Year One.

Today marks my first full year of post-college employment. In some ways it feels like I just started a couple months ago, but in many other ways I feel like this could almost be my second or third year.

I sit here today reflecting on all that has happened in the past year––my successes and failures, the good and bad days––all of which have been a tremendous learning experience, one that I will take with me as I begin my second year in the work force.

I am certainly much more confident, collected, and wiser than the person who walked into this office one year ago. The first day was a blur of nervous hand shakes, faces and names I could barely remember, information overload of our complicated (unique) company structure. It took nearly eight months for it to finally sink in that I was no longer at an internship, but was a real component to the success of my department projects. #happyplace 

Year two has a promising ring to it: a new apartment (amazing location), a promotion (fingers crossed), more frolicking adventures (of course), and many unknown surprises to come (no babies)!

Cheers to an amazing first year and to many more!

Busy Bee

The past couple months I have been crazy busy with work and extracurricular activities. March was by far my busiest month of concerts ever (7), and I received the Award of Excellence at work in April! You gotta work hard to play hard, and I certainly know how to play hard...

St. Patty's Day

 

Dr. Dog @ The Electric Factory

 Delta Spirit @ Union Transfer 

He never looks at the camera (1, 2)

Liz's 23rd Birthday in Atlantic City, NJ

 

 

Reuniting with my La Salle lovers

"It feels so good to be exactly where I was one year ago"

 

Showing the freshmen who's boss

 and of course lots of love & Tom shoe wearin'<3

May should be no different, a wedding this weekend, the Preakness and other Baltimore craziness the following weekend and a glorious 3-day weekend to end May. In fact I already started off this jam packed month with some extra special fun: The Broad Street Run -- a ten mile run down Broad Street in Philadelphia...

 Best long distance race yet! 8:32/mile pace

More photos and adventures to comes, stay tuned ツ