You know, this blogging is fabulous...

Hi all,
I got the sweetest email from another blogger...he just emailed me and asked where I was seeing as I hadn't blogged since Vday. I was really touched. Thanks for thinking of me!
Things out here in Boston are ok...my 'final' interview is set for next Wednesday and I'm pretty jazzed about it. My time here at the job I currently have is coming to a close and fast. I'm trying to maintain a good attitude but it's hard - it's hard when you know that something else is out there (here's that word again) 'waiting' for you.
I've also been up to my eyeballs preparing for my best friend's wedding. It'll be the 14th wedding I've been in over the course of my long 34 years of life...but my first as MOH!!! I honestly can't wait...I love this friend as though she was closer than a sister. I could not imagine these last nine years without her. Yes, this friend and I have been roomies for the last NINE years - if her wedding had been in September, we would have made a full 10. Anywho, I've got a zillion things cooking on that stove. Projects here, appointments there, a shower to put together!!! Thankfully my other absolute love is event planning - and weddings top that list of events! (More on how I'm dealing with my roomie getting married and leaving me high & dry later...hee, hee, hee.)
Back to my subject line...seriously...I hadn't blogged in years when I came across this blog by a person who was about to leave her home in Canada to start med school in Grenada. It was fabulous - people who commented on her blog were so supportive and the actual blog that Samira writes is just so real. I feel like I'm practically 'friends' with this person knowing full well, we may never meet. Then, after getting back into the blog realm...I realize that there WAS a blog I was a part of with some great friends of mine I met while in college. I've reconnected to that blog and it's just great - almost feels like the 'old times'. And this all leads me to what inspired me to write this blog...'ordinary dad', thanks for emailing me to check up on me. To think there's this 'vitual family', if you will, that's out there looking out for each other - it's just a beautiful thing. Hope all my 'brothers & sisters' have a wonderful weekend and, in case you wondering, I'm doing just fine....xoxox

Watch out for Cupid!

Hey y'all....Happy Valentine's Day. Seeing as about a month ago, I ended a two-year relationship, I have mixed emotions today. Part of me feels like this day should be 'celebrated' and I should just keep it together, smile when people wish me Happy Valentine's Day and so on...then I think, do I just be honest with myself and with others and treat today like any other day? It's not that I'm a 'wallower' in self-pity - I'm not 'in love' right now so no one else should be happy - no, that's not me at all. It's just when I begin to think of past Valentine Days with my ex....well, I miss him.

It was one of those situations where we were great friends, had a good start to our relationship (a REALLY great start) then when it was time to decide if this was 'for the rest of our lives' - we realized it wasn't. And honestly, we were both 100% ok with that. We loved each other but not enough to make the 'final' deal go through. Wow, it continues to amaze me at just HOW OK I am with that...but, I still miss him.

Looking back, I can 'see' now how it would have been TRULY difficult if we had gotten married...you know, we'd invested a little over two years to this relationship, we knew each other pretty well and to bottomline it - we're both at an age where it's just 'TIME' to settle down. Oh, I type that and a little part of me WIGS out...if it's not right, no clock, no calendar, no nothing is going to make it right. There are just too many folks who 'fall into that line of thinking' and that freaks me out. It's not that I have these standards that are completely too high for any guy to meet or that I'm a commit-o-phobe.....but I do want to wait for my soulmate. There, I typed it. My ex wasn't the SM I've been holding out for...but, I still miss him.

OK, enough of my story spilling out all over...I'm sure there's more to process and go through on this one but not today. Today I'll be smiling when I see happy couples holding hands, older couples smooching, little ones eagerly handing out their Valentines to classmates. Love is such a blessing in the many forms it comes in. I am blessed and I still miss him.

Much love to you all....

First interview is over...

So, I had my first interview this morning for my 'dream job'. The person I interviewed with is the person who's role I'd be stepping into - he's moving to another realm at the college. (The great thing is that I'd still be working with him, he's a good friend!) It looks positive right now that I may very well 'get the job' but I still have to get through the next interview which is in about two weeks...yikes.
This is the interview with all the higher-ups where I truly have to 'pitch myself'...oh boy. Any suggestions beyond 'be yourself'? Should I have notes? I'm being somewhat 'secretive' about the job in case some of you in blogworld know the school where I applied. As soon as I know about the decision, I'll spill it all.
I ask about notes because I know the 'higher-ups' want to know I've got a game plan as to where I want to take this role - the goals, the 'greater purpose in it all' - should I have something in front of me that I refer to? Just wondering what you think....
OK...gotta go, hope to hear from you all soon....

Waiting...

Oh to wait...for anything, for anyone. To maintain balance in the waiting. To seek out opportunities while I wait....then the questions it brings up. Do I? Should I? To not focus too much on what I'm waiting for!
It truly is an amazing experience when I think about what I learn while I wait. I hope I learn patience. Trust. Oh, for my faith to grow.
For now, that's what I'm doing...waiting. Not just 'twiddling my thumbs' waiting but soul-searching, thought-provoking, inner-core waiting. It's a good thing.
What are you waiting for?