Oh the places you'll go

I have been SO bad about writing here. Even though I've been off for about a month now, I was somewhat crazed for most of that. As you know, I've been job hunting and interviewing since the last week of March. That led to several months of highs and lows as I would freak out every five days or so   as I would start to think things like, "Ohmigod, what if I'm the only one who doesn't get a job?" They told us that everyone who wants a job in our field has always gotten a job, which should make you feel better but can also lead to crazy thoughts as I just stated. Anyway, after this happened in cycles multiple times, and after I had many interviews and many McDonald's rewards after interviews, I finally got a job the day before graduation. I will proceed to freak out about all of that responsibility in a few weeks but meanwhile, YES. I did it.

I also graduated Friday. This is an amazingly huge accomplishment that was the work of tons of money, and tons of time and hard work. I moved here in August of 2011 not knowing a soul ready to start a grad program. For my entire first year here, I still didn't know a soul outside of my program and didn't really have any friends here. I had to learn to be on my own and go out on my own, and explore this beautiful city on my own. It was hard sometimes, but knowing I had friends other places was a life saver. Anyway, as you know, I discovered S3 sports leagues and the rest is history. I've met some incredibly amazing people who I can trust and depend on who have made Chicago into a second home.     I know that I have been blessed to have all of the opportunities that I do and want to use this blog to thank everyone who has helped me along the way--family, friends here and in KC and elsewhere, my professors from Rockhurst, and all of the mentors and supervisors who I have had in my program here.
So THANK YOU!!!! Now it's time for it to get real.