I’ve been trying to get hooked back into the volleyball world.   Yesterday there was an reverse doubles coed tournament in Renton that I played in.  It was fun.  My partner, Chris, and I did mediocre in pool play which put us  in the middle division bracket.  Didn’t make it to the winners bracket, but that meant we were able to beat everybody in the middle bracket and win it!

I always enjoy being the winner.

My friend from SU, Tiffany, played with another guy so I had some company and the sun was out and the barbeque was going.   So it was a lot of fun.  Nice to see new faces and just talk with a different crowd.  That’s something I miss about traveling.  I don’t get to meet as many new people.

It was a long day though, getting up at 6:30am and not getting home from the tournament til 7:30pm.  Today I am so ridiculously sore, but not physically tired, which is a good sign.  I’m out of shape, but still young and full of energy!

Well my cruise ship career is behind me.  Not to say I’ll never work on a cruise again, but my extensive traveling itch has been scratched.

I found a job working as an Activity Director at a retirement community in Tacoma.   The location is not ideal, but I am really enjoying the work.  I plan the monthly calendar, do quite a bit of calling and trying to make community contacts, dream up new things to keep our residents entertained.  I love the residents and I get to work pretty independently which I really enjoy.

Other than work I’m still figuring out what it is I want to do with my free time.  I’m so used to being trapped on a floating ship with limited options, and now I’ve got a world full of highways and anything my heart could possibly desire.  I almost just don’t know what to do with it all.

The exciting news around town is that my sister and her husband are pregnant!  Which means, of course, that I am going to be an aunt to the most amazing niece/nephew in the world.  So I’m pretty excited.

I feel like the rest of life will fall into place eventually, just working on adjusting to ‘the real world’ and figuring what I want to do with my life!