Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

For the first time since I left my home state (Maine), I got to experience snow today! It's been about 4 1/2 yrs since I've even seen snow so this was a wonderful thing to wake up to this morning! Looking at the photos, it doesn't look like there's very much--it was 4 inches, I swear! The main issue we have is that we don't have the manpower or equipment here to plow or salt the roads. Add to that the fact that no one here knows how to drive in the snow and you've got a complete disaster :o)

I hopped out of bed and went straight outside to do a little snowdance! 

And I even had to get out a broom to clean off my car... needless to say, we don't even own a brush/scraper anymore! But yay for snow!

Long Time No Blog...

Hello again everyone! 

It's been far too long since I've taken a moment to sit down to write on this blog. Too long since I've taken a moment to sit down at all! There's a lot going on right now...

1st. I'm a part of the music portion of the V-Day Monologues in my community. V-Day, for those of you that don't know, is a yearly fundraiser established to fight against violence toward women all over the world. I'll admit, it's a pretty controversial performance and there are moments where I still sit with my jaw hitting the floor. But it's powerful and has raised a lot of money for women in our community. 

All that to say, I'm super busy with practice for the big night! I'm part of a drumming group and I also sing in an a-capella piece for the program. We're practicing 3-4 nights a week and everything's really coming together. It's fun but I'm definitely looking forward to the performance and having some time at home once it's over! To hear a taste of the amazing song we'll be singing click here!


2nd. We lost two girls at work. One had given us lots of notice as she was moving. The other was let go rather unexpectedly. On top of that, we had already planned on hiring an additional person because this is our busy time of year. And! One of the girls needed to take a week off because she was moving locally and needed to get situated. Needless to say, myself and one other coworker were covering the workload of 5 people as a result. In order to help in the transition of new employees, we each took on an overtime day to cover the shifts. So, for the past two weeks we've only taken one day off. I love the effect this has on my paycheck but my body and brain are ready for a break! 6 day work weeks can be very tough on anyone--even if you don't have obligations every night of the week on top of it!


Whew! This has made for an interesting and eventful month. I'm not complaining by any means; it's been a great month and things are going really well. Now that the new girls have been trained, things are beginning to smooth out a bit. 


Aside from all of the stress at work, there's some great adventures to look forward to as well! I think I've mentioned before that I'm in a tourist driven area--and I work in the customer service end of our company. We're in the travel industry and national travel shows are coming quickly. They're going to be in D.C. and NYC at the end of Feb/beginning of March. I've been asked to go this year to represent our company along with my manager and another coworker. We're pretty psyched to be a part of it and have the chance to get out of the office as well! 

I guess I look at this as a reward for all of our hard work and determination! Okay... So, if you don't hear from me for a while again, you'll know why. V-Day performances will be from Feb 8th-10th. Support your local V-Day events if you have the opportunity!