Work, Work, Work

Wow, It really has been over a month since the last post? I am so bad at this. 

Well the last 6 weeks or so have been very crazy for the Garcia family. Kevin and I have both been working almost non stop since Sep 2. Since then we have each done about 7 shows I think. We were almost always on the same shows together so that part was cool.  I really missed being able to see Ethan every day though. Most of the shows were in Salt Lake but since the hours were so crazy we usually just stayed in a hotel up there. I'm just really thankful that we have such an awesome babysitter. I know Ethan loves her cause he usually cries more when he has to leave there than when I drop him off! I hate that I have to leave him so much but it makes it a lot easier when I don't have to worry about him and I know that he's fine and having fun. I just hope that she doesn't get sick of him always being there!

Kevin and I just got back a couple of days ago from doing a show in Orlando. I know everybody thinks that's it's so great to get to travel for work and to go to all these great places, but it's really not. Most of the time we are lucky if we even get to leave the hotel. We usually stay in the same place where we are doing the show so it's mostly going back and forth from the ballroom to your hotel room. Sometimes you get lucky and there will be a clothing store or something in between the two, but that's about it. Granted, the places that we stay in are usually very nice resorts and 5 star hotels and things like. On the one hand, it's pretty cool staying in places that I would never be able to afford if I were paying for it myself but on the other hand, I really get sick of paying $50 for ONE meal. This last show however was one of the rare few where you have some time off and the client you're are working for has a cool party that you get to go hang out at. This company rented out part of Sea World one night for their party. We got to go and see the Shamu Show and ride a couple of roller coasters and have some free food and drinks. We also even had time one day to hang out by the pool for a couple of hours! That almost never happens. So all in all not too bad of a show. This is also the same company that last year rented out part of Universal Studios and had Brian Regan perform for the closing keynote and about 6 months ago at the Mirage in Vegas, had Demetri Martin do the closing Keynote. (Who is probably my favorite comedians of all time that I got to meet, hang out with, and get a picture with. That was awesome.) Needless to say, it's one of the more fun shows that we get to do.

So one of the many reasons that I never update my blog (besides that fact that I'm a huge procrastinator) is that my laptop was so old and slow and frustrating to use that I just never wanted to use it. I've known for a long time now that I needed a new laptop but couldn't really constitute buying a new one till my old one totally died, but then I realized that it's not going to die. It's just going to get slower and stupider, (I don't think that's a word) and more annoying till I just get sick of it and chuck it out a window. So to save my sanity, and maybe someone's life, I finally decided to just do it. When I was in Orlando I found out that they came out with the new MacBook Pro's so I decided that I needed to get one when I got back. So I did! I went out and bought one yesterday! I'm way excited about it but I still feel like it's not really mine. Like I just borrowed it from work and I'm going to have to give it back or something. Well, I guess it will sink in eventually. YAY! So now I have no more excuses for being a slacker. I have the time now and the new lappy so I better get on it! 

As bad as I am about blogging, I think I'm even worse at taking pictures. I NEVER have my camera with me but I always have my phone with me so pretty much any pictures that I post are from my phone and not that great of quality, sorry.

Shamu Rocks? (btw, how are there 3 Shamu's?)

One of the other perks of the job. I actually got to drive this around town.

It was really scary and really fun all at the same time.

This is the Scary Tunnel at LAX. It's just this for like a mile. 

I was glad I wasn't alone because I would have been really freaked out. 

I thought this one was pretty funny and he will probably hurt me for putting this up.

This is at one of the hotels downtown that we stayed at. 

He was so tired that I think he fell asleep mid keystroke.