I'm not even going to apologize anymore for being lazy about blogging. I blog when I want and that's that.
A lot has happened since my last blog, but I am writing this to talk about life right now, and it is AWESOME!
Lauren and I have been together for just over 6 months now and she is amazing. She makes me incredibly happy. We have been able to manage long distance for the whole relationship so far, but we are looking forward to being closer to each other sooner rather than later. We have crammed a lot in to these past six months; she visited me in Tampa, I visited her in Hammond, we went to a wedding, we went to Epcot, we saw the symphony, we visited Charlotte together, with all kinds of other fun things in between. I am looking forward to doing all kinds of things together. We will be seeing Phantom of the Opera on Valentine's Day, and then traveling to New York at the end of the month. And who knows what after that?
Work has been interesting the past few months, but starting this Wednesday I will have a new role hear at Southwest Florida College. I have been offered the position of "Re-entry Specialist." I will basically be in charge of getting students that have withdrawn to return to school. It will be a challenging job, but I am excited because it's a whole new department I will be working for. This job falls under the Registrar's department rather than the Admissions, so I will have a new boss. They have even done something for me that I have never seen done for anyone that gets a new position here. They are giving me this position on a probationary basis, meaning if I don't succeed, rather than firing me I can get my Admissions Coordinator position back. But I will succeed, so that is not an issue.
Most of you already know that over the summer, Mama was diagnosed with breast cancer. It has been a battle, but she is done with chemo, and recently started her radiation treatments. I think she has about 5 or 6 more weeks of radiation, and then she should be done completely.
Hope this post finds everyone well.
Matt
