so many updates so many changes.

First, I celebrated my last day at former place of employment on 10/08/2010. While I’d only been at that law firm for about a year, I’d been with that employer for over 10 years. I don’t miss working in that environment, but I do miss some of the people. Working with people for that long, people tend to become part of your family, heck a few of them were at BOTH of my weddings, ha! Another thing I noticed shortly after starting my new job, was that I’m not in a bad mood nearly as much, the days of me coming home crying have ceased, AND I really do believe that for women, there is a hormone when you are stressed that makes you bloated, because two weeks after leaving I was out of the 150’s and fitting into my size 8’s.

Next, the hubby and I celebrated our one year anniversary. In a fashion that was a perfect summary of our first year – we had a beautiful restaurant picked out – though they failed to inform us that the main dining room was booked and thus we’d be served dinner while in the attic, very VC Andrews. Though to be fair, the attic served as an “art gallery” of sorts, so we were surrounded by various forms of tribal art and a desk with a PC and a phone, which kept ringing and the speaker phone kept buzzing. The food was amazing, and the service, despite being in the nosebleed seats was wonderful as well. We then made an impromptu trip to a club, it was all very “night at the roxbury” but fun nonetheless and all in all, a perfect beginning to our second year of marriage. I couldn’t be happier and more in love if I tried. I’ve come to realize that I am so so very lucky (though I know I don’t act like that all the time, nor do I remember how lucky I am all the time) – regardless, I am truly so lucky. My husband is truly my other half, my counterpart, my lighthouse, my puzzle piece and in the game of life, he is my blue peg. Thank you B, thank you for a wonderful first year of marriage, for a wonderful 5 years and I look forward to the rest of our lives together. I just have one thing to ask, please do not make me sit through another brain surgery. Thanks.

Moving on to the new job – it’s great. I’m still learning many aspects of the job, as well as the different ways to manage. The things I find wonderful is that we have a great team of staff members, they really want to do well and want to see things get back on track. I have to admit it’s a bit scary not having the safety net of a big company, or the job security that I always had with K, but I’m so happy that I took the leap. I only hope that I continue to feel this way.

Lastly, it’s time for my annual school update. This semester is almost over, thank goodness! I took 4 classes again, and that with the job moved proved to be a bit more than I originally anticipated, regardless I’m sticking it out! I’ve registered for next semester, again taking four classes – Minorities in America, Deviance & Social Control, Sociology of Culture and Human Resource Management – one is an online course and another is a Saturday class (ugh!). These classes sound so interesting, but also sound like A LOT of reading!!! After completing this semester I will have only one year left of classes, unless I can somehow manage to do 4 classes in the summer and 5 in the fall, which is doubtful. Anyhow, the best news is this, I’ve been asked to join Pi Gamma Mu – the International Honor Society in Social Sciences!!! My mom and B are going to be so proud.

Anyhow, sorry for the lack of previous blogs and the length of this one, I’ll try to do better from here on out.