No...I didn't fall of the face of the earth....

Okay....so I looked at the last time I blogged...June 22, 2009....over three months...guess that means that I need to share with everyone what's happened since my last blog. Now, before I post this blog, I have to preface that you may want to make sure you don't have much to do, as you will be reading a "novel" and may get lost in it. There's been so much occur...so I better start sharing, or you will lose interest.

June 22 was the day that I got my health kick back, and I am glad I did!! From June through September, I lost the 25 pounds I gain, along with losing about 15 more pounds. Now over the past 6 weeks, I have gained a little back, but I have a good reason for that and I will share that soon.

Vacation time was great this past summer. I took an extended weekend to Chicago at the beginning of August, and 2 weeks later, I went to St. Louis. I had a great time. The Chicago trip was one where I was glad to have great friends spending time together. I even took a risk with one of my fears...heights. I went on the Ferris Wheel at Navy Pier...now, I did not look down and at one point, I thought they stopped us at the top of the ferris wheel, but it was just move very slow. However, I can now say that I rode the ferris wheel and can check that off of my list! The trip to St. Louis was very nice. Spent the weekend getting to know someone. We haven't talked much since. I am hoping it's because of our busy lives. I have tried calling, but only got voicemail.

So in my previous post, I mentioned how there were some other things that could be coming down the pipeline and would share when the time was right. Well, now is a better time than any. When I submitted my previous post, I had just mailed off application materials for a job in the St. Louis area. Late July, I received notification that I was selected for a phone interview. The phone interview must have went well because I was offered an on-campus interview. In early August, I drove to my alma mater, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and interviewed for the Coordinator of Advising position for the College of Arts & Sciences. On August 24th, I received a phone call from the search chair. I was informed I had been selected by the search committee to become the Coordinator of Advising. I verbally accepted and within 24 hours, I had submitted my resignation letter to my supervisor at the University of Southern Indiana. My last month at USI went by very quickly and the next thing I knew, I was moving out of my apartment in Evansville and moving into my new apartment in Edwardsville. I've started the new job and am learning a lot. I also am taking time to reconnect with people on campus that knew me from my undergrad days. I also am reconnecting with friends in the area, but I miss all of my friends in Evansville and hope that they come visit soon...or I could go visit them (which I will be back in Evansville over Thanksgiving weekend).

I hope that I will be able to find time to blog more, but with it taking over 3 months to blog until now, it makes me realize that I need to just devote time to doing this. In case I don't blog for another month, some things coming up for me are spending time with family, taking a trip to Chicago for Halloween, and many social events around the St. Louis area.

New adventures are definitely here and the best way to approach them is to just be!!