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Last weekend, Jason and I went to Shahryar's wedding in Pittsburgh, and had a week at home with his family hanging out. FUN! Shahryar had shoes like ALADDIN! Hehehehehe! =)

This week, was the first week of my internship at career services! OMG, I LOVE IT!

I will be managing one of their twitter and facebook pages, keeping our tweets current with opportunities we see...

I have started a UA Career Services pinterest and will be updating that! =)  (It's like fixing up the crack addict with a nice big line every day at work!!)

I LOVE Pinterest.... check it out:   CLICK ME CLICK ME!!! 
facebook me or leave me a comment here if you need an invite and I'll make sure you get invited... =)

I've observed some career counseling sessions, learned TONS of new resources and things about the career world I didn't know existed.

Even better, I am creating a set of trainings on effectively using social media to get internships, present oneself professionally, network, etc... with that, I am using a new presentation platform. Think Powerpoint 2.0

It's called Prezi... Check out the video on the main page, it will show you what people can do with presentations for FREEEEEEEEEE....   PREZI-Licious....

So, I found out that some universities have large career centers that hire social media and marketing coordinators. With the experience I'm getting here, definitely something I could add to the resume. =) I love reslife, but I am a student at heart, I love to learn and most of all... and right now, this is the learning opportunity.

I get to be CREATIVE with this stuff, all the time, every day!! Like, I get to be creative FOR WORK, and discover new things and use them to reach out and provide resources to students, teach them useful things for their futures.. .etc.

The change of pace is refreshing! I needed this. I CAN'T WAIT to get to work tomorrow. Really! =)

So I had all these schemes about all these summer projects I'd be doing at home, but I'm so "inspired" by what I'm doing at work that I'm not needing to get that at home as much now...

BUT, Jason is surely inspired! Look at our dinner tonight!!! Lobster AND Steak were on sale!



So... after a long long long LONG haul this last 18 months, I'm feeling inspired again, excited! I'm learning and contributing something new and unique. I get a chance to leave a mark here that is truly and entirely MY DESIGN... It feels like it's been a long time since I've been able to be this expressive at work. One less thing to worry about...

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