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heyy. hi. its been a while. a lot has happened in the past month or so. here is a concise history of what's happened and where im at with things in adult world.
the day after i graduated, mike flew out to help me pack up my life and drive to colorado. this was an intense task -- bigger than i had expected. our first priority was my new tv (thanks brendan!), which we expertly fit into my grand am. alllll 50 inches of it.
then, we sorted all my crap and decided what was most important to take with me. we had the car so packed we couldnt even fit a jar of peanut butter. there absolutely was no room. we were sitting on stuff, had the seats all the way forward, and had things in the glove compartment. here's mike putting in the final touches:
the drive went well. we got here in 13.5 hours, which is definitely legendary record time. we left naperville at like noon, which i thought was a doomed decision, but we pulled in to the house around 1am, which was perfect timing to crash and sleep after a long day of boring driving in nebraska. the day day we unloaded all my crap and attempted to sort my life out and find where i would fit in the house.
it took me about a week to fully unpack and get settled. it was a nice little break after being stressed about work, school, and the move. mike and i slept in every day, played katamary damacy, and then i cleaned/organized the house and my life. i played with fer fer, ted's ferret a whole lot. she's my friend.
the weather was so amazing when i got here. it was like 75 in march. untilllll.... one morning we woke up to this:
i was so shocked. its snowed that much like 3 times since then too, even late into april. its crazy how fast it accumulates, and how fast its gone.
a lot changes after you graduate college. until january i was pretty focused on career things and where i was going in life. through the course of winter term, i grew up a lot and realized a lot about life. even in the week after i graduated i realized how naive i was to think that immediately after you graduate college, you find a real job that will become your career. unless youre one of the lucky few that has their finances planned out for them, being independent after college is fucking scary and immediate. over the course of three months i gradually let go of my lofty ideas of finding that great job right after college. it just doesnt happen for most people. especially with the terrible economy, finding a real job with a nice salary is near impossible for recent graduates. so, simply happy to be living with my boyfriend in the best state in the US, i lowered my expectations to finding any job that would enable me to pay the bills. lucky enough, through friends out here, i managed to get an "interview" the very first day i planned on seriously looking for a job. that interview consisted of being told i started the next day.
so, now i work at ID Watchdog, and identity theft monitoring company. i basically processes peoples' identies everyday and send them warning emails if there is a risk of identity theft. so, definitely not a career that im looking to stick with, but it pays well, i will be salaried in 3 months, and im simply happy to be employed. so far, i love my job. its in denver, so i take a bus out there every morning. i love everyone i work with and am constantly entertained by them. i actually have a few friends there already and have hung out with them a few times. happy hour!
life is good. i'm glad i decided to move out here immediately after i graduated instead of waiting for a job to fall in my lap. it simply doesnt happen like that. except for not having the most ideal job right now, im living a fairy tale. every day i literally feel euphoric. i can't fully grasp that im done with school and living a 100% stress-free life. its nice.
now i spend my free time doing awesome things. mike and i are planning a trip for next year where we travel the ancient silk road. we're going to make a documentary about the people along the road and our adventures. we're working with the silk road project and will be interviewing yo-yo ma sometime this year. pretty badass. mike might have a job at the NY Times, which is way crazy. i kind of dont want to move to new york, especially long term, but since thats kind of a dream job for mike, ill have to sacrifice a little and go make it out east. until then, im going to take advantage of living 15 minutes from awesome mountain climbing in boulder.
you can see our house!
at the top, facing west into the mountains
the day after i graduated, mike flew out to help me pack up my life and drive to colorado. this was an intense task -- bigger than i had expected. our first priority was my new tv (thanks brendan!), which we expertly fit into my grand am. alllll 50 inches of it.
then, we sorted all my crap and decided what was most important to take with me. we had the car so packed we couldnt even fit a jar of peanut butter. there absolutely was no room. we were sitting on stuff, had the seats all the way forward, and had things in the glove compartment. here's mike putting in the final touches:
the drive went well. we got here in 13.5 hours, which is definitely legendary record time. we left naperville at like noon, which i thought was a doomed decision, but we pulled in to the house around 1am, which was perfect timing to crash and sleep after a long day of boring driving in nebraska. the day day we unloaded all my crap and attempted to sort my life out and find where i would fit in the house.
it took me about a week to fully unpack and get settled. it was a nice little break after being stressed about work, school, and the move. mike and i slept in every day, played katamary damacy, and then i cleaned/organized the house and my life. i played with fer fer, ted's ferret a whole lot. she's my friend.
the weather was so amazing when i got here. it was like 75 in march. untilllll.... one morning we woke up to this:
i was so shocked. its snowed that much like 3 times since then too, even late into april. its crazy how fast it accumulates, and how fast its gone.
a lot changes after you graduate college. until january i was pretty focused on career things and where i was going in life. through the course of winter term, i grew up a lot and realized a lot about life. even in the week after i graduated i realized how naive i was to think that immediately after you graduate college, you find a real job that will become your career. unless youre one of the lucky few that has their finances planned out for them, being independent after college is fucking scary and immediate. over the course of three months i gradually let go of my lofty ideas of finding that great job right after college. it just doesnt happen for most people. especially with the terrible economy, finding a real job with a nice salary is near impossible for recent graduates. so, simply happy to be living with my boyfriend in the best state in the US, i lowered my expectations to finding any job that would enable me to pay the bills. lucky enough, through friends out here, i managed to get an "interview" the very first day i planned on seriously looking for a job. that interview consisted of being told i started the next day.
so, now i work at ID Watchdog, and identity theft monitoring company. i basically processes peoples' identies everyday and send them warning emails if there is a risk of identity theft. so, definitely not a career that im looking to stick with, but it pays well, i will be salaried in 3 months, and im simply happy to be employed. so far, i love my job. its in denver, so i take a bus out there every morning. i love everyone i work with and am constantly entertained by them. i actually have a few friends there already and have hung out with them a few times. happy hour!
life is good. i'm glad i decided to move out here immediately after i graduated instead of waiting for a job to fall in my lap. it simply doesnt happen like that. except for not having the most ideal job right now, im living a fairy tale. every day i literally feel euphoric. i can't fully grasp that im done with school and living a 100% stress-free life. its nice.
now i spend my free time doing awesome things. mike and i are planning a trip for next year where we travel the ancient silk road. we're going to make a documentary about the people along the road and our adventures. we're working with the silk road project and will be interviewing yo-yo ma sometime this year. pretty badass. mike might have a job at the NY Times, which is way crazy. i kind of dont want to move to new york, especially long term, but since thats kind of a dream job for mike, ill have to sacrifice a little and go make it out east. until then, im going to take advantage of living 15 minutes from awesome mountain climbing in boulder.
you can see our house!
at the top, facing west into the mountains