I skipped two months here!
Wow, can't believe I haven't posted here since 2009! haha.
A lot has changed in the past couple of months! Well, actually, most of the changing has happened really recently. Basically, I've realized how unhappy I am and how much I need to make a change for the better. Long story short, I have decided to move back to Grand Rapids(!).
Coincidentally, two of my friends and former roommates recently had their roommate move out, so that made it really easy for me to be able to move! I have already moved some of my stuff in. It's a BEAUTIFUL apartment, and even though my bedroom's the smallest, it's still a good size, and I am SO excited about living with Emily and Angelina again! And being back "home" in Grand Rapids!!
I've lived here in Wisconsin for just about a year now, and I haven't felt like I could stay here long-term. I am excited to return to my friends and favorite places after moving back...and discovering new places and people, too.
I'll be transferring to the Target in Jenison, where I shopped a lot while I was in school. It's not official yet - still have to do a phone interview, but I can't see them rejecting me. ha. I had an interview the other day for an administrative assistant job at a great non-profit, but I don't think I did super well in the interview. I'll find out on Monday if I got the job. Apparently I was one of four "cream of the crop" applicants, so that's nice to know. If I don't get the job, I'll continue to look for something better while working at Target.
Moving is such a headache, but I'm glad I'm doing what's best for me. I'll miss Rachel and Kevin and Sox and Leo terribly, but I'm glad they'll have their house to themselves.
In other, horrible news, I found out on Wednesday morning that my 16-year-old cousin Talon passed away after a brief but difficult battle with cancer. It's still so unreal. The news story is HERE. I've never known him or his siblings very well, but did spend time with them at many family gatherings. Their family is very sweet, and it's just heart wrenching that they've had to go through this. He had only been sick since November, and they didn't know right away he had cancer. He had been receiving treatment at the children's hospital in Grand Rapids, and one of the first things I thought about when I decided to move to GR was that I'd go visit them in the hospital after I settled in. I had no idea his time was so short. The funeral was today, and a lot of our family was able to travel in for it. My cousin Laura picked my mom up on her way there, and they're staying the night. I wish I could have made it, but I probably would have been a wreck the entire time. I have cried a lot over this...even though I didn't know Talon well, he is family, and he was taken far too early. I have cried for his parents and younger siblings...I can't imagine what they're going through. ::Sigh:: It's so hard to grasp.
It makes me realize that I need to keep in better touch with my family, and let them know I love and appreciate them...because life's too short.
A lot has changed in the past couple of months! Well, actually, most of the changing has happened really recently. Basically, I've realized how unhappy I am and how much I need to make a change for the better. Long story short, I have decided to move back to Grand Rapids(!).
Coincidentally, two of my friends and former roommates recently had their roommate move out, so that made it really easy for me to be able to move! I have already moved some of my stuff in. It's a BEAUTIFUL apartment, and even though my bedroom's the smallest, it's still a good size, and I am SO excited about living with Emily and Angelina again! And being back "home" in Grand Rapids!!
I've lived here in Wisconsin for just about a year now, and I haven't felt like I could stay here long-term. I am excited to return to my friends and favorite places after moving back...and discovering new places and people, too.
I'll be transferring to the Target in Jenison, where I shopped a lot while I was in school. It's not official yet - still have to do a phone interview, but I can't see them rejecting me. ha. I had an interview the other day for an administrative assistant job at a great non-profit, but I don't think I did super well in the interview. I'll find out on Monday if I got the job. Apparently I was one of four "cream of the crop" applicants, so that's nice to know. If I don't get the job, I'll continue to look for something better while working at Target.
Moving is such a headache, but I'm glad I'm doing what's best for me. I'll miss Rachel and Kevin and Sox and Leo terribly, but I'm glad they'll have their house to themselves.
In other, horrible news, I found out on Wednesday morning that my 16-year-old cousin Talon passed away after a brief but difficult battle with cancer. It's still so unreal. The news story is HERE. I've never known him or his siblings very well, but did spend time with them at many family gatherings. Their family is very sweet, and it's just heart wrenching that they've had to go through this. He had only been sick since November, and they didn't know right away he had cancer. He had been receiving treatment at the children's hospital in Grand Rapids, and one of the first things I thought about when I decided to move to GR was that I'd go visit them in the hospital after I settled in. I had no idea his time was so short. The funeral was today, and a lot of our family was able to travel in for it. My cousin Laura picked my mom up on her way there, and they're staying the night. I wish I could have made it, but I probably would have been a wreck the entire time. I have cried a lot over this...even though I didn't know Talon well, he is family, and he was taken far too early. I have cried for his parents and younger siblings...I can't imagine what they're going through. ::Sigh:: It's so hard to grasp.
It makes me realize that I need to keep in better touch with my family, and let them know I love and appreciate them...because life's too short.