It's been forever since I've posted, so I'm gonna take a shot at trying to sum up the past two months in a blog. :)

So most of you know already that I moved to New Orleans at the beginning of October. I work for the National Network of Public Health Institutes as a Program Coordinator on Accreditation. Moving was an exciting and difficult time for me altogether. I felt that I need a change in scenery yet I was apprehensive of moving from the comfort and routine of living at home. So...... needless to say, I decided to move even though I wasn't completely sure of my decision, deep inside I felt like it was the right thing to do and my hesitation was only due to my fear of something new.

As soon as I arrived I felt ..........well there are too many emotions to describe how I felt but in a nutshell I was very unsure that I had made the right decision. Especially because the day I drove over to New Orleans, a job posted in Corpus that I had been waiting for like four months to post finally did. At that point I had to go with the old addage that "everything happens for a reason" and step out in faith.

 I have been here for two months now and I'm really enjoying the city. I'm so glad I made this move and know that I will learn so much while I'm here. I feel deeply connected to it and feel moved to explore and learn more about the history and culture of the city.

My job here is very different from anything I've ever been exposed to. It's giving me a broader perspective on the public health system and even though I'm not doing work dealing directly with health programs or individuals I know what I am doing will have an much broader impact. It's not something I see myself doing long-term but I'll learn a lot here that will help me in the future.

So lastly, living with my good friend Alison has been a blast. She has taught me so much and I'm so happy that our friendship can grow even more now because of this experience we are sharing together. I thought that living with a roommate after two years of living alone would be a big change but it really doesn't feel any different than Park Place (except we dont have everyone else to make it complete). Living with Alison feels so natural, we work together well and the girl cracks me up all the time.

So I guess thats it for now, hopefully I can post more frequently in the future.

So here's a little story about how Alison cracks me up:

So we usually write on a dry erase magnet board thing that is on our refrigerator different items we need to buy at the store this week. The day before we go to the store one of us usually writes everything down on a piece of paper so we can take it to the grocery the next day. So Alison looks at the list after I've copied everything from the dry erase thing and starts adding her own items we need to get at the store. So I leave the room and come back to read the things she's added to the list. I'm reading things she's added.......handsoap, condensed milk, candal. I stop after "candal" and look at her a little puzzled. I say "candal", really friend? She's looking at me with her confused face and she's like "what? Is that not the way you spell candal?" I say, "no friend, thats not the way to spell candal." She takes another stab at it and writes down "candel" and says to me at the same time "candel?". I could not stop laughing at this point, I'm cracking up at her about to pee in my pants because the girl cant spell the word candle and doesn't even know she is wrong. Finally, I had to break it to her that candle was not spelled C-A-N-D-A-L or C-A-N-D-E-L but C-A-N-D-L-E. You gotta love her!

Love you guys!