Here (part 1)

Here I am. With so much “new” around me, I find I’m running out of words to describe it.
The weekend before last, 3 friends helped me load the uHaul trailer. When my parents arrived around 10 pm, Danny helped us load some final things into their car. Unfortunately this process (among [...]

Last Day of Work

(I found this under drafts and forgot to publish)
Today is my last day of work…it’s really quite peculiar. Prepare yourself for some obvious profundity–when I quit my job, I just stop going in everyday. It sounds uber obvious but I guess I just always imagined it to be different. For example, what [...]

Before April 19

Today is my last Monday living alone. How very peculiar! Saturday, April 19, I will be a “real” married woman…no longer living states away from my sweet husband. This morning I was laying in bed reflecting on the changes I will encounter, just within the next week. I am ready for [...]

Single Digits

It seems so much has happened since I last blogged, but then again, I lead a very small life.  I attended the Colorado Teen Literature Conference on Saturday. I was anticipating this year’s conference since I’m an enormous fan of Alane Ferguson (I push her books at all my booktalks).  While I knew [...]

Seven

Today I had coffee with a good friend and I mentioned something to her that I’ve just been recently realizing.  I have lamented time and time again the lack of deep relationships in my life–however, as my departure draws nearer, I’m beginning to see that I have met some truly amazing people (7 to be [...]