ciao a tutti,
shoot, i can see how the years go by so fast for grown-ups. time is flying. i hope everyone is getting ready for sweaters and hot chocolates and all the good that winter has (christmas is a big one for me). its raining in seattle, and don't think it will be stopping until march or later. i don't know really, i've never done a winter in seattle before. i like it.
work has really stepped it up. i am working pretty much on my own now with real client after real client. they really put a lot of trust into me and the knowledge that i have to offer, but i feel alright with that. i just make sure that i'm putting people in good hotels and on great tours. the quicker i get with things, the more clients i get so its been amazingly busy. i'm so lucky to have a great job where i'm challenged every day and am able to learn new things constantly.
my seattle saturdays have been going really well! seattle has so much to offer and i picked up even more brochures of things to do in and around seattle. this weekend i went to visit some relatives (my grandma's brother and his wife) near bellingham, which is a city right near canada. they live in a nice house right on a lake. they fed me great food and we had some good conversations. other seattle saturdays (and sundays) since the last post: the emerald downs horse racing (such awesome cheap fun!); going to a bluegrass concert!; the downtown seattle library (a modern architectural accomplishment, although i thought it was a bit too much like a museum. i prefer the old english reading room type of library); a tour by my friend byron of the downtown pier area (with a visit to the ye olde couriosity shoppe and a sushi dinner).
my last seattle saturday was a california saturday. i had to do some financial stuff and see the people in my fraternity because i would like to be more involved with them. but mostly i was going down there to see a girl. she is amazing. her name is christina and she is finishing her last year of university. things are going great and she's probably going to take a year off after she finishes school and live in seattle with her friend. i'm just really happy.
so i hope everyone is doing alright. i'll be coming home to las vegas for christmas and in a couple months i'm going to go to ireland and scotland with my brother. some time they'll send me to australia to check things out down there. that would be sweet; to get paid to travel. of course it would be a different kind of travel, but still...
have a good day,
your friend
chad.
