Finally Friday!

Hey, y'all! Hope all is well. I'm so excited that the weekend is here. I look forward to a relaxing weekend.

Let's see what I can catch you up on.

Two weeks ago, our friends Josh & Alan came to our house for the weekend while they were in the area visiting family. Josh and I have been friends for over 10 years and he's lived in something like 800 cities. After not seeing each other for about 5 years, we've made it a point to have at least one visit a year. They also brought their adorable mini-yorkie, Galileo. Sooo cute! It was a beautiful weather weekend and we walked to Cafe Nonna for dinner. After brunch on Sunday, we checked out the Country Music Hall of Fame. Josh & I are big fans of classic country females, so we had a good time. As usual, we had a great time together. ***Click this link to see Josh's pics.

On the Wednesday after their visit, I actually started my first day at Emma! It's so nice to be back in the workforce especially with the continued news of job losses. It's a different type of place than I've ever worked really. It took a couple of days to get adjusted, but I'm loving it so far.

Last Saturday, some of my relatives were in Murfreesboro for their annual visit. They come to see basketball games. It's not really my thing, so I met them before the games for lunch. It's always nice to see them. I havent been to East TN since Christmas.

I just got home an hour ago from my first full week of work at Emma. Woo-hoo. I cant wait to sleep in. I dont have any specific plans this weekend and that's perfect.

I dont have anything else to bore you with right now, so I'm out!!

Holla!

The wait is OVER!!!

This is one of my most exciting blog posts in months!!!

I am pleased to report that after 7 months of being unemployed, I accepted a job offer today at Emma. I'm going to be back in a customer support role. I'm super excited about the company. They only have about 100 employees right now compared to thousands at the last 2 companies I was with. The culture there is also neat... it's the opposite of the more corporate cultures I've been involved with.

It was quite the process getting in there. We started this back around Thanksgiving. Three interviews & two writing assignments later, the wait paid off!! I've gotta give major thanks to my gal Casey for her help. It's going to be exciting working at the same company again.

I start on Wednesday and although I'll miss sleeping in, I'm so excited to be back around people. 7 months of a lot of alone time gets boring.

To top things off, it's going to be a beautiful weekend weather-wise AND my friend Josh & his partner Alan are coming in for a visit. Luckily we have another thing to celebrate now.

Woo-Hoo!!!

March is here...

Hard to believe that March is already here. March & April are usually interesting weather months in Tennessee. It might snow one day and be 70 degrees a couple of days later. We're kicking the month off that way now. We had snow on Sunday and it will be around 70 by week's end. I'm looking forward to the warmer weather, but I like seeing snow sometimes too. We dont get enough in Nashville.

I do get panicky about tornado weather this time of year though. It might sound silly, but that's just me. This year is even crazier b/c we dont really have an interior room or hallway in this house. I guess our somewhat basementy area would be the safest. I can assure you I've never been shy about popping into the closet during a storm at our old house. Bottom line is that I'm a big baby about stormy/windy weather.

We had a great week & weekend. On Saturday, we ran around town looking at rugs for our living room. I hate looking for stuff like that, but I was relieved to head to the hockey game against Detroit that night. The game was U-N-B-E-L-I-E-V-A-B-L-E!!! Detroit is always one of the top teams in the league. We're struggling this year but whipped their behind. It was 5-0 at the end of the first period!! We wound up with an 8-0 victory. Crazy, crazy, crazy!!!! We capped the night off back in our neighborhood at a wine party at our friends house. Good times.

We slept in a little on Sunday before going to lunch with friends. We came home and then checked out a going out of business sale... it sucked. I got back in better spirits after that when we met a friend to go bowling. I'm a very inconsistent bowler. I did well the first game and then sucked at the next. True form for Casey.

Tomorrow is a new day on the job search. I'm meeting with a new recruiting company. We'll see what kind of opportunities they have. I'll be glad for the process to be over though. I need a winning lottery ticket.

Hope y'all had a great weekend and have a great week. I'm looking forward to having some company this weekend!!!