I'm not unemployed anymore - I actually have a very fabulous job as a preschool teacher with the University of Michigan child care centers. But I'm still posting, albeit a little more irregularly, and I don't want to ignore the personal progress I've made since starting this blog by renaming it.

Blog inspiration: I read 48 States in 48 Days by Paul Jury in the summer of 2011. It was fabulous...although he planned way less for his roadtrip than I would have. And at the same time, my lovely Anna was constantly reminding me that our lives were awesome, despite the fact that we didn't have job prospects, new cars, boyfriends/husbands, houses, etc., like so many people we knew. So, in an effort to appreciate my life and the crazy uncertainty that it is, I started writing this blog about the little adventures I have. (And by "writing a blog," I mean "making a list" because I make lists, not narratives.) Even if there isn't a BIG adventure that happens every day, I try to find at least one thing to list :)

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

A Second Chance (Apr 20)

  • I was on Eastern's campus for a conference today - it was so fun to be back! A lot has changed (read: improved) but I still had tons of memories come flooding back. And it was fun to imagine all the people making memories there now :)
  • I gave "500 Days of Summer" another chance. I really didn't like it the first time but I love Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt so much now that I thought I'd try again. I still don't really like it but it's fun to see them acting together and I do relate more to the plot line now. Ah well.
  • Tonight was our "Wedding Celebration" at work. Since there are 5 girls getting married this year, it was kind of like a bachelorette party for ALL of them. (People didn't believe us when we said we had 5 brides in our group!) I was actually kind of dreading it thought - I like the people I work with, but I'm not super close to anyone. I thought it might be weird at dinner, and that I might leave soon after that. But when I walked in, everyone was so excited to see me (I think they were yelling obnoxiously to anyone who arrived in our party) and I didn't have a problem talking to people. We had some fabulous food and then moved on to Conor's. We found a section next to a bachelor party. Towards the end of our time there, I had an Irish car bomb with two of the guys in the party. I may not be able to drink beer, but man, I can gulp down an ICB like it's my job :) Plus Korinn, my co-teacher, bought me my drink - it was so sweet. And she, along with a few others, kept asking about my dating life. It was nice that they wanted to know. After Conor's, we went to Habana - so much dancing! It was sooo hot but we had so much fun. One of the 30-something girls was drinking a lot more than we all thought she would and it was fun :) When it was time to leave, we all hugged and I'm just so glad it turned out well. I loved being proved wrong - in this kind of situation ;)
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