As usual, I have no idea where the time went. I know
February is a short month, but even considering that, it just flew by!
For Matt and I, February had lots of new things. I started my new
job, Matt went on his first long(ish) business trip since we've been
together, and we are in the process of making our first big joint purchase (a
car-not a house).
So I can now actually tell you a little about my new job, since I've been
here for a bit. So far it seems like a good choice to have come to this
organization and this team. It was a little bit of an interesting start
since I was one of two new people on our annual giving team. The team is
made up of a specialist (me), a manager (he's been here a long time) and a
director (she started this Monday). It's been interesting because I
started two weeks before the director so nobody wanted to start having me get
into things until she got here. I mostly just have jumped on to whatever
project or task needed an extra hand for the last two weeks. It hasn't
been too bad and I think its a good way to learn about different aspects of the
group. Since I've gotten to meet my new boss I'm even more excited about
this position. She seems really great and, like the department director,
seems very into encouraging professional growth. It's nice to be in an
organization that not only encourages growth through things like conferences
and professional group memberships, but that also has the funds to actually
have people do things. I've already been told I can expense things-this
is a word not often spoken so freely in non-profit. I am seeing the
advantages of joining a large, more corporate, non-profit.
I've been pretty happy with how easily I've gotten back in the swing of things and having a full time job. I got extremely sick last week and am just now-after about 10 days-starting to feel like a normal human again. That kind of put a hamper on my ability to keep up with everything at home (read as-our house got pretty messy for a few days, which is very unusual). Besides the being sick, Matt and I have re-adjusted pretty quickly to sharing household chores which is great.
Matt made his first long trip for his new job. He was gone for 5
days and was unfortunately sick the entire time (he was ever so kind as to
share his illness with me before leaving). It was an interesting week.
I'm not crazy about the idea of having a partner that travels a lot but
I've just had to come to terms with the fact that it's a requirement of his
job. So, to try and brainwash myself into liking the alone time, I went
to the grocery store the first night he was gone and bought a ton of junk food
and stuff we don't normally buy because its either terrible for you or he won't
eat it. I also made plans for pretty much every night. Sadly, I then
got really sick the next day so I didn't touch any of the junk food and kind of
just went through the motions with the plans I had made. Overall it
wasn't as bad being home for a week by myself as I had expected it to be. I think my brainwashing attempt was
successful (even if I didn't eat all the junk I bought) J
The other big thing we’ve been doing in Febraury is trying
to find a new car for me. We’re looking
for either a new to me car or one to lease for a few years. Matt really had to sell me on the idea of a
lease but I finally came around to his point of view and I’m good with it under
certain circumstances J So, we’ve
been going to car dealerships pretty much every weekend for the past
month. We’re getting closer to closing
on one but, Matt in all of his negotiating glory, can’t quite close the last
few points of negotiation with the dealership.
I am so hoping that this weekend will be the last weekend we’re dealing
with this. I’d love to have our Saturdays
back!
Well that’s about it for us.
Besides travelling, the new job and car shopping we haven’t been up to a
whole lot else. We’re slowly chipping
away at wedding projects (although at this point it’s mostly just me doing
things). I am currently working on
putting together all of our favors-oh the joys of DIY! I’m going to start addressing all of the invitations
soon as well and I’m planning on getting those in the mail the first week of
April. At this point, I’m just happy the
months are going by pretty quickly.
Oh! The other thing we've done is gone to see The Lion King on stage.
It was Matt’s Christmas present and we went on February 15th and
made a night of it with dinner before the show.
It was the most amazing thing I think I've ever seen-and the Detroit
Opera House is pretty impressive itself.
The costumes and colors and scenery were just spectacular. If you ever have the opportunity-GO!
That’s it for me. Feel free to send me an email and let me know how you guys are doing. I love hearing from you!
