Jenna Can... not keep on top of the month

Dear Blog Gods,

Please take this as a sincere apology for my lack of posting over the past month. It has been a crazy, crazy summer so I feel like reviewing is a complete necessity. Between work, classes, the wedding, and my vacations, I've been a busy little bee. Let me expand.

Work: still as amazing. Technical writing is... interesting... but I'm learning a lot of real world skills such as formatting, contacts and T2 reports. Hooray! But in all seriousness, I really love my coworkers. April and I discuss the pros and cons of boys and makeup. Michelle always found time to help me with my questions and my boss Daniel? He definitely keeps me entertained. After all, with what other job could I go home singing such gems as "Elmo's World" or that filet o' fish song. Yeah, I'm serious.

Classes: DONE! HOORAY! Finished, completed, owned. I dominated my summer classes and enjoyed my one month of summer... if I can even count it as summer considering I worked almost 40 hours a week. Ewwww.

The Bachelorette Party: We made a pact not to discuss the happenings of Blairre's bachelorette party, however, I feel like I need to state the main points. Drinking, being hit on, almost getting arrested, hookah, driving around, making new friends at random bars. Whew.

The Wedding: Blairre's wedding was amazing, beautiful and a night to remember. It was a long day, starting with getting our hair done at a spa, drinking mimosas and then getting our makeup done all together. I really feel closer to the bridesmaids. We all got along really well and bonded. Dre, Diana, Amber, Ashley, Theresa, Clari and I decided to have a bridesmaid reunion and wear the bridesmaid dress over to visit Blairre some random tuesday after the wedding. "You were so right! We can wear these again!"
We danced a lot, completing the required bridesmaid wedding dance duties as the YMCA, Celebrate, the Macarena and the Electric Slide. Oh yeah, we shook our groove thangs.

The trips... may be better saved for another post. More to come.

Believe You Me

So if you've been reading, you know that one of my goals is to go on to graduate school to find some kind of secondary degree that would validate my on-the-way degree... meaning, if you throw a Doctor in front of my name, would I get more respect?
Eh. To be seen.
But more importantly, I think it's time to pull up some roots. I'm looking heavily at Mizzou and UNT for further education in journalism and mass communications. Should I pick up my life and make the drive in my cute white Scion to Texas or Missouri, leaving all of my friends and family behind? Or should I accept that going there would be jumping to a different tree, a lower branch, and at the end of the day if all I'm looking for is being able to write, would trying to make it big make me a sell-out?
Which has opened a whole world of questions up to me, mostly asked late at night when just the light of my glow-in-the-dark stars on my ceiling are judging me. What do I want in Washington DC or New York? Are those just symbolism for "making it"? Would moving there help me become a big author? Of course not. But maybe the opportunities might.
I've been lucky with a great family and fantastic friends and a wonderful hometown. Am I leaving because I think I can find better, even though I know I can't?
Or am I planning on leaving to see what I'm made of without the fall-back of my safety nets behind me?
Stay tuned.