She's alive...SHE'S ALIVE!

Moses, Abraham and...Joseph?  (Does that fly? I'm trying to do the Jew version of Jesus, Mary and Joseph...I'll work on that)  Anyway it's only what?  A month to the day since I last posted?  My impeccable powers of keeping in touch with loved ones strikes again (*insert eye roll here*).

Before I continue let me first just wish you all a happy belated:

Fourth of July!

Canada Day!

Bastille Day!

And what ever other obscure national and international holidays I may of omitted.  But moving on.

For me, the last couple of week have actually been filled with productivity because I'm employed, and it only took a month and a half!  My first day of work started July 7th at Fado's Irish Pub and Restaurant in downtown Seattle.  Some of you may have heard or even eaten/drank at such an establishment because it is a part of a family of pubs (all called Fado's) owned by the Irish Pub Company (Go to the website, it explains it all there).

I'm working as a waitress (though I believe "server" is the p.c. term), primarily during lunch and dinner hours and on the occasion having some of my shifts bleeding into the drinking crowd later at night.  But as I am only two-three weeks on the job and therefore still learning the ropes (Sometime in the near but hopefully distant future I'm going to have a series of tests/quizzes on the brand of alcohol carried in the bar and the items and the way they are prepared on the menu), I won't be dealing with that crowd until I have more experience under my belt.  

It's hard work but rewarding (i.e. good tips and a free pint of beer at the end of each shift...WAHOO) and the clientele are a pretty reasonable bunch.  The clientele happens to be mid to late twenties and up, so no drunken frat boys to deal with (Though I did serve a table of men in there forties who acted remarkably similar).  My co-workers have also been a GODSEND being very helpful and patient with me while I learn the ropes.

Otherwise I have:

-Celebrated the birth of our nation with a BBQ with my housemates and friends of a housemate.

Housemates L-R: Ellen, Luca, Yours Truly, Aaron (Darron, the elusive 5th mate not pictured)

-Seen to my queasy dismay "Mama Mia!" 

-Seen to my great excitement "The Dark Knight" 

-Spent my down time being a complete bum, lounging around and reading (Sherlock Holmes as of right now)

-Playing soccer when I can (the Sounders unfortunately only meet two days a week)

-And been trying to figure out what on earth I'm going to be doing with my self this next year (nothing definitive as of yet)

Hope all is well on both sides of the country!

Missing you all and much love,

~Abby~