Is there always time to decide what you want to do?

So what do you do when you still don't know which career path you want to follow? How does anybody know when they are little, what direction they want their life to go? Now that I'm moving I have the opportunity to really go after anything I want, but what to do?!

I know I don't want my career to determine who I am or rule my life, but I would like it to be something I am passionate about! I want to be happy to go to work, and feel accomplished when I go home at the end of the day. Nothing would be better than to have a great day at work, go home satisfied, and be with the love of my life. Oh and my boyfriend too ;o) ....Fiona my puppy....hehe

The past three years I have been enjoying my time in retail. There are definitely some pitfalls... the crazy hours, working through the holidays... putting up with crazy people... But it has also been very rewarding! I get to spend my day making women feel confident and beautiful and successful in finding the perfect shoe, bag or accessory...or entire look! There are few better feelings than finding just the right shoe!

I would love to stay in the fashion industry...but maybe not quite on the front lines anymore. I want to be involved in more of the behind the scenes area of this monstrous money making industry. I wonder if there is such a thing in good 'ol Minnesota...

Aaah to be able to rewind five years and know what I know now. Maybe I would have just taken five years to model and then take a back seat in a behind the scenes position... (I'm tall so people are always suggesting I model..anyone from age 11 to 65 has said so...that's what I get for working in a high traffic mall in Atlanta where everyone wants to be in the music, movie or fashion world).

So much to think about. 13 days and I am with my love :o)

It's been a while....

I've been distracted...by life lately. Much has happened since I last blogged. New job, new home, new...roommate...when she is here. I somehow have taken on her dog as my own to ensure that it stays alive but I am moving back to my original home state this month and am kind of worried about little Bailey. Who will feed and walk her when I am gone?!

Coming to the end of my time in Atlanta has been a whirlwind of highs and lows. Excitement, fear, happiness and nervousness plagues me every day. On the one hand I will miss my family terribly. With only three weeks to go I grow increasingly sad about not having them right down the long road of 285. I regret not being able to see my niece more often as she grows into a real person! Every time I see her she seems twice as big, and I would hate for us to become strangers.

On the other hand I get to be with my love! I miss him every day and with the number of days to my move getting less and less I need him more and more! We can be a real couple after almost two and a half years of long distance! I know that since we know what it is like to be apart we will never take any time for granted. And of course my friends and family that are up in the tundra too.

...that reminds me...it's very cold up there. I get chilled at approximately 73 degrees and it gets much colder there...

Well it will be an adventure so there will be more to come! Hopefully sooner than a year later....