Ok. Here we go.
So the adventure of lilwaldo continues. For awhile it seemed like my life was kinda on a plateau. Sure, I went on a great family vacation. Been hanging out with great friends, going up to the cabin a ton, and things seemed to be on an even keel, then *bam* one day things got crazy again. I decided to accept a new job, working for my old boss at Marchex, and I'm pretty stoked about it. At the same time I also decided that the time has come to start investing in real estate and so the quest has begun to find lilwaldo's new condo. Exciting times.
Furthermore, and I think the biggest thing, is that I've realized something, Seattle is starting to feel like home. Now I know this is going to be hard for my family to read, and I want each of them to know home, in it's truest sense, will always be where they are. Julie, Skip, Mom, Dad, Sam, and the little bean are the most important things to me. But I guess what I hope everyone sees is that Seattle, and everything and everyone it holds is rapidly gaining in the ranks. I finally am starting to feel like I have my Seattle family. My good friends who see me threw thick and thin and love me for me. Now this has taken a while to get to this. But I am here. And I'm not going anywhere.
Life is full of challenges. Chaotic times (like I am in right now) and quieter moments. But I think what we have to all realize is that what truly makes us who we are is how we manage threw the chaotic times and that we appreciate the quieter times when they arrive. We all have our ups and our downs. But the people that truly matter in your life are there for you through it all. Beth and I were out at dinner last night and she made an interesting point. True friends are the ones who can make you laugh even in your darkest hour and will be happy for you even if they are in their darkest hour. These friends are few and far between, and the truth is, many times they are like family more than they friends. I am lucky not to just have one or two people like this but a large handful. Somehow I have been very blessed. The other day was my goodbye party for Pure and I ran into an old friend. He was like, what you all doing, I told him it was my goodbye party, he was like, woah, you sure have a lot of friends. Now, I'm not trying to blow smoke up my own ass, but I do want to make sure that all of my friends know how valuable they are to me and that I appreciate what each of them brings to my life.
Ok. I am now stepping off my soapbox, for now. As I head out on this new adventure of Marchex, owning my own place and everything else that is to come I hope I can accomplish as much as I did at Pure. I hope that I am challenged as much and that I learn as much and that when my time comes to leave from there, I part ways in the same manner that I part ways with Pure.
Bill and I will be taking off for a couple days, heading down to central oregon. Hiking and all that jazz, and hopefully escaping the rain that is on its way.
xo xo lilwaldo
posted by lilwaldo @ 1:44 PM
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