When A Door Closes...

another one opens?

A lot has happened since I last blogged. Sorry. I know I disappointed my many many readers. But, it's been one thing after another after another... never ending. Until now.

Ok, for starters, my last day at Google was last Friday. I can't believe that I've been there for a year already! I'm made a ton of friends that I will miss dearly. Hopefully, I'll do my part and keep in touch with everybody. I actually already miss them... I guess that happens when you see people every day for months. Oh well. I guess now I will just have to spend more time talking to them online.

Anyways, on Friday, we started drinking champagne early in the morning. It was so festive. I think almost everyone came by and joined in on the fun. A group of us left work early and went to the lovely SportsPage for happy hour. It was nice that so many people showed up to say goodbye. Well, not goodbye, but see you less often than every day. :-( I think I will miss Billy and Phuong the most as they were my next cube neighbors. And now when I laugh aloud at home at a funny joke or something, no one will notice. After happy hour, we headed over to downtown Mountain View's Tied House for dinner. More beers! So much that I was too tired to go out afterwards. How old am I? Lesson: drinking champagne in the morning usually leads to a headache in the afternoon/night. Boo.

Saturday was almost the same story. Chris and I went to Valley Fair during the day, which was slightly a mistake because the mall is starting to get really packed nowadays. Parking was limited and the crowds of people was almost too much to bear. I'm going to stop going to the mall on the weekends. Instead, with my new free time, I will go to the mall on the weekdays. Aha! Later in the afternoon, Lany and Young came over early to watch the USC @ Cal game. We had a buncha "bar" snacks and watched as Cal lost yet another game. Lesson: Cal is a tease and will always be a tease. Heartbreaking.

Anyways, we went out to dinner at Maggiano's Little Italy in Santana Row to celebrate my upcoming birthday. I think it was sort of a mistake because we ate family-style. Calamari, spinach-artichoke dip, caesar salad, spinach salad, chicken parmesan, spaghetti with meatballs, salmon, rigatoni with chicken and mushroom, tiramisu, apple cobbler, AND a nice cake from Stef! I mean, there were 11 people and we stuffed our faces, but I still ended up with like 12 boxes of leftovers. So, I'm thinking it was a mistake because we went to V Bar afterwards and all of us were too full to drink and/or get drunk. Sad. We ended up back at the apartment because we were lazy and tired and mostly, full. Lesson: overeating is not conducive to partying. Puke. Haha, jk.

Sunday was pleasant. I did not wake up hungover. I woke up still full. Ridiculous. I spent most of the day just lounging around and cleaning. Those are 2 of my favorite pastimes. Yes, I said cleaning. I happen to be a neat freak... almost like Monica on Friends, not as psychotic though. However, Chris and I had dinner at Pho Saigon next to Cupertino Village last night and it has quickly become our new favorite Vietnamese restaurant. Well, for pho at least.

So, we're now at today... my first day of freedom. It's been well spent, doing what I have wanted to do for a long time now... nothing. I don't want to fall in a habit of being lazy, so today will be my only day of rest before I start doing things. Things like job searching, volunteering, studying for the GMATs, etc. Don't worry, I'll make time for watching DVDs and chatting online. :-)

One more week till Thanksgiving!!!