#currently

I am currently:

sitting outside on top of a cliff in the Turks, staring at the sheer vastness of the Atlantic Ocean in complete blackness with the only lights available being the fantastically bright stars and my Macbook screen that is showing episode three of The Newsroom. This is the definition of vacation. Staying up late, barely having enough wifi to stream a video, alone with my thoughts and the words of Aaron Sorkin. Sometimes you just have to take some time for yourself. 

lucky

Sometimes, I feel like I am the luckiest person in the world. Everything is falling into place. I miraculously found a place to live in Boston in a pretty awesome part of town, I have most of my possessions packed, and I get to spend the entire week relaxing at Turks and Caicos. I can't complain about waking up to this view every morning:

My flights down here were spent chatting with an older couple about tv shows, California, and helping them figure out their iPhones. Then the next flight was spent fighting sleep by attempting to read Kelly Oxford's book "Everything is perfect when you're a liar", listening to Dawes, and eating a Cinnabon. Eventually sleep won. But I awoke, I was welcomed to warm air, steel drum music, and that warm, cool breeze that you only experience around the ocean. 

I feel so lucky to have friends who invite me to wonderful places all over the world. I can't wait to catch up on some blogging while basking in the sun this next week because I know I'm going to be so busy as soon as vacation is over. 

life

When it rains, it pours.

This phrase has been uttered at the most frustrating, hard, and wonderful times in my life. This week, I again found myself uttering those five words again. 

In November, I applied for a job in Boston at a hospital where I have always dreamed of working at. Now, keep in mind, I have applied to at least 20 jobs at this hospital and never heard back from any of them. But I kept coming back each week and applying for any new jobs that were listed. One of those jobs actually contacted me and I was asked in for an interview. Here I was just so excited they contacted me, let alone asked me to come in for an interview! During the month of December I actually traveled to Boston twice for interviews and then had the impossible task of waiting. During this loooooong period of waiting, I applied for a job here in Pittsburgh at the Children's hospital. Although it was not a full time position, it was a foot in the door and in my field of study/interest. Well, I was thrilled to find out that I got the job! 

And then of course a phone call last week made me utter "When it rains, it pours". After two interviews, and four long months of waiting I found out that I got the job in Boston. So now I have two jobs, a vacation to go on, and no place to live. Oh and I have to be in Boston by the beginning of March. 

Stressed? ha. I have never been so stressed in my life. Right now finding a place to live is on the top of my list of priorities. But I still have to say "see ya later" to my friends, family, and my multiple softball teammates. Ahhh! It will all work out I know, but in the moment, I am quietly freaking out.

Wish me luck!

daily jam-the dandy warhol's

Today's daily jam comes from the band The Dandy Warhol's. I blame this on my marathon watching of Veronica Mar's, since it's the theme song. I had never paid attention to Veronica Mars while it was on TV, was too busy swooning over Lucas Scott and Seth Cohen. But my friends Kaitlyn and Becky kept telling me how good this detective-esqe show was and Kaitlyn just so happened to have all of the DVDs. So now, I have to admit, I am a fan. It's written so well, funny, clever, and the characters are fantastic.  In the next couple months, a feature film of Veronica Mars is coming out and I couldn't be more stoked for it. If you haven't heard about the Kickstarter campaign that got this movie made, check out the story about how much the fans freaking love this show. Check out the Dandy Warhols and absolutely check out Veronica Mars, the high school version of yourself will thank you.

Remember to  turn it to the left when listening with your headphones, save your hair cells, save your hearing!

two weeks away

In two weeks, I will be escaping this frigid frozen tundra that is Pittsburgh and escaping to:

Which means, for the next two weeks, I will be eating well and working out like a crazy person. Something needs to get a jump start this new year with some exercise. Lucky for me, I work at a coffee and juice bar so fresh fruits and vegetables are easily accessible. It's the making myself go outside to go to my car to go to yoga or the gym. Now lets just see if I can find a bathing suit that I like enough. Get me here asap.

bangs

Over the Christmas holiday, I decided that I needed to change some things up visually with my appearance. Now I couldn't get anything pierced or dye my hair a crazy color because I am still (unfortunately) going on a ton of interviews still trying to find my dream job (fingers crossed!). I figured what would change my look the most would be bangs. I cut them about two years ago and had the itch to do it again. I took inspiration from my girl Lauren Conrad and tried to get the look. Unfortunately, I didn't quite get what I was looking for and tried to fix them myself. Not a great idea, but I am letting them grow a little before going back to the hair salon. Persistence my friends. 

Now having cut my bangs, I forgot how much work they are! When my hair is in a ponytail, my headbands cause my bangs to look like devil horns and they tend to get sweaty and weird. Not really buyer's remorse, but I do remember now why I grew them out. Here's to a new year with a new do.

image via Pinterest

daily jam-bombay bicycle club

I do love when Spotify Radio introduces you to a song that stays with you all day long. Today's daily jam comes from Bombay Bicycle Club an indie rock band from London, England. Even though this song is a couple years old, I was amazed I had never heard it before. They have some fun little songs which I would recommend checking out if you guys have the time. Check them out on Spotify. 

one year

Somehow, with the craziness of the past two-ish months, I missed my one year of blogging!

Cue the giant celebration because I have such a large viewing audience! Not that many people even read this, it is my little piece of the internet and I am glad I have been able to have a small outlet to record my life in. I have learned to make time to remember and record what exactly has been going on in my life. Especially with going to shows, it has been a great little diary of which bands I saw, who I was with and how each one made me feel. I look forward to taking this blog to the next level both content and design wise. Once I figure out how I want it to look and what/how much I want to share to the inter webs.

With the new year starting, some exciting (hopefully, positive vibes this way people!) news will be coming my way. This is already the year of growing up, making decisions, being courageous, and making things happen. I have a feeling this is going to be the best year yet, for real this time. Bring it 2014.