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Feb. 17th, 2014 05:34 pmI really want to write in livejournal again more often. I was writing this really long entry about how Risto proposed to me, and it really was beautiful, but the entry was taking forever. I'll finish it at some point, but basically it was perfect. I know that sounds sappy, but it's true. It was in this beautiful courtyard in an art museum that was having an exhibit on American poetry, and the proposal included a recitation of a Lorca poem. So you know, exactly the kind of thing I would have imagined for myself, if I were the type of girl to imagine the way I'd like my proposal to be.
We're pretty far into wedding planning now, and we're getting married on August 31 of this year. When you just break it all down it doesn't seem as scary, it's only when it's first just sitting in a big pile and you haven't started. Right now I'm kindof absorbed in honeymoon planning. We're going to the south of France, staying in I think Nice and also Juan-les-Pins. Town names sound so much more romantic when they're hyphenated, for some reason. It's going to be expensive, and at first I was thinking we should dial it back, but what the hell, we're only going on one honeymoon, and we're both making good money now.
I guess that's the other main thing going on lately with me--new job in the city. I'm making a lot more money than I was at United Way. They just really weren't paying me what I'm worth, and that's not sustainable in a wedding year...plus it was really unmotivating. I never was up for working extra hours, for example, because I felt like I wasn't getting paid enough to work on weekends. So I started looking around the holidays and I found something new pretty quickly. Partly I think online learning expertise is very much in demand right now, and partly I'm really good at finding new jobs. I mean, it's tough, and takes time, but if you're not happy at your job, it's a situation you can change, and you have the means to do it. So anyway I found this position, "Digital Education Project Manager" at AWHONN, a small non-profit in DC that works with women's health issues. We just got a new lady CEO. Take that, glass ceiling. So my goal while I'm here is to stay for at least 2 years, and to get my position upgraded to Director level. I think that's do-able, I just have to prove myself. Eventually I'd like Risto and I to start something on our own--I want all the work I do to be making money for myself. I mean, that's the goal right? Not to work for someone else. We've got some ideas, just kind of waiting for the right time and learning. At AWHONN I should have a lot of increased budget responsibilities, which will be good for me to learn more about. I dig my new lady boss too--she's pretty kick ass in the office, she does crossfit, and she's very direct, but lets me have autonomy as well. So far so good.
I've been listening to podcasts on the metro because I get really motion sick and am not good at reading. I love This American Life so much, and wish it came out more than once a week! I listen to Fresh Air too a lot. Anything else you guys like or would recommend? I'm somewhat new to podcasts. Good thing Risto thought that up for me.
What else? Right now we have a turkey in the oven for "Lovesgiving" which is a thing that we came up with for Valentine's Day, because I really don't like traditional valentines day stuff. I mean, I don't even like chocolates and stuff that much, and just feel like I'm giving in to this weird pressure that says that I should stockpile flowers and candy from my SO and than show it off to my girlfriends in some weird competition. Like, I've got this gorgeous rock on my finger, I don't need to prove how much Risto loves me to anyone. Anyway, but I do love turkey, gravy, and stuffing, so that's what we're doing instead. We might even make it a new tradition!
We're pretty far into wedding planning now, and we're getting married on August 31 of this year. When you just break it all down it doesn't seem as scary, it's only when it's first just sitting in a big pile and you haven't started. Right now I'm kindof absorbed in honeymoon planning. We're going to the south of France, staying in I think Nice and also Juan-les-Pins. Town names sound so much more romantic when they're hyphenated, for some reason. It's going to be expensive, and at first I was thinking we should dial it back, but what the hell, we're only going on one honeymoon, and we're both making good money now.
I guess that's the other main thing going on lately with me--new job in the city. I'm making a lot more money than I was at United Way. They just really weren't paying me what I'm worth, and that's not sustainable in a wedding year...plus it was really unmotivating. I never was up for working extra hours, for example, because I felt like I wasn't getting paid enough to work on weekends. So I started looking around the holidays and I found something new pretty quickly. Partly I think online learning expertise is very much in demand right now, and partly I'm really good at finding new jobs. I mean, it's tough, and takes time, but if you're not happy at your job, it's a situation you can change, and you have the means to do it. So anyway I found this position, "Digital Education Project Manager" at AWHONN, a small non-profit in DC that works with women's health issues. We just got a new lady CEO. Take that, glass ceiling. So my goal while I'm here is to stay for at least 2 years, and to get my position upgraded to Director level. I think that's do-able, I just have to prove myself. Eventually I'd like Risto and I to start something on our own--I want all the work I do to be making money for myself. I mean, that's the goal right? Not to work for someone else. We've got some ideas, just kind of waiting for the right time and learning. At AWHONN I should have a lot of increased budget responsibilities, which will be good for me to learn more about. I dig my new lady boss too--she's pretty kick ass in the office, she does crossfit, and she's very direct, but lets me have autonomy as well. So far so good.
I've been listening to podcasts on the metro because I get really motion sick and am not good at reading. I love This American Life so much, and wish it came out more than once a week! I listen to Fresh Air too a lot. Anything else you guys like or would recommend? I'm somewhat new to podcasts. Good thing Risto thought that up for me.
What else? Right now we have a turkey in the oven for "Lovesgiving" which is a thing that we came up with for Valentine's Day, because I really don't like traditional valentines day stuff. I mean, I don't even like chocolates and stuff that much, and just feel like I'm giving in to this weird pressure that says that I should stockpile flowers and candy from my SO and than show it off to my girlfriends in some weird competition. Like, I've got this gorgeous rock on my finger, I don't need to prove how much Risto loves me to anyone. Anyway, but I do love turkey, gravy, and stuffing, so that's what we're doing instead. We might even make it a new tradition!
