The one about why I blog, the diane challenge, and my job

I used to write a lot. Like, a lot a lot, and since I came to school, and majored in something that requires me to cook more than it requires me to write, I feel like I've lost it. The easy way the words used to spill onto the page (or the computer screen...) just isn't the same anymore. SO, my solution? This blog. Maybe someone will follow it, and maybe they wont. It doesn't matter because, well, that's not really the point. It's just a place for me to write, and to share my thoughts on world news, fashion, popculture, my most recent latte or just life in general.

So, to start off my blog, I want to do something that was introduced to me by one of my close friends, and recent alumna of my chapter, Ms. Katie Anderson. It's called the Diane Challenge. Every day for the month of November, the challenge is to write something your thankful for. Oh, the irony of it falling in November... right? In all seriousness, this is good stuff.

For me this comes at a really interesting point in my life. My term as chapter president is almost over, I register for my last semester of college tomorrow, and I have no idea what I am going to due come May, when I walk across the floor of JQH and get my diploma. Talk about stressful. So for the rest of the month, since, obviously November began four days ago, I will be posting daily thoughts on what I am most thankful for and why. If you're out there, and you're reading this, I think you should too.

Post #1 November 4, 2010

Today I am thankful for my job. While it seems easy and sort of mindless at times I absolutely love it, and I appreciate the fact that I still have a job, while many others in this country don't. I have worked here three of my four years at this school, and thinks it's funny how these faculty, most of whom I have never had classes with, reminisce with me about how I "just was a freshmen here yesterday" and how "much I have grown in the past four years." It's been great to be able to grow and learn from the people and I enjoy everyday I get to work in this office. This places is the source of a a lot of laughter and fun, and there is nothing more I crave in a job than fun.
So today, I am thankful for my job. My job which allows me to have a car and be part of my sorority. My job that has provided me with life long friendships and networking connections. My job, which will be one of the things I miss the most when I leave this school in May.