Try Something New...Like Thai Food:)

So I wasn't late for work datay...taydo...today. My gosh I'm must be either really tired or dyslexic. Anyways. I got to work on time:)

I found out that Ms. Emily and I have similar tastes in music minus a few things here and there. I found out that she really likes Iron and Wine (the musical artist not supplements and beverage) specifically the song Flightless Bird, American Mouth. Great, beautiful, emotional song that gets better and better as it goes. I actually explained the song like that to her and her reply after about 37 seconds goes something like, "It does get better!" Gordon even likes it a little bit. He really likes more easy listening kind of stuff...and Carrie Underwood (Gordon starts to drool:).

Then the phone rang... and since I am scared to mess up the spiel of, "Bernhardt Wealth Management. This is Elizabeth. How may I help you?" I let it ring a couple times. Then I answered it, did the spiel, and prayed I'd say it right. It was Client #1! He simply called to say that he had a good time and it was a pleasure to meet me and said he hoped we could do it again. Which I would totally say yes! I think that was a very thoughtful gesture on his part and it certainly made me feel good:)

This day the whole office went out to lunch together. They said it was my welcome lunch. I felt so loved after they said that. Fact, people love to be welcomed. We ate Thai food which I had never tried before. Actually when they asked me what I wanted to eat I said either Thai or Indian food because I haven't tried them. I was feeling adventurous. I ate spicy sauteed eggplant, sticky rice, and spring rolls. I liked the rice and spring rolls (even though spring rolls are traditionally not fried, they do that to please us Americans who like everything fried) but if I had to pick I would probably not cook eggplant that long. It's just gotta be tender. We eventually started talking about flags... I don't even remember how we got onto that topic. Way random is all I can say:) So I went into this spiel of how flags are displayed, burned, etc. that lasted probably the whole time we were at the Thai place. Then they all commented that I have a lot of trivial knowledge:)

Later after work Uncle Gordon went to buy a camera. Apparently he wants to learn from me how to take some pictures. So now I have to teach him how to cook AND do photography.

After that we went home and changed and decided to go see Iron Man 2. Oh my gosh! I loved the first one and the second one is so much better! I thoroughly enjoyed myself and the company I had with me.

Thus far my week has been full of new and exciting experiences...like eating Thai food:)

Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's Off To Work We Go:)

This was my first day of work. I am actually really late writing this... :/ Therefor it isn't really fresh in my mind. Rats...

First thing that happened that morning was I woke up early to get ready and eat breakfast. Except for I couldn't figure out how to use his shower. I felt especially blond at that moment. So I stalled. I tried to figure out the shower, I waited for it to maybe heat up, I walked up and down his multiple flights of stairs to waste time and maybe it would heat up. It apparently hated me because it definitely wasn't being cooperative. Turns out it wasn't me after all but that it didn't have hot water hooked up to it yet :) Too bad I didn't think for myself to just go use another bathroom. I got dressed all nice and went into work with my Uncle Gordon. Emily really liked my dress. :) Today was actually probably the most uneventful so far probably because it was the first day and all. I ate a salad for lunch, drank chai tea, filled out a bit of paperwork before I was able to actually work there. That ate up most of the day actually. God bless Ms. Bonnie and Ms. Emily for taking so much time to basically lead me by the hand with all that stuff. They were very patient and kind. :) Basically what Ms. Bonnie had me do was fill out an application, something with the employment files, and get my bank info for direct deposit.

After Uncle Gordon finished with work, we went home and changed into normal clothes. Then he decided we were going to some place... That was really all I knew was that it was some place because he wouldn't tell me where. We drove and drove under all the glorious tall trees that form a tunnel around the roads and streets till we got to a parking lot. We got out and assembled the camera. So it was apparently a picture taking worthy subject. He started walking to the some place. I followed with tripod in hand. We walked for a little bit and I began to hear a loud, rushing noise, almost like wind. We climb a boulder and there is the Great Falls sprawled out before me in a panoramic view. We were on the Virginia side looking toward Maryland with the Potomac River in between. We were right in front of the rapids on an overlook. So we took several photographs of the river and the kayakers and the wildlife. I picked leaves and flowers to press as well.

Like I said. This was a lazy day. What will we do tomorrow I wonder. :)