MAJOR NEWS FLASH

WOW! I haven’t blogged in a LONG time! I’m not going to bore you folks with my fun life I’ve lived the past year and half. It’s been epic, amazing, blessed, sad, mad sportness, starting life over again, death in the family. Just to give you a taste. I need to update the “southern belle trapped on the beach” to “Alabama/Auburn trapped in Sweet NEW Home Alabama” but that doesn’t sound like fun. So yes, the obvious is that I’ve moved from the stunning beautiful Tampa, FL. I took a job at UAB in Birmingham, AL. I had been searching for a while to move back closer to home for a few months, but I was waiting for a good fit for me personally and professionally; but with a lease up end of April I had to move quickly also. I struggled with the move a lot and still do to this day. I had to weigh the pros and cons to Tampa. I absolutely loved living my fun fabulous beach bum life in Tampa Bay. But I was in a job that I didn’t love anymore, a flight away from my family, single, not in a good city w/ a strong faith backbone, missed my girls from home a lot and away from my beloved Bulldogs. I had a close group of friends in Tampa that I greatly miss but the things that were more important to me were in the dirty south not in south Florida. I cried like a child packing and even had my selfish moments with my friends. I found my love of NHL in Tampa Bay, thanks to Jen and Holly. I feel more in love with MLB whiling living in TB. I will forever have a soft spot for the Rays; although my first MLB I started to follow was the Braves. I need to buy a new hat for the Braves, but I got to find one that doesn’t look like that stupid ugly A from Alabama.

I’ve gone back to Tampa twice since I’ve moved to Birmingham middle of April. I get so excited going to visit and really sad when I leave. The past two trips have been about beach and baseball. The next one in the fall will be about hockey and Food & Wine Festival in Orlando. I’ve kept up with my close friends in Tampa via gchat, text, emails, phone calls and every other social media outlet you can come up with. I’m a chatty Cathy, what can I say. You would think I would be a great blogger…maybe I’ll get better at it.

I’ll update and share some pics this week/weekend with a few fun stories before and after the move.

Man, this journal entry in therapeutic…maybe I should try it multiple times a day like I do twitter…

….pondering..