God blessed me with 3 things in life: an amazing family, beautiful hair, and a great sense of humor. And the ability to write. And a pretty face. Oh and toned legs. But I digress… After graduating magna cum laude from Stanford University a few years ago I started working in San Francisco and settled into life in the big City. I love living in SF but often find myself realizing that between the daily grind of work and grown up responsibilities I don’t have many creative outlets. I sit here thinking about the college days and how much fun they used to be. I know what you’re thinking; Stanford doesn’t seem like that much fun. Well that’s because I didn’t really go there. I actually went to University of Arizona and took 6 years to graduate. I must be a doctor or something right? Wrong. Just a savvy ginger who enjoys long walks on the beach, burritos, and has a cunning ability to pretty much talk my way out of anything (hence the parents paying for 6 years of college).
I love my job but I sit at a computer all day and often find myself emailing back and forth with friends. A few months ago I got a new email buddy, my sorority sister Sara. We instantly connected with our words and realized that our thoughts deserve to be shared. Between talking about the glory days of college and the pitfalls of being grownups, we quickly became literary soul mates. When I’m down I can always count on a hilarious email from her and sometimes feel like we have the same brain. After months of emailing back and forth we’ve finally decided that it’s time to start this blog. The interesting thing about our friendship is that our lives couldn’t be more different; I’m a single girl in the city and she’s married living in the burbs, so this blog is meant to be a funny, light hearted look at life from the perspectives of two women who should probably be stand up comedians instead of desk workers. World, prepare to have your mind blown.
“A little about me” à I’m 27 and live in Scottsdale with my husband & best friend (to clear up any confusion: Husband=Cole, while Best Friend=Sophie, my dog. I’ll get in big trouble for this “fun fact” but so be it). I spend 77% of my day, daydreaming . The other 33% is spent working, emailing Natalie, gchatting with girlfriends, facebooking & perezhilting and I’m sure a few other amazing things. I’ve aged 20 years in the last 3… my Friday nights consist of me laying on my new reclining sofa and watching Dateline & 20/20. If I get home anytime after 8pm I’m pissed because I’ve missed the beginning to the murder mystery and I will curse the Dateline Gods. I partake in that whole “Home Depot, Bed Bath & Beyond if I have time” ordeal – unfortunately, it’s a fact of life… and growing up. But, like I said earlier… 77% of my day is spent daydreaming, so who knows what I’m “really” doing: lately I’ve been writing a fantastic novel about my “real life”, that causes mass hysteria like Twilight. It is then picked up and turned into a movie, where I am cast as the lead role and play myself (obviously), opposite some hunk of burning love such as Ryan Reynolds (oh heyyy Ryan).
I used to love having a pen pal when I was younger. The thrill of waiting by the mailbox, ripping open an envelope with shaking hands, and having my eyes flow down a page covered in superfluous information pertaining to someone else’s life; it was exhilarating. A decade (cough or two) has passed by and so many things have changed around me – but one thing remains the same. I love hearing about other people’s lives: this is where facebook, perezhilton and TMZ come in to play. But it’s more than just gossip. I live for the moments when I can hear peoples thoughts, their secrets, their feelings. Today’s pen-palling has turned into twitter, emails, texts, bbms… you name it. They serve as tiny distractions from the mundane Monday through Friday routine. I have to say that the highlights of these days are when Miss Natalie Holm pops up in my inbox. Her humor and capability of turning tiny moments into words that have the power to cause me to go into full-fledged hysterics, ceases to amaze me. I feel like I met my match – my “pen pal” match! So… the idea of a blog was born. This way, we could continue to entertain each other on a daily basis, but now we could be selfless… and share it with the world.
