So let’s see here, where did I leave off. O yes!! Labor Day weekend! Ryan and I, Meredith C. and Tom C., my parents, and Ryan’s parents all headed down to Destin for a nice long weekend at the Beach. Ryan and I had not been to the beach since our honeymoon so it was a much needed trip. We had an amazing time relaxing in the sun and sand and at the pool. (The ocean was a little gross from the oil, but it did not damper the weekend) We eat tons of great seafood and did lots of good shopping and all together had a great family trip. We are so blessed to have such an amazing family that we are able to take trips like this all together! I can’t wait to do it again and SOON!
The rest of September seems like a huge blur to me because we had soooooo much going on. I came home to Memphis to celebrate, my best friend Meredith W’s, birthday on the weekend of the 19th. We had a great time just hanging out, going to the Cooper Young Festival, and having a great dinner with friend to celebrate her!!!
Ryan and I headed down to New Orleans/ Baton Rouge the next weekend for a little mini vacation and to see LSU vs. West Virginia. We stayed in New Orleans on Thursday night and painted the town all day and night. We had never been before so we had the best time being there with each other and it’s just another thing we can mark off our list!!! Friday afternoon we headed to Baton Rouge to prepare for the festivities on Saturday. On Saturday, we where set up and tailgating by 10 am, we had some of the most amazing food (not only at the tailgate but the whole weekend, I swear I came home 5 lbs heavier), and we had the most amazing host/hostess. Ryan’s best friend Patrick and his family are huge LSU fans and where the ones who invited us down for the weekend. We can not thank them enough for one of the most amazing weekend we have ever had. Even though the game didn’t turn out in our favor, it in no way put a dent in the fun that we had.
So the next weekend, (now we are into October) we headed home to Memphis for Meredith C’s Baby Shower that I was a host of. As you all know, I love throwing any type of shower and the minute Meredith got pregnant ideas started to fill my head of everything I wanted to do for her shower. It was such an awesome day. We had a great turn out and Meredith got soooooo much stuff for sweet Baby Lola. The food was amazing and if I do say so myself all of my ideas that had been swarming my head for months all went off without a hitch!!! I know Meredith had an amazing time and we all can not wait for Baby Lola to be here!!! (We don’t have to wait too much longer. Meredith is being induced on Oct. 29th)
So here has been the BIGGEST change in our life lately. I got a new job and it is in Memphis. This all happened very quickly and this is the biggest reason why our life has been so crazy lately. To make things short, sweet, and to the point, this is how it happened. I had applied for a job with the company Creative Co-op several months ago but never heard anything from it. Well it seems that they didn’t need me for that position but kept my resume on file. On Wednesday, September 15th I got a phone call from a random 901 number. I missed the call but they called back and it was Creative Co-op and they had a Key Account Executive position open and where interested in me. I had a phone interview with them on Friday, September 17th, a face to face interview with them on Monday, September 20th, and they offered me the job on Friday, September 24th. I put in my 2 weeks notice at AmericasMart on Monday, September 27th, moved to Memphis on Sunday, October 10th and started my first day of work at Creative Co-op as a Key Account Executive on Monday, October 11th. Whew!!!! Now if you got all of that YOU ROCK!!! I have been at my job now for a little over 2 weeks and I am loving it. Creative Co-op is a home décor and home accent wholesaler. I work with retailers like TJ Maxx, Home Goods, Marshall’s, and Gordmans. I love being back on the numbers side of things and I feel like this is a really great fit for me. Now I am sure a lot of you are wonder, What About Ryan???? Well, Ryan is still in Atlanta for now but will hopefully be able to move back to Memphis with me around the beginning of the year. SO please keep your figures crossed that he finds a job quickly so that we do not have living apart for a long period of time. I miss him so much already but I know this will be totally worth it for us in the end.
One more big thing, that probably most people know, I am training for my very first Half Marathon. I will be running the Memphis St. Jude Half Marathon on December 4th. I am so excited about this and I have been training my little but off. This past Sunday I ran my longest run yet of 6 miles with no stopping. I did it in just over an hour with I was very proud of. Now if I can keep that pace up I hope to finish the Half Marathon in about 2 hr and 30 min. I am also running is as a St. Jude Hero, so if you would like to donate to the Children at St. Jude, please CLICK HERE!!!!
Wow, this was a long one. I hope you enjoyed catching up on our lives. Hopefully I won’t let it go this long again before I do another post. We hope you are having a great fall and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
(Pictures to come, hopefully)
