i'm employed!

i got the offer! woohoooo!!!! now it's just salary negotiation. i can finally start my life! want to look into buying a place now. hope i can afford it! i'll have to be creative with my debt... hehe. YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE A JOB!!!!!!

btw it's an AWESOME job. i will do bus dev with VC's, and patent analysis, AND acquisitions to turn companies around. it just doesn't get any better!

joy and elation!

my baby is fixed! new suspension, new brakes, changed oil and transmission fluid, new bearings, new water pump, changed various belts. cost me a pretty penny, but i'm sooooo happy. she drives like new! and those lamo dealership people....many years back i took my car in while under warantee complaining about a rattle. they said it was related to my fold down seats and couldn't be fixed. turns out it was related to the suspension! pisses me off that rattle could have been fixed so long ago. and my brother has already replaced my suspension before (due to him having an accident in my car, not my fault) and the rattle was still there. now the rattle is completely gone and it rides like a dream. happy happy joy joy!!!!

*doing the peanut butta jelly dance*

progress

so i've been running for a little over a month as part of my half marathon training. also have been adding in 5 personal training sessions which were included when i signed up with 24 again. and also adding in the 1-2 times a week of spinning class. i'm finally noticing a difference after an initial few weeks of gaining weight as i was building up more muscle mass. i am now 9 pounds lighter than when i started. yay! i can also see my abs finally show through the flab. i've always done tons of abs excercises but didn't see anything because they were covered with a layer of fat! however lately the running has slowed down and i've been resting for about a week waiting for an allergic cough to go away. so annoying! i hate not feeling 100%.

i'm also going in for what i hope to be a final job interview tomorrow. the job has new responsibilities added. not only will i be doing bus dev to start ups and vc firms, but i will also be doing business and financial patent analysis. wayyyy cool. wish me luck!

progess has also been happening on the boy front. he has sent cards, flowers, messages...we have started talking regularly again. i guess his fear of losing me jolted him into realizing just how much he really loved me. he's no longer scared of marriage now, he's actually looking forward to it. i've been waiting to see if these sudden realizations were temporary or permanent. everything in the past few weeks tells me that they are permanent. during our break, i've beening meeting many new people, of course that also means suitors that were interested in me. nothing further than conversation of course. however the whole time, i would always be thinking of him. and how the other boys don't make me smile like he does. i still love him...

what do you think?

i'm told that i look like one of the actresses in this chinese soap. what do you think?

the new and improved mel

i'm training for a triathalon and a half marathon (rock and roll marathon - as motivated by grad roomie jeff). i've been running everyday, getting training sessions at the gym, eating healthy meals (most of the time), and getting plenty of sleep. networking is going well. hopefully i'll have an offer by next week. it's not ideal but it will be interesting and it will get me to where i want to be. perhaps it will even open up more doors for me in the long run. i've been making new friends along the way. met someone who i can see as a life long friend. perhaps we will even start a side business together and have a lucrative future. haha. but i'm not in it for the money of course!

life has been good.

i still talk to him, but we are still on a break. trying to figure out my next move...