The right meal can do wonders

Last night I had dinner at the amazing Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba with a friend. I hadn't been there in 2 years so I was excited to a) revisit the place b) drink the well-known sangria!

Friday was a stressful day. I was glued to my phone. Texts, phone calls, and e-mails descended upon me. All I could think about was my capstone & other things I had to do. My spin class & shower before dinner put me in a better mood, but when I had my first bite of the baked goat cheese & tomato spread at Cafe, the feel-good endorphins kicked in.

That night, the food kept getting better & better. By the end of the meal I was on cloud 9. The sangria lived up to the hype and I had great conversation with one of my closest friends. It's not just about the food & drink, but who you are with.

Great friend(s) + great food=happiness. That's really all you need in life.

Passion fruit sangria

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Blogging 2.0

I'm annoyed with Posterous.

I can't iFrame my blog and it won't export to my Tumblr anymore. I think it may be time to move on. I could go back to my blogger, but I feel as if blogger isn't "cool" anymore. Should I give wordpress a shot? I'm thinking about it since I don't have my own wordpress account anymore. Anyone have any feedback?

This quarter has been very code heavy and I love it. I've missed it. It's made me think about applying for front end jobs. Not only am I sprucing up my website but my capstone is one of the biggest websites I've worked on. It's exciting to work on a big project but it is a different experience to work with a team. I'm used to doing all of the work myself. I like having a design team partner though.

As I end this, I think I may move to wordpress after the quarter ends. I won't be blogging for the office, nor will I be going to that silly thing called class :-) Should I ditch blogger & leave that in a thing of the past? Maybe I'll revisit Xanga ;-)

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Untitled

Just finished week 6 of the quarter. We're passed the half-way mark.

Tick-Tock.

I am waiting to hear back from my interview if I made it to the final 2. I feel as if I am on American Idol or something, waiting for a call-back. It's not as nerve-racking as I thought it was going to be. I was really focused on my midterm this week so it gave me something else to think about. I also just realized this is the first time that I don't really know what's ahead of me. I knew I was coming to DePaul December of my senior year. I've always had everything planned out: what classes I'm taking, what jobs I'm working, etc. When I look ahead in the calendar, all I see is a dark abyss of unknown. Maybe that will do me some good. I'm not saying it is a bad thing, I just have never experienced that feeling of not know what is next. It is kind of exciting. A little scary, but I'm not going to worry about it yet.

I also got an "almost alumni" fair e-mail the other day. Things are getting real now.

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Starting February off Right

6 weeks.

That's all the time I have left being a DePaul student, including finals week. No more tests, no more projects, no more grades. STRANGE. All I know is school. I have started applying for jobs. I'm exploring the field of social media management so we will see where that takes me. Even though I'm 5 days in, February has been a pretty productive month.

Friday I had a phone interview which lead to an e-mail this morning asking me to come in for an interview. Not a bad way to start off my Monday/week. So Thursday I have an interview. A real interview for a real job. A full time, real-person job.

It's still weird to believe this is happening, but I don't have a lot of time to dwell on it because this last quarter sure is keeping me busy. 2 group projects, blogging for DeBlogs & OSI.

I got the power suit ready for Thursday so I'm ready to go. Wish me luck!

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