st. louis

I just realized that it's been almost two months since I wrote a posting! If anything, it is an indication of my life so far in St. Louis.

The last weekend in August, Jon came up to Chicago where I was living with my parents. We had a going away party on Saturday, and the next day Jon drove away with ALL my things to St. Louis. The following weekend, I took a one-way Amtrak ticket and one suitcase and headed to StL.

Since then, things have been an absolute whirwind. I started my job a few days later, at the Kelly Mitchell Group. I am in the HR department there and I love it. My coworkers and bosses are all relatively young, and the company is unique in that it is a big company with a small-company environment. (Sort of how people describe StL... a small big city.... or something like that.)

I've also been working at the restaurant on the weekends, mainly Saturdays. That's been really nice because not only do the majority of my St. Louis friends work there, but I can make money while hanging out with them. It's sort of my own outlet here.

We had our housewarming party just two weeks after moving here, which was pretty successful, albeit extremely stressful. Jon began putting up a fence with a goal of finishing in time for the party - which, thankfully, was reached. Additionally, I was also getting used to my job and we were both getting used to living with each other -- as you can imagine, quite a few balls were up in the air.

The next couple weekends, I've got my college girlfriends and my parents both coming into town. I can't wait! Now that everything has settled down, it will be awesome to have them here. It's starting to feel like home here, but it doesn't hurt to have to help in the transition. :)