Guess what! I'm finally writing! I actually have a number of things to say, so I guess it's about time I wrote.
First off, I need to mention Michigan. A Couple of weeks ago I drove with my whole family up to Detroit to visit some old family friends. Their oldest daughter, one of my very bestest friends, Jessica Ellison, was going to the temple for the first time and she'd asked me to be there. So we went. It was a wonderful experience. The temple is such a blessing and it was one of the best moments of my life to share that time with someone I love so much.
Next: I got a job! I'll be working in the Annual Renewals department of The Corporation Service Company! "Wait" you say, "didn't you want to go into Social Work?" Well, yes I did, and do, but the ultimate goal for right now is to earn enough money to be able to pay off some debt and afford to move out of my parents' house. Grad School will come later. Until then I figure I'll take whatever job will hire me. Especially because it's a company I'm already really comfortable with, they have a great benefits package, I can carpool to work with my dad, and as I get to know more about my Singles Branch it turns out half of them work there too. (Something to do with the Branch President being the CEO...) I'll be starting on Monday. I'm really really happy to finally be getting a paycheck.In other news, living at home just got harder. I knew that it was going to be difficult to try to maintain any kind of independence while living here. But I was beginning to make it work. Well, it's a long story, but there is a family from our ward who has run into some very very hard times. They are moving in with us. Which means that there is no longer room in the house for me to have my own room. Victoria is moving into my room... or moving back into her room... however you want to look at it. And as much as I love Tia... it's going to be a trial for us both. But we're already talking it through and I think we'll live. The real trick is getting all of her stuff and all my stuff into the smallest bedroom in the house. Wish us luck.
And I have a confession to make: I actually decided to blog today because I ran across this video. Since I started this blog as an assignment for a class on Media, I still have that in mind. I laughed so hard when I saw this I knew I had to share it. If you haven't seen the commercial that this is a parody of, it's in one of my older posts.
Oh, the number of times I have pushed myself around on those carts... working at the HBLL was the greatest thing ever! And this guy is absolutely hilarious (he's a member of BYU's Standup comedy group HumorU).
I'm also really really excited these days because I'm making plans with some of my old roommates to get together in a couple of months. It gets hard to see each other when you all live in different states, but we are bound and determined to make it work! (PS, I'm seriously down for London 2012, by the way.) We're gonna party it up like it was 2006. Back when no one had gone on missions, or was married, or had children... crazy what can happen in 4 short years isn't it?
