Lots of elephants.

WHOA. Check out those elephants on the blog. Shall we address them?

Yes, it is true...I have been a major slacker when it comes to Organized Chaos. Hope you haven't been shedding too many tears over my absence. As summer is winding down, I am finding myself thinking more and more about how much I miss blogging! With that said, it is my plan to keep this better updated so you all have something to look forward to [wink].

Just a quick update. Over the past two months, my service year with the Minnesota Reading Corps has ended and I am living the good life as a part-time nanny/part-time stylist at Hot Mama (emphasis on the second "ma")/part-time pool rat, which is my excuse for being so absent. Who wants to be typing away when they could be out catching rays? Does that work for you?

The other news that I'd like to share, is that I was offered a position for next year as an Associate Educator in the kindergarten classrooms; where I'll be spending another year having fun with the little stinkers. Yay, very exciting!!

With a new job, lack of sunlight and cold weather on the horizon, and a mind that is set to keep blogging, I'll be seeing you.

P.S. How cute are those elephants?

Ze Beginning!

Blogging. Tis the new thing...or so I'm told. My best friend has been my inspiration. After reading her blog for a few months now (and anxiously awaiting new posts on a daily basis), I figured, why not? I've been feeling a bit like a pile ever since graduating last May and it's almost as if my brain has begun to decay. So perhaps this is one way I can attempt to keep it sharp. On top of that, my life after my work day consists of nothing exciting. My day goes something like this: wake up, work, workout (mossst days), eat, watch some trashy TV, and hit the sheets...repeat. Hopefully this will add a little somefin' somefin' to mi vida and keep my creative juices flowing.

Just a few things about me to get the blog-a-going. I am a recent (how long is it acceptable to say recent for when you graduated in May?) graduate of the University of Minnesota and currently serving for the Minnesota Reading Corps. What is that, you may insightfully ask. I'll get to it later. I'm a big fan of the usual stuff (the "ussg" as I like to call it)...doing fun shit with my friends, eating, sleeping, working out. The ussg. Other than that, I really enjoy being sarcastic (hopefully if you follow this you'll learn to sense the tone), speaking in an accent to my Mom and to any friends that will tolerate it, trying to expand my repertoire of cooking abilities, and perfecting my singing voice.

I'm kind of going at this with an open mind and want to write about anything and everything that strikes a chord with me. A good amount will probably have to do with what was mentioned above. But stay tuned, I'm an 'anything can happen' kind of girl.

This friend of mine, by the way, has an amazing blog (as previously stated). And I encourage anyone who is reading mine to check hers out as well. She da bomb.

As my Grandpa says (every.single.time. I've ever spoken with him on the phone), bye for now.