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| Haven't updated in a while...been busy with things!
1. Going to Hawaii August 13-20!! The Big Island- WOOOHOOOOO!!! TAN here i come!! =)
2. Work is good
3. I think my favorite ice cream flavor is Mint Chip or Chocolate Chip
4. I love my new bed...its amazing...if ure nice to me, i'll let you sleep on it.
5. I think my favorite colors are shades of green and purple (but not strong shades of green or purple)
6. I cannot think of anything else to say....
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| Helloooo everyone!!!
Well, I don't really know where to begin except that the last couple
months have been extremely busy and productive. I have really learned a
lot about myself in my career search process and have also learned a
great deal about corporate America, interviewing, and all that other
good stuff.
While AT&T (formerly SBC) is a huge company with a lot of
potential, it is not the right place for me. It is too large and
bureaucratic and I need to work at a place where I believe in the
company, the people, and am constantly stimulated creatively. Although
while at AT&T I have learned a great deal about management and
leadership and have met some really great people in my leadership
program, I have decided to leave and develop myself in a different way.
Sooooo starting May 30th, I move onto my new life.... at......
Google!!!! =) I am really very excited and while I wavered back and
forth a little bit about taking the offer, I realized that it was
definitely the right move for me. I put in my 2 weeks notice and
already feel energized and a lot happier with my life because I think I
am going in the right direction. NY is going to be put on hold for a
bit, but who knows, maybe I can transfer to the Google branch over
there! Whatever the case, this process has been a great learning
experience for me and this is part of my development as a person.
I still am not 100% sure where this is going, but I have a better idea
and the most important that I have learned is that you need to be true
to yourself. Whatever kind of situation you are put in, be true to
yourself and listen to your heart. Sometimes the mind is too tricky!
hehe=)
Anyway, thank you to all my friends and family who have supported me
along the way, been there to listen to me when I had a bad day or just
talked to me about nothing...I really appreciate it and love you all
for being so wonderful. I am so lucky to have an opportunity to
work at as wonderful a company as Google, and I really cannot wait to
begin!
So I think my life is on track, turning another direction and I am
excited to see what happens next. I feel more like myself now=).
heeheeeee
SMILES everyone. Do what makes you happy and don't be afraid of taking those risks.
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| Well,
I was going to post a pretty picture but have not updated my Netscape
browser so the picture uploading tool is not enabled so thus I
cannot...so bear with all this text please.
All right, a lot has been going on so let me debrief everyone on my
life for the past month or so. I went to Vegas with Kirby and Christina
and some other girls a couple weekends ago and that was a very wild and
crazy weekend! Hah, no it was not scandalous or anything, but it was
very eventful and I have many many interesting stories to dish out. So
WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS STAYS IN VEGAS...BUT if you want to take me out
to a nice dinner I will be happy to tell you the weekend's happenings=)
haha.
Besides that I am still doing my career search. While it isn't entirely
complete yet, nor will ever really be complete as each stage in life
brings about something new, I am getting there slowly. I am still not
quite happy where I am with my current job and don't think I will be. I
have gained a lot of valuable experience doing what I am doing, and
refined skills that will be with me for the rest of my life, BUT it's
not enough. I need something that gets my mind going, gets the creative
juices flowing, and something that makes me feel alive inside. I will
keep you all posted on what happens...
Other than that, I want the rain to stop so that I can see the sun and
get more tan...i am pretty pasty white and it is not pretty. I was
planning on taking a trip to Paris in May, but those plans have to be
held back as there is too much going on right now and the plane tickets
are so $$$$!!! PLUS if i go to Paris, I will be spending a lot of money
due to the EURO, yummy food, and SHOPPING...sooooo I will go a little
later=)
OH and funny story:
On a random night sitting on the couch and watching TV with my dad. A snickers commercial comes on TV:
Dad: Snickers is the best candy bar in the world
Me: haha ok dad. You never even eat it!
Dad: No, I will. It really is the best candy bar.
Me: haha ok (I say not thinking anything of it)
NEXT DAY
Dad enters the house with a big box of 48 snickers bars from Costco AND crab.
Me: WHOA, dad, what did you buy?
Dad: Snickers
Me: I thought one would be enough?? Why did you buy so many?
Dad: I don't know, I love snickers!
Me: hahahahaa, and you bought crab??
Dad: yes, it's for dinner tonight.
Me: ok...you have to let me have some of your snickers!
Dad: Noooooooo
Me: Dad, seriously, you are going to eat all 48 by yourself...???
Dad: Yes!
hahahaha....my dad is funny. and what throws me off is that he is
always the more health conscious one, yet the biggest junk food eater
ever! he is always snacking on something...but then he exercises
regularly and eats healthy otherwise so I guess it's ok! hah. OH and i
took one of his snickers bars...like he will be able to tell!! =)
Ok that's it! I am done babbling...
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What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas...
Bday shoutouts I missed:
KAREN my sister- March 13th
KIEFER- my brother in law- March 22nd
DEEANA- my paris love- March 23rd

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I have decided to post some picture
every time I post because it looks more interesting and its prettier=)
hehe here is a pic of the eiffel tower (obviously) when I was in Paris.
Me and stephanie used to always walk around downtown during the day and
at night and take pictures of everything. It was a lot of fun and very
relaxing and gave me good perspective about life.
Besides that, I am going to use this entry to give some quotes that I
came across in my reading that I found particularly interesting:
"The clearer your vision of what you seek, the closer you are to finding it." - Richard Bolles
"We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked
through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of
bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient
proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last
of the human freedoms--to choose one's attitude in any given set of
circumstances..." - Victor Frankl
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
-Robert Frost
Take what you want from these quotes. I know I took away some good points.
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