when life gets crazy

Sometimes the best remedy for a stressful, out-of-control day is a simple gratitude list.  Just taking 10 minutes to focus on the things I’m thankful for always seems to bring me to much calmer place.

Today I’m grateful for an incredible best friend, a fabulous roommate, my health, loving parents, a sweet dog, Bon Iver, and all the people that make me laugh throughout the day. 

Ah yes, feeling much better already. My life rules.

Happy day to you all.

summer shenanigans pt. 2

Very quickly becoming one of my favorite weekend activities...pool shenanigans.

when life hands you a lime....

...you sometimes just need to put it in a delicious Mexican beer and enjoy.

a whole month already?

Alright.  It’s pretty evident that following through on writing more on my blog isn’t exactly my forte.  But I have a good excuse.  The last time I posted was just a little after a month ago and I was one day into my new job.  Well, said job is crazy busy and I have hardly had time to think about or do anything else.  It’s been a huge adjustment for me, as I have always had a pretty normal work schedule, and a fairly light workload since I’ve been in the real world.  I’ve always left work by 5:00 and taken lunches everyday, but this is no longer the case.  That being said, I am in no way complaining.  I am really enjoying it so far, and loving the fact that I have a new challenge everyday and no day is ever alike.  It doesn’t hurt that my coworkers are fun and wonderful as well.  This isn’t to say that I’m not overwhelmed a good portion of the time, but I know I made a good career move that will open up a lot of opportunities and give me great experience in event planning. 

The hardest part of the adjustment is making the time to fit in everything that I love outside of work.  Working out is a huge priority and finding a new schedule of classes I like is difficult.  My sweet dog isn’t getting as many walks as he should be, but I’m hoping to start taking him really early in the morning while I drink my essential cup of coffee.  And my friends…well, my friends are my heart and they understand completely that right now a lot of plans are played by ear until I can get a more consistent schedule down. 

So all in all, while crazy and hectic, the job is great and I’m glad to be there.  And life in general is better than it has ever been.  Cheers to that! 

new job

Today was the first day of my new job--Hooray!  I am now working for the Nashville Technology Council handling their events and membership (check us out here).  Ya’ll knew I was a geek, but probably not a tech geek huh?  Truth is, I’m not really, but I think I have potential to be because it’s something that really interests me.  Plus, technology is always changing at such a rapid pace that I’m surely never to get bored with it. 

It was a pretty overwhelming day, as most first days anywhere are, but I have a good feeling that I’m going to love it once I get the hang of things.  I’ve got some pretty rad coworkers on my hands as well, and that never hurts.  Lots to learn, but I’m ready for the challenge.  Here we go!

summer shenanigans

Have I ever told you how much I love summer?  I’m at the peak of my happiness on any given day in the summer, and one of the biggest contributors to said summer happiness is canoeing.  Reasons why it is one of the best forms of summer entertainment: it’s cheap, it’s an all day adventure, BYOB, you get exercise, you can bring your dog, and most importantly, it provides an arena to wear cut off jean shorts and fake tattoos.  Can we say dream come true?

This past Saturday was canoe trip #2 of the summer and there were 17 of us in the group.  It was pretty epic—I felt like we were on an adult version of “Wild and Crazy Kids”.  The day started with everyone applying no less than two fake skull tattoos that I purchased for a whopping $2.99 for a 50 pack.  It ended with a group dinner at Las Palmas where everyone was so tired that it was hard to chew our chips.  These pictures should suffice as documentation of everything in between. 

no more excuses

I’m going to try a new approach to this blogging thing.  Here’s the thing: I have always felt like I have to write something profound or upload photos of something really cool that I’ve done in order for it to count as a worthy post.  But you see, I’m not all that profound, and I don’t do wildly incredible activities that merit blinding someone with the flash of my camera on a daily basis.  But I’m happy. Happier than I can remember being in quite some time in fact.  And I’ve decided to write about just that—what makes me happy.  As well as some things that make me unhappy of course, but inevitably contribute to my crazy good, happy life.  So here it is: I promise to just write what’s on my mind, or tell a funny story, or to take pictures of ordinary, but great things that occur on a typical or not so typical day.  Because really, I’m only doing myself a disservice by not documenting this adventure called life, and I prefer not to disservice anyone, especially myself.