New Directions, New Journey

Hello world, or maybe I’ll call you “worldette,” since I imagine that there is a very small fraction of a small fraction of the world reading this – if anyone at all. I do realize that it has been months and months since I have put in a blog post up here, but much has happened, and I am newly inspired to blog and share a little more about me personally and the new journey I am on.

A few bullet points of some big changes that have occurred recently:

• Mid-March: I started in a new position within my company (www.teague.com). This was a very good move for me, and has turned into a great opportunity to learn a ton about a very interesting field: aircraft interiors. There is a little more pressure, and I have a good amount of responsibility for a number of different tasks; but I enjoy what I do and am happy to have this as another step on my career path.
• Mid-May: I left my “rent-free” lifestyle (meaning: I moved out of my parents’ house), and moved into a one bedroom in the Fremont neighborhood in Seattle. I love where I live and my apartment is the perfect size for one person. I see the fam plenty, since they live very close to my office up north (and I use their cable to keep up on True Blood). I have yet to fully take advantage of all the neighborhood has to offer, but am happy that there is so much to discover – every free weekend can hold a new adventure!
• May: I made the final payment of the smallest of my college loans. It wasn’t a very big one, but paying that off felt like getting over the first hill on my path to getting out of student debt. I have come to discover that my debt is about average for most people my age who had to take on most of the burden of their undergraduate degree, so I am happy that I am staying on top of it and that I will have great credit on the other end.
• June: Two people who have played important roles at different times of my life got married. It was wonderful to see them enter into the new phase of married life, and to be invited to take part in the celebrations. In turn, I feel that I am in a new phase of life, the “almost all my friends are getting married or are in serious relationships” phase. I am happy that I celebrate my single status and am working most on becoming the best version of myself. Though I will admit, I am quite open to any opportunity to stop being single, if only for a little bit every once in a while.
• July: My parents, in an amazing gesture of love and generosity, provided me with a life changing opportunity to get what is known as a lap band. (See: http://nwwls.com.) I had the surgery on July 15 and have been slowly recovering since then. It is because of this surgery that I have been inspired to start blogging again. I feel that having the band is going to change much more than my relationship with food and the way I look (both of which I hope to see major changes in). I don’t really know what will change, but I can see specks on the metaphorical horizon.

Major weight loss is something that will take time to come by, and not without persistence to get past the challenges and plateaus along the way. I look forward to what lies ahead in every facet of my life, and to sharing it here. Blogging forces me to articulate things very clearly, and I think that it is a great tool to use to get through transitional phases of life with grace.

Thank you, worldette, for reading. I enjoy imagining an audience of people out there who just might care about goofy ol’ me. It’s comforting and fun.