Mar 01, 2008 22:58
Wow, so I haven't been on this in forever... I forgot I had one lol.
Update on my career life:
I recently got a job at the Fox 61 News affiliate in Hartford. Actually I got two jobs there... during the week I am a production technician (camera operator) and I'm training on floor managing. I am also the weekend editor which is highly stressful but amazing experience. I hated the editing at first only because of the stress and time constraints during the show. However, I'm getting much faster now... I was actually done before the show started tonight Whooo! I love doing camera though. It's so easy... not to mention that for the first 3 hours I'm there, I'm just sitting in the break room watching tv. Not too bad lol. So yeah, I'm really happy I got this job... and it's all thanks to Erica cuz she's amazing! This is so much better than an internship because #1: I'm getting paid & #2: I'm not just someone who gets coffee for people.. I'm actually doing work. For the editing position, I'm the only one there and I have to edit stories off of the live feed, VO's (voice over footage), teases and promos... all before 10pm. Yeah... its not easy.
Its actually really funny how I got the editing position... I interviewed twice for the technician position and a week after the second interview, my boss calls and tells me I have to get a drug test (which usually means you've got the job). A couple hours later.. at like 9:00pm, the chief photographer calls and asks if I am interested in the weekend editor position. I of course say HELL YES! and I arrange an interview with him. After putting a resume tape together of things I have edited (ESPN and Midnight Mania @ Uha stuff) I go to the interview. At the end of it, he tells me that the job is mine if I want it (he hadn't even looked at the tape yet) and I took it! He said the guy who interviewed me for the other positions gave him my resume because they thought I'd be good for the job. I'm so happy I got it, even though I complain sometimes because I can't go home and I don't have my weekends free, but I'm making a decent amount of money and starting my career early. I'd say I'm doing pretty well in that area.
Update on my love life:
Gregg and I have been dating for almost a year now (it will be a year in April) and I'm so in love with him I can't even explain it. He means everything to me and I honestly don't know what I would do without him. He's romantic, hillarious, intelligent, sarcastic, responsible, driven, caring (and lets not forget that he's really hott). He does so much for me and has sacrificed so much to be with me including moving to CT. He's amazing. I miss him so much and he's only been gone for 2 days. He went home to NJ on Friday to help his friend move. If I could, I would move in with him, but I don't really have money to pay rent right now. Hopefully someday we'll get to that point. We both want to move to Cali after I graduate because we are in similar fields of study and Cali offers so much more than the East Coast.
I feel like I've known Gregg my entire life. There are seriously no words that could describe how I feel for him. I love him so much and I just want him to be happy.
My roomates don't really understand how serious our relationship is. They get mad that I don't really stay at the dorm and I never really have time to hang out with them. I understand that I'm never around, but I'd rather be with him in my free time than come back to my roomates either sleeping or talking about schoolwork. I don't have a lot of freetime this semester and I want to see him as much as possible. I want to hang out with them more but we all have opposite schedules. I understand that it's partially my fault, but its not fair to get upset at me only because you personally aren't ready for that stage of commitment with your own boyfriends yet.
I guess that last paragraph summed up my roomate issues as well... its just wierd because last semester Lyuda and I were inseperable and now her and Colleen are. She has taken on a totally different personality and I feel like I don't know her anymore. I wish we could become closer like we were sophomore year, but I guess people grow up as well as apart. Can't really change that aspect of life.
Update on my family:
Josh is doing really well... he has a well paying job working for the government, even though he doesn't really know how to save the money he makes. I haven't seen him in a while... since December. He was in Hartford today on his way to a friends place but I missed him because of my cell phone accident. Let's just say it was submerged in water. My mom is doing alright as well. She loves her job and still helpes out with Salem Sound. We all moved into a condo over the summer. Kinda sucks not living in Salem, but Swampscott is okay. At least its only a 15 minute jog to the beach :) I really miss my family and it sucks that I can't go home to see them. Hopefully over the break I will but probably only for a couple days. Next weekend I'm going to Vermont with Gregg and his Mom to go snowboarding!!!!! OMG, it was sooo much fun the last time we went. I felt like I had gotten hit by a truck the day after, but it was awesome! I actually snowboarded down the entire 30,000 foot mountain. It was so exciting! I can't wait to go again.
My dad is now planning to move to Florida. I guess its a good thing and a bad thing. Good in the sense that it will be easier on him physically but bad in the sense that I won't really see him. I mean, I don't see him a lot as it is, but if he moves to Florida I'm never going to see him. How the hell am I going to afford a ticket to Florida when I can't even afford new brakes for my car. Yeah right. But anyway, he has a new puppy now. Her name is Abbey...and she is adorable. She's part boxer and something else... I dont remember. She was really hyper and loveable when they first got her and now she barks at everything and everyone. She's kinda psycho.
Overall Update:
I guess other than working at Fox, working at the Physcial therapy office, doing STN, and school... I'm not up to much lol. Like I said, I don't have much free time but I'm loving my life right now. Everything seems to be falling into place for me... except for spending more money than I'm making (stupid car!). Oh yea.. does anyone know if front breaks are suppose to cost $350.00? Anyway.. I hope everyone else is doing well... I haven't realy been on here to check anyone's LJ's. Take care for now... well probably for a while lol ttyl
I LOVE YOU GREGG... I can't wait to see you tomorrow!!!! <3