My last week in Santa Barbara.
Sitting in the office straddling two cardboard boxes trying to tape them together. My 55 lb bag is hidden within the boxes and is getting all prepared for the ride home. That's when it hit me, I leave Santa Barbara on Tuesday. How can this be possible? I have learned so much and yet I know there is so much more out there to learn. I will really miss getting to walk into Horny Toad every morning.
It's all so weird to think that in just six weeks I have gone from organizing fabrics, to having a proto made for my dress design. I have seen it all and done many things and I just wish it didn't have to end. I love walking into work in the morning and seeing all my coworkers and trying to help out in whatever way possible. It has been so much fun going through the clothes, designing and even just sitting in on meetings. Work has been a dream and on Monday I will have to say goodbye. Well at least goodbye to everyone not going to the Outdoor Retail show.
On tuesday morning I will be headed to Salt Lake City for the Outdoor Retail show. I leave Ventura at 4 am and will have an hour delay in San Fran, but I will make it to Salt Lake City before noon. Here the real fun begins. The Conference Center will be transformed as hundreds of booths are set up. I can not wait to see how it all ends up. For the first few days I will be painting and steaming clothes, but then I will have the joy of actually just hanging out in the booth and on the 8th my parents will arrive and i will walk around the show with them.
Work is such a small portion of this experience though. I mean living with new families, getting used to new surroundings and of course creating amazing friendships. This has all been such an eye opener. Things didn't start out so easy, living in a household with a 5 year old and a 1 year old can have a huge effect on the mind, but I got through it. I realized things weren't going to work out and so I found myself a new household. I have now been in that household for a month and I truly do not want to leave. My housemates are so amazing and have helped me through so much. It's not just my housemates though, it's everyone. Everyone here has gone out of their way to make this trip special for me and they have all helped so much. I had the best co-workers ever and I don't know what I will do without them.
It has all been so amazing. Whether it was a day at work, lying on the beach or even just sitting at the house; it's all been such a dream. I have gotten to experience so much while I was here. I went kayaking, had many vegetarian BBQs and so much more. There were some scary things I had to experience though. There were the fires in Goleta, stabbings on the beach during fourth of july, and the shock of an earthquake in L.A. These experiences will all stay with me for many years. It has all been such a great experience and I wish it didn't have to end.
This weekend is a celebration called FIESTA. The entire town is transformed with people dancing, good food, parades and so much more. I am very excited to see how it all goes, but very sad that everything I do this weekend will be the last things I do in Santa Barbara. O well, it all has to end at some point and I can't wait to see how OR goes. I will be writing one more post all about OR and then I will be home. SCARY!!!
It's all so weird to think that in just six weeks I have gone from organizing fabrics, to having a proto made for my dress design. I have seen it all and done many things and I just wish it didn't have to end. I love walking into work in the morning and seeing all my coworkers and trying to help out in whatever way possible. It has been so much fun going through the clothes, designing and even just sitting in on meetings. Work has been a dream and on Monday I will have to say goodbye. Well at least goodbye to everyone not going to the Outdoor Retail show.
On tuesday morning I will be headed to Salt Lake City for the Outdoor Retail show. I leave Ventura at 4 am and will have an hour delay in San Fran, but I will make it to Salt Lake City before noon. Here the real fun begins. The Conference Center will be transformed as hundreds of booths are set up. I can not wait to see how it all ends up. For the first few days I will be painting and steaming clothes, but then I will have the joy of actually just hanging out in the booth and on the 8th my parents will arrive and i will walk around the show with them.
Work is such a small portion of this experience though. I mean living with new families, getting used to new surroundings and of course creating amazing friendships. This has all been such an eye opener. Things didn't start out so easy, living in a household with a 5 year old and a 1 year old can have a huge effect on the mind, but I got through it. I realized things weren't going to work out and so I found myself a new household. I have now been in that household for a month and I truly do not want to leave. My housemates are so amazing and have helped me through so much. It's not just my housemates though, it's everyone. Everyone here has gone out of their way to make this trip special for me and they have all helped so much. I had the best co-workers ever and I don't know what I will do without them.
It has all been so amazing. Whether it was a day at work, lying on the beach or even just sitting at the house; it's all been such a dream. I have gotten to experience so much while I was here. I went kayaking, had many vegetarian BBQs and so much more. There were some scary things I had to experience though. There were the fires in Goleta, stabbings on the beach during fourth of july, and the shock of an earthquake in L.A. These experiences will all stay with me for many years. It has all been such a great experience and I wish it didn't have to end.
This weekend is a celebration called FIESTA. The entire town is transformed with people dancing, good food, parades and so much more. I am very excited to see how it all goes, but very sad that everything I do this weekend will be the last things I do in Santa Barbara. O well, it all has to end at some point and I can't wait to see how OR goes. I will be writing one more post all about OR and then I will be home. SCARY!!!
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