A little over a year ago, I moved to a brand new city on my own, ready to start a new part of my life in a place I had barely been, with no one familiar nearby. Besides starting a graduate program, I didn't really know what the next year was going to bring. In that year, though, I managed not only to start that grad program but a whole lot more.
I went back to school, which was scary since I had been out of it for 6 years, and yet I proved to be as good or better at it than I was. I pulled down straight As, balanced heavy courseloads with two internships and volunteering, and was president of a student organization. I graduated over a month ago with a Master in Library and Information Science!
I met a lot of new people, many of whom I now consider good friends, and can't imagine not having met. Some of them have moved from Pittsburgh already and some have stayed, but I'm so glad school gave me the chance to meet so many great people.
I lived by myself for the first time, and got bed bugs for the first time. (That part was hell.)
I fell in love with someone I met in my program (something and someone I never saw coming!) and stopped living by myself. We moved in together in the spring, just moved into our second apartment together, and I seriously could not be happier. He is the love of my life.
I explored a new city. Pittsburgh has so much to offer and I'm happy to get to continue to call it home, since I also was offered a full-time librarian position, less than a month after graduating!
A lot happened in the past year. I left this blog behind because I thought it would be good to have a "fresh start" for graduate school. And now I'm finding that since I made the new blog my portfolio, I feel like I can't write about what I want. I'm bringing back mostly true to see me into the next stage. It's back, y'all.
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