I am constantly reminded how lucky I am to have Dave. Today is my production day, and I feel totally overwhelmed and flustered. He called to ask me a question, and I ended up snapping at him out of stress. I texted him an apology after we hung up, and he texted back "No problem, belle! I hope the rest of your day goes better ( Read more... )

Well, the next chapter in my life presented itself to me yesterday: I've been promoted to managing editor of the East Aurora Advertiser ( Read more... )

I stumbled across this article today, and it was exactly, exactly what I needed.

Now, I have no plans to get married anytime soon. However I also plan to stay with my easy-going, sensitive and hilarious boyfriend for-- well, forever.

But sometimes I get a cold, creeping feeling of blind panic at the fact that this man, the first I've ever been in a ( Read more... )

I just went for an interview for an enterprise reporting position at Business First Buffalo. As usual, I imagined the extreme-- what if I got it? What would I do? How would this change things? Should I leave the Courier just like that ( Read more... )

You know what I've been thinking about lately? Attraction. Not just physical, although that's obviously a part of it. I guess love is a better word, although it doesn't have to be happily-ever-after. It could just be intense like, even.

What makes one person stand out to another person, out of the millions upon millions of other possibilities? Why ( Read more... )

I just read this article about "Ten things college graduates need to know about finances and careers" while at work (someone needs to teach me how to stop procrastinating). But the tenth item really hit me-- I feel like it's exactly what I needed to hear right now, as I unenthusiastically gear up to start my news editor job at my tiny, rough-around ( Read more... )

( And so it goes. )

I am so happy. Knock on wood, but everything's just so great right now. Boyfriend who seriously may be the sweetest boy in the world, real-life jobs at the News and the Country Courier all lined up, the best friends Bona's and home has to offer, a family who loves me to pieces, Ireland in less than a month. It's so hard for me to ever stop looking ( Read more... )

Tonight: Dinner and "True Grit" with Dave, then wine and video games with Meghan, Dave and Ricky.

Friday: Hanging out with my high school girls, then wine/movie night with Car.

Saturday: Seeing the newest Narnia movie with Curt and Kellee, then heading to Geneseo to love life with Becks, Liz, Meg and others.

Yesss. Great all the way around. I haven't ( Read more... )