busy as a bee

Boy I never thought I'd get to say it.. but I got the job at Indian Hills Country Club that i've been trying to get since.... MAY. freakin 5 months! my first day was on monday, i found out i got the job last tuesday! Life is so unpredictable. I mean, who would have thought in less than a year I'd travel between 4 jobs in the company, and end up in membership.. I'm now the Assistant Membership Director at the club. I've just been counting my blessings every night, and every morning, that I didn't give up.

Something one of the crazy old servers at Georgian Club (where I was working less than 2 months ago) told me was that if I want this job, or anything in life, don't let anybody get in my way. That the world is full of people that just give up or let people tell them no, but that I can't be that person because I will never be happy if I do. although the words came from a nutcase of a man, i couldn't get them out of my head. I won't go into the details of this whole looong process to get the job, but it was emotionally draining and i just never thought i would get here. it was all i could think about, always stressing me out. and not to say that i am always going to be happy at this job, because it's going to be sooo much work, and i have so much learning to do.. but I really feel like it's where i'm supposed to be. who knew.

i'm still doing my photography of course.. i'm photographing a wedding tomorrow, and wedding next saturday too. i am so busy i just feel like i'm never going to relax again, but it's okay. this time last year, i was miserably bored, wishing i could just get a freakin job. and now i love my job, i love my boss, and i love my apt. so, can i just say, God is good.

all i need now is not to be single.. pahaha like i have time to date right now. nice thought.

at least i'm not bored

I have a LOT going on right now, I'm starting to think I need an assistant. Well i can't let this be too long because I have to get up and work tomorrow (now I always get to bed by 12) but I actually don't mind it. I didn't expect so many great things to happen at once, or I just thought that the change and the challenges would make me unhappy i guess. But they don't.

I have an opportunity to be the assistant membership director at a country club, i interviewed for it today. I'm not sure how great i did, because i HHHAAATE interviews, i always get red in the face and just ramble, no matter how much i really know, or practice, it comes out like all crazy jumbled run on sentences. but i know that they like me already, and i'm hoping that i didn't ruin anything. it was with the C.o.o. of our company, which he's really cool but it's just intimidating i guess. I just want to come across as someone who is fun but hard working, and on a day to day basis that is fine but in an interview, its just so awkward i don't know..

anyways i'll find out if i got it for sure by late next week, tops. I want to know sooner. It would be nice just to have one thing figured out for now.

But, other than that, i'm all moved into Atlanta, with my roommates. i have a few more things i have to just get from mom's house over here, but overall it's been great! so much closer to work (although the country club job would be further away haha). oh well.

and i leave for friday to go to D.C. for Grandpa's wedding, wohoo! haha, 83 and having a real full blown wedding and rehearsal dinner. i'm so pumped. i get to do the touristy thing on sunday with dad before i come home too, which i'm so excited about! last time we were there it was snowing and we couldn't get out of the car. so this is my chance... 100 degree weather haha.

and also, lots of photo stuff going on right now. everytime i turn around there is someone wanting pictures, and i love it. but i'm worried i'll be pulled so thin here in a few weeks, just a lot at one time. but God willing I'll get through it and everything will be great! and at some point, i'll get to have fun too. i'll just have to schedule it in..

it's been forever i know

i never write in this thing because i guess i just don't have that much time anymore. It's unbelievable how much things can change in a year, i won't get into that though. anyways, I have a few big things that are going to change in the next few weeks. I got a new job.. my friend Rebekah's old job, at our corporate office. She decided to move downstairs and do accounting. So i'm taking her receptionist job. It's not that much of an upgrade, but it's a better schedule (M-F 9-5) so i don't have to work on the weekends much longer!! I say that because I'm still technically employed at the Georgian Club until they find my replacement. I have to work them both right now. Yes, I suppose it's "good" money, and yes, it sucks working that much. The new job is just as boring but in different ways. I'm hoping to get out very soon and do membership at our country club.. just waiting for everything to fall into place. sighh... patience. when and how can i get some of that?

aaaand the bigger news is, i'm moving out of Lilburn, to a deluxe apartment in the sky.... or Atlanta. yay! it's going to be a big adjustment, leaving mom. I'm sad. But i'm moving into a 3 bed, 2 bathroom apt in North Druid Hills with Amanda and Helen. It's the same complex Dana lives in, which is great!! And Emily will be right down the road, as well as her family's chickfila :) I used to work there.. how weird is that. Anyways, it's a reaaaally cute place, it even has a little fire place, and a huge porch! i want to get a hammock. no bed, no furniture, just a hammock and a book and a margarita on my porch. mmmm...

okay okay I'll stop drooling over what can't happen (because i have to majorly WORK to pay for this place) and get back to editing all these pictures i took last weekend for a wedding reception. I have about 5% done lol. No motivation. none. Summertime blues?
Is that a real thing? Oh, well that's what it is. Summertime blues. Shutup.

i'm still alive

hey i haven't posted in quite some time. every time i think about doing it, i'm like ohh i don't have the energy or time. basically, i've been the wedding lady for the last month. i photograph them, attend them, take part in them, throw showers for them, and most of all, spend money on them. it's my part time job. but i love it actually.. and i'm so flattered that my friends want to acknowledge that they know me by putting me in their weddings. haha. i mean i have the most beautiful, fun friends, its been a blast!! and how many years in my life will we get to do this, right?!

Beth's wedding was 2 weeks ago and was sooo much fun!! and Fleka's was on Saturday, and it was great seeing all our friends. And both of them were so freakin gorgeous!!! Now the only wedding i have to look forward to is Emily's in November! I'm in hers too. OH and Sara's preggo!!! I'm going to be an AUNT!!!! i forgot so much has happened since i last wrote.. Life is good!!

Well that's all the time i can concentrate on this for, sorry, I'll try to write again soon.
Oh crap i just realized i've left my laundry in the dryer for like a week now. Wrinkle City.

a break. finally

I am so busy lately I have no minute to relax i feel like! It's alright, i like the things i'm doing for the most part. I don't feel like recapping the last month but i will say that tomorrow i leave for the BEACH for a WEEK! Half with the fam, half with Beth's bachelorette party, all in Hilton Head!!! I'm so excited. I worked almost 50 hours last week, if you include the wedding i photographed and edited pictures for, I probably put in even more.

This morning I went to an "interview" type thing for a job that was offered to me at an insurance office or something, I don't know it would be as a receptionist. Idk if i'll take it because i'd be keeping my other job for the insurance. I don't want to work like 12 hour wrk days at 2 jobs i don't like lol. Anyways I got home about 30 minutes ago, finished packing my bag for the beach, and i leave in 30ish min to meet Helen for lunch in the Highlands, and then go to work until 10. Then we leave for the beach at 7am. I am so looking forward to not thinking about work or wedding presents or whatever for a little bit. I love it all but I need a break just to be with the fam.

When i get back its going to be a lot of fun jam packed into 2 weeks. If you're interested in why you won't see me until june, it's because: I get back next wednesday, work thursday, go to macon friday for Beth's rehearsal dinner, saturday for the wedding, sunday back here for flekas lingerie shower in decatur, and then monday off, back to work tuesday-saturday. then sunday i'm throwing fleka's bachelorette party, the next day is memorial day and i think i'll go to the lake with helen and stay the night. back to work tuesday, then friday fleka's rehearsal, saturday the wedding. WHEW! and in between I'm supposed to get together with like a million ppl i haven't seen in forever. ay yayyay.

I've lost 20 lbs though. I am going for 20 more. Eventually.. maybe in another year... i'll make it. lol oh well.

Oh ps Emily got engaged last week!! And she asked me to be a bridesmaid, just me and her sister, in November! i'm so happy for her. So I'll definitely need to start a wait list soon for anyone who wants me to be in their weddings coming up, maybe i'll start charging because i'm a hot commodity. hahaha

Whew!

I've been busy busy, but happy! I did fleka's engagment pictures last sunday, and they turned out wonderful. I was really happy, and i finished editing them on friday night, and gave her the cd yesterday at her bridal shower! umm let's see, after shooting the pics last sunday at stone mtn, we left to go to dinner with friends at frontera for my bday, it was so much fun!! about 15 ppl of us were there, so it was great. well then i worked this week, and it was a pretty boring work week but i made it.

yesterday was fleka's bridal shower, another bridesmaid Emily and her mom hosted it, and it was adorable. mom came with me, and it was a lot of fun even though i didn't know a lot of people there, bc everyone was really sweet. of course i should've known that bc they're friends of fleka haha. but then we had to leave a little before it was over bc i had to go to work... it was annoying. i wanted to stay and have fun, but of course.. my all important receptionist job was calling... ughh. oh well it's hopefully not going to be like this forever.

then today i took it easy bc i was so tired from yesterday. i didn't get up til 12, and then i went shopping with mom and sara, because that was sara's bday gift to me, to go shopping with me and buy me some clothes.. I got a new jacket for work, a cute shirt, and then i bought a sassy dress. lol. then i came home and laid out for a couple hours, until dinner. julie, sara, travis, mom and me met mayda and ashley at bambelini's, this italian restaurant off 29. it was deeelish.

oh and i've lost 19 lbs. since last may. bahaha, i can't believe it's been a year but hey 19 is almost 20 and that's pretty good if you ask me. i still need to lost another 20 to be happy but i'll take what i can get for now.

i'm going to the beach in about 3 weeks so i have to get myself together before then... hmmm starvation? jk. i'll be happy if i can lose 5 more before then. we'll see.

living at home

2 reasons i don't mind living at home right now:
1) mom's giant salads with all the goodies, topped with her homemade dressing
1b) her cooking in general
2) at&t u-verse. we got it yesterday. i love it. recording my shows, getting to fast forward through commercials.. it's the best thing going on in my life right now.

and those are my happy thoughts for the day. :)