Werky

Oh my, where should I start?? First of all, it's 90 f-ing degrees in my apartment, day and night, and after days of cold showers and being so hot and sweaty that we avoid even touching one another, Mike and I broke down and bought ourselves a window air conditioning unit. About 30 seconds into helping Mike (take it out of the box) I sliced my thumb up so bad it bled through 3 Bandaids in about 10 minutes. Later, while putting it in the window, I slammed two other fingers in the window frame and made one of them bleed too. I'm so slick. Luckily I still have seven good fingers left to sling the pills tomorrow!

Speaking of slinging pills, I started working!! OMG. Not some crummy paid-like-an-intern summer job, but my career. After 25 years of working hard to reach this point in my life, I finally get to.... work some more! Yeah!! Woohoo!

All joking aside though, two very important things have happened to me since I started my new job. First, I've realized that school is indeed over. And while this is frightening to imagine (no more training wheels!) I am also so exhilarated to realize that I'm not putting myself further into debt, but instead working to propel us out of it. I've accomplished the dream I've worked so hard to reach, and now I get to live it every single day. I get to be a real pharmacist--something I have watched my mentors do with wistful eyes as I day dreamed about the day it would be me. These first steps are shaky and unsure, but I'm ready to spread those wings. I'm ready to become all my potential has to offer.

The second thing I realized is that when I drive home every night, I'm driving home to Mike. I still remember when he dropped me off at FSU that very first time over four years ago. It was raining and dark, and I watched while crying quietly as he drove away. That was the first of hundreds of awful goodbyes. Much like my role as a pharmacist, being with him like this was something that I grew accustomed to daydreaming about, thinking I would always be striving towards it but never actually reach it. Now it's here, and it is so heartwarming in it's simplicity and worth to me.

There are so many new things. New apartment, new neighbors, new clothes, new last name, but I'm going to have to play catch-up a little here, and it may take some time. :) My brain and blog are still catching up with all the events that have happened to me since May, but I'll be up to speed soon enough. In the meantime, I need suggestions for a quirky, drug-related codename for my new employer because I want to refrain from using the company's name here. Don't let me down people!