The last month has been ridiculous. Absolutely crazy. Our townhouse is 2 months behind schedule (don't even get me started!) and we keep being told that we'll be able to move in "next week" -- except it's always the next week. So... we've been living in my parents' house and commuting to and from Springfield each day. The drive isn't bad... except when you do it daily. At 6:30 a.m. Have I ever mentioned that I'm not a morning person? Well, for the record, I'm not a morning person. I love, love, love the morning once I'm up... it's just getting there is a struggle.
Anywho, aside from commuting, I've started a new job. Woohoo! Mark #1 off the list; I have a new job and I absolutely love it! I'm working in Financial Services on campus. My co-workers are fabulous, being back on campus is great, and I'm learning a lot about not-for-profit accounting. Tomorrow is the first day of school; it's so weird that I'll be going to campus tomorrow on the first day of school as a staff member. I suppose there will be several things similar that I will encounter on my transition from student-leader to peer with many of the people I so admired during my days on campus. For starters, running into Dr. Doman as an employee still catches me off guard. My first morning when he welcomed me as a co-worker was a strange moment for me. One of my mentors through all of my years in college is now someone I run into daily at work. I have a feeling that regardless of where I am in my life, Dr. D is someone I'll always look up to. I'm thankful for having people like that in my life. In the unlikely situation that you come across this, Dr. D., thanks for all that you do. It truly makes a difference.
We tried a new wine tonight: Menage A Trois California Red. I don't normally pick new wines called "Red" (without a grape variety), but I recently read in Food and Wine how delicious some blended wines are, so I decided to give this a try- it's a blend of Cabernet Savignon (my favorite), Merlot (tied second favorite) and Zinfindel (also tied at number two). I would defintely recommend it, especially considering it was only $8 today (normally $12 at the grocery store I was at).
In terms of making progress on the rest of the list... well, I'm a bit behind. Three hours of my day goes to commuting at the moment! It's nice to have the time in the car with Ben, but to be honest, we're still waking up in the morning (5 am comes fast!) and we're decompressing after work to the point that we just kind of veg on the way home (in a safe driving way, promise!). Once we get home, it's dinner with my parents and then it's already 7:30. Since 5 a.m. is rapidly approaching, we have only a couple of hours before it's time to wake up and do it all over again. It's been nice to spend some time with the family and have Ben get to know them better, but one thing is for sure: I'm ready to have my life back!
