First Day of School

I officially survived my first day of school. It seemed like the longest day. I have been working from home for the past couple of years so having to get up early go running and then get dressed to go somewhere was rough. But to help me get ready I got the necessities:

Here is me going to orientation:

The first day of school started with a 3 hour Intro to Education class. Luckily we did lots of introductions then we went over our assignment that she had already sent. Yep I had a paper due on my first day. That is not considered awesome. We then had a break I sat out in the common areas of Westminster and watched all the new freshman interacting with all the new boys. They all had their "Flirt on." Being young in college is way more fun than being 29 in college. My afternoon class I am actually excited for it had good discussions.  I did meet a lot of people who I think will become really good friends or at least tolerable since I will be spending a lot of time with them.

Overall I am excited about school it will be a major adjustment but I am up for the challenge.

Napa

Last week I got to go to Napa with some of my family and here are some of the pictures from the week:

Quitting, New Job and Grad School

I have been so nervous about quitting my job and when was the right time to do it. I have really enjoyed my job and they have been really good to me. Plus I am going on vacation next week and during my vacation would technically be giving my two weeks. Which made me wonder when the time was going to be right to let them know that I was out of there.

So on Tuesday when I was on my weekly check-in with my manager she asked me if I was going to resign since I was using all of my vacation days. The phone went completely silent as my brain is moving so fast deciding what to say. So I tell her I wasn't planning on telling her but told her so soon but I was going to grad school and that I needed my last day to be August 23. I let her know I could help with the transition and all that jazz.

She then proceeds to say they are going to be in so much trouble. I am like they will be fine. Then she is like I am quitting too. So rather than going over my usual projects on my check in call she calls it a day since really it doesn't matter for either of us. Neither of us like corporate america and are going back to work with kids. Now all I need to do is write a formal email that asks for my resignation.

I also got a job offer this week which could not have come at a better time. My old boss at BGC before I left to DC offered me a job at the Special Olympics as a Volunteer Coordinator. She is super flexible with my hours and will let me work Saturdays. Timing could not be more perfect.

I will start school at Westminster to get my Masters in Education on August 24 and am so excited. Everything is starting to fall into place.

Wahoo!!!

Marathons this Fall

If anyone is looking for something to do this fall I am running two marathons and love sideliners to cheer me on. The first is Top of Utah with my sister-in-law Sharley.

Then I am going to run the St. George Marathon with Brittany and her mom.

I haven't run either of these marathons so I am excited for some new terrain.