New Year, New Post, New Job, New Goals.
I have been a terrible blogger lately. I feel like that's how all my journal entries started out when I was younger, too - if my journal were a blog.
Chapter 1: Bye, Bye, BYU.
BYU was great for so many reasons, and I love the atmosphere there. After going part-time to take classes and hiring a full-time replacement (Powerhouse Paula), I left for full-time work again. After working with Gregg, I was really excited to switch careers and not work with engineers ever again.So, I got hired on as an Administrative Assistant at a company in Provo called Aquaveo. A company that makes software for civil engineers. And is staffed 95% by engineers.
I did, however, get a week off in between the jobs for Christmas. Party!
Guess what, though - CIVIL engineers actually have to deal with people for a living, not like my precious MECHANICAL loves I left behind. I do miss them sometimes - then a coworker makes fun of another coworker for thinking they could strip the copper out of an old motherboard, and I'm at home once again.
I think I am the only unmarried person working here. And you know what? I am liking my job!
The interview was 10 minutes long. TEN. I went to my car laughing. Tom (my boss) was so quiet and cryptic, I thought for sure they didn't like me. When they called later that day to ask when I could start, I laughed again.
You can hear the dazzling vocal stylings of yours truly at the new job here:
No, I don't know what any of those words mean.
Chapter 2: Roommate Recession
Tori and Head both moved closer to campus because they hated me and said I smelled.
Now I am living by myself in the big yellow house like one of those hermit old ladies I always pitied growing up! DON'T EVER LET ME BUY CATS, OKAY??
You know what, though? Not having to conform to anybody else's schedule is bomb dot com and I get all the hot water I want... And I can walk around or exercise sans modest clothing. Every cloud has a silver lining, huh?
Chapter 3: Ciao, Couch.
My immediate family members have all accepted a challenge to run in the San Francisco 1/2 Marathon or 5K in July.
Considering the fact that the most I have EVER been able to run in my LIFE was 10 minutes (1 mile) - and that was only after months of building up to it - also I was a young teenager and weighed like 4000 pounds less than I do right now.... Anyway, I did not think it was a good idea to sign up for the 1/2 Marathon. I do believe that people can change and I did want a worthwhile goal to strive for that would get me moving, so I decided that I would take the next six months and train for the 5K! That is literally 3x more than I have ever run in my entire life. I think it's a pretty great goal and I've been working on it for about a month now. I have doubled my endurance (which still is absolutely hilariously slow and short), but I think I'm going to make it! My goal is just to finish the 5K without walking at all. They let you do a progressive marathon with this 5K - so 23 training miles up to the marathon day (July 29) are logged and then you finish the last 3.1 the day of the race. You get a medal for 26.1 miles! We are all pretty excited!
Chapter 4: Date Death
After countless conversations with my siblings about how great ldssingles.com can be, and letting go of my pride and reputation, I joined the online dating world. Spence was blessed on that site. I was not. I saw it as more of a cafeteria. A cafeteria for zombies - hungry for each other and nothing else in the world and a little scary a lot of the time. I'm so glad other people have had it work for them. I had some nice guys, some creepers, and the usual type of guys who are attracted to me being attracted to me... and they were also creepers. I'm ready for my membership to just go ahead and expire. Haha... maybe a married coworker will set me up with a friend of theirs who isn't an engineer. Wouldn't that be something...
Chapter 5: Sayonara, Single Spencer
Spence has recently taken a ladyfriend and I don't know how much I'm allowed to say - but there may be some big changes to my family this year.
No, I'm not pregnant.
Neither is Caitlyn (pictured above). No worries.
We are excited, though.
