Steve Jobs

Dear Steve, 

Last night I found out about your death while I was browsing the internet on my MacBook Pro. Apple has been such a huge part of my technological life and it was a true pleasure to work for your company this summer.

Cancer is a real bummer...The disease takes so many amazing people from our lives. Here's to our next great thinker being the person that finds the cure.

I hope you rest in peace Mr. Jobs. You changed to world for the better!

Paz,
Jerami

This Weekend

Dear Familia,

Sorry for the long absence. It's been a crazy past few days! I've been doing Apple stuff everyday since Thursday and it was Zane's Dad's 60th birthday on Saturday. Zane's Mom did an awesome job throwing him a big surprise party and we all had a great time. It was catered by a lebanese restaurant and the food was delicious. I will post a follow up just on the food. Oh and we had our marriage prep class! It was all about finances which I think may have been uncomfortable for some people. We had some great facilitators though that made things pretty fun.

I fly to AZ on Friday for a 10 day wedding planning extravaganza and Tara and Kaiya's birthdays :) Zane and his Mom are flying out for the holiday weekend to check on reception venue possibilities as well as where guests can stay. Should be very fun and I will hopefully have some exciting updates to the wedding website when I get back.

Love,

Jem

Apple

Dear Familia,

As you all know, I am a serious Apple fan. The very first computer I ever owned (Thank you Auntie Lisa) and every computer I've owned since then has been a Mac and I've had various versions of the ever-evolving ipod. I could go on and on about why I'm a Mac vs PC girl, but I think it all boils down to the fact that Apple just has better customer care. AppleCare is by far the best technical support/warranty program I've ever had or ever heard of others having. Plus, Apple products are just designed better...in every sense of the word.

I knew that I would need a part-time job this summer and when I found out I would be in Georgetown with Zane, I decided to apply to an Apple Store. I already have retail experience and I know how flexible big stores can be with schedules. Plus, the employee discount ;) A couple months and 3 interviews later and I got the job! Unfortunately, they didn't have any Georgetown openings so I will be at the Clarendon store just a quick bus/metro ride away. I go in this afternoon to do paperwork and then I'm sure I'll start next week sometime. We have our own employee page that had a mini-orientation on all things Apple. I am going to share some of the fun links now.

The Mac vs PC choice was pretty easy for me, but you can learn more about switching if you click the picture above. Remember these hilarious Mac vs PC videos (and how TMobile aka worst company ever stole them?) This one highlights another huge plus for Macs...I've never had to deal with viruses :)

Everything you need to know about Mac...in case you were missing school over summer break ;)

Even just waiting in the store for my interviews I learned new things about how Macs operate. I think this is going be a very educational position. I'll let you know some more fun things as I learn more and more.

Love,

Jem