It's that time of year again

I absolutely love Christmas time. I get to give presents - and receive some, too :) - wrap presents, eat lots of food, and just veg out with my family for a few days.

I'm definitely ending the year on a good note. Can you believe that in the span of this year alone, I graduated college, moved downtown, had real legit jobs (as short as they may have been, they were still legit!), spent two weeks in Spain, got a puppy, took on two internships, accepted a job from one of them and am freelancing my personal assistant skills?! Life is definitely going my way right now.

It hasn't all been easy, though - I had to say goodbye to a few very important people in my life. I had to deal with some relationships that took a little bit of a toll on me. And I had to kind of "find" my spot here in Fort Worth when I could no longer rely on the TCU campus to do that for me. There was a lot of changing, some tears, some goodbyes, but now look at me! I'm stronger than ever and here I am, finally feeling at home. It's the perfect way to welcome the Christmas break.

And let's not forget my birthday the day after Christmas! Ahh, yes, it's been a good year :)

 In Mexico on our spring break cruise!

Graduation!

Playing in the fountain for the last time

 Spain!

 Spain!

 Spain!

 Lady Gaga concert!

Visiting the Arch in St. Louis

 The Kate Reed Designs studio - new letterpress!

 Visiting Amy in Montana!

 Yellowstone National Park

 My new puppy - Paris :)

 Paris in her Halloween costume 

Thanksgiving at the Bandy's 

 Christmas 2010

Life is good today

For the past few weeks, I've been thinking about next semester. Or rather, the lack of next semester. Up until this morning, I had no idea what I was going to do. Sure, I had ideas and a bunch of "maybes" but nothing planned, yet; nothing set in stone.

But this morning came along and everything changed. Okay, maybe not EVERYTHING, and god knows I am still a little lost about the future, but at least I have half of it decided. Because this morning, Kara talked to me about hiring me on starting in January. That's right, I will officially be an employee for Kate Reed!

So why, you may ask, am I still only half decided about what's next? It's because, for now, Kate Reed is only part time. Since I'm going to London for a week in March, I need a job that will allow me to take off. What I'm thinking is getting a nanny job for the semester, and I have a few leads for that - one of which Kara gave me this morning!

So here's to a good day and having some sort of plans (and some sort of payment!). Life is good today. Yes, life is good today.