To Take Another Hiatus?

Well, that was another unintentional hiatus from blogging… It’s been a crazy, but AWESOME month! After my last post, I headed back home to the Cape for the holidays. Hanging out and relaxing with the family was fantastic as always—getting another deathly cold was not as fantastic. Christmas was quite overwhelming, I must admit. Once a three-year-old and a one-year-old are involved, things get HECTIC.

The day after, I hopped on a plane to Louisville, KY for one of my college besties wedding. It was such a gorgeous affair. Since it was in the winter, the bridesmaids wore long, navy dresses by Monique Lhuillier. I was so thankful to be wearing a flattering gown! Additionally, Libby (the bride) gave us white, fur caplets for when we took pictures outside and for the ride to the reception—they were a lifesaver! On Sunday morning, the day after the wedding, I woke up at 3:30 AM for a 5 AM flight to Boston… Talk about a QUICK trip!

I touched down in Boston at 10 AM and started unpacking, taking down my Christmas tree (a hilarious project), and repacking for my 10-day adventure to St. Thomas! I was still so exhausted and fending off the cold, but I managed to get everything done at a reasonable time. Unfortunately, I had to be at the airport on Monday morning at 6 AM for my flight; I say unfortunately because of the time, not because I was traveling to a tropical island.

I won’t go into all of the glorious details because I know most of my readers were here in Boston, braving the storm of the year and FRIGID temps!! People on the island kept asking where I was from and when I responded, they kept saying how they saw how cold it was there on the news. Andi and I spent New Year’s Eve on St. John… Not a bad way to ring in the new year!

I was sad to see the trip come to an end, but I had to start my new job with Robert Half! So far, so good, but I’ll get more into that later in the week with my first week review 😊

To Resign?

Well, it's official--I am no longer an employee of EdgeRock. After three and a half amazing years, I've decided to part ways with an amazing company. I have learned so much about myself while working there and I could not have succeeded without all of the help from my colleagues. I've also made some great, and lasting, friendships that I will cherish forever. It was an extremely hard decision that came with many sleepless nights, but I am breathing a little easier now. Leaving was one of the hardest (if not the hardest) decisions of my life and I am truly going to miss it.


Only time will tell if it was a good idea, but I'm excited for some new adventures with some new friends! 


Thank you again, EdgeRock. It was a pleasure working with you and I look forward to seeing you all in the near future!

To Add a Tangelo?

This morning I decided it was a good idea to take an extra-long shower because I was feeling a little lethargic and wasn’t ready to face my closet and the rest of the day. Well, that put me quite behind schedule. My alarm went off at 7:03; I hopped in the shower and didn’t emerge until 7:28. Normally, I am out the door by 7:43 at the LATEST to make sure I’m at the office before 8 AM.

I had about 15 minutes to dry off, get dressed, brush my hair, and put on makeup. Unfortunately, I also decided last night to buy some Chicken filets at Whole Foods to use for my dinner tonight, but didn’t get to marinade them. I knew if I didn’t put them in something this morning, I wouldn’t eat them tonight because who wants plain chicken. If not tonight, then I’d probably end up freezing them or tossing them before taking off for St. Louis tomorrow. Fortunately, I got ready in record time and was able toss them into a marinade.

[Side note: I bought two, one for dinner, and one for tomorrow’s lunch over a bed of mixed greens and cucumber.]

Now normally, I’d do like lemon, salt, pepper, garlic, olive oil; however, my lemon looked like an 80 year-old lady who uses baby oil as tanning lotion on the beach—shriveled. I decided it was a good idea to substitute a tangelo for the lemon… I also built this herb garden for my living room and the plant lady suggested Lemon Thyme for it (apparently good for drinks, chicken, and fish?). Remembering I had some, I threw in a couple of sprigs of that.

I feel like it’s going to be a pretty decent dish, but only time will tell. I’ll let you know this evening!