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Another Monday at the office. This past weekend was uneventful. Mostly just hung around my house, ate too much food, did more purging of my closet and read plenty of magazines. Luckily the tropical storm wasn't bad, and it just did a lot of raining..not too windy or scary. Yesterday I spent most of the afternoon with Sara watching Sex and the City dvds and complaining about men. Its always fun to have those days:)

This week shouldn't be too bad. Tomorrow I have my last scheduled interview--for now. It sounds really interesting and will hopefully go well! Bad thing about phone interviews: no facial expressions/body language to gauge how things are going. Good thing about phone interviews: no suit wearing required! Otherwise, I think i'm going out for lunch with a co-worker tomorrow. I've also already set aside Friday afternoon for some serious shopping. I've got to get another bridal shower gift for this weekend. Everyone needs to stop getting married! Also, I was browsing the Old Navy & Gap websites this morning, and there is some great stuff! I usually hate Old Navy, but I'm definitely going to go try some stuff on this week. It looks great online, but who knows once I get up close in the store.

From ON's new fall stuff:

Another list

Things I will most likely do this weekend:

1. Read Cosmo and/or my current book, I Was Told There'd Be Cake
2. Get rained on by mean Tropical Storm Hanna
3. Have a few phone convo catch-ups
4. Eat yummy food
5. Continue the excavation of my junk from my room/house
6. Go to a free concert tonight (if its not pouring)
7. Watch bad ABC Family channel movies
8. Try to get some exercize
9. Buy a new dvd player
10. Sleep!

hurricane a'coming

Went to the grocery store last night, and loved the fact that the store had stocked up on bread, milk, and they had even moved cases of bottled water to the front of the store. Gotta love hurricane season in the South. Hopefully it won't actually be horrible, but I guess it is supposed to rain for the next few days. Blah. This morning I turned down that job offer I had mentioned earlier. After too much thinking about it, my gut feeling kept saying no. Even my parents agreed that I made the right decision in declining, so I definitely feel good about it. Yesterday afternoon I had a great interview with the place I'd LOVE to work. A few minutes after that, I got a call from a family friend who's the president of a bank in VA. He told me that his bank has an opening that i'd be great for, so now i've got another phone interview there next week. So, me being the fate-believer that I am, I took all that as I sign that there's definitely bigger and better things on the horizon. And now i'm a baller who turns other people down, instead of vice versa:)

Today i'm not feeling so hot. I'm sticking it out here at the day job as long as I can, but i'm not sure i'm going to stay all day. I might just need a sleeping/tylenol/hot chocolate afternoon, or if it gets worse I might drag myself to my favorite urgent care that brought me back to life after mono. We shall see.

Overall, i'm feeling pretty great about life. Lots of new possibilities, which could include moving out on my own to a new place, and maybe reuniting with some friends who I would absolutely love to see. And my birthday is in 20 days, and i've been thinking about what kind of spectacular celebration I want. Can't wait!

Side note: I definitely heard Darius Rucker's (aka Hootie) new country cong on the radio this morning...tear.

NO!!

I just read on wikipedia that Hootie & the Blowfish announced last week that they are no longer making new albums or touring so that Darius Rucker, the lead singer, can give his country music career a try! This is devastating news! My favorite band since 5th grade and my first concert ever. At least Matthew and I got to see them 2 years ago on their last major tour. Sigh...oh the memories.

Also, today is my very very important phone interview for a very exciting job! Eek so exciting/scary!

Happy September!

I've been so preoccupied with my crazy life changes/new decisions, that I almost forgot its finally September, my favorite month of the year! Not only is it my birthday month (yay!), but its also the start of fall, cooler weather, and pretty fall clothes. I still get that sense of newness and anticipation from beginning a new school year--even though i'm definitely not in school anymore. But I still love this month and this time of year. There's something fresh and crisp about the start of this new season. And, I realize that fall doesn't officially arrive until a couple of days before my b-day, but I feel kind of like its coming early right now. If only the weather would actually start to cool...i'm definitely over the 90+ temps every day.

Obviously yesterday I received a job offer and wasn't really sure what I was going to do. I think i've made my choice, but i'm not going to write anything down to jinx anything. And i've also got some negotiating still going on in my brain, so who knows what the end result will really be. I'll definitely update whenever I finally decide for good!

Job Offer

Just got back to the office and i'm definitely feeling more conflicted than ever. Shouldn't a long anticipated job offer feel better than this? I really hate all this thinking and planning and weighing options. This shouldn't be so hard! So, i'm sure this will be a long afternoon of me pro/con-ing and probably not making much progress.

Nervous/Excited

In my world, where little happens & even the smallest thing is reason for celebration, a LOT has been going on in the past 4 days. I've gone from being an unemployable loser to someone with lots of potential that's about to be realized(?), and i've actually been having a really good time. Weekend recap:

Friday. I was at the office in the morning as usual. Right before I left around lunch time, I read the news that John McCain picked first term governor of Alaska Sarah Palin to be his first mate..running mate, whatever. At first I thought that this was crazy and unrealistic, but the more I think about it, the more I like it. Gov. Palin seems like a great woman who truly and deeply believes in things that are important to her, and I can definitely respect that. She is more conservative than I am on some things, but I still appreciate her ideals. And I really like the fact that she's a wild-woods ex-beauty queen Alaskan with 5 kids and good hair. I'd really like to see her in the White House.

Also on Friday, I went to get my oil changed which took forever. But while I was waiting I got two phone calls: one for a second interview this morning at 10, where I think I may be offered a job. The other was from my dream job place of work, and I have a phone interview with them tomorrow. Normally I think options are a great thing, but my current options are stressing me out. I thought the day I was offered a job (finally), I would jump for joy and immediately sign on the dotted line. And now I might be in that situation this morning (knock on wood), and i'm not completely thrilled because I know that there's a small possibility that something bigger and better is looming out there. Still not sure what i'm going to do if i'm actually presented the options that I think I will be, but i've definitely got that nervous excitment going on right now. More updates to come i'm sure.

Saturday. Drove up to the mountains in Virginia with my parents for the world's biggest labor day weekend flea market. It didn't disappoint, as usual. I got a great Coach knock-off and some other odds and ends. I just love looking around at all the crap for sale and people watching. Needless to say I was exhausted by the time we got home and passed out in my bed until Sunday morning. Sunday was nothing too special. Went to church for the first time in a long while, did some closet reorganization with my fall clothes, and went out to dinner with the fam.

Monday. Lots of cleaning and organizing. Chick-fil-a was giving out free chicken strips to anyone wearing their favorite football team logo, so of course I went all decked out in WF stuff. The strips were very tasty. Last night I went over to Sara's boyfriend's new house to have dinner with them which was lots of fun. They are one couple that I don't feel totally third wheel-like when its just the 3 of us hanging out--definitely a good thing. I ate waaay too much chips and dip, but we had a really good time and I got to try this new kind of fruity beer which I actually liked!

So, today is Tuesday and its back to the office as usual. I've got to leave in a few minutes and go out for my interview. I hope I can bring my shrewd negotiating skills to the table (if I need them). Wish me luck!