As of Late–and Oh By the Way, I’m a Gypsy. All I Need Now Is a Caravan. And Yes, I Like Daigs.
18 Jan 2012 4 Comments
in Football, Friends, Oklahoma Memories, San Francisco Tags: catching up, gypsy, moving, Oklahoma, Oregon, san francisco, Sooners, travel
Hey! I still have a blog, well I still pay for the domain name, sooo … you know, who’s judging? And if you are, stop, it’s not cool. BUT I figured that I would bring everyone up to speed on my life and what I’ve been up to and such so that I can then tell you about what I am going to be doing, and hopefully post more often with really interesting stuff that everyone wants to read … everyone, or just whoever ends up here and wants to read about me … not too picky!
I used to be (still am at heart, and hope to be one again soon) a San Francisco Sooner, but as of late I have been more like a gypsy. So, in a nutshell, here are the last … meh … 6-8 months of my life.
In early 2011, I decided that I was going to take the LSAT in June and go to law school starting in the fall of 2012. So I studied my little ass off, took the LSAT, and semi-recently submitted all my applications to several schools—now I’m just waiting to hear back and decide where I will be attending school this fall! Simultaneously, I moved from San Francisco on June 27th, and since then have been pretty much everywhere in the western half of the United States. I went frommmm …
SF to Oklahoma
- 4th of July with BFF Sarah at Grand Lake
Oklahoma to Denver
- Visiting Grandma in the hospital with my nephew Trayson.
Denver to North Dakota
- Driving from Colorado to North Dakota …
- Somewhere in Wyoming on my way to ND
North Dakota to Colorado and back to North Dakota
- Dad, Brother, Brother … Supposed to be helping me drive …
North Dakota to Chicago and back to North Dakota
- Chicago with BFF Sarah and Ashley!
- Wrigley Field!
- Annnddd back to ND!
North Dakota to Oklahoma
- Me and the Betch twins at good ole Scooters!
Oklahoma to Houston
- Houston for my cousin Natalie’s wedding!!
Houston to San Francisco
- Outside Lands 2011 in SF!
- OSL 2011!
San Francisco to North Dakota
- Gorgeous sunsets in ND!
North Dakota to San Francisco
- Breathtaking SF sunrise!
- So incredible!
San Francisco to Corvallis
- Workin!
Corvallis to Dallas
- OU/tx!
- The game with Matt & Tay!
Dallas to San Francisco
- Chillin’ with my loves at the beach!
San Francisco to Corvallis
- The Oregon Coast
Corvallis to San Francisco
- Hangin’ out in my old ‘hood!
San Francisco to Eugene
- More work!
Eugene to San Francisco
- Halloween with Kels!
San Francisco to Oklahoma
- Good to be home! OU/a&m game!
- OU/a&m with Sar, Taylor, Cassey, and Kristen!
- OU/osu in Stillwater
- Suffering through the cold & losing with Taylor!
Oklahoma to San Francisco
- Love this city!
San Francisco to Oklahoma
- Tacky Christmas Party with BFF Sarah!
- We’re not always hideous!
- A merry Christmas with my family!
Oklahoma to Dallas
- NYE in Dallas with my loves!
- Roommate Reunion! Love Meechelleee!
Dallas to Oklahoma
- Don’t forget about the cutest dog ever … LOLA!
Oklahoma to San Francisco
- Hanging out with Jeremiah & Co. at the beach!
- Beautiful SF sunset!
San Francisco to Oklahoma
- There are some beautiful sunsets here too!
And now that we are up to speed … I’d like to inform you that the current theme of gypsy life will be continuing into the near and foreseeable future. Why, you ask? Well because I purchased this sweet backpack:
and a one-way ticket to Auckland, New Zealand to kick off my Round-the-World trip!
I’m gonna let all of that info sink in and fill you in on my trip planning and details shortly! And you are welcome for that sweet finger exercise you got from all that scrolling! Boom!
Roofdecks, Creeks and Ponds, Airplanes, New Crews, a Blogging Dog, Football, and Why I Love Weekends
20 Oct 2010 1 Comment
in Football, Love This!, New Adventures, San Francisco Tags: bbq, blue angels, cal bears, fleet week, fleet week 2010, football, fun, roofdeck, san francisco, stanford, ucla, usc
One of my favorite things about living in this city is the endless list of things to do, at any time, on any night. I grew up in the town that invented boredom … so I’m pretty psyched that the only time I get to be bored is when I choose to be.
Pond Creek, Oklahoma folks. The most exciting thing here is the sky.
But choosing to be bored is more like relaxing … so I am literally never bored. And not only are there a ton of things to do, there are a ton of AWESOME things to do.
Case in point: The weekend of October 9th and 10th.
Saturday was obviously occupied with college football, and since my beloved Sooners had a bye, I thought I would show some Pac-10 schools some love. And by some, I mean 4 (even though I officially hate UCLA because of this weekend—or at least their fans). The day started with a little saunter across the Bay to my old haunt, Berkeley, where we watched the Cal Bears destroy the UCLA Bruins … courtesy of the awesome Lien family (thanks guys!).
The weather was gorgeous and so I thought it would be stupid to pass up the offer to roll down south to Palo Alto and cheer on Lori’s Trojans who were playing Stanford. Even though Stanford ended up beating USC, it was still an awesome game and I had tons of fun. And I got to see the Stanford campus which is pretty incredible. OH. And I got to eat In-N-Out. And ride in a car that wasn’t a taxi, which is always a treat. So, all in all, a pretty solid Saturday.
On Sunday, I woke up, took a book and my trusty steed to Duboce Park, and lay in the sun reading for a couple hours. Then I got the call from Kathryn. Fleet week and roofdeck BBQing were ON! So I rounded up Lola, and headed to Nob Hill for some prime viewing of frickin’ awesome aeronautical stunts.
The City by the Bay, Californ-I-A.
The awesome view from Kristen's roofdeck.
Lola and I sat on Kristen’s fabulous roofdeck with our new “crew,” ate hot dogs and grapes, and watched the skies in amazement. Check it out:
Kristen, Me, Ben, Kathryn
The Roofdeck Crew
Blue Angels!
And, okay, I don’t know about you … but this seriously freaked me out:
Phew! So glad nothing bad happened!
Then I finished up the day with some hot wings, beer, and Sunday Night Football.
Stay tuned for the next chapter, my most recent awesome weekend, in this book that is Nikki’s Awesome Weekends.
In case you missed it … Lola has a blog that she updates every day with either a picture or video of her cute self … and a Twitter, @thedailylola, where she tweets about what she blogs about … which are pictures and/or vidoes. Follow her to get your daily dose of cuteness.
They said whaaa?!