Sleeping To Dream

Monday night I drove home from Jackson, TN where my entire family plus all of our extended family sat around drinking coffee, opening presents, and munching on fudge. I drove home because I unfortunately had to work the day after Christmas. For the first time in 22 years of life, I had to be somewhere the day after Christmas. Old habits die-hard and I am still waiting for the glorious Christmas Break that must be coming. The month long break of all reality that consists of baking, lying around in my matching Victoria's Secret pajamas (that includes the matching slippers) and watching all 7 seasons of Gilmore Girls. 

The cherry on top of this new working adult life hit me yesterday morning, as I so gracefully hit and ran over my trash can at the end of my drive way. As my neighbors watched, whom I just had said hello to as they took their own trash cans to the edge of their driveway. Nothing says, "Have a great Thursday Shelbs" like trash all in the cul-de-sac. As I ran over my trashcan I couldn't help but be thankful it was the only thing I hit in the past week, as I was a world traveler from Winston-Salem, NC all the way to Jackson, TN. Even without a Christmas Break, I had a great Christmas spent with family & people I love. 

The holidays continue this weekend & I am excited to see old friends, new friends, and my boyfriend to help bring in the New Year. And with the New Year my boss told me on Friday that I would be getting a raise. So there’s that. Maybe this adult life isn’t so bad after all.

-SJP        

Everything's Changed at Christmas

The office has been overflowing with Christie's Cookies, Goo Goo Cluster baskets & an assortment of holiday treats from customers. Life is flying by right now and with Christmas less than a week away, I feel like I may finally be settled in my post grad world. It's different, a big change, but change is not always bad. Sometimes change is hard. Real tough. But sometimes it's just what you need.

The past few weeks have been filled with the ups and downs of life of course but this week is filled with Christmas cheer! Wacky Tacky party in downtown. Matt Wertz concert tonight. Christmas dinner with my favorite ADPi alums. My best friend and I back in action. And to top it all off, I get a weekend in North Carolina with my man.

I am finally getting used to the full time work with the fun mixed in here and there. A big change from college where it's mostly fun with a few serious things mixed in (at least that's how I did college, and I don't regret that one bit). Life has changed in a lot of ways, but instead of living in the past of yester-years memories of what once was, I have now cleaned out my closet to be able to fill it with new adventures in this new stage of life.

-SJP