First Real World Paycheck

So aside from all of the hustle and bustle of my life lately .. I have to admit that receiving my first paycheck today has been a huge relief for me, and it feels great.

Finally time to just reflect on the past few weeks (which have gone whizzing by) ...

I am really thankful for everything and everyone that has made this past month one to remember. I'm not sure I deserve it all, but I sure am thankful for it. The beautiful people in my life - remain beautiful, and always know that I am here for you if you ever need ANYTHING.

I'm already excited for Grey's Anatomy/Private Practice parties. Weird? Heck no - do you know my friends? We're the bomb ...

Oh and by the way .. when you get to the fork in the road, take it.

DC.

From work

Hi all.

I'm currently on my lunch break at work - 12:00-1:00 - and I just finished up a nice Panera Bread Chicken Caesar Salad + Frozen Strawberry Lemonade (Sounds healthy, right?), haha. Anywho, I finally got my lease signed, my address changed (Insurance, Magazines, etc) and things in life are rollin'.

Job? Check. Car? Check. Apartment? Check. Move-in? Ehh ...

Moving in - the stressor that is currently controling my life (as if I don't have enough on my plate already). Luckily, I have my mom and grandma flying in this Friday to help me decorate the apt. I will have to finish up on my own once my furniture is delivered in a week or two, but otherwise, I'm hoping the majority of my stuff is moved in this week. I have to call to set up the electricity, also. More bills. YAY.

It's been nice being in the area, because from time to time, I get to see my friends. I miss being apart of the team, but moreover I miss seeing my friends everyday. You know, those people that make you smile because they know everything about you and can tell in an INSTANT when something is wrong? I'm not really looking forward to living by myself, but like my mom said "It will be good to see what you like, and to get used to yourself." I know that sounds weird, but it makes sense to me. I need to see where my life needs to go, and having had roomies the last 4 years, it is probably time to be dependent on only me. Don't get me wrong, I have plenty of bills I'm paying - but I will have some down time when I need it, as well.

BUT - (best friends take note) - my friends are ALWAYS welcome for dinner and a movie, Grey's Anatomy, what have you. I can't wait to have my apt warming party! (Shooting for mid-October - don't worry, not during Columbus Day weekend!).

Gotta get back to work. Adios for now.

DC

Real world = headache.

Unfortunately, it is obvious that I have not been keeping up with this Blog. I'm hoping that my "new life" in the real world won't throw too many bumps at me (more than it already has!). Currently searching for an apartment and car for my new job with MicroStrategy.

D.

P.S- The icing on the cake this weekend? I got to hang out with MACKENSEY yesterday, and she crashed here last night! Goodness I missed that girl!!! <3

FoodTV

I am officially hooked to FoodTV. I watch Chopped, Cupcake Wars, and Ace of Cakes like it's my freaking job. I also have been watching Cake Boss and other shows on TLC, aka LA Ink. I love Kat Von D - she's so edgy and has the attitude like nothing bothers her. Plus, she's got some sick tattoos, which I am very jealous of. If I could get more, I would. Who knows ;)

I'm currently watching Chopped (go figure), but I am also in Florida! Last minute flight made on Saturday, and I ended up traveling for a good 11 hours straight (lame). I head back to DC this Saturday, but I'm pretty pumped to be home. I'm really hoping to see Su, Dre, and Mickey sometime this week. Also, my HS softball Coach - if she's in town.

I wish I had an automatic car to drive around here. **Automatic being the key word - freaking CJ's car is manual**

Luckily, I am using my dad's car tomorrow so I can get out of the house for the day, and run some errands. Then I will probably meet up with CJ for lunch and who knows what I will do after. But, like I said, I return to DC on Saturday and then MACKENSEY LEIGH CARTER flies back to DC Sunday night and is STAYING WITH ME!!! OMGoodness I am so excited to see her (if you couldn't tell). I miss my bf :(

Still looking for an apartment and trying to get my job background check moving. They keep throwing curve balls at me, so hopefully they are all sorted out. It's been great seeing my family, and I'm really glad I got the chance to come down!

2:00am? I think I should head to bed, lol.

Sweet dreams. D.

Welcome to the real world, she said to me .. condescendingly

Hi all.

CJ and Jordan were here for a week, and I had a blast with them. It's always great to see my brother .. he's easily my favorite person in the world. The problem is that now I am alone, because Paul left for Wisconsin last Saturday, and I wish I had someone to live with! I am VERY excited though because Mackensey will be here in 10 DAYS to stay with me!!!

Anywho, I finished my internship last Friday and now I am interviewing for another job. I'm hoping everything falls through, it's been going smoothly so far! One more phone interview on Friday and then I should be good to go! I won't start working until September anyway but at least I will have some security!

Still apartment searching - if anyone has any good leads, please let me know! I am looking (preferably Rock Creek, Dupont, or Gtown) .. let me know!!

Gotta run and grab some stuff from Melissa.

Adios. D.

Happy Sunday everyone!

My brother and his friend, Jordan, have decided to come and visit me from August 4th-10th!! I'm super excited to see them!! Just gotta try to figure out what to do with them. I'm thinking Spy Museum, Madam Toussaud's Wax Museum, and at least the Newseum!!

So right now I am watching Entourage, and switching back and forth to the soccer game - World Cup Final game between Spain and Netherlands!

Another long week of work tomorrow, but I feel more rested from this weekend, so I'm pretty happy! Hope all is well with everyone - can't wait till summer is over and all my friends come back to play with me!!

DC

HAPPY JULY! (BEST MONTH EVER!)

AH YI YI .. Crossfit was RIDICULOUS today!! lol, My back is gonna be feeling it later ;) ..

4th of July weekend coming up! Christina comes in tomorrow, Suria on Saturday, and others this weekend as well! Really looking forward to an awesome weekend :)

Birthday Countdown: 20 days!!!

Crossfit

Hi all!

Going to start blogging about Crossfit, and maybe that will get me going on writing in this more :) work out -------------->

Hope everyone is having a great day! We just got done working out and now I have a very busy day ahead of me. A lot of work, and one of our clients is taking us to a WNBA Washington Mystics game tonight (in his box)! Should be pretty awesome :).

Be back later!

Crossfit - June 29th, 2010
Warm-up
2 rounds of:
400 meter run
5 pull-ups
10 push-ups
15 BW squats

TGIF!

It's been a long two days, especially with this ridiculous pain in my stomach and back. I've taken several things for it, but I think I'm just supposed to be in pain for a few day. Oh well.

Crossfit kicked my butt yesterday (every Tuesday and Thursday with Champion) - our warm-up was 400 meter jog, 20 pull-ups, 20 BW squats, and 2 minutes of jump rope. our workout was 45 double-unders (jump rope), 45 SQUAT CLEANS - ridiculous, and 45 double-unders again (jump rope). Talk about a freaking workout.

Needless to say, i'm sore, tired, and would rather be on my couch right now. But I guess that is life and life must go on! Tonight Paul wants to see "Grown Ups", which I've heard wasn't that great. But of course we will like it, just because it has awesome actors and will make us laugh.

Okay, off to Cosi for our Friday breakfast meeting!

Adios

DC

Yikes!

It's been a long long while since I've written anything, so I am not even going to ATTEMPT to catch up on everything that has been going on .. I'll just give you a few ideas!

Graduation: ROCKED (minus the fact that we got stuck INSIDE - the only school to be in the gym). It ended up being pretty nice though, since it wasn't as hot inside as it was outside. Plus, it poured, so that would have been bad also, haha.

Work: Currently at CRA - Champion Recruiting Associates in Bethesda, MD. Sourcing and staffing with my fellow interns - Kelsey, Scott, Chelsea, and Jordan. We're all awesome and I love us!

Apartment: Living with Paul Doucas, in Will's room (Will is in Wisconsin for the summer). It's been really awesome staying with him - we get along so well! He even helped me get business cards at an event for work, lol. Really good guy!

Pictures to come! (I'm at work now so I should probably return to my work!!!)

Adios.

DC

graduation?!

I'm back ...

I know it's been awhile, and I don't really have a good excuse as to why I haven't written - but I feel like now would be a good time to write about some feelings I've been having lately.

First off, I started a new blog for my marketing ideas and thoughts - demsdailys.blogspot.com

Secondly, I've been waking up in the morning just plain scared about where the future is going to take me. I graduate in less than 2 months, and the thought of being out in the real world scares me a lot. The fear is real, and trying to balance homework, softball, friends, and life in general has been rough. I want to see all my friends all the time, because I know that time is limited. I also want to eliminate homework and presentations from my life just so that I can hang with my friends, but then I feel like once I graduate, I'll be wishing I had homework again!

I definitely have to be more proactive about jobs and things for when I graduate. It has been helpful to talk to different people about their experiences, and to know that I'm not alone in my job search, and overall panic. It's always hard when you move on from one major part of your life to the next. I even have to start paying off my loans in December! Oh goodness.

Finally, I have to say that I am definitely overall enjoying my last semester on the hilltop, and softball has been bringing me a lot of joy. We unfortunately had to put my puppy down last week (<3 Domino) and that was really tough on me, but my girls on the team really helped me out that weekend and we pulled out a couple of key W's against UCONN.

I look forward to updating this more often in the following years. I think it's important to remember the times that got you where you are today. I hope everyone has a great Easter break with your families!

4 more days 'till I can have soda and ice cream again :)

Opening Weekend

I'll be back with more later.. but we opened in Elon, NC this past weekend .. Played Rider and Elon each twice .. went 2-2, losing both to Elon ..

It was a fun weekend, and I'm so so happy to be back on the field, but I do think we could have come out of the weekend with 4 wins.

Excited for next weekend .. Maybe we'll come out 7-2 ;)

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