North Country

What can I say? It is 22 degrees & snowing & I am am staying in an empty hotel in the middle of no where. However, I do have a really cool lead... who also from Memphis which makes her extra cool! lol. She is staying down the hall from me... but that's it, just us. There is a really nice indoor pool and hot tub downstairs, I would love to go but do you think I am going to? HELL NO! It's dark down there and this is not the girl who gets killed in the horror movie... GOODNESS! Other than that my shadow is going really well, she is very helpful and I have already learned how to drop 2 shells lastnight =) People talk really funny here, like in the movie Fargo or something? (It's only cute when Stephanie does it..lol) About 8,000 people live in this town and there are only like 2 restaurants and NO chain restaurants at all. So we have eaten at the Deer Refugee for every meal. Today I built the hotel floor plan in the system and that is when it hit me that I should've been paying more attention in class instead of playing around building an under water hotel... ugghh! We already know almost everybody in town... the ppl at Wal-Mart know us and at the restaurant and I've already made friends and ran into them at Wal-Mart b/c really that is all there is to do here on a Saturday night. However, there is a bowling alley and I plan on checking that out 1 night! And Kisha... you will not be coming here soon that is FOR SURE... this is one of the only hotels for miiles and miles...LOL. That's all for now, I have to be up at 7am so goodnight everybody. xoxo.

Leaving Home

I am sad to leave home so soon. I have been packing today getting ready to leave for Antigo, Wisconsin at 7am tomorrow morning. I have had soooo much fun while I've been at home with my family and I got to drive over to see my friends in Memphis =) But I will be back in 10 days to have more fun! I have sooo much to do... I need to plan a trip back down to Miami soon so I can bring my stuff back up to Tenn. I am excited about my new job but very nervous at the same time. When I hear so many sad stories about ppl being laid off during this time it makes me more thankful. I hope I get to Wisconsin and love it =) even tho it's not Hawaii, I'm going to make the most of it... lol. I do look forward to going back to Phase II training and seeing everybody together again probably for the last time. I have a lot of "personal life" decisions I need to make and I am trying to follow my heart and make the right one... time will tell all. As for now, I am going to meet Haley for dinner and get ready to watch the Tigers Game tonight!

I'M HOME!!

It is 7am and I am AWAKE!! Right now I should be eating my bagel with cream cheese at the StayBridge Suites in Maryland with Double R, Broadway & Hawaii 5.0. LOL

But the thing I'm most proud of is that I PASSED MY PHASE 1 "Opera" Test!!! Yayyyyy!!! That was A LOT harder than I thought it would be.. GOODNESS! My presentation was not that good and Kisha's stupid question for me did NOT help matters at all. She missed the part where the instructor said " DO NOT ask your peers questions UNLESS you know for sure they know the answer to it!" LOL (but i still love her) and I think I did know the answer but I just freaked out a little bit and my mind went blank or something! I am a little nervous for Phase 2... eekkkk!!! But at least all of us will be back together at the same time =)

I am glad to be back in Nashville now but I HAVE SOOOOO MUCH TO DO, I gotta unpack, go to the bank, find a dry cleaners, buy new luggage, not to mention I STILL have the Key to the MICROS Classroom in my purse that I have to FedEx back today! I really should be doing my Expenses today but I really don't wanna think about all that right now. And separating all the alcohol purchases from the food, marking it out, subtracting the tax & adding 15% to the subtotal is really to much work and I think I have done it all wrong ANYWAY!!! I wonder if I can pay someone to do my expenses for me??? Where's Rohit? LOL

With that being said I swear my mom has "Dial up" Internet and doing anything on it is a LONG, SLOW, STRUGGLE! I'm going to have to install wireless and pay the bill b/c this IS NOT GOING TO WORK OUT!!!! You know it's amazing b/c I guess she really doesn't know that is could be better, when I complain she just tells me "I'm impatient and there is no rush!"WOWWWW that is NOT the point but whatever!

I leave for Wisconsin next Friday, I'm really EXCITED to see the Great Lakes and go over and look around Green Bay! oh yeah, and eat lots of cheese =)

The Tigers play Maryland today & I have been hearing people talk crap alll week and I'm glad the time is FINALLY here! Maryland is GOING DOWN... GO TIGERS!!!!!

I am going to drive over and visit all of my friends in Memphis Sunday evening.. I have not seen some of them in 2 years =(

Phase 1 - The end is near!

The last 2 weeks has been an adventure filled with many ups & downs! The unknown is soooo scary and that is exactly what we are all experiencing right now with this new job. No matter how many questions we ask there is still so much that is still "unknown" and I hate that! But I guess time will tell all. I feel like I am doing much better than I was in the beginning... I guess at some point you stop being scared and just roll with it... I really don't have much of a choice.

Phase 1 has been very easy for the most part... I little boring if anything. What can I say, I already know everything... LOL I'm SURE Phase 2 will be a different story but until then "I know everything." We have a big test to pass Friday & a Presentation to do in front of our Managers & Project Specialist. But after that I have a flight going to Nashville where I will be off for 7 days hoping that I will get a chance to drive over to Memphis and visit my friends!!!

My stuff has been moved out of my apt in Miami and stored in my hotel. So the next time I get some time off I'm going to fly to Miami and my General Manager is going to help me drive my stuff back to Tenn. in a U-haul and hangout with me for a few days... he needs a good ol Tennessee Vacation, so I'm really excited about that! Chris is actually driving back to Tenn. right now as I type this. We are both moving on from Miami and it is sorta sad for both of us. We did a lot of growing there and he will always be one of my best friends. I have so many great memories. I miss my hotel dearly, that was my life and family for 3 years. Since I will be flying a lot I can still see all of my Pilot & FA friends!!

I'm sad that I will be in class tomorrow morning when Memphis plays their first game... I'm going to miss it =( But they are going to win so I'm NOT worried... GO TIGERS!!!!!!!

Do not take my kindness for weakness!

WHAT A FUN WEEKEND! Despite walking around DC in the cold rain all day, it was for the MOST part... GREAT! I am so glad I met so many cool people here!

Columbia, MD is sooo Blahhh. It was good to get out and go to Baltimore & DC for a change. I am EXCITED that I get 7 days off when I go home on the 20th :) My 1st job will be in Antigo, Wisconsin on Mar 27th... and I thought it was cold here! ugghhh!

I AM SOOOO FREAKIN EXCITED ABOUT MY MEMPHIS TIGERS! I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR!!!! GO TIGERS!

Day 5 of Training - No sleep!

TGIF =) WHY DID I CHANGE MY JEANS... ugghhhh =(

Last night everyone in my training class went to eat at Red Robins. It was fun, I'm glad we have such a cool class and all get along well. After dinner, I went back made some phone calls, checked my email and went to sleep around 11pm. My cell phone rang around 12:30am and my friend asked me a question that could change my life and I have A LOT to think about. Needless to say, I could not go back to sleep... I just laid there thinking all night!


Today was good! Our instructor was explaining to us about the "temptations" when we are traveling! LOL He said we will get hit on a lot by the managers in the hotels b/c they will look at us as smart & intelligent people b/c we will be there training them on a computer system. That will for sure be a first for me b/c I don't think I have ever been hit on my a guy because he thought I was smart... LOL!

We went clubbing in Baltimore tonight. Wow, I wish I had taken pics of what the girls were wearing. Are belly shirts back in style? Not cute girls, not cute! But it was a fun time! I think I may have knocked this girl off a pole? But it was still fun! LOL

We are leaving for Washington DC at 9am... Goodnight!

My New Life!!

I have never written blogs before but since I will be traveling everywhere now, I want to write about all of my fun adventures so I can look back and read them years from now! Plus, I will probably be sitting in a hotel room by myself every night with nothing better to do!

I moved to Miami about 3 years ago after graduating college looking for a good job and FUN times at the beach. Little did I know... I learned more in those 3 years of my life than I did in 5 years of college. I have recently taken a job with MICROS Inc. as an Implementations Specialist. It is my dream job. To travel around everywhere and see the world. I liked living in Miami and I loved my friends there but I knew it was NOT somewhere that I wanted to live forever! I have not had a real boyfriend in 3 years since leaving Memphis. Guys in Miami... lets just say... you NEVER know! Yeah, I dated guys here and there but nobody that I REALLY clicked with, I'll go out and have FUN with almost anybody. Between me & Denise... we probably dated 500 pilots all together from around the world... LOL! Ready to go and start my new job... Haley comes to Miami for to visit me a week before I leave! I was planning on keeping my Apt. in Miami until our lease was up in June but at the last Minute Chris decided to get a Uhaul & move back to Memphis the same day I was leaving for Maryland. OK cool, well take my stuff too! We can just get someone to take over the lease and go on back to Tenn. early. So I begin to pack ALLL of my stuff with 4 days left before I leave for Maryland. In the mean time the CUTEST guy EVER moves into my Apt Building! I'm not going to go into the details but let's just say my last 4 days in Miami were the BEST 4 days I ever had in Miami! I wake up on my last day there to only find Chris saying "I changed my mind... I'm staying, I cannot leave Miami!" There are no words for how I felt b/c now it's tooo late for me to stay and my mom is almost there to drive my car with my stuff back to Tenn and I leave on a plane for Maryland in 12 hours!!! 4 days earlier, I could not wait to leave Miami... now I'm upset! So me & my guy friend finish packing my stuff! My mom arrives to get my car & I'm off to Maryland! Still upset that I could've kept my place in Miami until June if it wasn't for my indecisive roommate. Things might not have worked out with this guy but atleast I would've had until June to find out. But NOPE, I left, gone... pretty much forever! I would never quit or not follow my dreams for a guy especially one that I've known for 4 days but it just SUCKS! So now I'm in Maryland, hoping to have some days off to see friends and family and maybe go back and visit my friend in Miami... NOPE! I will be home 2-3 days a month at the most. But you know, when I moved to Memphis I was sad at first, when I moved to Miami I was sad at first. Now I'm sad b/c I know in a few months I will adapt to my environment here and not feel any of these feelings nor be sad about any of this. THAT MAKES ME SAD. When people tell me I cannot do something or that I will not make it in this job for 6 months, it sets my insides on FIRE & I will work extra hard to be successful. Because at the end of the day... I'm DRIVEN! I am soooo blessed to get such an awesome job in this day and time with the economy how it is! I am not taking anything for granted... I count my blessings everynight and I keep telling myself everything happens for a reason. But does it really? I believe now everything does NOT happen for a reason, sometimes bad things just happen and God is here with me to help me through.