“The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing.”

I am officially a graduate of The University of Alabama! It's so crazy how the past four years have flown by. Sometime in the next few days I'll get around to a recap of college post, but for now let's focus on the past few days!

My parents came in Wednesday. Wednesday night I went to Nicks in the Sticks with everyone from work. It was really fun and really yummy. A bunch of us went out after and it was really fun too.

Thursday was just spent getting ready for graduation and having people over and whatnot. It was just nice to have my parents here and to hang out. We went to Jason's Deli, of course, cause my dad loves it. hehe

Friday was the big day! We hung around the house in the morning, I had a shoe emergency around 1 so Amy and I ran to TJMaxx, then we headed over to the Coliseum at 4:30. Jackie and I were right next to each other in line so we got to make sure our hair was good and our caps were straight. Spent the hour and a half taking pictures and talking. Graduation was at 6. It was only 2 hours, which was nice. I didn't fall. Huzzah! After it was all over we met outside, took lots of pictures, then headed off to find Connie and Tammy who were roaming downtown trying to find Mellow Mushroom.

We finally found them, and Mellow had about an hour wait. We said eh we will wait, which was good, because it definitely wasn't an hour. Anders ended up being our waiter! It was great to see him and Michelle! We sat outside. It was really nice out. We all shared a bunch of pizza and chatted and laughed and had a wonderful dinner.

After dinner we came back to my apartment for cake, hung out a bit then everyone called it a night. I was so exhausted. Saturday morning I got up obscenely early. Mom and I drove Kathy to the airport, since everyone else's flights got cancelled and they got booked onto later ones. When we got back we went to Manna for lunch. It was delicious. After that Chris, Amy, Mom and Dad packed up and headed to the airport. It was so nice to have everyone here!

After they left I ran errands then took a nap. Everyone came over later, we watched Supernatural, then we went out and beat up the gloriously awesome pinata I got at K-Mart. It was a GIANT hideous elephant. It was so much fun. Then we went to see The Avengers. Such a good movie!! Clay, Heather and Erin came back to watch more Supernatural, then I went to bed around 3:30.

Today I need to get life in order because I start both of my jobs tomorrow.

OH YEAH I GUESS YOU WANT TO HEAR ABOUT MY NEW MYSTERY JOB.

So everyone already knows I'm working for CBH this summer. That has been a done deal for a while.

But y'all, I got a big girl job! Let me tell you the story.

So Heather came to BFW and took pictures. While she was there, she met a woman starting up a new online magazine, they talked, yada yada, and Heather ended up landing this wonderful amazing job writing for LivingNeoGreen, a wonderfully amazing online magazine that is just starting and is all about living a green lifestyle and everything that encompasses.

I was SO happy for Heather, because it's the perfect job for her. So we've been talking about it for a while and one day we off-handedly talked about how awesome it would be if we worked together. Well, I started thinking more about that, and decided it would be REALLY awesome and that the magazine sounded like such a perfect fit. So I sent in my resume, writing samples, etc etc and got set up with a phone interview. The interview was Wednesday morning, and I got the job!! I will be working as the Fashion Editor for LivingNeoGreen. :D I get to write about fashion and sustainability and work with the rest of the team on anything that encompasses fashion.

How crazy is that? It's the perfect job for me, and I couldn't be happier. And since it's an online magazine, I can basically live anywhere.

Which brings me to the other secret I've been keeping for a while!

Once I realized I didn't really want to go to New York yet, and I didn't want to work in a huge corporate environment, I kind of panicked. That was what I was supposed to do, and without it, what was my plan? So one day I woke up and realized I needed to not have a plan. I needed to just let things happen. So I let go of being anxious about finding a job and just let it be. Then, a gap year plan started to form in my head. I wanted to move somewhere I didn't really know anyone, get a job in retail and spend the year doing everything I have had to put off because of school. Make all my own food, make my own clothes, and finally get really serious about losing weight. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that was exactly what I needed.

And it definitely still is. I'm SO ecstatic to have a wonderful job that makes me happy, and I'm so happy that it will still allow me to follow through on my original plan. More than likely, at the end of the summer I am going to move down to St. Augustine, or somewhere around there. I've always loved that area, and now is the time to move anywhere I want. I would love to be close to the beach, and the lifestyle there is slow enough that I can focus on my writing and achieving all of the goals I have set for myself.

SO there you have it. I will try to keep everyone posted on how everything plays out, but now you are all filled in on everything I have been keeping hush hush for the past month or so. :)