Sunday, May 2, 2010

It's been a while...

Ok...so I started this blog in the fall of 2009. I had all intentions of writing daily (well maybe not daily) but at least weekly. I started out really great, then fell off the band wagon as the year wrapped up. In that interrum around Christmas time, I moved to Atlanta...

I interviewed for a job in Birmingham - a sales position. Something to get me outta my office chair, out from behind a computer all day and allowing myself to meet new people on a daily basis. The position was filled by my good friend Kristi (unbeknownst me me that she was even interviewing for the position, but I promise there were no hard feelings when I found out she got the job) because she obviously had more experience than I did. BUT the company offered to relocate me to Atlanta - my first home. I took a week to weigh the pros and cons of the move - the biggest con of moving was leaving my friends...I finally reasoned that if I moved and we didnt remain friends, then that friendship really wasnt that great to begin with.

Over Christmas break I packed up everything I had known for the past 8 years of my life and moved to Buckhead - into a cookie-cutter white walls, white floors apartment. I miss hardwood floors, I miss old bathroom tile, I miss my small kitchen and even smaller 1950's oven, I miss the smell of an antiquing apartment and I miss my friends coming to my apartment for girl's nights.

The first few months in Atlanta were a blurr - traveling for training, shadowing other reps, and the national sales meeting. Literally I blinked and it was April. Where had the time gone? I sit here and try to think back onto what happened in the first few weeks of 2010 and I honestly cannot remember. I did not make any new friends, I did not find a church, I did not join a soccer team, I did not start going to a gym, I did not blog, I did not read. What did I do? Work...and adjust.

I think I've finally passed the adjustment phase. I have now lapsed over into the branching out phase of a life changing move. I moved to a city of 5 million people and I knew maybe 5 people here...I'm having to step out of my comfort zone...I invite myself along to do activities, I volunteer to host events, I participate in as many events as I can - all in hopes of gaining back the life I once had in Birmingham. The life I loved and miss so much. Being the new girl in town when youre 26 is hard - not a lot of people are out looking to make all new friends at this point in their lives...They already have those freinds established.

I have now joined a Crossfit gym, joined two soccer teams, started attending a church and a small group, I play with a bunko group, I'm getting more adjusted to the lifestyle of my new job and I feel it's finally time to start blogging again. When I first started my blog, I didnt expect anyone to read it - people may still not read it. BUT this is the place I should think to put my thoughts and feelings down...in the past few months, I've missed not having a place for verbal release. I feel like my writing skills have decreased; I miss writing.

So...I make a promise to myself today. I will make efforts to get back into writing. I am passionate about this and I want to feel like myself again. I want to be me in a new life; My life in Atlanta, as a sales rep, a soccer player, a badass crossiftter, a good freind and a writter. Make I commit to my promises to myself...

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