Ok, so I have not been following through with my goal of writing...possible reasons why include: realizing that writing something on the web means it is there forever and I have learned that posting things means you can never take them back...or could it be I have nothing to say (seriously for anyone who knows me..we know that is not even a possibility) or lastly and most likely...working to much.

New updates in live. New Job...(sort of a down grade and up grade at the same time)...New Apartment in a different city...(one of those decisions that I make and am halfway through and then totally freak out because I dove head first into it. We all know how much people LOVE change. So after taking a break from the hotel industry of a highly successful and life-absorbing hotel I am not on a six week sabbatical...(yes I know you thought only monks and nuns took things like that) from work I am now trying to come back to the real world. As I ironically remarked to a few people once I left my current job...introducing myself back into society and taking myself away from work to focus on my life is kind of like when they reintroduce convicts back into society and sometimes they have a hard time reintegrating because they are not used to what is "normal life" to most. I feel completely lost. I need to do something with myself but all I can see is a ton of a time waiting in front of me.

So now I am trying to figure it all out. With all this extra time now people are expecting the following things:
A) For me to be so ecstatic to be in a less challenging job ( Thinking this is going to be more challenging  than dealing with the challenges I used to deal with on a daily basis)

B) Everyone things I am going to settle down and find a boyfriend...despite the fact that I could have found one while working, that now I have more time..like that was stopping me before. It was so not!

Currently, packing is the most challenging..it is horrible...

Now that you are sort of caught up...hopefully I will get back on it ...so I have a few other posts to keep people interested...

Signing off for now..
Christine

29 and counting...

Day 1: So I have decided to start this blog as part of my ....one year till I am thirty and this on my buck list task. Not sure if anyone will read it..not sure if I will give it to any of my friends to read..but I am going to write it and see what happens. 30 really isn't that old, but I am not even there yet. After turning 29, I realized that although I see my staff for the hotel I work at as the near the same age as myself, they are actually almost a decade young...yes scary!

Currently I live in Columbus, which most people love, but all it does is remind me of work. It is kind of like when you date a guy and you break up under bad circumstances and then ten years later your husband wants to name your kid that same name as the ex boyfriend and every time you think about it all you think of it that ex. Yeah that is how Columbus is for me. Although I didn't think it would be that way ever. I believe part of this is my fault...I could just tell work to shove it, but my competitive and perfectionist nature (which I wish carried over in to cleaning my apartment) has driven me to be one of those people who work way more than I should. My sister calls me a workaholic. I hate that term. I think a work-a-holic should at least like their job right...then I wouldn't mind it, I don't hate it I guess, but I am not happy with it either. That usually happens when I am ready to learn and do something else with my life. But I am thankful to have a job and pay my own bills.

This week was the week after my birthday, November 4th....(had to work on my birthday among a bunch of other non-fun things). This weeks even included the Presidential Election, love elections...especially when my birthday falls on them. In 2008 the first black president was elected on my birthday. But the reason why I love it is because it takes that attention off of me. It is so strange how people feel about their birthday...some love them..."all about me" ...others hate them.."fear of getting older"...me.."fear of bad stuff happening on your bday that makes the things happening so much worse than they really are just because they are happening on their birthday"....yes...not much of an optimist on that point...but its ok...I kind am bipolar on the subject of being and optimist. That theory to come later.

So every week I am going to have a goal and a song too...I think it is cool that there are so many choice of music and you can always find something that fits your mood and life at that point in time.

So to end my first blog ever...epic I know....:

Song of the Week: Wide Awake by Katie Perry

Goal of the Week: To write in my blog at least twice this week..since it is the first blog ever I figure start small..I will climb Everest next week!!!!!!

Thanks for reading,

Signing off...

Christine