a 30-something life…

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Apr 23

it’s official.

i am no longer unemployed!

and guess where i’m headed?

yes, it’s true.
back to the great state of wisconsin
and home to green bay.

i know, crazy, huh?

nervous? yes.
wasn’t “planning” this quite yet for my life…
but that’s how it works sometimes, right?

excited? not quite yet.
it doesn’t feel quite real.
but there is a certain 10 year old who is thrilled
to be making a list of things we will be doing this summer.
not to mention i’ll be super close to my other family and friends across the state.
only being 4 hours from my other home, aka – mpls
and all the peeps there.
so the excitement is building.

so what’s the job?
i’ll be working for bellin health at bellin college
serving as the vice president of academic affairs.

i start the first week of june.
it’s an amazing blessing and opportunity.
i started my “nursing” career at bellin hospital
first, as a volunteer with the cute little uniform
second, as a hospice volunteer
all in the span of my high school days.

amazing how the world comes full circle
and how freaking fast june is coming.

i think i’ll hit wi before memorial day
so i can avoid the traffic
celebrate my 36th year with a few fab people
and more importantly get settled back at home.

i do have to say that i’m sad to be leaving the east coast.
*understatement*

i’ll miss my mom and jim, TONS!!!
definitely more than i even know or they know.

i’ll miss the city and the sights…
especially driving to work seeing them everyday.

i’ll miss my friends…mc, jodi-o and baby t.
and having so many people come visit!
i hope grb is just as exciting for them.

i’ll miss my retail therapy via georgetown and the kate spade outlet.
along with having cupcake shops on every corner…
*sigh*

i will be sad to be so far away from nyc.
boy, do i love that city.
but mkb and i have a back up plan for the city that never sleeps.

so it’s onto a new adventure
and being back to news at 10pm!

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Posted in work BellinCollege greenbay Wisconsin

Apr 08

wisconi trip

two weekends ago i got to take a little trip to my home state of wisconsin.

i saw my brother, sister-in-law and the cutest 10 year in the world.
i went to nolan’s 4th birthday party (my dear friend amy and dave’s CUTE kido) at his parrrrty in the atrium at lambeau field.

of course i was the “dd” for several friends (or just one) who shall be unnamed.
i received beyond fascinating text messages – never in my life…wow. no one will ever see these – i don’t even have them.
i hit some of the really old hang outs to catch up with pulaski alum who i hadn’t seen in ages.
and i finally got to see my sweet friend amy who recently lost her husband (who was my brother’s age).

i do have to confess, it was the first time since my dad passed (13 years ago) that i didn’t nearly pass out from an anxiety attack just being in town. to be honest, i hadn’t been in green bay since 2008 (tony’s wedding). most of my trips home since then were to mke.

i was ready to face my fear (irrational, i know) that my dad wasn’t there. don’t ask why now, because i don’t even know myself. i guess my fear came from a unhealthy way of grieving – i had already moved out of the house and just graduated from college when he passed, so for me not to talk to him or see him daily wasn’t unusual – until i came back to pulaski where it was in my face that he wasn’t there – hence where my fear and heart ache came from.

i have lots and lots of memories of my dad and pictures over the 23 years i was alive during his 46 but the last picture we ever took and the last time i saw him was at thanksgiving in 1998. it’s a terrible pic but it’s mine.

it felt good, maybe even great being home.

strangely i had a lot of people ask why i was there…since i was there mid-week thru the weekend.
i’m not a good liar.
plus, a certain person who is like my brother told a few people so i couldn’t say i was just visiting.

it’s not a big deal, i know – i came home for a job interview (more later, i promise) – it’s no monumental announcement but if i don’t get the job, i didn’t want to be disappointed and then have everyone asking.

i think the funniest part was when people asked, i’d respond, and then watching them almost fall off their chairs.
the resounding question was, “why would you ever want to come back here?”

honestly, i loved growing up at home, i love the people, i love the thought of watching jasmine grow up…
i love that i could never, ever be who i am or learned what i have in the last 35 years without this town and the people who taught me and not just in the schools.
and because of that i had a distinct impression it was time for me to come home and give back to a place that gave me so much.

don’t get me wrong – i’m scared to death IF i get the job! nothing is ever the same no matter how long your gone. and i don’t expect it to me. no job is ever greener on the other side – just a different color or length.

and yes, i’ve been living the big city life for a while and some think i wont adjust back to…
i keep reminding them that’s the joy of being within driving distance to mke, mpls, and chi town.
plus, that handy tool called the internet will be very helpful.

xo
p.s. don’t forget to check out the pics!

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Posted in family, friends, fun stuff, out and about, travel @amy__runner greenbay Jasmine lambeaufield Wisconsin

Oct 03

a good weekend to be from wisconsin.

the only thing missing is a little mu rah rah!

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Posted in sports badgers brewers Marquette Packers Wisconsin

Aug 13

apparently i’m missing all the fun.

still wishing i was back in wisconsin.
missing my family.

xoxox

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Posted in family, fun stuff Wisconsin

Jul 06

run emily run.

between the end of this month and the beginning of october i’m running 4 races.

i planned all of them except for august so to build upon each other…
in order to reach the goal of the 1/2 in october.

alas, amy convinced me to come home and run with her – that’s where august come in.
it technically is a postponement from may’s run, which i couldn’t do.

so wish me luck, i’m going to need all the cheers and woot woots i can get.

1. crystal city twilighter – july 23, 2011
remember last year [here]

2. cheesehead 1/2 marathon – august 27, 2011
*this may change due to work:(

feels good to be going home to be with my peeps.
oh and if i’m not ready i might chicken out and do the 5k.

3. clarendon day run 10k - september 24, 2011
i love this town and pacers!

4. woodrow wilson bridge 1/2 marathon – october 2, 2001
oops. i signed up without looking at the calendar – missing mallory’s wedding. boo
but i’m enjoying training with dc road runners.

i think that should do it for a while, don’t you?

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Posted in running @Amy__Bailey @dcrr @n_e_wrunner @pacersevents running Wisconsin

Apr 26

summer’s to-do list.

think i can accomplish this between memorial day and labor day?
who’s in with me? either way. the quest is on.

1. skydive – tj, you’re on.

2. pictures of the year – marla you need to see this.

3. artisphere – peep show. enough said.

4. kings dominion – i’m a sucker.

5. atlantic city – let’s roll jodi.

6. gettysburg – it’s only appropriate. 150 years.

7. oriole’s game – how did this get here?

8. national aquarium – just because.

9. statute of liberty – have i mentioned i love nyc?

10. cupcake tour of nyc – thanks chi trib.

11. sex and the city tour – no explanation needed.

12. bracey, virginia – family history stop – ready pix?

13. visit baby bracey/thomas – mad town!

14. green bay - bay beach with jasmine, lunch with kathy, and out with the bailey’s – wisconsin is covered.

15. 10k race – for me. and only me.

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Posted in friends, fun stuff, life, out and about, travel 10k summer virginia washington dc Wisconsin

Jan 11

my feature in the gbp.

my dear friend amy has asked me to do some guest blogging for run for it – a running blog by the green bay press gazette, my home town news paper.

here is my first post! – new distance for hometown girl

btw, i’m super excited to be going home to run – if you hadn’t figured that out already!

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Posted in friends, running amy running Wisconsin

Feb 17

jasmine elizabeth!

I had a great time this past weekend back home in Wisconsin.

I was so blessed to be able to spend so much time with my brother and niece. I just adore her.

It’s funny, Saturday night, I was out in Green Bay with friends and someone asked me who the “love of my life” is. Ha ha! I think he was expecting for me to give him some guy’s name but I can honestly say, it’s Jasmine. I love her to pieces. She makes me laugh, she helps me appreciate life and remember to stay young. I just love her. Nothing could change that – that’s what is so great about it.

I got home yesterday and was charging my cell when up popped a little surprise for me. Jasmine happens to love my phone. She played all the games on it and discovered some other areas on it when I was home. Little did I know – I should have – that she’s to smart for her own good.

This is what she left me to discover…