funny how months and months of my life go by, and not much has changed.

here's my schpiel for my HS 5 yr reunion...coming up next month. (in response to "Oh yes, I have been in Africa working for a non-profit AIDS group" or "I've been in Med School" or "I've been saving the whales")

I am living in hilliard, with Andy & Melissa in their mom & dad's house in Britton Farms. No, it is not that weird. I STILL work at CareWorks and yes I STILL want to find another job and no, I don't know what I am still doing there either. I am aware I am using neither of my majors from my undergrad degree. No, we are not married nor do we have kids. Yes, we have been together almost 5 yrs, and there is as a matter of fact, nothing "wrong" with us. Oh, I also still work at Iacono's once a week and live about 5 minutes away from my parents house. We go to Nike Lounge in Hilliard to drink, sometimes go out on campus when we're feeling fancy. I still drive a use '95 Accord, and I make less than $30,000 a year.

Yeah, nice talking to you too.

the luckiest

i could repeat this one hundred times and it would never be said enough. i AM the luckiest. i have to give Ben Folds (AMAZING show at the newport last week, by the way, what an AWESOME musician!) the credit for these words though i am quite envious i did not write them myself. i fear i may never be able to come up with my own words that state so succinctly how i feel about this one particular person in my life.

through everything, all the things i have put him through, all the fights, the laughs, the really amazing times and the downright horrible times, he has been there. he has been my rock, my constant, my unwavering support and the one person i can count on above all others.

and so again, i say...

i don't get many things right the first time

in fact, i am told that a lot

now i know all the wrong times,

the stumbles and falls

brought me here

and where was i before the day

that i first saw your lovely face?

now i see it everyday, and i know...

that i am, i am

i am the luckiest

what if i'd been born 50 years before you

in a house on the street where you lived

maybe i'd be outside as you passed on your bike

would i know?

and in a wide sea of eyes

i see one pair that i recognize

and i know...

that i am, i am

i am the luckiest

i love you more than i have ever found a way to say to you

next door there's an old man,

who lived to his 90s and one day

passed away in his sleep

and his wife, she stayed for a couple of days

and passed away

i'm sorry i know that's a strange way to tell you that i know we belong

that i know...

haha i like how i used to be excited about my job. not so much. just kidding about that.

please let me go back to school....PLEASE? ....dangit.

just moved into the new apartment on friday - been kind of a stressful weekend, but glad that it's all done. me, ash, kim, jaime and sara in the new place on summit. (gotta think of a jazzy nickname for this new place, kids!)

been to the first couple football games and definitely had a lot of fun - especially this past sat rockin at riverwatch with my girls and keller-mcneller. definitely gonna feel a little depressed when school starts though and i'm on the outside looking in all of the sudden. that's gonna SUCK. this whole working full time thing sucks just as much as i feared it would.

oh. well. gotta grow up one of these days, megs.

speaking of, definitely weird to remember where i was six years ago today. 9/11 is that defining moment for my generation - the day in our life where we will always remember exactly where we were and what we were doing. i was sitting in choir during 3rd period and Crystal Snell told me that something had hit the world trade center. i was like, what? no way...didn't even really believe it. then the principal came on the PA and announced that a plane had run into one of the twin towers...the whole school was so somber after that - everyone was so confused. i went to mr. winland's class after that, and he tried to make us do work and all anyone wanted to do was watch the news. i went to Wildcat next and the whole class was glued to the TV - no one even went to lunch. i remember Mrs. Calhoon saying - take in every minute of this - this will be the most historic journalistic moment in your lives....she was right.

thinking of the families who lost their loved ones, those who worked in the rescue effort, and everyone who was affected by the tragedy....certainly proud to be the girlfriend of a member of the thin blue line today....

doin the full-time thing at CareWorks these days.

called the HR peeps and was like, hey remember me? the intern? and they were like, oh yes, we love you. pleeeease come in for an interview. so i did. and i interviewed with this supervisor i'd never met who was the shizzzzy. and they said, want a job? and i was like, well, yes please. so i took it.

one week down of training, one week to go. i will be a Case Specialist starting next monday. i won't bore ya with the details, but i'll be handling worker's compensation claims - the not-too-serious claims that don't require the medical knowledge and decision making skills of a nurse, anyway. sounds pretty important, huh? yeah, i have no idea how i made it there, either. SO if CareWorks does your company's worker's comp and you, like...cut your finger or sprain your wrist, I might be givin you a call!

definitely doesn't have anything to do with either major, and i realize, that people. thanks to the many who have pointed it out so far. but its a for now thing and its money in the bank, so i'm down with that.

other than that, nothing new. havent done much this summer except be lazy for a couple weeks and then get ready for my job. went to see Wicked on Broadway with the girls (fun!) got hooked on the new season of Big Brother (obbbviously) and went to King's Island today with my dad and sisters - yay.

Upcoming things? Incubus on July 31st, Mike and Natalie's Wedding August 10th and definitely more fun and going out in the upcoming weeks!

hope everyone else is having a splendid summer

starting my "real world" job tomorrow morning at CareWorks. yup, full circle, people. back in the place of my interning days.

except this time they're actually giving me something to do (i think.) i'm gonna be a "case specialist" and help people with their worker's comp claims. yayyyy.

seriously, not too excited because this signifies the ending of an era. for reals.

time to grow up....