My First Post Ever... SITS Back to Blogging

My first post ever was written very hastily while sitting at my desk at Sybari in Madrid, Spain!  I had just graduated from Elon and moved to Spain for the new job.  The year before, while living in Russia, I blogged every day for my family back at home -- BUT, blogs weren't really as popular then and I think I called it an eJournal or something!  My first post here was quite boring, but here it is nonetheless:

When I was in Vladivostok, I was able to get online everyday and journal. I was quite religious about it as it was the only means to get all of the emotions out. With knowing so few people and unable to call home, journaling and unwilling were my only forms of communication to the outside world! I'm insanely happy that I was so good about it b/c I'm now able to look back and see how I was... the unedited me.

Now I'm living in Madrid, Spain and working with Sybari Software in Admin/Sales Support. I'm in the office everyday from 8:30am to about 6:30pm, so there's not much excitement in my life during the week. I'm living with my sorority sister, Meredith, who is also working at Sybari in the Marketing department. She's a self-proclaimed "Potomac Princess" (translation for non-DC residents: She's a princess) who means well, but can be insanely hard to live with. To get out of the apartment, I've joined the gym next door to my house, Fitness First, and am taking up residence in the Spinning room and the weightroom. One of my friends from work and I can be found training together almost every night, making sure I don't get chunky while eating all of the great food around town!

My parents will be joining me in two weeks for their first trip to Spain and then we will go to London for a long weekend! My sister, Allison, wants to come out, but it's insanely expensive (so I understand). Being away from the bugs (My Aunt Leslie's kids whom I'm used to seeing with some frequency) sucks, but they're too little to travel so far!! ;) Joe, the boyfriend, is coming for the second half of August to stay and brush up on his Espanol!! I miss him so much, but I'll try not to dwell on that in here. If I'm here indefinitely, Kate, the best friend, will surely be coming to visit as will some other Elon friends! So life isn't so lonely here... I have Europe at my fingertips and I'm ready to go!

Back to work, TGIF! I'll attempt to stay up to date on here, but no promises!! :) Hasta Luego!

Over five years later, here are a few comments:

• The "Potomac Princess" I spoke about -- I definitely didn't realize how true the stereotype was for her until I moved to the North Potomac area and met others!  Also, most people from our area are NOT like that!
• That gym membership and training schedule... yeah, that lasted about another week before I traded it in for sangria's at happy hours!
• My parents did come for a visit and it was WONDERFUL!  I'll probably never have a chance to do that with them again (me living in a foreign country and them visiting!) and it was a blast!  We followed my mom and her guidebook around all week and stayed in the most luxurious Best Western ever!
• "Joe, the boyfriend," did come for the second half of August and it was magical.  He is now "Joe, the husband."
  Falling in love before moving to a foreign country = Fail. 
  Two weeks around Spain together = Win.
• I was not there "indefinitely."  I got a job back in the States and moved back in early September.  BUT... I did go back to Spain (Mallorca, to be exact) for our honeymoon and that is an entirely different (and mostly private) story!