyone.)
I talked and talked, listened and listened, drove home some points and tried to appear much more intimidating than I will ever be. (Hopefully it worked.)
I also appeared friendly (yet firm) - because I'd like to think I am.
I schmoozed. And I'm tired.
I inhabited "office space" in a location that was not my office and I was able to pet a cocker spaniel and a german shepherd. (It's a dog-friendly ad agency.)
I listened to about a jillion people tell me that they'd love to move to Cabo.(Blah, blah.)
I frustrated my "client services representative." (Who cares.)
I slept in a hotel room, for the first time, by myself.
I very much so am still learning about my company; about my job; about what they were doing before I arrived. However, I'm excited to begin to pull things to gether - to make change - to start relationships - but most of all to help.
Ok - off to take a shower. I have to get up at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow in order to get a ride to the airport for my flight that leaves at 8:40 a.m.
So long. Farewell. Auf Viedersen
I'm tired. Flew to Phoenix this a.m., went to the ad agency, worked, schmoozed, going to bed. Will blog tomorrow.
(This is the first time I've ever stayed in a hotel room by myself.)
Bullet was delivered to Arturo at the import agency in San Diego by 9 a.m. Wed. morning.
After a quick fax of the title, I think he'll be on the truck and on his way down the Baja on Friday. I should have my hands on the wheel (how exciting) by Sunday or Monday.
If only I could find my car keys...
Off to Phoenix tomorrow around noon to meet with the ad agency.
I shall blog later.
:-)
Lovely day. Sun was shining. 2 thumbs up.
Word is that the Pilates studio is closed until the 25th. (Huh? I just paid for 12 classes yesterday.) Bummer. I was hoping to grow an inch in one month. However, it's Mexico. Whatev.
All is well. Calm and well.
According to Anthony the driver, Bullet will be dropped off in San Diego tomorrow a.m. at 8 to Arturo the import guy. Then, at some point will be traveling down the Baja into my loving arms.
:-)
Exciting stuff.
Reasons I am enjoying Cabo:
I just made the mistake of going through my dotphoto albums of my house. And my yard. And my Ohio life. (I really should know better than to do that at 12:24 a.m.)
Anywho, I miss. C.
That's about it.
I really hate it that he's at home and I'm here.
I'm keeping my chin up, as is he - this is precisely what we expected it to be: difficult.
So many couples do this. We can do it, I know. It still...in all honesty...blows.
What's most difficult is not knowing what's going on every second of his day. You know me. I'm a talker. I like to verbally process my entire life in the company of my best friend. And, most importantly - I like to fall asleep hearing him breathe. It's hard to do that over the phone.
I wish he'd just say, "I hate this. I'm quitting my job and I'll be in Cabo tomorrow." However, I know it's not possible. He has a job. Our dog. Our house. Our life. It's just not logistically possible.
I need to keep my eyes GLUED to the future.
(Someone stop me from blogging at night. I'm really becoming way too depressing.) Moving on.
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Today was a good day. Slow, but ok. Pilates class #3was excellent. I love it. Then, we attended a Labor Day cookout/barbecue with several Americans, a couple of Mexicans and a Canadian. (I had to laugh...)
Dinner (for me) was perfectly lovely: sauteed mushrooms, grilled squash and asparagus, Cesar salad and 1/2 of a baked potato. A vegetarian dream.
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Chloe and I read more of Charlotte's Web tonight. She was asleep after 3 pages.
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My office at work got flooded/wet during the hurricane. It needs to dry out and then have the carpet cleaned. The odor is so pungent, I can't be in there. Ew.
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The satellite (TV) is still out. I'm kind of thrilled that we don't have to watch the Disney Channel 24/7. Hasta Luego That's So Raven, Hannah Montana and Cheetah Girls. Sweet.
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Mega (the super market) had chocolate chip, Chips Ahoy cookies when we stopped there tonight. I ate six of them. :-)
I'm being taken.
I am not even going to relay my cell phone bill total for the month. Let's just say I'm paying .59 cents a minute, along with a boatload of random surcharges that quite honestly, could be for anything.
Wow.
Again, ridiculous. Luckily, C. will be here in no time at all and my phone useage will drastically decrease. As far as everyone else goes - email me. Or text me. Or send a smoke signal.
First off - I'm alive and well. I'm at the office and the internet JUST appeared. From heaven.
To sum up the past several days, I'd like to quote my brother:
"No satellite.
No electricity.
No internet.
No hurricane."
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It was the weirdest thing, you guys. Just weird. When all of the reports were saying that Los Cabos was being pummeled, we weren't. Instead, our neighbors to the north, La Paz and another town, were SLAMMED. Hardcore. 125 mph winds and all. People are missing. Mudslides, you name it. Us? We were graciously spared. Why? God was good to us.
We got rain and wind, but didn't get nearly what we expected. I recognize that we're lucky. However, it's still very early in the hurricane season. Let's just say, the hurricane shutters won't be put away just yet.
My overall [random, as always] thoughts:
Hello,
This is craig again. The update is that the power came back on yesterday but the phone and internet is down. There was very little damage to anything in Cabo. Everything is almost back to normal and only needs a little cleaning.
Hello everyone,
This is Craig just letting you know that Kylee is fine and everyone is safe. They did lose power early today so she can't update her blog. The weather is clearing and the hurricane shutters have been taken off. I'm not sure when they will get power again.
I will continue to keep you updated.
We'll, I just read all of the news reports. It appears that La Paz (our neighbors to the North, same city where we took that helicopter ride and I almost experienced a reversal of fortune) got some damage.
It'll be interesting to actually see what happened.
Still windy, still raining. I think we're in the tropical storm part of it now.
It's very,very windy and the rain is still falling.
We've got the pool and the in-house water issue under control.
It's back to bed (with my iPod, because it's too loud) for me.
We're exhausted.
John is deciding to pay a visit right now.
Pretty windy, pool flooding, water coming in. Blech. However, it's under control.
Here's the deal:
I'd like to reiterate that the satellite maps mean nothing. Take for example the map above: The hurricane should be well past us. Is it?Who knows, we're getting more action right now than we have for nearly 30 hours.
I honestly believe that someone at the National Hurricane Center in Miami is sitting at his/her desk, photoshopping - or better yet, using colored pencils to create our "satellite maps," because none of them make any sense. None of it has even been remotely in line with what we've actually experienced.
Then there's the flippin' media. They've been reporting mis-information for the past 20 or so hours. Hey, that's cool. It's Labor Day. You don't have time to report on what is actually occurring, you have the last summer barbecue to get to. Instead you'd prefer to just write a catchy, "nik the Baja, crashing winds, pumelling the peninsula, thousands evacuated" -style article that scares Americans far and wide. That's coo. Whatev.
**rolling of the eyes**
Forecasters and news media are nuts. They're running the world. And we're believing them.
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Sidenote: I am never going to sleep again. I.just.want.a.good.night's.sleep.
We're done.
Storm's over. According to the news, we were schnookered, according to me: not. Everything is fine. I guess San Lucas got ankle-deep water (wooh). But that's it!
:-)
I am emotionally exhausted. :-) I worried about this (and made so many other people worry for me...) for so long and I'm so sorry I did.
Everyone - thank you for your prayers and positive thoughts! You saved us.
:-)
WHATEVER.
I don't think we're getting anything. Seriously, this is great! Ridiculous, but great!
I can't get over the news media. They have absolutely no idea of what they're talking about. Get this MSNBC article; the headline reads:
"Hurricane Force Winds Wip into Baja;
Worst of John's Fury Expected to Bypass Resorts, Forecasters Say,"
Well, duh.
Not even 2 hours ago, MSNBC was telling people that we were getting hammered. Were we? No. Have we at any point? No. There really is not one forecaster physically down here. So where they're getting their info from, I do not know. I'm amazed. And annoyed. MSNBC has no idea.
Yeah, so I think that really there is NO hurricane, it's just God's way of bringing us all closer together.
Yup.
We just watched the movie, "Yours, Mine and Ours," and we're going to be watching another one soon, I'm sure.
I think I might be forced to do some more online shopping. (Sorry, C.)
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FYI: NONE of the news sources seem to be too on the money. I'd say as a general rule of thumb, don't believe anything they're saying.
Ok, significant wind at this point. In the words of my sister, "It's starting."
So - here we are.
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