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Big News on the horizon!

dbkayak — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:07:43 +0000

DAN AND I BOTH GOT JOBS IN BOSTON!! I am so excited! We seeking this for a long time. We wanted to move to New England and have been searching to jobs in the area for a while. It’s a perfect job for us, almost so perfect it was hard to believe. We got full-time jobs at…. drum roll please….. a KAYAK SHOP! Ha! How perfect is that?

We wont move until March but we are looking for a 2 bedroom apartment so you can start planning your visit!

and in other news,

dbkayak — Sat, 29 May 2010 13:35:11 +0000

WE ARE MOVING TO THE BEACH!

I guess things are moving right along aren’t they? Dan and I were contemplating our next few months and wanted to make sure we set ourselves up for the best possible situation for our future goals. We thought about all the places we could go, and we thought about staying here in the triangle. As we were undecided, Dan was asked to take on more hours at his job here. When he thought about the prospect of doing that, somthing clicked. “No more office work,” was all he could think about. Why stay here in a job that doesnt stir his soul, live in a pretty apartment and watch Survivor on the computer at night? We could be somewhere else doing something we love. Makes total sense. We realized that if we could get jobs at the beach, and live RENT FREE in the trailer by the sea, (think Matthew McConaughey) our lives would be greatly improved!

The conversation went something like this:

B: We should sign the lease if were going too. It ends on June 16.

D: Sigh. Are you sure? Maybe we could move to the beach.

B: Im sure we could live in the trailer. Can you work for Joe again?

D: I call him. Do you want to move there? You sure?

B: Sure. Call him. Call you mom and nana too. Im all for it! Lets go!

D: Alright then!

And so we decided to move to the beach a few days ago. We will be moved in and settled no later than June 16th! Come visit if you want. Theres room and itll be awesome!

Kitty Hawk and the OBX, here we come.

And so 2010 begins!

dbkayak — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:58:52 +0000

I love New Years Day.

New Years Eve tends to be a let down if I have expectations of going out, looking thin, sparkly, stilleto-ed, drinking cosmos with the girls…. since those things dont tend to flesh out. One, i do not own a cocktail dress, much less a sparkly cocktail dress. Two, i do not have a crew of girls like sex in the city… Three, i dont tend to have a place to go and enjoy these New Years festivities that seem like iconic fluffy, off in the distance, type of things.

This year we stayed in, enjoyed the company of William, Jamie, Charlie, and Sam. It was just right, not a let down, and relaxing. PLUS i got a little buzz from the alcohol that William provided. I cant complain. Yay for new years eve.

Now back to New Years itself. I love it! I love it because it means a fresh start! I didnt exactly need a fresh start from anything bad in last year but i can say it feels oddly good to have the epic kayak trip in the past… and to be more exact, in the past year! I feel like 2010 has given me newfound power for become Bethany… the more-than-a-kayaker-Bethany, that i see myself as.

Here’s to 2010! *cheers*