It has been forever since I updated, I realize.
I won't even say that I've been too busy to write. I just haven't made the time. But, I am back, for at least one night, to update and be grateful.
First and foremost Noel Cruse is back in my life. For the first time since 2007, we live in the same city again. I can't express to the people I know up here how incredible that is. Everyone back home understands because they had to deal with the side effects of me not having him around all of the time.
Right now he is staying at me and Stef's apartment while he looks for his own apartment. Stef has been wonderful to let him crash here while he looks.
What is crazy is that, when he finally got a job, he was hired by ValueOptions. When I was in 7th grade, my parents told us that we were moving to Alexandria, VA. Dad had a job that he was taking and he was flying back and forth from Atlanta until we moved up there. That was the year mom passed away. We didn't end up moving. But, years later, my boyfriend would end up getting a job with them. The world is crazy in that way! Some of his coworkers even knew my dad.
Bottom line is that I'm so happy to have Noel near me again and we no longer have to worry about him finding a job up here.
Second on my list is my new job. I miss ACCA more than words can express. I miss the people, both coworkers and participants. I miss the beautiful building, the garden, and the train tracks. I miss Athens (especially the food)!! But, my new position with OWL-The Voice of Midlife and Older Women has been a wonderful experience to date.
I am involved at every level in this national organization's efforts and I could not be happier. One of my favorite aspects of this position is how pertinent it is to school and what I've been learning about health policy. In fact, I was at a White House briefing with the Office of Management and Budget and they were talking about adverse selection. This was an exact term that I had just been tested on 4 days before. I'm so grateful to have gotten a position with an organization that is this involved at the national level.
One interesting and exciting opportunity that will be coming up in the next few months is my trip to the Iowa Caucus. I never thought I would get the opportunity to go to Des Moines again...but, come December 31, my boss and I are hopping in the car and driving across country to Cleveland, Chicago and then on to Des Moines for the caucus. What an exciting opportunity!
I am so grateful to have this opportunity.
Lastly, I am grateful to have the opportunity to attend school. George Washington has been a unique experience so far. Although I am in Health Policy, I was given the opportunity to serve as a Managing Editor for the Cases in Public Health Communication and Marketing Journal. It has been quite an experience so far and I'm grateful to have the opportunity.
My classes are going well and I feel like I'm learning something new everyday. My advisor also informed me today that, if I keep going down the path I'm on, I could graduate next December. I probably won't try and get out in a year and a half, but it's nice to know that I could if I really wanted to.
I still can't believe that I live in this city and that my life is how it is now. I get on the metro and think, who is this person!? But it's a good feeling. I miss home, friends, and family so much, but I am grateful that life is so good right now and hope that it continues to be this way.
Goodnight to all.
PS- I go to bed craving tofu cubes. Fried and sprinkled with nutritional yeast. Yum to the yummy.
I won't even say that I've been too busy to write. I just haven't made the time. But, I am back, for at least one night, to update and be grateful.
Tonight, I am grateful for...
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| Noel and I in Georgetown the first weekend he got here |
Right now he is staying at me and Stef's apartment while he looks for his own apartment. Stef has been wonderful to let him crash here while he looks.
What is crazy is that, when he finally got a job, he was hired by ValueOptions. When I was in 7th grade, my parents told us that we were moving to Alexandria, VA. Dad had a job that he was taking and he was flying back and forth from Atlanta until we moved up there. That was the year mom passed away. We didn't end up moving. But, years later, my boyfriend would end up getting a job with them. The world is crazy in that way! Some of his coworkers even knew my dad.
Bottom line is that I'm so happy to have Noel near me again and we no longer have to worry about him finding a job up here.
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| Me standing in front of the West Wing |
I am involved at every level in this national organization's efforts and I could not be happier. One of my favorite aspects of this position is how pertinent it is to school and what I've been learning about health policy. In fact, I was at a White House briefing with the Office of Management and Budget and they were talking about adverse selection. This was an exact term that I had just been tested on 4 days before. I'm so grateful to have gotten a position with an organization that is this involved at the national level.
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| White House Garden Tour |
I am so grateful to have this opportunity.
Lastly, I am grateful to have the opportunity to attend school. George Washington has been a unique experience so far. Although I am in Health Policy, I was given the opportunity to serve as a Managing Editor for the Cases in Public Health Communication and Marketing Journal. It has been quite an experience so far and I'm grateful to have the opportunity.
My classes are going well and I feel like I'm learning something new everyday. My advisor also informed me today that, if I keep going down the path I'm on, I could graduate next December. I probably won't try and get out in a year and a half, but it's nice to know that I could if I really wanted to.
I still can't believe that I live in this city and that my life is how it is now. I get on the metro and think, who is this person!? But it's a good feeling. I miss home, friends, and family so much, but I am grateful that life is so good right now and hope that it continues to be this way.
Goodnight to all.
PS- I go to bed craving tofu cubes. Fried and sprinkled with nutritional yeast. Yum to the yummy.
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