well, well, well.
1) i have now worked one full week at the breast cancer network of strength. my old job at KU was an hourly position so i was really anal about not staying a minute past 5:00 p.m. this job is salaried so i'm experiencing the whole "leave anytime after 5:00 p.m. as long as all of your work is done"-- and there is a lot of work. this isn't necessarily bad or anything, but now i understand why my dad always got home around 6:30 p.m. every night.
my job is wonderful. breast cancer network of strength is an organization that focuses on immediate support and information for breast cancer patients, survivors, care givers and advocates. i didn't consider the emotional toll that it might take-- several of the women (and one guy!) who work there have or had breast cancer (two of whom died in september before i started working) and of course most of the people i'll be in contact have or had breast cancer. but it's worth it as long as i'm in a job where i feel like i'm making a positive contribution to society.
basically, my job is to:
- update the main web site
- update the web site of 17 affiliates
- do all e-mail marketing for the organization
- track visitors/page visits/other marketing statistics
- answer the main e-mail that goes to the organization
- edit all print marketing
- act as an ambassador for the organization at our events (i get to meet robin roberts from GMA in november!)
so yeah, i love it. a lot. i'm really lucky.
2) this past weekend was really fun. seeing joey for the first time in several years was great, seeing everyone from lawrence (a really good crowd!) was really great and i couldn't have asked for a better time (well...maybe if i had had a little less to drink and more memories from friday...). saturday morning everyone came to our neighborhood to check out the apartment and then we all had breakfast at this amazing mexican restaurant near our house-- food was REALLY good, but seriously a bad call for some of us with major hangovers. last night, the people who didn't ride home in the van ate at sultan's (and i think i'm going to become a regular there). then jason, shanti, courtney, gabe and i hung out at jason's apartment and watched news bloopers and several 'it's always sunny' episodes and talked about things like teeth falling out in dreams.
3) danielle warned me that i would get sick a couple weeks after moving to chicago and she was right. i basically got really sick last night and into this morning. luckily i'm a packrat and had a bunch of drugs saved over from the last time i had a cold so i think i've tamed it and i'm feeling a little better. but yeah, that sucked!
4) my grandparents bought me a mattress. it. is. awesome.
i think that's it. i miss everyone a lot! i'd definitely love to hear from everyone and hopefully i can make it back to lawrence/kc sometime in the spring to visit. yay!
