My family has gone way past hinting that my blog is neglected... lol. Of course, they've been telling me to write something... ANYTHING... for weeks now. And I'm just getting around to it. I'm so responsive. So - quick update while I'm on my lunch break.
First, I know I always say this, but I can't believe it's been a MONTH!!! William is a month old. I've been in my new job for over a month. It's been more than 6 weeks since school ended and graduation is NEXT week! And in the last month, what have I done? Well... I'm settling into my new job which has been great. My stress level is way down, the people are fabulous, and the food is done by the same company that owns Communal and Pizzaria 712, so you know it's awesome (did I mention I get 6 free meals a week?). They have great, healthy options so I can stay on track which is really nice. Here's one of just a few pictures I've taken in the last month - munching a burger at my desk.
I normally eat in the cafeteria with everyone else, but this was a special BBQ day where I came back to my desk rather than eat outside.
I've been doing dinners and movies with friends - met up with Rob, saw Pirates... met up with the gang from school, had Thai food and saw Transformers... then there was the Harry Potter 7.2 weekend where some of the people at work made an awesome batch of butter beer.
I loved HP7.2. I saw the 3D Imax version and I want to see it again, but it will have to wait until I see Captain America and Cowboys and Aliens. I think one or both of those are in the plan for this next weekend. We'll see.
What else... I can't forget that Melody came out to stay with me for a few days while she interviewed for jobs and found a place to live - I'm sooooo excited that they're moving back here - less than 5 minutes from my house too! It's going to be play time :)
I've been reading a lot of books... most of them require no brain power whatsoever, which has been a lovely respite from 2 years of textbooks and case studies. I've been working on the yearbook for our class too - I actually have a few things I can share from that. It's pretty basic stuff, but I guess if you want to get technical it's sort of a digital scrapbook, right? Considering I've done NOTHING else for the last month... not even in my Smashbook, at least this is something (can you believe I haven't even touched the 1500 pictures from my trip? Sigh. I did buy a Groupon for a photobook so I can make sure to get it into some kind of book soon.)
Here are a few layouts for the yearbook:
There's a 2nd page to this that refuses to upload. Moving on! This is from our Creativity and Innovation class.
A few unforgettable classes from 1st year...
And a few pictures (mostly from my phone) from our 2nd residency week last August (I just realized the date is wrong on here... gotta fix that! Thank goodness for digital...).
Argh... page 2 doesn't want to upload. Some of these must just be too big. Oh Well!
There are also standard yearbook pages with everyone's photos, but I've been subbing out the "official" ones where I can with better pictures. I also included contact info and birthdays (hence the reason I'm not posting any of them) as well as who's on Facebook and/or LinkedIn so we can all keep in touch. I'm also doing pages for all of our classes with pictures of professors and some other fun stuff. I'm still finishing up the last of what I've got and I'll include graduation next week and it will be done! So that's been taking a lot of time as well...
Let's see. What else... cooking - I came up with a new fig recipe after I got giddy over finding brown turkey figs at Costco. I have pictures and a recipe and I might even post them at some point! lol. I made a fig / apple crostata that could be sweet or savory and it was yummy. I made Aarti's eggplant rolls last night with rotisserie chicken and steamed green beans and some cherries straight from a roadside produce stand. I'm going to make a veggie pizza from Cooking Light at some point this week - trying to take advantage of the fabulous produce right now.
So that's all I've got for now. I've got to run to finish lunch and get back to work. Hopefully it won't be a month before I post again ;)
Oh my word! The yearbook layouts are amazing! You are really too good for your own good!
Posted by: Laura Hamilton | August 01, 2011 at 10:59 PM