Wow, my last post was early July of 2015... That's a long time! I think this year I'm going to try to get back into blogging and taking pictures. I have definitely lacked in 2016...
So let's recap what has happened in the last year and a half!
1. August of 2015
I became a full-time coordinator at my job! Nik and I visited my mother in Indianapolis. Then I turned 21 and started my final year of university at a new school (Metropolitan State University).
2. September 2015- May 2016
Since I had a full-time job, all of my classes were one day a week, 4 hour sessions. That was really difficult to get through, but I did take some really interesting courses! My favorites by far were Medieval History and ..wow I am completely blanking on the other class..! It was history related with literature and taught by the same teacher. I also took a linguistics course about the beginnings of the English language and that class was surprisingly super difficult, but extremely interesting (The class started with only 15 students and by the time it was finals, there were 6 of us).
3. April 2016
I became a key-carrier at my job!
4. May 2016
I graduated! I was very close to graduating with honors, but didn't quite make it for this school's standards. I received my Bachelors of Arts in English.
5. Late June 2016
I was offered a salaried position as a manager with my company. The open position was two hours away from where I lived. I accepted the offer!!
6. Late July-August 2016
I bought my first car! I had told my father that my goal when getting promoted was to have a brand new car, and he helped me achieve that goal!
I began my 5-week training at another store for my management position! I learned a lot about different practices from an older store, but it went very smoothly.
7. September 2016
I moved! Now I live south of the Twin Cities so I can be closer to my new store. I live in my very own two bedroom apartment. I began working at the new store the weekend after I moved in. Everyone was super nice and welcoming! I even have several associates who like anime, too! So it's a really great environment.
8. Late September 2016
I adopted a bunny from the pet store! He is adorable and precious! His name is Pretzel!
9. October 2016
It's Halloween! Since I will always be an Anokan by heart, this was my season! I was happy at how many of my associates dressed up for Halloween and some of them didn't even recognize me in my Morticia Addams get-up!
10. November 2016
Thanksgiving! Nik's family brought Thanksgiving lunch to my father's house where we enjoyed a nice meal before Nik had to go to work. After lunch, my friend Andrea and I decided to hit the stores for a little Black Friday shopping!
11. December 2016
CHRISTMAS! Who doesn't love Christmas? My father and I celebrated at Nik's family's house and it was wonderful other than the fact that there was a thunder storm going on outside! It was EXTREMELY weird for Minnesota! I had to leave a bit early than I had hoped due to the weather, but I got home safely!
12. January 2016
New Years! I had a wonderful New Years Eve lunch with some of my squad (Missing Ivan) at Texas Roadhouse. After that, Andrea and I went grocery shopping and then headed back to Nik's house while he was at work! We made this gingerbread cheesecake dip that was AMAZING! We also attempted White Russians and Moscato Champagne with raspberries to ring in the new year. The champagne was good, our White Russians need a bit more tweaking (We like more sugar than we do alcohol). We made it to midnight playing games and almost immediately went to bed like old people!
Currently, just before the weekend we had inventory at work. I would argue this is even more stressful than Christmas because everything needs to be so accurate and time-efficient. Plus, since it's right after Christmas, you're already worn out from the whole season!
Our key-carrier is so kind! She made us a "get-through-inventory basket of goodies"!!
My goals for the new year are to blog on a more consistent basis, try to write more, and try to cosplay more! I would really like to start sewing and crafting more so I intend to start making my own cosplays instead of buying them like I have in the past.
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