Wow. Uh, it's been awhile since my last post. I need to suck less, hahaha! A lot has happened in the last year. Sheesh! K, here's a quick summary to bring anyone who cares up to speed: I no longer live in Florida. Yep, moved just a few months ago to Salt Lake City. Primarily for a new great job, and for lots of other reasons. Like being much closer to my fam, an actual, wait for it, POTENTIAL dating pool, unlike where I was, and for mountains.

Yes, how I've missed snowboarding. And hiking. And just having a view.

Oh, yeah...and....dating. Ah-hem, yes, dating...? ;) Whatever.

Anyway, so here's some more: I graduated in December of 2011 with a second masters degree. This time in Instructional Systems and Technology from Florida State University. Of course, I totally loved my program/instruction and thrilled to find the right career path. And EXTRA thrilled to land a job 2 weeks before graduation. Yes! Can you believe it? I still can't. Hahaha. So that was obviously awesome.

I worked for a small consulting firm that mostly bid on military contracts. I was/am an 'instructional designer' and I primarily worked on analysis of various forms of military training. Essentially, we studied their basis for instruction and curriculum, their needs, and made recommendations based on the data for how to improve courses. The thing I wasn't too keen on was that I worked from home 95% of the time, and so that took the fun out of working really since I didn't get to interact with people at my favorite level and didn't get to learn as much as I would have on a team.

Anyway. The other big no-likey about the job was really how volatile the company was. Too small, and too much crazy. After a few un-fun scenarios, I had had enough. his last one was the kicker: With about 2 weeks notice, they asked me to move to Jacksonville (3 hours away) and work with a partner company. I'd be 'temporarily relocated' for at least 6 months. I had just moved into a new apartment, which they knew about, just 3 months prior, but I was more than willing to go. Which I expressed to them and SUPER-SPEED QUICKLY got my affairs in order so that this could happen. Things like sub-letting my apartment. Paying that fee. Selling off my furniture, you know. And, drumroll, 3 days before I was to move, they changed their minds. Yep. I could hardly believe it. Still can't. No apology, a limp explanation, and no refund. Whatever.

Yes, so obviously, this was completely wild. There I was, homeless, in 3 days. Nice.

Anyway. Things worked out. They ESPECIALLY worked out. I found a new place, yeah still in Florida, moved, and immediately started looking for a new job. In Salt Lake City.

Which I eventually found. Though I had to quit the previous job, without actually having a job, and move across country. But it was right and I knew things would work out.

And that, my friends, happened just a few months ago. It's amusing that I'm here, a place I often protested I would never live! lol. It's another crazy and fun story, and I love it! All I can say, is I'm ever so grateful for prayer and fasting and the Lord. There's just no substitute for the gift of the Holy Ghost.