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So what, it's been six months, cry about it :P Ok, in all honesty I've been busy and I'm a procrastinator. Let's see now, shall we?

I still work at the biotech in downtown Seattle. It's still fabulous and I'm coming up on my one-year anniversary on January 25th. Pretty awesome. Regarding other things in my last post: my mother's second surgery went beautifully. She recovered much more quickly the second time around and is doing very well. It is weird to read my last post because I wrote that my grandfather was doing well and was going home soon. Less than one week after I wrote that he passed away. It was very sad and somewhat shocking, yet not exactly unexpected. His service was absolutely wonderful and he will be greatly missed.

And the career clusterf**k continues. A few months ago I decided to scrap the law school plan. After much research, speaking with different attorneys and those who didn't get all the way through law school, I decided against it. To me, the risk is much too big. I'd rather not complete one year, discover that I hate it and get stuck paying down a loan for 20 years (someone I spoke to did this). After making this decision I was convinced that I'd become a complete flake. I was convinced that I would never get out of the house I was living so I made a different type of goal. I decided that I wanted to buy a condo :) I am happy to report that on October 25th I moved into my very own condo! See pictures of my place below. I LOVE it!! It also feels good to have actually followed through with something. Let's hope this starts the ball rolling again on actually doing what I say I'm going to do!

Now that I'm all settled in to my cozy little (uh, very little) apartment, I'm going to start a program at UW. It's called the Editing Certificate Program. It's a one-year program all about how to become a copy editor. It's on Saturdays and online. I figured, I love reading, why not get paid to do it? Even if I don't pursue a direct position as an editor or even a proofreader, it will give me another skill to stick on the old resume and will help me in my work at the biotech. Good times.