Ice skating at Bryant Park

True to his word, Klane took me ice skating at Bryant Park. It was on my to-do list this winter. Turns out we were just in time, because this was the last weekend for skating! I haven't been out with the camera in a while, so we took quite a few pictures. It was so much fun!

so excited. (he loves when I post embarrassing pictures of him.)


haha. so posed.


the Bryant Park Hotel (in the background) is a cool building, with the black and gold.







I do love Bryant Park. I do indeed. It's just pretty.



The New York Public Library makes a nice backdrop.



This is my embarrassed, "Uh oh I think people are looking at me" face. Those who know me may recognize it.



He was happy. It's just at the very moment I took this picture, I was getting in trouble with the Skate Police for having a camera on the ice. It was a little awkward. I was a little annoyed. I get really bothered by things like that.


extreme close-up!!

And... now I have to go prepare a talk and a lesson for church tomorrow. I'm feeling picked-on, yes. It will be good for me though. Wish me luck.

angie's family visits: day 2

I took Friday off work and we had such a fun day. We were sooo lucky it didn't rain Friday or Saturday, although it was a bit chilly! We slept in, had hot chocolate, walked through Bryant Park and the New York Public Library, went to the top of the Empire State Building, ate delicious pizza at Keste, walked through the village and Washington Square Park, and walked through Little Italy and Chinatown (which we forgot to take pictures of). In the evening we saw South Pacific at Lincoln Center, and caught a peek of the temple.

In many of the pictures I am holding the big camera. However, having the camera in my hands doesn't necessarily mean I was focused on taking really great pictures, or many pictures at all. And so, contrary to my previous hints of great photos to come, I took very few pictures during my family's visit. But it's just because I was too busy having a good time to think about taking photos. Is that such a crime? I think not.

Bryant Park:

New York Public Library:



the green spots on my pictures are from my UV filter which I am too lazy to take off in low-light settings. please ignore it. thank you.



the leaves are juuuuust starting to change.






Keste:



Washington Square Park:





Lincoln Center:

two awesome interviews!!

Bryant Park and the New York Public library. Found on Flickr.

I am LOVING this!! I had such a great day. I had two AMAZING interviews and I am so, so happy with the way things went. This is going to be so great!

One interview was with an office on 40th street. I love the area. I walked by Bryant Park and the New York Public Library on my way there; it was so beautiful! The doctors were young and so chill, funny and nice. We talked about snowboarding and waterskiing, as well as job interview stuff. They’re starting a hygiene program in their office, and they don’t mind hiring a new graduate! What an amazing opportunity it would be to start your own hygiene program and build it up. And this would be such a fun environment to work in. I felt so great about the interview, it went extremely well and we had fun and got along great. They’re having me back for a working interview. I’m really excited!

Afterward I went to Bryant park and sat here while telling my mom about the interview. It was a lot prettier today than this picture! More green and the lighting was beautiful!

The second was with the temp agency. I wasn’t very excited for this one. When I called earlier, the woman said she probably couldn’t help me. But after meeting me, it was a completely different story! She said she hadn’t realized on the phone that I was from “out of town” and now that she’d met me she knew she’d have absolutely no problem getting me temp work or a job, whatever I want. Amazing! She raved about girls from Utah and how they’re the best and all the doctors want to hire them. She has three offices in mind that are looking to fill positions and she wants to place me above anyone else! I couldn’t believe it!

As soon as the elevator door closed, I did a victory dance and jumped around and squealed. I couldn’t believe it. I’m so happy! Life is good!