I Know, I Know.... It's Been Awhile!

So I apologize for my lack of posts.  It's been a bit of a wild and crazy year!  But I'm still alive and pushing forward!  First things first, I am officially more than halfway through my MBA program!  It's been stressful and exhausting yet simultaneously very rewarding!  I have met some great people that have become very close friends.  I've learned a lot about myself over the past year.  I have pushed myself past so many limits I thought I never had.  While I was diligent about my studies in undergrad, I was never as busy nor was college life nearly as chaotic and hectic as the life of a grad school student.  For those of you that have heard me talk about grad school over the last 9 months, you know what I've been going through.  For those of you that I haven't had a chance to keep up with as frequently as I'd like, I have never been this busy in my ENTIRE life.  But it is all so incredibly rewarding and it pushes me harder than I've ever been pushed.  Grad school has strangely (not really) molded me into yet an even stronger woman and I cannot WAIT until August/September 2014 when I graduate from The University of Georgia!!

In addition to grad school pretty much taking over my life, I am also now an active member of the Junior League of Cobb-Marietta.  I wish I had more time to dedicate to it and become a VERY active member, but between class, homework, studying, group meetings, etc etc etc, I unfortunately cannot dedicate the kind of time I'd prefer.  But.  I dedicate as much time as I can and that's really all I can give at this point.  It is a FANTASTIC organization of women that dedicate an inordinate amount of time to volunteerism in Cobb Co. and we continue to make a significant impact within our community.

I continue to run but again, not nearly as much as I'd like.  But I'm still doing races when I can and I'm still logging good mileage, typically around 20-25 miles per week.  I am currently in training again for the Santa Barbara International Half Marathon.  Am I training as best I can?  No.  Do I want to be able to train more?  Yes.  But I am doing the best I can.  I can tell you this though, I am absolutely looking forward to a FLAT course!!!  Running the hills of Atlanta can be brutal.  So bring on the flat ground!

In terms of my love life, I am currently dating someone who makes me incredibly happy and he can put up with all of my mental and nervous breakdowns that come with the many stress factors in my life.  It has taken us many many months to finally get our act together and to the point where we've realized we don't want to see other people, but it is long distance.  We both swore when we met way back when that we weren't going to put ourselves in a long distance relationship but after he moved and after certain events which I won't publicly go into, we realized how much we do care for each other and want to be apart of each others' lives.  We've met parents.  We're planning holidays together.  I'm going on vacation with him and his family for New Years Eve (and my 29th birthday).  We see other almost every weekend.  We're making it work.

Max is doing great!  CRAZY as always!  But he's my little furboy and no matter what shenanigans he gets into, I will always love the hell out of that dog.  He's gotten me through SO much and I could not imagine my life without that little animal.

He wanted SO badly to crawl in my lap on the way to Alabama

While things are a bit crazy and somewhat stressful for me right now, I am truly the happiest I've been in years.  That is largely due to the Boy (ya know who is if you've seen my Facebook pictures but I know he'd prefer to remain nameless on the Blog for the time being), but my family and friends along with the many rewards and blessings in my life keep me sane, grounded, optimistic, and incredibly happy!  I cannot tell you when I'll be able to post again, but I will promise you this: I'll try not to wait another 9+ months!

Hope all of y'all are doing well!  Thanks for reading!

xoxo,

Britt!