Onward and upward!

This week has been crazy! I am so glad that the weekend is only a day away! The funny thing is, as I was talking with a co-worker, we realized that we weren't so much busy as we are just heavy of mind. Our fearless leader will be leaving the company by the end of next week, and we have decided to propose that no one replace her. This is for many reasons, but mostly because we love our team and don't want someone to come in and ruin the climate we have been able to maintain. We are pretty self sufficient, but it has still been a lot of work preparing a proposal or the VP of Operations. As much as I am anticipating the answer to this proposal, no matter the outcome I think I will just be relieved when it is over. The whole situation has been filling my head for the past two weeks and I am excited to relax and tell myself that I have done all I can, and it is no longer in my hands. The VP is sure to have a lot of questions about it, and though I am nervous, I am pretty confident that our team will present it with the clarity that I am sure he wants. It's probably the gutsiest I have ever been with my job, but it is something I want for myself and for the team. It can't hurt to try and it helps that our current manager is behind us. It also helps that if the whole thing explodes in my face I will be able to apply for a job where my manager is going, since she said she would hire me in a minute. Ha ha.

Being so passionate about my job is a little bit scary, only because since I know that I am driven, I don't know where that leaves the rest of my life. Kids, Utah, and all of that seems so far away. I go back and forth with living in Utah, because while I miss my family and my friends more than I can say, I just don't know if I would have these opportunities if I had to start over by moving back.

Its been a lot of think about. Who knows?

Everything else has been good. Matt and I are chugging along as the heat starts to gain momentum. Needless to say the electric bill has gone up this month since our A/C is on pretty much every moment we're home. Even as i'm using the computer, the heat that is coming from it is almost too hot! It's crazy!

Matt and I are looking forward to many fun things that coming up within the next couple of months...we are going to Aerosmith in August, which I am really excited about since I have wanted to see them virtually all my life! We are also going to the "Last Tour to Endor" which I think seals us forever as both Disney and Star Wars geeks. Disney is closing "Star Tours" as we know it forever later this year, and they are changing it completely. To get ready for it, they are throwing the party where members can literally go on the "Last Tour", so we got ourselves tickets and it should be a blast! Then of course we have our cruise in September! I can't wait!

Lot's of fun things coming up! :o)

Oh apple....

Why did you come out with a bigger version of your iPod touch when it doesn't need to be any bigger?

Friends....

This post is all about my friends. I have often been told that if I can count the number of my close friends on one hand that I am doing pretty good. Well I don't have enough hands for the number of people that I have known for a long time and still count as some of my best friends. My core group of friends found me at a time of life change: moving, growing up, figuring life out. They were doing the same thing. We bonded while trying to figure life out together. One of my friends used to say that we were born to empathize with each other. Truly we experienced many of the same trials and heatbreaks, sometimes even with the same guy. I feel like I was born to be there for my friends, as I know they would certainly be there for me. They know who they are, and they know that they are an extension of my family. I miss them when i'm gone, but when we are reunited it is like no time has gone by. It's nice to know I always have a cheering section

Why?

Why is it that when something terrible happens, like the shooting yesterday, it has to happen again soon after? There was a shooting in Orlando today, (in fact the person responsible has not been caught) and two people lost their lives, 17 other people were shot. I don't understand what drives someone to that point! Thankfully I am fine and so is Matt, and everyone we know and care for.

Thinking...

Today there was a shooting at a military base in Texas. The gunman was a military psychologist. I can't imagine waking up and thinking "im going to go shoot a bunch of people today". A friend of mine has a sibling stationed there. I am praying for her tonight.

Dear CNN,

Dear CNN,

I hate your new layout.

XOXO,
Erica

Frustrated!

I hate math. I hate group projects more than I hate math and I ESPECIALLY hate math that says, hey? You know what? We're gonna have a group project, JUST TO MESS WITH YOU! But not just any group project...no no, that would be too easy, we're going to have one for an online class! And you can't possibly meet in person because you live in a different state! Good luck with that sucker! So you know, just a little bit frustrating.