ok. I STARTED MY NEW JOB TODAY AND I FREAKIN LOVE IT!!!

wait, but seriously. i love my job. it fits me so very well. it not only speaks to my master’s degree in about all that i do, but it is so perfectly matched with my bizarre need to draw order out of the chaos i’m quite ecstatic over the whole thing, really.

i don’t feel entry-level or bottom rung at all–tho i assure you, by all accounts (“salary” and job description) i am ;). i love the people i work for/ with. the three partners only come in a few days a week [sweet]. and while i was worried it would be stressful–implementing systems of organization into a jungle of case files–the systems are already in place, and the other secretaries need no convincing on my part about the need for change/ knowledge management. it’s awesome. i went in expecting to have to fight an uphill battle and here i am: coasting down a wonderfully underwhelming hill. let’s hope it stays that way.

plus the whole office has that “it’s-a-marathon-not-a-sprint-mentality” so no one works too hard/ too crazy/ too long. and when they get sick of one task, they put it aside and work on something else for a while. the time flew by and i was surrounded by different things to do all day long–never a dull [read: bored] moment. i love it.

we’ll see if this enthusiasm lasts, but i’m thinking i’ve somehow cheated the system and have it made… that is, of course, until i think about how much–how little i make 😉

in all seriousness: i love my job and life couldn’t be sweeter.

i should not have “promised” to post pictures of sweet Ndi, hannah, aswan, and our trip to charlotte b/c [gasp!] my mac claims that it has no space for pictures/ music!

that’s total crap b/c i really don’t have much of either… but i’m taking it to the doctor [apple at lenox] soon so it should quit pouting and load photos soon enough until then…

Grant had to come to charlotte for business [or “biddness” as Aswan would say 😉 ] and I decided to tag along and meet a certain little man. I say little man because he is no baby, he’s awesome and huge and happy and beautiful–he’s a little man. Anyway, the four of us (plus Ndi) ate sushi Monday night at the coolest place in the sweetest building–the pink building. we had some great convo and some even better sushi and edamame! and hung out till almost midnight!

Tuesday, the boys had to work, so Hannah, Ndi, and I headed uptown to check out the sights and walk around. We got coffee and tea, before stopping in two museums FOR FREE!! check them out here and here. can you believe it??? That was awesome. We also stopped into this precious little chapel for some quite time (and for Hannah to feed little Nile), before heading back to their place–which, btw, is ballin. seriously. awesome house.

Today, I’m having lunch with a lady I met this past weekend on retreat–awesome! And then grant and I are headed back to the city. Our little visit, vaca, (and work, for grant) has been so nice, I just had to write about it.

There will be pictures coming soon, I promise 😉

So. Drum roll, please…….

I GOT A JOB IN A LAW FIRM DOWNTOWN!!!

I interviewed for the job a few days ago and they offered it to me today! I’m really excited! The office is in the Hurt Building, one of the oldest (and antique chic) in Atlanta. It’s gorgeous. I get free parking and a lot of other great stuff, but it’s a bitter sweet ending to my time at Bulloch Hall. They’ve been like family to me–to us–here. They’ve shown so much love, have mama’d me when I’ve been sick, have bought extra desert for me to take home for grant, basically been the arms and legs, hearts and hands of family for us here in this new place. It’s sad to have to say goodbye–or at least, see you sooner or later–to them. To Bulloch. To my first real job. To the job that spoiled me rotten. To Pam, Gwen, and Janice.

Deadlines

Bittersweet or not, I now have deadlines to meet before my start date: Feb 17th.

I need to buy work clothes (they wear suits all the time… omg 😉 we’re semi looking for a house to rent (so Ga can have a yard) etc, but here’s my schedule between now and then:

1. I’m doing some work and house cleaning and washing clothes and packing tmrw (thurs) and friday am
2. Friday at 2:00pm I’m leaving on a women’s retreat with my new bible study; get back at 6 in time for couples bible study at our apt at 6:30 sunday night
3. Wash and repack because Monday we leave for Charlotte! grant has work and i want to see hannah, aswan, and little man Nile; we’ll be there monday night through wednesday.
4. Thursday is my last hurrah at Bulloch Hall and lunch with my three wise ladies (they’re like family) soooooo sad to be leaving bulloch, but like sands through the hour glass, so are the days of our lives 😉
5. Friday I wash again (are you seeing a pattern) and hopefully buy some work clothes… we’ll see
6. We’ll leave friday after work for the lake (grant has that monday off for presidents day, so it’s a three-day weekend for us! yay!)
7. We get back Monday at a somewhat decent hour because I start my job on Tuesday!!
8. Tuesday morning I get up and head downtown for my new job starting at 9:00 am.

not sure how i’m going to get everything done, but am so so thankful i have a job. the Lord provides. and I love it.

So, last weekend was crazy.

Grant planned a guys night for Saturday:concert tickets to see Pat Green at Wild Bill’s for ten bucks! (and that included a new cd). awesome.

So I get this call at about 8:00: “Hey, the guys are being lame and inviting girls… so … do you wanna come?” After being sick last week with what felt like the plague, I wasn’t sure, but after quick deliberation I decided to go.

One girl brought another who brought two more and suddenly the 8 guys going to the concert with ten tickets turned into 14 people going… with ten tickets. No one wanted to drive (grant and I were the only ones sober) so what did they decided to do? RENT A STRETCH HUMMER LIMO… who does that??? So, of course we went along! It was fabulous! Several guys pitched in and paid for the whole thing… our friends are ballers. what can we say?

We pull up to the door with lines of people going out and around the building… ridiculous. We almost decided to leave when we heard that it may take another hour in line before getting inside to the show. But then, someone says they know a guy, and we all get out, cut the lines, walk right up to the front and straight in (I think someone slipped the door man some serious cash… anyway). The concert was awesome and the night was random. Pat Green’s new cd rocks. Check it out.

Oh, and ps. One of the guys in this crazy group was Colter Bean. You might know him from the Big Leagues (literally): he was a pitcher for the Yankees. How did he end up in our mix? Who knows? He knows a guy…

We returned home hours later in the limo, still not believing the ridiculousness of the night. I just had to show and tell.

PS: grant and I are going to Charlotte next week and we get to see Hannah!! yay!! Can’t wait