Work is slow today
So it has been forever since I have updated this thing. School and other responsibilities just took up too much of my time after the summer of 2006. I was a senior in college, still trying to figure out what direction my life was going to go in. Senior year had its ups and downs. The beginning was pretty much the low part. Once November rolled around, it went back up and has stayed there. It's funny how things happen...and after three years of being single, that changed rather quickly. Started dating this awesome guy, who I can happily say, I'm still with. We just had our eleven month anniversary this past weekend and it has been amazing. I never thought I would be lucky enough to find someone as awesome as he is, but I guess life works in mysterious ways. Overall our relationship has been great. We had a few minor things that needed to be worked out at the beginning, but other than that, it has been good. "Me likey he and he likey me and the best part is Shazaam!" as Jack McFarland would say.
Overall life has been good though since last summer. Started dating Eric, which is almost ironic in itself, because if you were to ask me what I thought about him when I first met him at his freshmen orientation, I would have an entirely different opinion of him than I do now. But again, it's funny how opinions change over time. You actually get to know people and you come to realize that maybe they are not as good/bad as you thought they once were. We started dating right around Thanksgiving, which was tough right off the bat. Started dating and then Thanksgiving break showed up out of nowhere. So I was stuck at school and Eric headed home for break. I remember his mother sent food back for me because she felt bad I was at school. That made me feel good. Since the beginning, we've had quite a few interesting things happen. I remember being so nervous about meeting his mother, not knowing what to expect and hoping she would like me. It turns out I had nothing to worry about, but when you are meeting parents for the first time, you get worried. His dad decided to stop in for a visit that weekend too, which was quite interesting. I could write an entire entry about that and other things, but I will stick to the abridged version. After Thanksgiving, Christmas break was only a few weeks away. It was a tough thing to think about considering we'd only been together a few weeks, and then we had a month break. But luckily I was going to stay with him at the end of December, which made it nice. Spring semester started off right where we left off. The only problem for me was knowing that I was graduating in a few months and what would happen after that. I was still looking at going to graduate school, by this point, I had applied to UConn, IUP and UB. March saw me, Lauren and Joe heading to IUP for interviews and orientation and such. Had ten interviews for assistantships, hoping that one would crop up. UConn and UB had rejected me, so IUP was my last hope for graduate school. I was bummed and then when assistantship offers never came, I knew I was done as far as graduate school went. Luckily I had Eric to make me feel better, it felt like my life was crumbling down, but what I didn't realize at the time was that the rejections were only pointing to a far better alternative option.
Since graduate school never panned out, I needed to start looking for jobs. I remember Jenn had received a letter from Geneseo, they were advertising for a Program Advisor position in their Student Government. It seemed pretty nice and had benefits, since Borner had worked there, also close to home. Needless to say, I accepted the position there, quit after five weeks because the job sucked and moved back home while I looked for other jobs.
Lets jump back though. After grad school had fizzled out, it was time to enjoy the time I had left in Utica, with all my friends and especially my boyfriend. Things were still going great, and we had alot of good things to look forward to. Apocolypse Week, Carnival, Formal and the Fireworks were all quickly approaching. The nice thing about this year was that I actually had someone to enjoy all of this stuff with. It definitely made everything 100% better, especially formal. Getting fitted for tuxes was fun. We decided we would do matching colors, but different ties so that we didn't look completely the same. Formal was a great time, I won my second student life award. It made me happy knowing that someone felt I was doing a good job for all the stuff I was involved in. After that, we just spent the rest of the evening enjoying ourselves with everyone. Probably one of the more sadder moments was when we decided to let go a couple of balloons to signify us moving ahead with our lives. The rest of the night was spent socializing, dancing and being happy till midnight when it was time to leave. Carnival/Luau/Fireworks were the next day, so the busy weekend was only at the beginning. Alot of fun was had though and it definitely was one of the more exciting carnivals. Graduation was the next major event to occur. I was happy to have Eric there along with my family (parents, sisters and grandparents). It made the day that much more special. Knowing that I was graduating did not really hurt our relationship at all. We had talked alot about what would happen after graduation, where we were going to be and that while we would be apart, we'd still see each other, and once eric was done at suny, we'd figure things out from there.
Summer 2007 started off good. Eric came to visit only a few days after graduation, and stayed for that weekend since it was our six month anniversary. I surprised him by taking him to Niagara Falls for the night, since he had never been there and it had been a while since I was there. We ended up staying on the Canadian side of the Falls, which was much nicer than I was expecting. We went on the Maid of the Mist and pretty much just walked around and explored a bit. It felt so good to see Eric so happy. A few weeks later was my annual Lax trip. Won't get too much into that, it brings back some bad thoughts. The rest of the summer was spent with me looking forward to moving to Geneseo, not knowing how sucky it really was going to be. Needless to say, I learned that one pretty quickly and was happy that I got out when I did. Now I am living in Albany, right in Eric's mom's backyard basically, working at the University of Albany. Its a great job and I'm happy that things worked out the way they did.
So in conclusion I guess, I'd have to say the last year has been pretty eventful to say the least. Alot of good memories have been made, and things have finally been going in the right direction. I can say that Eric has been amazing, I really couldn't ask for a better boyfriend. I will admit it has been tough at times, not being near him anymore, but that has not stopped us from having a great relationship. I still visit Utica quite a bit and Eric has been home too, so it works out well. Albany is much closer to Utica than home/geneseo, so visiting is much easier and requires alot less planning. He is busy this semester with five classes...I don't know how he does it, but I'm so proud of him. He's doing great in school, even might have the chance to go to Yale for graduate school. That is an amazing opportunity...one that could open up alot of doors for him and ultimately me when I move with him wherever we decide to go hehe. At this point, alls I can say is that I love you baby :) It has been an amazing eleven months, our year anniversary is coming soon. :)
I guess I should get back to work huh...I know this is a really abridged version of the last year, but a quick summary I figured was a good start. Alot has happened, it would take much more time to completely explain it all. I promise to stay more updated from now on hehe.
tata for now...
Overall life has been good though since last summer. Started dating Eric, which is almost ironic in itself, because if you were to ask me what I thought about him when I first met him at his freshmen orientation, I would have an entirely different opinion of him than I do now. But again, it's funny how opinions change over time. You actually get to know people and you come to realize that maybe they are not as good/bad as you thought they once were. We started dating right around Thanksgiving, which was tough right off the bat. Started dating and then Thanksgiving break showed up out of nowhere. So I was stuck at school and Eric headed home for break. I remember his mother sent food back for me because she felt bad I was at school. That made me feel good. Since the beginning, we've had quite a few interesting things happen. I remember being so nervous about meeting his mother, not knowing what to expect and hoping she would like me. It turns out I had nothing to worry about, but when you are meeting parents for the first time, you get worried. His dad decided to stop in for a visit that weekend too, which was quite interesting. I could write an entire entry about that and other things, but I will stick to the abridged version. After Thanksgiving, Christmas break was only a few weeks away. It was a tough thing to think about considering we'd only been together a few weeks, and then we had a month break. But luckily I was going to stay with him at the end of December, which made it nice. Spring semester started off right where we left off. The only problem for me was knowing that I was graduating in a few months and what would happen after that. I was still looking at going to graduate school, by this point, I had applied to UConn, IUP and UB. March saw me, Lauren and Joe heading to IUP for interviews and orientation and such. Had ten interviews for assistantships, hoping that one would crop up. UConn and UB had rejected me, so IUP was my last hope for graduate school. I was bummed and then when assistantship offers never came, I knew I was done as far as graduate school went. Luckily I had Eric to make me feel better, it felt like my life was crumbling down, but what I didn't realize at the time was that the rejections were only pointing to a far better alternative option.
Since graduate school never panned out, I needed to start looking for jobs. I remember Jenn had received a letter from Geneseo, they were advertising for a Program Advisor position in their Student Government. It seemed pretty nice and had benefits, since Borner had worked there, also close to home. Needless to say, I accepted the position there, quit after five weeks because the job sucked and moved back home while I looked for other jobs.
Lets jump back though. After grad school had fizzled out, it was time to enjoy the time I had left in Utica, with all my friends and especially my boyfriend. Things were still going great, and we had alot of good things to look forward to. Apocolypse Week, Carnival, Formal and the Fireworks were all quickly approaching. The nice thing about this year was that I actually had someone to enjoy all of this stuff with. It definitely made everything 100% better, especially formal. Getting fitted for tuxes was fun. We decided we would do matching colors, but different ties so that we didn't look completely the same. Formal was a great time, I won my second student life award. It made me happy knowing that someone felt I was doing a good job for all the stuff I was involved in. After that, we just spent the rest of the evening enjoying ourselves with everyone. Probably one of the more sadder moments was when we decided to let go a couple of balloons to signify us moving ahead with our lives. The rest of the night was spent socializing, dancing and being happy till midnight when it was time to leave. Carnival/Luau/Fireworks were the next day, so the busy weekend was only at the beginning. Alot of fun was had though and it definitely was one of the more exciting carnivals. Graduation was the next major event to occur. I was happy to have Eric there along with my family (parents, sisters and grandparents). It made the day that much more special. Knowing that I was graduating did not really hurt our relationship at all. We had talked alot about what would happen after graduation, where we were going to be and that while we would be apart, we'd still see each other, and once eric was done at suny, we'd figure things out from there.
Summer 2007 started off good. Eric came to visit only a few days after graduation, and stayed for that weekend since it was our six month anniversary. I surprised him by taking him to Niagara Falls for the night, since he had never been there and it had been a while since I was there. We ended up staying on the Canadian side of the Falls, which was much nicer than I was expecting. We went on the Maid of the Mist and pretty much just walked around and explored a bit. It felt so good to see Eric so happy. A few weeks later was my annual Lax trip. Won't get too much into that, it brings back some bad thoughts. The rest of the summer was spent with me looking forward to moving to Geneseo, not knowing how sucky it really was going to be. Needless to say, I learned that one pretty quickly and was happy that I got out when I did. Now I am living in Albany, right in Eric's mom's backyard basically, working at the University of Albany. Its a great job and I'm happy that things worked out the way they did.
So in conclusion I guess, I'd have to say the last year has been pretty eventful to say the least. Alot of good memories have been made, and things have finally been going in the right direction. I can say that Eric has been amazing, I really couldn't ask for a better boyfriend. I will admit it has been tough at times, not being near him anymore, but that has not stopped us from having a great relationship. I still visit Utica quite a bit and Eric has been home too, so it works out well. Albany is much closer to Utica than home/geneseo, so visiting is much easier and requires alot less planning. He is busy this semester with five classes...I don't know how he does it, but I'm so proud of him. He's doing great in school, even might have the chance to go to Yale for graduate school. That is an amazing opportunity...one that could open up alot of doors for him and ultimately me when I move with him wherever we decide to go hehe. At this point, alls I can say is that I love you baby :) It has been an amazing eleven months, our year anniversary is coming soon. :)
I guess I should get back to work huh...I know this is a really abridged version of the last year, but a quick summary I figured was a good start. Alot has happened, it would take much more time to completely explain it all. I promise to stay more updated from now on hehe.
tata for now...