Friday
Aug222008
Taking A Little Break
Friday, August 22, 2008 at 12:12AM
I know I haven't written a blog in a very long time. There are a lot of things I haven't done in a very long time, including seeing my family. I've been working so hard and at long last it is time to take a breather. I am headed home to San Francisco in the morning for a week-long vacation.
Tomorrow I will be picked up at the airport by my sister Linzi and we will head to Chuck E. Cheese with our cousins for some quality girl time. After that, we will have a sleep over at my mom's house and hopefully baking cookies and telling ghost stories are both on the agenda. (My sister is 26 and still afraid of Bloody Mary!) I intend to sneak out of the slumber party when the girls go to sleep so that I can have a beer with my dad. Or as he calls it, "a brewski." On Saturday, my mom will come home from her vacation and she and I will sit in the living room and drink copious amounts of her drink of choice: chardonnay. On Sunday, my family and friends are heading to Napa for my birthday party.
I don't know why I am disclosing this amount of detail but I suppose it is because I am so excited about seeing my family, heading home to Northern California, and taking a rest from breaking news. I have finally began to adjust to New York City and I am really pleased with the direction my career has been taking lately. In fact, I recently updated my demo reel and it helped me to see how far I've come since I was that scared new girl in town waiting impatiently for her furniture back in January. Nevertheless, life is not only work and it is time for me to let go for a week. I'm going to try REALLY hard not to send in stories to be included in Loaded or obsess about email or any other CBS-related communication. I am going to do my best to unplug. We'll see how that goes.
I'll be back in time for a Saturday segment on the Early Show during Labor Day Weekend. When I'm back in the swing of things, I'll try to update this blog a bit more frequently. I think Twitter has taken the momentum out of blogging. Anyway, happy Labor Day, dear reader. It has been fun knowing you in my 20s. See you on the other side!
Tomorrow I will be picked up at the airport by my sister Linzi and we will head to Chuck E. Cheese with our cousins for some quality girl time. After that, we will have a sleep over at my mom's house and hopefully baking cookies and telling ghost stories are both on the agenda. (My sister is 26 and still afraid of Bloody Mary!) I intend to sneak out of the slumber party when the girls go to sleep so that I can have a beer with my dad. Or as he calls it, "a brewski." On Saturday, my mom will come home from her vacation and she and I will sit in the living room and drink copious amounts of her drink of choice: chardonnay. On Sunday, my family and friends are heading to Napa for my birthday party.
I don't know why I am disclosing this amount of detail but I suppose it is because I am so excited about seeing my family, heading home to Northern California, and taking a rest from breaking news. I have finally began to adjust to New York City and I am really pleased with the direction my career has been taking lately. In fact, I recently updated my demo reel and it helped me to see how far I've come since I was that scared new girl in town waiting impatiently for her furniture back in January. Nevertheless, life is not only work and it is time for me to let go for a week. I'm going to try REALLY hard not to send in stories to be included in Loaded or obsess about email or any other CBS-related communication. I am going to do my best to unplug. We'll see how that goes.
I'll be back in time for a Saturday segment on the Early Show during Labor Day Weekend. When I'm back in the swing of things, I'll try to update this blog a bit more frequently. I think Twitter has taken the momentum out of blogging. Anyway, happy Labor Day, dear reader. It has been fun knowing you in my 20s. See you on the other side!
Reader Comments (28)
Sounds like you have a great vacation planned. Have fun. You definitely deserve the break.
Have a great vacation and happy birthday in advance. :)
Natali, I have found it very hard to unplug while being on vacation. If I was you, don't bring the laptop or phone with you :) I know that is crazy talk, but I have found it to be the only way to really unplug. Enjoy your vacation and happy birthday! Cheers, Jake
Have fun dos, don't forget to eat up some froyo.
Northern California is probably so beautiful this time of year. This summer was supposed to be when I relax and unplug. I ended up giving myself more and more to do.
btw, what day is your bday? mine is aug29th. the irony is, i will be visiting NYC for mine.
Natali- you really HAVE come a long way since I first started following you on the early days of Textra. Cali Lewis introduced you to me through Geek Brief and it has been fun to see you "mature" in front of the camera, both in terms of delivery and content. Way to go! Now you're showing up on national TV on a regular basis! You should be very please with how things are going--at least from this vantage point.
It's also fun to hear from you every once in a while on BOL.
Have a great vacation and happy birthday!
-Brian the North Carolina fan
Happy early birthday! I was wondering if you had abandoned your blog for Twitter. :P Have a great vacation. Nothing better to recharge the batteries than to spend time with family.
Happy birthday Natali,Enjoy your party. :)
You should forget about email - make it a distraction free week.
Hope you have a blast, and happy birthday!
I'm stuck in nor cal now for a couple more hours. golden gate bridge was beautiful to drive over. have a great break and we'll miss you while youre on vacation!
Have a great vacation and a wonderful birthday! I'm also an ex-Northern Californian living on the East Coast and you just have to go home at least once a year to remind yourself of where you've come from.
The Coasts are different and while I love them both, I need my dose of West Coast culture every now & then. It's what shaped you into who you are now.
And this goes for anyone who lives thousands of miles from where you grew up!
Happy Birthday! Say hi to northern california
Welcome to 30! You're, by far, the nicest person we've met in tech media and we look forward to watching your career for the next 30 years!
Happy Birthday Natalie
Loaded is an impressive and entertaining show, much success and rest Natalie. Happy Birthday
Happy belated birthday!!!!
That's incredible. You finally go on vacation and what's the first thing you do? update your blog. A true workaholic never really unplugs :)
Anyway, congratulations for what you've done in your 20s, thank you for being part of the new era and...happy birthday! Welcome to "the other side" :)
Happy EARLY birthday! I'm really glad you've acclimated yourself to the hustle and bustle that is the Big Apple. Your furniture debacle seems like ages ago.
I hope you enjoy your vacation as much as possible!
Uh.... Natali, when do you get back? Loaded just isn't the same w/o u. :(
How did you get so old when your mom is extremely young?
Somewhat unrelated to this post, but related to something you posted on Twitter during your vacation... you can get kilts in all sorts of colors and designs:
http://www.utilikilts.com/
It's all the fashion rage these days. Well, at least in Seattle. ;)
@NealCampbell: Did you just give away Natali's age? I don't think she'll like that too much! :)
Happy birthday Natali. I really enjoy watching Loaded. I hope you can do a CrankyGeeks show while you're out there. You can hold your own with Dvorak! :)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
So- still single? What kind of man are you looking for in your 30's?
hey there, just wondering if you can give 2 scottish guys some advice on hot spots and places to be when we come to new york on aug29th for a week!!
We are staying at the edison hotel on 47th street so any suggestions would be very welcome!! Hope to hear back from you!
Cheers, kev.