Scrambled

This last weekend we had some friends in town and luckily the forecast which was all rain for the weekend earlier turned out to be sunny and pretty nice.  We biked down by the beach and saw Jay Leno at the Comedy and Magic Club.
This past month we have also been trying to check out all the new local restaurants.  One is the fabulous restaurant Gonpachi which is located in the Miyako Hotel in Torrance.  For lunch they offer a miso soup & salad bar and for dinner they have "chef's choice specials" which feeling adventurous is what I ordered.  It turned out to be something that I was not adverse to eating.  The dinner ended with the first photo a dish of green tea mousse with red beans (Aduki beans?).
The main dish was Salmon in what tasted like a pesto sauce over risotto.  This dish also came with sushi and a ceasar salad with whole anchovies placed over the top.  I am not much of an anchovy person, but the whole dinner was Delicious! :)   I will definitely be back there.

I can't wait for March to get here as we are planning a Hawaii vacation!  I have never been there before, so I am looking forward to it!  I also happen to be a fan of pineapples, coffee, macadamia nuts and shave ice so what could be better than actually going to the home of all of those items.   We are trying to plan a lot in the five days that we will be there so I have a feeling we will have to make several trips in the future!

I begin a new job on March 1st which is very exciting.  It is with the same company in the same department, but I am moving from Events to Grant Writing for the non-profit foundation.  Since I have been at my location for the last five years I know my job in and out right now and I am excited and nervous to go to a new job where I will need to use new skills.  The job I am leaving will still need my assistance to finish up for an event, so I will still be helping out at this current job until the end of May...yeah a long time.  It feels like I have two jobs at once right now....wish I was getting two salaries!! :)
So, in a nutshell, my mind is scrambled.  I wanted to try and update more often, but until I can get it all balanced at work I may find myself coming home and crashing into a pool of jello...not literally crashing into a pool of jello, but more like becoming one.
Hope everyone is well and enjoying the Olympics!!  I have been keeping up with them, but it is a little hard being on the west coast when they start at 8pm and go until midnight.  I just can't stay up that late.  Speaking of which, I am going to go watch some skiing right now.