The past two weeks have been super busy for me! I am finally moved out of my apartment in Chico and settled into my new little house in Orland. It was quite a challenge moving. Many of my friends in Chico have gone home for the holidays, so it was hard finding help to haul my furniture down my apartment stairs. One of my best friends, Annette, and I had quite the experience carrying my couches down the stairs. Annette is a little thing and can’t weight more than 120 pounds, so we struggled a little. However, we had many good laughs out of the situation. We were pretty proud of ourselves when we finally had everything loaded in the back of my truck. Big thanks to Annette for the help!
In addition to moving I have been going full throttle looking for some financial help for next year. I have set up a little office in my new house to help keep myself organized and productive. It is my goal to run a full season this year, so I am working very hard to make it happen! My dad has been telling me since I was a little girl, “If it is to be, it is up to me.” I always thought that was a great saying, and I try and live my life by it.
I also have some other things cooking at the moment. Last Wednesday, I attended a class in order to obtain my dealers license. My dad is planning on opening a trailer sales business in addition to his drilling company. I plan on helping him accomplish this, and hopefully put some of the money towards our race team. My dad, his secretary, and I took our dealer's test Wednesday, which just so happened to be my birthday! I turned 19. I keep telling my parents that this means I am no longer a rookie in the motorcycle world. They just laugh at me; I guess the big 19 isn’t going to make me a veteran in the sport.
This weekend I also had a very exciting adventure. Annette and I took a road trip to Southern California. Her boyfriend lives down there, so we had a free place to stay! I have not spent much time in Southern California except to race, so they took me all over! We visited L.A., San Diego, Temecula, La Jolla, and Escondido. I had such a good time, and it was absolutely beautiful down there, even despite the rainy weather. After I got home from the road trip with Annette, I planned on leaving for another very long, long road trip. I am going to drive a couple motors and many parts across the country to the Gann Custom shop in North Carolina. However, my trip was pushed back to this Sunday. It should be another exciting adventure for me. It’s a good thing I enjoy traveling! I am looking forward to visiting the Gann family and getting to check out their shop. Even though I worked with the Ganns most of last year I have yet to see their shop (probably due to the distance factor), so it should be a fun trip.
I have a lot of exciting adventures heading my direction. My ambitious nature is keeping my life very busy, just the way I like it, too! However, I still find the time to see my family and friends as much as I can. Also, I always have to make time to keep my riding skills in practice and pull out my dirt bike. I really enjoy riding as much as I can find the time for. I can not wait for the 2010 race season; it is constantly on my mind! Hope everyone is amazing, and I will keep you posted on our progress towards the up and coming race season! Take care!