Hello Friends and Family!
After being urged by many friends I have decided in my post-grad life to start a blog. I can not promise it to be very entertaining (see Ashley Jones' blog for that: http://ashleyjonesy.blogspot.com/2010/05/ode-to-stuff-by-ashley-jones.html). However, it is my hope that blogging will allow me to keep up with friends and family and will also assist in my professional/personal goal (insert me pushing up my glasses and using a nerdy voice) of becoming better with written communication. I have also joined the Skype world so feel free to add me :) I will be offering virtual apartment tours soon :)
As you all know I graduated from JMU on May 7, 2010 with my Masters in College Student Personnel Administration. It was a great weekend of course made possible by the one and only Joann A. Mancuso aka JoJo. I spent a great week in Virginia Beach hanging out with friends and family and starting to pack for my big move to Wilmington, NC. I also got the privilege of working the prom sponsored by Tallwood High School and the Mary Buckley Foundation for all of JoJo's hommies: http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/tallwood-students-host-unique-prom
On Saturday I moved to Wilmington, NC. I had a great team to help me including Matt and Tommy Buckley, Petey and JoJo Mancuso and Karen and Kelly Shanley. I am a lucky girl and I made it through this move because of them. The guys stayed until Sunday morning then it was girl time. As you can imagine the mom's had a great vision of what they wanted for the apartment so like a good minion I just did what I was told and let them put together and unpack whatever they wanted and for the most part I have left all of it the way they set it up. I have my 2.5 rooms done right now: the kitchen, utility room and bathroom is almost there. I am slowly doing one room at a time.
I have made the following observations of my new city:
-There is not a major gas station/food service chain (aka no wawa, 7-11 or Sheetz)
-If you are a male under 25 you probably have at least 5 tattoos
-People here must wash there cars a lot because there are more car washes then Starbucks
I'm sure there are more observations to come...stay tuned!
I leave on Sunday for Italy with my Aunt Rosemary and I am getting SO excited for that. I will be there until June 1 and will return to Wilmington to start my job on June 3rd. I will be the UNCW Presents Coordinator/ACE advisor working with the program board and other programming on campus. :)
That's all for now, enjoy some pictures!
Love Yourself,
Stefanie
3 comments:
Omgs how strange it must be to not have a 7-11 on every corner. I am so happy that the move went swell!!!
Enjoy your trip to Italy and savor every moment!! Don't think about UNCW until you get back in the states. Take care. Donna H.
So I am going to visit my bf in fayetteville for memorial day weekend. (he is based at Ft. Bragg.) We will hopefully be hitting the beach in Wilmington or Carolina Beach. TOO bad you wont be around or Id creepily stalk you out. Maybe next time I am down there we can get together. I love Carolina Beach btw, If you have a chance, check it out. GOOD LUCK girl!
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