I seem to have disappeared off the face of the blog. It’s been less than a month, but if I don’t update for a few weeks, I start to feel like I’m forgetting to document everything that’s going on… not that it all has to be documented, but anyway!

The biggest thing is that I have a job! I started on Wednesday of this week, and so far it’s going well. I’m very happy with everything, and at the end of the three month trial period, hopefully I will be converted to a full-time employee. I technically work full-time now, but I’m under the recruiting firm’s payroll, rather than the actual company. They want to see how it works out before committing. The interview process was such an arduous one [I met with them five times!], and their search was essentially to fill the role in the long-term. I guess their last person wasn’t so great, so they’re taking a safer route now.

Before starting work, I spent a week in DC on the #AYCJ pass. I stayed with a friend [Matt] in his corporate housing and spent the days wandering around DC, Arlington, and Alexandria. I was basically all over the place, but I would’ve explored more if I wasn’t there by myself. There are a lot of areas that people advise you not visit, so I would stick to the areas that I was certain about. For the other places, I’ll have to wait for RV to accompany me to DC! Promise I’ll be updating with photos and lists of the places visited soon. They’re just sitting on my camera…

On the Metal Mouth front, I went to the orthodontist for the last time before the surgery! They put the hooks in, so basically when surgery is over, the oral surgeon can just wire me shut on those… I am so not excited about this. My pre-op is coming up next week!

What the heck!? Where did September go? Wow, another year is going by. Another birthday. Life’s quite different from October 2006, I think. Well, minus the disorganization and the fact that I’m still not grown up yet.

For one, I had just started going to the dentist at that point. It was all about getting the teeth back into shape. Now, I’m Miss Brace Face. I went in to get the brackets and separators/spacers today. My molars are a little sore due to the spacers, and I definitely can’t bite down on anything too solid/tough. A little bummed out about that, considering how much I love to eat.

I was also considering an MBA at the time. Attended a few MBA fairs, but I never got to actually applying. Now that I’m in the middle of the whole ortho thing, it just doesn’t seem the right time. I also wanted to have passed the CPA exam by the time I started, but I’m no step closer. Didn’t pass the exam I just took. What a big surprise. And now that work is piling up left and right, I’m not sure when I will have time to study. I’ve had to mark “Not Attending” on several invitations this month… Must maintain control!