First Blog

Hello all! I'm not quite sure who will be reading this, but I thought this would a good way to keep everyone up -to-date on what I'm up to as my life starts to make some big changes (again). Now, I am by no means learned in the world of blogging, but I will hopefully post links and photos in here.

To bring you up to speed - graduated from Salem College in 2006 with a degree in Religion and a semi-degree in Women's Studies. The summer after graduation I worked in Admissions Office at Salem College for the last time, after four years of work study. My supervisors in Admissions, Jennie and Kathy (and Jean too), are still some of my closet friends. Starting in September 2006, I became an AmeriCorps member, working in community development - for which I had no background, awesome. After completing my year of service, I was hired on by the organization I served with, Goler Community Development Corporation. I am currently their Executive Project Assistant, which means I do a little of everything from grant writing and fund development to making labels and taking minutes. For the most part I like my work, it changes every 20 minutes and keeps me busy.

I currently live in Ardmore, a quaint neighborhood in Winston-Salem, with my girlfriend (of two years!), Ashley McFarland. We live with our two cats (Fatty and Tucker) and our 'family', Nadja Mummery and Lorien Gilbert (both Salem women) just moved to PA. Ashley is the Office Manager at The Little Theatre of Winston-Salem. We both spend a lot of time volunteering and doing this and that work to save money. I am -very proudly- a member of The Women's Fund of Winston-Salem as a scholarship participant and I serve on their Inclusiveness Committee.

Coming up in the near future: a trip to San Francisco for my 25th birthday in March, being the Maid of Honor for Susannah Hahn, and hopefully, hopefully, hopefully getting into grad school. That's right, grad school. I am currently working on my application to the University of Kent in Canterbury, Eng for my MA in Mysticism and Religious Experience. In short, my ideal program for a variety of reason, the main one being it is my exact field of study. Ashley has already been accepted in a MSc in Computer Science with goals of becoming the premier web-site designer in the world, or at least carving her own niche in the field.

So. This means that we will hopefully both be moving to the UK at the end of this summer and in the UK for the next year and possibly a little while after that. We shall see. If for some silly reason, I am not accepted, then this moves becomes a matter of can I get a job and a visa; if not, I still plan on moving out of Winston but I have no idea where yet. I guess you will have to stay tuned. That's right, a cliff hanger.