Moving to California: The Beginning

Beginning Anew

Pre-Grad Ariale:

Hawaii Resident

E Noa Corporation intern 

Full ride Scholarship to Hawaii Pacific University

Straight A student

Lived at Home

Movie theatre worker and frequenter

Obsessed with How I Met Your Mother and Big Bang Theory

Hilarious

Ice Cream Lover- Cookie Dough a must

Cheese Addict - Any will do

Dating High School Sweetheart and manchild

Post-Grad Ariale

This is where my story begins.  Packed up my Hawaii life into one carry-on (a small suitcase.  Seriously, they are considering anything these days to be a "carry-on."), one check-in, and one computer case and moved to Corona, California to live with my boyfriend at his brother's house.  My boyfriend was able to do the same in just 3 check-in bags, a carry-on, and a blanket.  No I have no job lined up but I am optimistic and gung-ho!  Also, I am not above stalking.  Turns out I have a lot of stuff so I also put on 5 shirts, 2 pairs of shorts, and Stewie pants.  Don't think I forgot to put my socks on my hands as mittens and my underwear as a hat. Putting on an actual hat was too mainstream.

After supervising while my mother packed my suitcase to get some extra supervising experience, I got to the airport and lo and behold my suitcase came to exactly 50lbs!  Addition to resume: Excellent Supervisor.

After my boyfriend's parents gave us a hug and kiss goodbye, we got to say bye to a friend that came to visit us: Yasemin Karabudak!  We miss you!

At this point, you probably realize that I was exaggerating on my wardrobe.  Was wearing three shirts, some shorts, and the Stewie pants came later :)

So our flight time was at 2:30pm, making it the first time I have flown during the day (unless a consecutive flight).  It was so gorgeous!  Especially through my boyfriend's head.  He decided to take the window seat rescuing me from beautiful views and comfort.  It's ok, I was able to compromise by making sure I took up all of his room and constantly taking pictures out the window.  Resume boost: Works Well with Others.

UP!!!

UP!!

AND AWAY!

 5 hours and possibly some minutes later..............LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA!!!!  I have arrived.

We went to baggage claim where my boyfriend's brother appeared 5 minutes later and we found 2 of the boyfriend's suitcases and almost had to wait on my ONE check in.  Was about an hour car ride to Corona but it's not like I would know as I immediately passed out.  Once at the house, I found out where our room was and I took no time going right back to sleep.

Day 1

Woke up to the boyfriend telling me it was time to wake up already so we could go shopping.  Literally had to drag myself out of bed.  Note to self: consider jobs testing mattresses.  After I take my usual hour and a half to get ready cutting my time down by 15 minutes (Resume enhancement: Willing to adjust), we walked and saw a Vone's grocery store....I think that's the name, and some other places.  Not quite too sure what they're called because I could instantly see WALMART!!!  No I'm not awful, I am just poor and have a gift card courtesy of E Noa Corporation woohoo!!!!

$100 kuh-ching

Luckily for us, my boyfriend's brother actually bought a lot of stuff for us that we needed like soap, toilet paper, toothbrushes, etc and my mom made sure I brought products that I needed because my skin is SUUUUUUUUUUPER sensitive so we only bought the most randomest of things such as: mouthwash, purse, shaving cream, razors, salad, carrots, comb, ranch dressing, and face wash.  

After Walmart, we ate lunch.  I made 3 hot pockets for myself and had the pleasure of eating one of them.  I made one, which my boyfriend helped himself to, so I made another one, which magically disappeared from my hands and landed into his hands, and then I discovered the ability to sit across the room and much to my surprise, the hot pocket remained in my hands.  Resume boost: Can block voodoo magic.

Lunch was followed by job applications.  It took me literally 2 hours to apply for a job just because I wanted to write a fantastic cover letter.  Get this, I applied for a marketing job with Taco Bell, fast food restaurant that I love and have always promised myself that once I live in a mansion, the bottom floor will be Taco Bell...right next to Burger King for my boyfriend.  This is my dream job!  

This is my FACE!!

Praying they call me....Boyfriend unpacked during this time.  WE FORGOT HANGERS!!! Fail.  Foreshadowing for what I did on day 2.....

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World was the obvious next choice as well as watching it for 20 minutes and then falling asleep.  Opened my eyes for like 3 seconds, looked at my boyfriend, and then immediately closed them.  He wasn't having none of  that though and was like "Seriously??  You were asleep for like 3 hours!!!" This coming from the boy who worked ONE day last week meanwhile I had surgery and still managed to work from 8am to 5pm + public transportation time everyday.  Ariale needs her sleep.  Boyfriend, go make Ariale food.  He made pizza.  

Went upstairs and applied for another job then I called my Mom and talked for 45 minutes! Then I went to sleep.  Seriously. Mattress. Tester.

Day 2

During the night, I remember my boyfriend kicking me and saying something in an angry voice.  I said, what??  and he mumbles something to which I respond: what did you say?  He mumbles something again and goes back to sleep.  When we are conscious I tell him what he did to me and it turns out he thinks I sleep like the qwoping and he was asking me to get on my side of the bed:

What can I say?  I'm a superstar!! Obviously I stole this from Dr. Who fans xD

Like he was an angel, the entire time, I had to keep pulling the covers to my side of the bed!

This time, I woke up several times during the night and I was easily able to get up at 9am.  At 11am we went to Walmart immediately after I woke up (see how I carefully slid in the fact that it took me 2 hours to get ready?  Boyfriend is NOT happy).  This time, I know the stores we are nearby and we even went into a lot of them because the highlight of our day was going to Walmart and getting hangers.  Obviously, we had time to get acquainted:

Pillow heaven! 

The amount of pillows my boyfriend thinks he needs

Anna's was fun but they wanted money so off we went to Walmart to spend gift card money woohoo!  We were in hanger heaven:

We got some other generic supplies so we could make the lesser known brands feel wanted.  Resume quality: Humanitarian at heart.

So taking a look at all we bought would obviously yield the conclusion that the walk home was not fun.  It is ok though because I let my boyfriend know exactly what I was feeling the ENTIRE way home in excruciating detail because I find communication to be an important quality in any relationship.

Now it was time to unpack and organize! Even though we had been living there for all of 5 minutes, we destroyed that place like a tornado.  My boyfriend's brother has been living in this house for idk 2 years! and the house is like completely empty because he spends like 2 conscious hours in the house.  And we destroyed it.  So it was time to organize our room.  The result?:

His and her closet <3

Our room

Seductive boyfriend ^_^

Bathroom

That took FOREVER.  It was basically dinner time so I took it upon myself to supervise my boyfriend as he made me dinner.  Turns out his brother has gas stove so I found the lighter for my boyfriend and then I screamed and ran away.  His brother has a DRAWER filled with frozen food so we made Chicken Florentine and Farfalle and a salad. YUUUUUUM.

Gotta admit, I washed that down with cookies.  Resume boost: Won't take no for an answer!!!

Basically the rest of the day has been dedicated to the job hunt.  I accidentally put my name in a database for  information on perspective colleges so I get called every 5 minutes and thinking it's a perspective job offer, I answer the phone.  Despite my hopes going up and down like a roller coaster, I am still hopeful that Taco Bell will call me and offer me their job.  They couldn't find anyone more crazy........for their food and marketing campaign.

P.S. Day 2 of boyfriend not shaving.  Outlook bleak.  Can't kiss him anymore due to the severe stabbing I receive from his stubble.  Plotting to shave his face as he sleeps.  Stay tuned!