This is Super Bowl weekend here in America, and from what I have seen Southern Californians seem to be split over the Cardinals and Steelers. I will probably watch the game because its the only football game I typically watch every year. In case you haven't guessed I'm not a big fan of the sport, theres just something about it, I never got into. Since I usually cheer for the underdog I hope the Cardinals pull off the upset.
The bigger spectacle will take place a few hours earlier and a couple thousand miles away in Melbourne, Australia. The Australian Open final will see Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal go head to head in there 7th Grand Slam final. Nadal has beaten Federer four times when they meet in the final of one of the Grand Slams, if he can make it five wins he will be one U.S. Open away from completing a career grand slam. Vamos Rafa!!!
I went out apartment searching last weekend and found a place that was amazing all around. The location was perfect, the complex was beautiful, and everything seemed to fit in well with what I was looking for. I made sure the fill out the application and get it back to the owner as soon as possible. It took him a few days to get back to me and when he did he said that he decided to go with someone else. He didn't really give a good explanation as to why except to say that the other person got there application in at the same time as mine. Instantly plan B went into effect and within 24 hours I had another apartment lined up. Whenever something like this happens it makes me glad that I'm OCD about things.  ¶ 12:32 PM

 
This past weekend I started to look for a new apartment in San Diego. I found one that I really liked right on the border of North Park and Hillcrest. The place has a great view, and is very inexpensive compared to what I'm paying now. I have to submit the application and cross my fingers, I hope to hear back from them as soon as possible.
Last weekend I went to visit my parents in Florida and had a really good time. I spent most of the time hanging out with my brother and his friends. He has formed a nice group of friends in the 5 months he has lived in Florida. They all want to come out to California to visit and I would be more than glad to have them out. Judging by my past experiences, when I have people visiting me is when I get to fully enjoy the places I have lived the most. When I was in Ireland, when I had Shea and Josh visit me during the summer of 2007, I really had a good time, taking them around and enjoying the nightlife. In a really strange way, having them visit me validated me being there, so I'm ready to welcome a few visitors out here to Cali.
In other news, I have been listening to Kind of Blue by Miles Davis and it has slowly climbed its way onto my list of best albums of all time. It was made in 1959 so I'm a little bit late with this one, but I highly recommend having a listen to it.  ¶ 10:56 AM

 
I got my new position at work, and already things have begun to change. I was walking around today and people kept saying to me what are you so happy about. The funny thing is I didn't even realize it was physically obvious how happy I am now. I was so worried before about not knowing if I was going to have a job week in and week out, and now I have some peace of mind and definitely more security. I'm also really excited about going to Florida this coming weekend to see my family.
I hope the positive vibes keep going for a while, I like the mood I am in right now. There are still a few things missing, but in time they will all fall into place.  ¶ 12:01 AM

 
Last night I went out for a drink with a friend from work. It reminded me of being back in Ireland, how me and my co-workers frequently went out for drinks and hung out with each other on the weekends.
The bar happened to be a British Pub, and I was impressed. I had a Magners Cider for the first time since back in April of 08. The other cool thing is that it happen to be within walking distance of my apartment.
While we were having a drink in the pub we talked about work, traveling, and just life in general. The funny thing about work and life is that they appear to be parallel worlds, where the same rules don't apply in either. The team of people I worked with since June recently had one of the senior members resign. He had been an integral part of the team, working very closely with the manager and other members of the team. I was out sick for a few days last week, and when I returned he was gone.
The strange thing about it, was that no one seemed to care. Work continued as if it was just another day, as if we hadn't just lost a vital team mate. In life if someone important leaves, people talk about it, people show there feelings, in business everything just continues as if they were never there in the first place.
I don't think I'm an overly emotional person, in fact the people I care most about in this world have probably only heard me say I love you a handful of times, and that is something I would like to change.

In other news, I'm going to visit my parents in 2 weeks and I can't wait. I love taking trips of any sort and this cross-country journey will be short but nice. I will be in Florida from the 17th until the 19th hopefully just relaxing and enjoying some good home cooked meals.  ¶ 1:42 PM