I know I’ve been horrible about keeping up with my blogging, but working evenings doesn’t give me much time for a normal life most days. It’s pretty much a sleep-and-work cycle on the days I’m working, then catch up on sleep on the days I’m not. However, things in my life are about to change and I have five events in my life right now that I am really excited about:
1. On October 20th I will be starting a new job! I’m not a very superstitious/religious person, but how I got this job basically can be summed up by fate/a blessing. I was not even looking for a job, but a coworker at my current job who also works for another facility asked me if I’d possibly be interested in a position there. I said sure, I’d talk to the director and see what they had to offer, not expecting anything really to come out of it. I went in for the interview and before I even left the director offered me the position. Not only did they offer me more money, but benefits (which I don’t have at my current job) and better hours, and on top of all that it is 15 blocks from my house, on the same street. How could I pass up an opportunity like that? I feel like all the good I’ve done for people working in hospitals since I graduated is finally coming around back to me in the form of this opportunity.
2. A couple of my twitter gal pals, Theresa Carter and Blagica Bottigliero, are hosting an event at the North Michigan Avenue Apple Store called “It’s Chic To Be Geek, Ladies”. It’s going to be a meetup for ladies in and surrounding Chicago who use technology in their every day lives. I’m really excited to be able to be a part of this, not only because it gives me an opportunity to meet new people but because I know so few girls in Chicago, especially ones who are as crazy about technology/social media as I am.
3. As I may or may not have mentioned, Thanksgiving is my absolute favourite holiday ever. When I moved here I was concerned I would not be able to spend Thanksgiving with my family due to my job, airfare being too high, etc. This whole having family in another state and having to travel to share holidays is new to me. I was also concerned that I would have to choose being able to spend it with my family or with Chris if he couldn’t take the time off work. Like children from a divorce, we chose to spend Thanksgiving with my family and Christmas with his (is that how other couples do holidays when their families live out of state?). We booked our tickets and lucked out by getting the last flight available the day before Thanksgiving, and we’re coming home on the dreaded Black Friday. It will be a short trip, but it means a lot to me to get the chance to spend the holiday with my family.
4. Shortly after that comes Chris and my one year anniversary! I’m pretty sure everyone in the world knows this, but in case you didn’t, Chris and I happened to meet on Twitter. Our relationship blossomed over those 140-characters-or-less messages into what it is today. Not only have I been very lucky, but I think our relationship has been somewhat inspirational to some. It makes me feel very good about the chances I took to be here when someone tells me that things have turned out pretty amazing for me and that I have proved them wrong. I guess I can really celebrate beating the odds so-to-speak when we get married (yeah chris, thats a public nudge!).
5. I’m from Pittsburgh and I’m a hockey fan. Naturally, I love my hometown team the Penguins. Luckily for me, I move to a city that has a team that was part of the Original 6. Even more luckily for me, I have an awesome boyfriend who bought me tickets to the Blackhawks/Pens game in February. I am so excited beyond words for that game. This means I have roughly 5 months to turn Chris into a crazed calling-the-game-from-your-couch-acting-like-you-know-more-than-the-refs-on-the-ice hockey fan.
I also recently joined Viddler and 12seconds so look for some videos soon! If there are any events in the Chicago area that I should add to my social calendar please let me know. I love going out and connecting with the people I meet online and interacting with them in person.
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