Sunrise & Lattes

Yesterday Jeremy mentioned he'd like to get up earlier in the mornings to have some coffee, chill and enjoy the morning a little before he heads off to work. It would help him look forward to getting up and get going for the day.

"That sounds like a great idea!" I replied.

And I was really all for the game plan until it also included me getting up too.

See, although his schedule varies, he's generally up at 6am, sometimes earlier.

I don't know if you heard that...

He's generally up at 6am, sometimes earlier.

And although I usually wake up around 7, I most definitely was not planning on changing that. But when your husband also mentions it would include quality time with you and a chance to focus on the Lord together before the day starts, you'd be a fool to say no.

So this morning he was shaving and getting ready while I was in my giant fluffy fleece robe, sweatpants and slippers (not to forget the sloppy bun I'm still sporting) and got the espresso machine going. One Vanilla Americano and one Iced Sugar Free Hazelnut Soy Latte.

As we sat on our porch (I'm in love with this porch) yawned and talked about college and guitars and the art of manipulation, I realized once again what a good man I'm sitting next to.

See, I'm always "suggesting" ways for us to change... my new "suggestions" include how we can do the dishes this way, drive slower, fold towels nicer, eat more veggies, etc. etc. etc.

And he's always such a good sport, listening to the warning of the phrase, "If momma ain't happy, aint nobody happy!"

(And no, we aren't in Saved by the Bell and he doesn't call me "momma." Yuck.)

And I realized if all we did was listen to me and my fabulous ways to change our lives, we'd be at a loss. We'd be very very clean, orderly, vegetable eating people.

We wouldn't be yawning at 6:30am, on our porch, talking about how beautiful the blue sky is (who knew it wasn't dark at 6:30?!) and pretending the sound of cars driving by are the ocean waves.

I'm so thankful I've got this good man who makes really good suggestions and encourages us to live differently. Intentionally.

With love from Pleasanton, bright and early!

Paige

Searcher

Searching for a career-type job in this economy is rough.

I give huge props to the people who have been searching for the past few years with no avail.

The toughest part for me isn't the application process or the literal "searching" part. I don't mind taking on the world wide web and looking in search engines, scouring for a good fit.

It's hard that this whole process is alone, online, quiet... I think my extroversion is going crazy!

And that I'm a very results-oriented person who doesn't like to wait.

And wait.

And wait.

It's also hard to prioritize tasks for the day... when to search, when to make dinner, when to get ready, when to work out, when to make time to talk with friends and family, when to stop "work" for the day. Sometimes it's convenient because I can bounce back and forth. But sometimes I feel a ping pong ball.

I suddenly feel the echos of women saying, "Wait until you have children..." :)

Some things that I'm thankful for in this process:

- Pandora
- Parks & Recreation and Better Off Ted, who, besides Jeremy, are my BFFs and have been making appearances in my dreams lately...
- A dish washer
- My wonderful husband who is soo supportive!
- Espresso maker
- Fab friends who listen well
- My new yellow workout shorts (thanks, Liz :))
- Perfect weather & never shutting my windows

With love from breezy Pleasanton,

Paige

For you, post-grad

For this past year I've started to realize there is a common lie that many of us post-grads are believing.

Everyone thinks they're alone.

She thinks that everyone else is starting their careers, but she's in limbo.

She thinks that everyone knows what they want to do in life, but she is confused.

She thinks that everyone has a ton of friends around, but she's alone.

She thinks that everyone has it together, but she's an emotional wreck.

She thinks that everyone else is living in an awesome city, but hers is underwhelming.

She thinks that everyone else's relationships are easy, but hers is a lot of work.

She thinks that everyone is a step ahead of her, and she's just lagging behind.

She thinks that everyone else is confident, but she feels small.

I finally have to put a stop to this madness! And it's not because my friends are going crazy and I'm sane. It's because we're all going a little bit crazy!

Every girlfriend I talk to has been facing a combination of the above list.

And last night, I was going CRAZY with the thought of #2!

But we're not behind everyone else. We're not the last one.

We're not the only ones confused, under-confident, excited and worried.

And I think if we all realized we're not the only ones, then we wouldn't feel so ashamed by not having it all together. We'd feel OK to live in the chaos of life and figure life out piece by piece.

So this is for you, my post-grad friend.

You don't know what the heck you're doing. Welcome to the club :)

With love from Pleasanton (not the coolest city on earth),

Paige

Proud wife alert!

Hello dearest blog readers,

Although not many of you are commenters, I know you're out there! I see you in the grocery store and you're up to date on my life because of this site!

So, hello to you.

I am back from my hiatus in the blogosphere to bring you some wonderful news!

Jeremy has done an exceptional job in his time in training at Ethicon Women's Health & Urology. He's gotten an awesome award recognizing him for his sales abilities and great reviews coming out of training into his territories in Northern CA. I'm SO proud of the hard work he has put in to doing a great job as a sales rep!

As a territory assistant, he assists the reps in his territory (CA, excluding San Diego), helping cover cases, meet with doctors and focus on a few key hospitals to maximize their growth. The idea of the position is to train you up so that when an open territory comes, you're able to take it over.

WELL, a week into Jeremy's time in the field, the rep in the South San Francisco territory has quit and he is taking over that territory!

This is awesome because it shows his boss knows he can take on this challenge, even though he's been in the field for 1 week! And for a million other reasons, but basically: we're excited!! And MAN is he busy now!

The South San Fran territory covers the whole San Jose area, San Luis Obispo (SLO), and Santa Barbara! His time will be most focused on the greater San Jose are accounts. It's great that we're only 30 minutes from San Jose so we don't have to move again back to back! But most likely we will be moving in a few months to be centralized.

With this new change, it looks like we'll be in the Bay Area for a while now! Maybe even a few years, we will see :)

So now it's my turn to focus on what I want to be doing career wise. I'm currently pursuing a career in Pharmaceutical Sales or Marketing. Who knows what will come about, but I am so excited to see what connections can be made and what positions open up in the near future!

Thanks for checking in!

With love from Pleasanton,

Paige

(Next blog will be pictures of our finished apartment!)

10 days.

So many times we wish we had something legitimate to support.

Here's something for us to give to:

My good friend Anna is in Haiti (her second home) and working at this organization she loooves called "Real Hope For Haiti" or RHFH.

This is Anna:

They have a cholera house for people to come and receive treatment. Cholera is spreading like crazy and taking the lives of many, many people.

They are overloaded, understaffed, exhausted, and in NEED!

They have 10 days to meet their current financial needs. Please please please consider giving what you are able to!!! And do so before you forget.

100% of your proceeds go straight to getting Haitians medicine and supplies.

For a quick idea of what the cholera house & rescue center is doing today, check out this blog of Anna's friend, Caroline.

And for a quick link to donate to RHFH, check out this blog.

Let's love people in tangible ways.

With love from Pleasanton,

Paige

In the mean time...

So I'm working on different blog posts and will one day update. Soon. I promise.

In the mean time, I laughed out loud at this Facebook status update my friend Laura Kennedy had:

"My brother just talked for like 10 minutes about poker strategy. And it just hit me that this is how men feel when we talk about feelings."

To the joys of life, the differences of the sexes, and laughter.

With love from Pleasanton,
Paige

"Christians should put up or shut up"

I really, really like this perspective.

A must-read, if you ask me. :)

With love from SacTown,

Paigey