Simple Pleasures

My birthday week was absolutely fabulous. It felt like the pieces of my life were starting to fall into place, which is great because I've been in such a state of turmoil for so long. And even though I have since hit a few bumps along the way, the good outweighs the not-so-good, and I've been fairly content with where I'm currently at.

A Date

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I pretty much hate the whole dating game. It can be fun going out, getting to know a new guy, but overall, it's a little stressful for me. One day in San Francisco, I decided to let myself be open to new possibilities. I wasn't going to approach anyone, but I was going to be open to being approached by someone, not that I was expecting to speak to anyone. Low and behold, the cutie I passed by stopped me and asked me for my number. After about a month of not being able to meet up, I was in the city once again and even though we nearly missed yet another opportunity, it ended up working out. We hit it off and I'm looking forward to seeing him again, but I hope his free-spirited way doesn't take him away from the city any time soon.

An Audition

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I've mentioned a few times that it's been difficult up here in the acting world because auditions are few and far between. I've had to miss out on a couple recently because of work and being out of town, but then I was called in again and the timing just worked out. I didn't get the part, but I'm not particularly surprised since the girl I was paired up with didn't give me much to work off of. I carried us through the audition the best I could with my improvised dialogue about the aquarium, but I guess it wasn't enough. Besides, as soon as I saw one of the match-ups before me, I had a feeling they were going to nail it. We'll see if they went with the girl and the guy, but until then, I'm just satisfied with the fact that this was the first time I wasn't even nervous!

An Opportunity

No matter how dated, I still loved the mirror tiles...taken the day I got the keys to my new place.

I've been living in my condo now for three years. It's been my home away from my childhood home and while I didn't expect to stay so long, I've grown attached to this place of mine. Okay, so it's not mine per se, I don't own it, but it is still my home. With the recent stress of knowing the place was in pre-foreclosure, I finally had a break. The owner was now willing to sell. I had done my due diligence and contacted the property management company and informed them of my desire to buy if given the opportunity and that paid off. The realtor contacted me, the seller said she'd accept my offer, and now that I've officially submitted said offer, I have to wait and see if it will all go through. It's not a sure thing, nothing ever is, but I'm hopeful. Of course if it doesn't work out, I'm ditching the place all together and moving home. I might just be the only way for me to seriously save some money so I can buy a house elsewhere. 

xoxox

kk

Sushi and Succulents

I apparently decided to give myself a week off of blogging. It wasn't entirely on purpose; I've started writing post after post, but for one reason or another I couldn't bring myself to finish them. Simple Pleasures on Friday was never posted, Weekend Recaptured fell by the wayside, and then yesterday I had a partially written post that I couldn't bring myself to complete.

Instead of divulging the details of all that right now, I'm going to focus on the positive things, like my girls night out last night!

My wonderful friend Rachel invited me out with some of her friends for her birthday dinner. She was super sweet though and made the dinner about my birthday, too, which made me feel really special. I wasn't sure if I was going to make it to her house in time to carpool, so I met them at the restaurant in Burlingame. Dinner was at Barracuda Sushi and let me tell you, I have been craving sushi for too long! It was worth the wait because it.was.delicious. I got the Super Spicy, which is basically a fancier, spicier version of the spicy tuna roll and it was quite good, although not as spicy as I anticipated. I traded pieces with some of the other girls around the table and Raye ended up passing some of hers over to me because apparently I looked like I needed to eat more and she may have ordered too much food!

All in all it was a fantastic evening and a much needed night out with girls my age. Not to mention that the night was especially fantastic because she gave me this darling birthday present!

I've been wanting a pot of tiny succulents since I saw the one my dad arranged that's sitting on my parents' front porch. I was giddy with excitement when she brought it in! Best part? It was made with love because it wasn't purchased already assembled and she took the time to arrange it! I RAVED over it. I'm pretty sure she has no doubts that I'm in love with this present. 

Now that Rachel and I have spent some time together again (it's been 4 months since the last time!), I'm looking forward to the next time we get to hang out, which will hopefully be much sooner rather than later. 

xoxox

kk