26 and Feelin' Fine

I can hardly believe it's true, but it's time to face the facts: I'm 26. I know most of you out there are rolling your eyes and thinking, "26 is nothing. You're so young." But it feels like a milestone, like I hit the top of the roller coaster and the rest of my twenties will be all loops and stomach-plunging drops. I'm sure I'm overreacting, but oh well.

My birthday was fantastic. On Friday night I got dressed up for a nice dinner date at an undisclosed location (Kevin loves the suspense of keeping me in the dark). We headed back to our table to discover - a cabana full of eight of my very favorite people from different groups of friends, there to celebrate with us! It was fantastic and an amazing surprise. Delicious dinner, fun conversations and our own personal soundtrack (Cabana has hookups in the booths so you can plug in your iPod and listen as you choose!) made for a wonderful celebration. Thank you guys for sharing the night with me!

Kevin, me, Tony, Stephen, Joshy, Jenna Brie, Amber, Wes, Josh - love you guys!

I've got a feeling that 26 will be a year to remember.

Welcome home

I have big news to share, albeit a month and a half late: I got a job!!

I am now the Web Content Specialist at Centerstone. That's right, Centerstone, the company that I previously worked for before my big European adventure.

The decision to apply for the position wasn't easy, but I decided to take advantage of my knowledge of the company and everything I learned when I was there before to move forward with this newly created position with the web team. Although I'm working with the same Marketing and PR team that I know and love from my 1.5 years with Centerstone, I have a totally new set of responsibilities and challenges.

As Web Content Specialist, my main responsibility is the company's intranet, which means I write news stories, update forms and other content, and other good stuff for the website that Centerstone staff use every day. I also run Centerstone's facebook and twitter accounts. It's fun and challenging work, and I'm always learning something new.

Everyone at the office has been so sweet in welcoming me back, and I can't say how glad I am to get to work with such a great bunch. I'll never forget stopping by the office after I accepted the offer and my old boss giving me a huge hug and saying, "Welcome home!"

I'm blessed.