So after my last post I headed out on vacation for a while. One of my close friends from my cohort got married over Memorial Day weekend, so a group of us headed down to celebrate with her. It was beautiful and totally made me cry. After the wedding we headed to the beach for a nice little getaway before we all went our separate ways. Overall it wasn't a super eventful trip....though it was wonderful! So nice to spend time with each other and just relax before all of the changes to come. While we were there my very best friend got her job offer, so that was super exciting! Unfortunately she's moved very far away from me, and I'm already totally sad.
After the beach, I headed back to my hometown for a while. I had planned to stay for 3 or 4 days and ended up staying for more like 9, but it was a much needed trip to spend time with my amazing family. This trip definitely felt different in a lot of ways -- my hometown and my family's house will always be home to me, but this time there was definitely a different feeling this time. I mean, honestly that was probably the longest amount of time I'll ever get to spend at home from now on, so I was enjoying every minute of it. We had so much fun -- I love my family so much. We had a great time reminiscing and whatnot...when I moved out of my apartment in undergrad I basically just threw everything into my closet back home without really organizing it, so we had a few great nights with lots of wine and laughing while going through all of my stuff. So yeah, long story short, home was amazing. Truly wonderful. I love my family so much and really enjoyed getting to spend time with them.
When I finally came back, I spent the first couple of days helping my roomie get packed and move out, and then she left. So sad. So so sad. I also started a complicated and totally overwhelming and cool process of....get this...buying a house!! Yes, you read that right, I'm buying a house! Basically while I was at home my family and I spent a lot of time crunching the numbers, and it financially makes more sense for me to do this. Now, I should warn you that I knew absolutely nothing about house buying or mortgages or equity or anything like that approximately 3 weeks ago, and now I'm practically an expert!! It's crazy!! So yes, lots of exciting things going on.
So, in the midst of all of this going on...there's kind of the major point of actually starting my job! I've officially been working for two weeks, and it's been absolutely wonderful! I am really confident that I made a good decision in taking this job opportunity, and every day has been fantastic thus far. There is definitely a lot to learn and do, and I'm already a little overwhelmed, but I'm also really motivated and excited about the opportunity to have a really positive impact.
A recap on the last month then....vacation and home, which were fabulous. Both of my roommates have officially moved out of my apartment, so I'm all alone, which is sad. I've been packing on the weekends -- how did I accumulate so much stuff? I've also found the house I plan to buy and am putting in a contract tomorrow! Most of my best friends have gotten jobs and moved away, which has been really tough, but I'm extremely happy for all of them. I managed to navigate my way through my benefits and retirement paperwork with the help of a wonderful benefits counselor at the University, and I've survived two solid weeks of work. It's been a hell of a month to say the least.
We are approaching the end of the month, and like my counterpart, I will be taking my leave of the blog shortly. However, I do want to write a couple more entries on what starting my professional career has been like, as well as some overall thoughts on the job search process. Apologies for taking so long before getting back to y'all -- I've learned that after a long day of work that mostly involves sitting on my computer, coming home and getting on my laptop is like the last thing I want to do. Oops! But I'm getting used to it :)
So, thanks for continuing to follow my adventures -- things have certainly been wild lately. Tune in again soon to hear more about the life of a new professional :)
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