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A Little Drop of Rain

I walked home in the rain today. I walked to work knowing that it was going to rain today, but it didn't bother me. It was a strangely enjoyable walk home too. It wasn't warm, not freezing by any means, but chilly. It was raining steadily and it was dark, but I had good music to listen to and, after all, I was going home for the night. As I listened to my music and the rain, and smelled the wood smoke from the houses I passed, it really made me think about camping in the summer. Seems totally unrelated, I know, but it worked for me. Often when I have gone camping in the summer it has rained. Sometimes poured, but it can still be fun even in the chaos of trying to keep all your belongings away from the side of the tent in a desperate attempt to prevent the tent from flooding. The wood smoke, of course, smells like a campfire and there is little that smells better. :) Anyway, for what many people may have thought would have been an awful walk home was in fact, quite delightful.

I got to see my dad this past weekend. He is in Boston for a few days for a conference and he didn't realize that I was so close to the area.So when I found out, I drove there and I stayed with some friends that live just outside of the city. I met up with Dad Sunday night for dinner. We had a great seafood dinner and I stayed in the hotel with him that night and took an early train back to where I had left my car, drove the 2 hours back home and went straight to work. It was a long day, but I wouldn't have traded it. I got to see Dad for only about 45 minutes for all of Christmas break and I really missed him. Even when I am home, I don't get to see him very much and it was so great to get to spend some time with him, as short as it may have been. I can't wait until this summer when Mike and I are road-tripping it back to CO and I can see mom and dad again and spend more time with them. It's a weird kind of homesickness that it hard to explain.

P.S. I love my job. :) 4 year-olds are amazing and beautiful and awful and fun and stressful and frustrating and fantastic and everything in between.

Things I am Grateful For

Thanks to Londyn, I thought I would put my own list up.

*My amazing fiance*my closest friends who are always there no matter how far away*my family*my ability to basically support myself*my health and the health of those I love*the children at work who remind me why I chose the field that I did*music*dancing*knitting*fluffy sweaters*crisp air*mountains*blue skies*knowing that even though things seem rough sometimes, it will all be ok*laughing*snuggling in a warm bed*

Feel free to share your list. :)

Another Resurfacing. Cleaning, Autumn, and the so called 'Real World'

Unfortunately, I am getting into the horrible habit of updating with long periods of silence in between. Once again, I am back for an update-ish thing.

Recently Mike and I (who are now engaged!! woohoo!) and one of our house mates Sven cleaned and reorganized the main level of our house. After one house mate left and also left a good amount of her furniture, our living room was rendered useless. We also recently obtained a free TV and stereo. So, in the reorganization, we can now actually use our living room, see the fireplace which was previously covered with a couch and sit on a couch and watch a movie! Amazing! Mike and I also cleaned the upstairs and both of our rooms and the house is now much more comfortable and pleasant. :)

I am still on the job hunt. I don't really feel like elaborating a lot about it because it is complicated and I feel like I talk about it all the time. So, no job-talk. Until I have one.

Other-wise, fall is moving in. Despite the amazingly warm weather the last few weeks, it is actually autumn. The time of apple-picking, wearing scarves and vests and trick-or-treaters. This is my favorite season and I am excited to snuggle up in a sweater and walk around town and drink tea. :) I am hoping to go apple-picking soon and I can't wait to buy pumpkins to carve and put on the front step.

Finally, if I had a full-time job, life in the 'real world' would be pretty sweet. I have a good place to live. I am making friends, and I am engaged to the love of my life. The whole 'not really making very much money' and 'no consistent job every day' things are a bit of a bump, but overall life is still pretty good. I think I am doing pretty well compared to many who just graduated. I think it was good for me to go to school far from home (yes, I miss CO, but I still visit) because it really forced me to go out on my own and get myself set up. I still have help from my parents if I need it, but overall, they are not next door to run to every time I don't know what to cook for dinner. I have learned a lot about being more independent and I like it. It it hard, but very rewarding when you can sit back and say "I am living in this house and cooking myself meals with money that I earned." To be able to look and realize that I am supporting myself makes me proud of what I can do.

Happy Autumn! :) (') <---ok, so it was supposed to be an apple...or a pumpkin, use your imagination people!

A real post!

Time for a real update. Here it goes.

First, let me just say that it feels really strange to be done with school. No more packing in August to go live in a dorm, no more registering for classes and trying to find cheap textbooks. Very weird feeling. Anyway, now I am off in the 'real world' looking for a 'real job', which can be quite the daunting experience. I finally got a part time position though. Working at a Children's Center for kids from 15 months to 5 years. I will start working with the littlest ones (15 months to 2 1/2ish) and then on a moth or so I will most likely move up to the 'older kids' (older meaning 4 and year olds). The director seems very motivated to help get me as many hours as she can, which is awesome. The other teachers there are great too. And one of the best parts is that it is literally 1 mile down the street I live on. So I can easily ride mu bike to work! I start in 2 weeks and I am excited. In the mean time, I found a part time thing at a textbook annex, helping with stocking and the registers during the first rush of the school year.

I am glad that this job seemed to work out so far. I feel like my life is starting to come together. I was really getting tired of searching for temporary jobs, applying anywhere I could find. I know a lot of people have temp or part time jobs for a while after college, but I really want a meaningful job; something that I liked (at least a little) or something that was near to what I wanted to do. And it looks like I might have found it and that makes me very happy. So here's to hoping. :)

Next week is Mike and my 4 year anniversary. I can't believe that 4 years have already gone by! It's pretty awesome though. :)

Uhm...wow, I can't think of anything else that I have to say. So, I guess this is it. :) Maybe more will come to me later.

Still here...

Ok, I know it has been a while and people prolly stopped reading cause the same entry got really boring, but I have been busy and working a such. Anyway, I have two weeks left of my job at camp and I am sad that it has to end. I love it, it has been so much fun and I have met tons of new friends! :)

Mike and I have 2 weddings to go to this weekend! I am so excited, we get to go to Lake George for a few days!

I know this is really short, but I have to get ready for work this morning. Hopefully I will post a longer one soon, if I get all the presents and such done that I need to finish before this weekend!

Camp, here I come!

I got the camp job! woohoo!

I am a unit leader at a Girl Scout Day Camp and I am so excited! Unfortunately, I did not know that this camp does not end until August 10th and so I had a cancel my week vacation with Mike and mom up at Lake George. :( We are still going up for Aunt Kathy's wedding, but we were going to stay an extra week. Oh well, maybe we can figure out another vacation to have. I am very happy about this job though. Canceling the vacation would have been a lot worse if I wasn't excited for this job.

Anyway, hooray for having a job.