Better with Age

Not to worry, we're still alive and kicking up here in Minnesota!

One would think that with my incredibly boring life filled with couching, internetting, and eating candy, I would certainly have time to blog. And one would be right. I did have time to blog. I had lots and lots of time to blog.

However, one must keep in mind that couching, internetting, and eating candy is not blog-worthy.

It's just not.

I know there are millions of people out there that would disagree with me, and lucky for them, they can blog all about it.

But I am not going to blog about the merits of the 60-calorie Swedish Fish packets or the fun size 100 Grand bars, delicious and satisfying as they may be. Now I actually have something to say!

I AM EMPLOYED!!

I have two internships and a job now. My friend Lynley said, "Wow, I guess when it rains it pours!" I am going to be plenty busy from here on out... Which is going to make it more difficult to keep up with my admirable and impressive number of shows I watch during this Fall TV lineup. I think I can do it though.

It's all about the positive attitude.

My first internship is with the Will Steger Foundation. I am an education intern working on curriculum relating to climate change education, and specifically the COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this December. I'm sure I will tell you all more about it when I really get started.

My second internship is with Voyageurs National Park Association. I am a communications

intern working on the creation and distribution of a DVD called Minnesota's National Park Legacy that discusses the stories behind Minnesota's seven national park sites. I am really excited about these internships. It will be so nice to be doing something in my field!

My job is with T-Mobile. It's a part-time sales job which I think will be fun. I have a friend who works there and he loves it. Plus, it will be good to be making a little money!

Right before I started interviewing, I got a haircut to make myself look a little older and less collegey. The messy bun is a great hairstyle, don't get me wrong, but I had been doing it since high school, so it was time for a change. Jake was a little sad to lose all that hair, but he came around and now he loves it!

Jake is doing very well in school, as I knew he would. He spends most of his time studying, which is very different from the way I operated in college. I didn't have to take chemistry or calculus though, and I would like to think that if I did, I would have been more responsible and studied more.

Or at all.

Aysia is as cute as possible and getting really sassy. She turned 7 a few weeks ago! She was born three days after Jake turned 18, so it is always fun to have a joint birthday party with the two of them. And now that Aysia is 7, that means Jake is the big 2-5!! He's feeling pretty old these days.

But like a good wine (so I've been told), he just gets better with age.