Randoms

So my beautiful sister tagged me, so here are my 10 things you may not know about me!

1.  You know how we all have crazy dreams of what we want to be when we grow up?  Well when I was little, it was ice skater.  The funny thing about this is that I have NEVER in my life gone ice skating.  Not once.  Luckily this changed to photographer when I was in sixth grade, stay-at-home mom for a minute in junior high, teacher for a year in high school, child psychologist my freshman year of college, audiologist my sophomore year, and finally I'm now stuck on anything involving underprivileged or disabled kids.  Wow how our lives change...

2.  I secretly (or maybe not so secretly) want to have a vlog.  I think it would be SO COOL to have a youtube account and make videos every day and such.  The reason I haven't is because I have no idea what I would say on it that people would want to listen to haha

3.  I love baking.  I don't, however, love going to the grocery store.  Partially that's because it's so expensive, and partially because it takes so much time to do.  However, if I had lots of time, and someone to do the grocery buying or clean-up for me, I would bake all the time.

4.  I am very quick to trust people.  I also give second...and third...and fourth chances.  I want to believe that people change and are genuinely good.  This isn't always the case...but I still have faith in people.  I consider this both a good and bad thing about myself.

5.  Growing up, our family rarely went out to eat.  So on those special occasions (like mother's day and father's day, or whenever I completed a piano book haha) when we got to go out to eat it was really special.  Especially whenever I was out doing something with mom or dad and we would end up going somewhere for dinner.  This is something I want to do with my kids someday too.

6.  I do not like scary movies.  I love action movies, and I can handle suspense...but I just do not like scary movies.  I will watch them if someone I'm with realllllly wants to, but really I just prefer not to.

7.  The more I work with kids, the more aware I am of how blessed my life has been, thanks to my family.

8.  To mimic one of Jessica's...I think everyone deserves a sister!  We didn't get along too well until I was a teenager, but I can't imagine how different my life would be without her.  She is to this day one of my very best friends.  So when I have kids, I desperately want to have two daughters (maybe more...we'll see!!) just so they can be each other's best friend someday :)

9.  I wish I hadn't given up playing the flute after sixth grade.  I actually liked it, but quit because I didn't like my band teacher.  I stuck with the piano for years, but still wish that I knew how to play more instruments.

10.  Fear prohibits me from doing things in life, so I'm attempting to be a more bold person.  And my first decision as a new, bold person?  Well...you'll have to wait and see about that one ;)

The End of an Era

Ok, so I'm not doing great at posting numerous times a week...but I have done once a week so far, and that's not too shabby.

I have officially ended my stint as slave to the retail world.  My official last day at "the pier" was Sunday....and it was bittersweet.  I really do love the store manager there.  She is such a fun person, and honestly the best manager I've had through all of my retail experience (which has been the past 5 years of my life...plus one in high school).  I think it's really hard to find a manager that is a good boss as well as a good friend, but she managed to become both.  It's also sad that I have made such good friends there, many of whom have moved on, but left a lasting impression.  So for my last day, I worked from 7pm-230am doing our fall transition.  Basically that meant combining all of the Christmas merchandise and moving it to the back of the store while moving all of the ridiculously heavy furniture to the front and prepping it for spring/summer.  I love that my boss can tell me "this is what needs to happen" and trust me to do it, and do it well.  I love that I had the freedom to be creative through setting up displays and organizing the store.  That level of trust and freedom is not something you gain immediately at a new job, it comes from being there long enough and proving yourself...and now wherever I go I will have to bide my time before those things come.  So that's what I'll miss...along with my 25% off ;)

(this is what I wanted to buy, but never did.  Maybe someday it will go on clearance and then I'll suck it up and buy it.  Cross your fingers!)

BUT!  I am now free every weekend.  FREEDOM!  Isn't that exciting?  No more wondering if I'll be able to get off work and go to family events or weekend trips to visit friends.  I am looking forward to this immensely.  But now that I have all this free time, what should I do with it???  Suggestions?

perhaps a trip to visit this adorable face?  ...hopefully soon :)

Miscellany Monday 2!

I didn't intend to only post on Mondays...but I just forget, and before I know it, it's Monday!

1.  Watching Across the Universe with the parentals....I'm pretty sure that I've just verified that this movie really is about the music and not really the plot.  So you could just get the soundtrack instead of watching it.  Just a suggestion.

2.  Christmas!  It was fabulous.  My grandparents gave me a beautiful set of red luggage (among other things) that I am so excited to use on my trip to Ireland.  My parents got my a Nook!!!  I have joined everyone else and am now the proud owner of an e-reader.  If you have any book suggestions, I definitely want to hear them.  I'm a big reader, and am always looking for new things to read.

3.  My roommate and I are having a little New Years soiree this year.  I have never hosted a New Year's Eve party, and we have never had a party at our apartment...so hopefully it all works out.  We didn't invite a ton of people, and are hoping it's just classy and fun.  I've never really had a great New Year's before, and I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much, but it's hard, ya know?

4.  It has been a lot of fun being with my family this week.  Playing games, doing puzzles (ok, that part has been hard, not exactly the funnest), and eating a ton of good food.  It really makes me question if I want to move away in a handful of years.  Do I want to have to fly to come back on holidays?  Oh well, I suppose I have a while to think about these things.  

Hopefully I'll post again before next Monday!

Miscellany Monday

What a fun thing to do on my second blog entry!

1. I have such a crazy schedule this week.  Work Monday and Tuesday mornings, home to see my family after that, back in Manhattan for work Wednesday night, and back home Thursday for ridiculous amounts of Christmas festivities.  I'm just praying that I can find time to enjoy everything, and not get too worked up over my schedule.

2. I love Netflix.  If you don't have it, you really should. I'm on a "How I Met Your Mother" kick right now, and LOVE LOVE LOVE getting the new DVDs in the mail.  And I'm watching the new "Alice in Wonderland" movie on my computer as we speak (I haven't seen it before...I'll let you know what I think next time).  And no late fees is fab for me, because I'm pretty sure Blockbuster won't let me come back from the ridiculous amount of fees I've acquired :)

3. I have completed all of my Christmas shopping except for one person:  My 5 year old nephew.  I've plenty of vague ideas roaming around in my head:  Transformers, Bakugans, Iron Man, Legos, How to Train Your Dragon....but no concrete ideas.  I believe a trip to the toy store is in my future....

4. It is very refreshing to only have one semester of school left.  It's like there is finally a light at the end of the tunnel.  I'm also very aware that I will be on my own very soon.  Five short months and my life will be take the biggest turn it has made yet.  I'm oddly unemotional about this idea.  Not necessarily scared, or anxious, or excited.  I'm not quite ready for it to happen, but feel like in five months I will be.  This is a very refreshing state of mind for me, because I have always struggled with complacency.  

5.  I get to see my adorable little nephew tomorrow for the first time since around Thanksgiving.  It seems like a month isn't too long, but when they are only 3 months old, a lot can change!  I just can't wait for Colty-Megan bedtime bonding.  I just love love LOVE holding that little guy.  

That's it for now, so thanks for stopping by, and the more you comment, the sooner I'll repost! 

It begins!

The beginning...introduction...commencement...launch...kickoff...
I HAVE A NEW BLOG!!!!


That's right, kids, I have reentered the blogging world.  I say reentered, of course, because I am no stranger to a blog.  Back in my high school days I had quite the incredible xanga.  I was never any good at posting on it though.  But I'm older, wiser, and taller now (but I still haven't met my lifelong goal of being taller than my sister Jessica.  She beats me by a half inch!) So with those things going for me, surely I will be able to reach my goal of posting three times a week.  It seems simple enough, right?

So get ready, folks!  (Or Jessica and Kelley...my only two followers) Megan is back in the blog world!!!