Time Flies When You're Having Fun

So its now October. WTF. What. The. Frak. How did this happen? Where has the time gone? Ugh. I feel like it was just yesterday that I last posted anything. Guess thats wrong. Lol.

So here is the best news possible. As of Sunday, October 10, I am officially a "normal" employee at State. Woohoo! Up until now I have been in the Student Career Employment Program (SCEP), where I had kind of  special status and had to meet certain requirements in order to stay eligible. If I met all of those requirements, I could be switched over to "normal" competitive service. Well, I kept my grades up, I graduated, I worked the required number of hours, I did the job, and I got the job for real :-) I found out two days ago, and can I just say, I felt like a huge weight had been lifted off of my shoulders. In this economy, I am thankful to have a job, and more thankful to have a job I enjoy (when I'm busy that is, but hey, I'll take what I can get, lol).

On a totally different topic, mom came to visit!!! We went to the office baseball game, then Saturday we went furniture shopping at Ikea. We spent a couple hours wandering around and getting enough furniture to make this place actually feel like a home. :-) After we bought everything, we set a time for it to be delivered, and went to Petsmart to look at kittens. To be perfectly honest, I would rather have a dog. But I know they take more time and money, and that it wouldn't be fair to a big dog, and lets be honest, I won't get a small dog, to be locked up all the time. So a decided to get a kitten because I cannot live without a pet any longer. And I must say, I love the little jerk, haha. He is the exact opposite of the kind of cat I always said I wanted, but he is super pretty and fun and a great little companion to come home to :-) His name has changed many many times, but for now its Sammy :-)

And as usual, I am tired of typing already. But before I sign off, I just have to say that I did something kind of embarrassing last Sunday...I went to the So You Think You Can Dance Tour in Richmond. And it was fantastic. Haha.

-Lots of love,
M

Oh! I have a crush! Quite the important thing I forgot to mention. :-) He works in Main State, and there is a funny story I will have to type out another day. Wow, thats quite a tease, but oh well!