jack and skippy

so i was housesitting for mom for a week and got some great photos of the dogs playing. it was entertaining for me at 3am! enjoy :)

nearly september?! whhhat?

where do i start. how about the cliff's notes version? mmmkay here goes.

i went to san francisco for work. i got to meet the president of old navy and our vice president of operations. i also went ahead and picked out my future office.

i moved into my townhouse. it's flawless and i love it. jack moved in with me. he's the best.





i've been working or driving to/from work in denton for no less than 60 hours a week. but hey, the vp came to visit the store (same one from SFO trip) and it went well. i think the exact words were "yeah! way to go melissa!" that dulls the pain a bit. (that's ann my store manager, jeff the vp, nolan the regional director and your's truly; please don't judge that denim wall - it was 5pm and we were totally busy)



my remodel coordinator duties have taken over my days, er, nights. now 6pm is like 6am to me. i leave for work at 8pm and get home around 7am. thank goodness i've got a bestie who works nights too and is willing to go to "the hidden door" to have a cocktail with me while the sun comes up.

i'm still having fun - i've gotten to see some of my old school denton peeps since i'm working up there; LOVE that i got to meet little jacob john!
and amber got married! the ceremony was in an art studio in deep ellum - kinda sketch neighborhood but LOVED the building.



it doesn't look like much when i cut it down, but lemme tell you - it's been insane.

soo much

so lots has been happening the last month or so. let's hit the highlights.

1. i'm moving into my own place - adorable 2/1.5 townhouse. it's in the same complex i'm in now, but i'll be living solo. nothing bad with frank, just time for us to be grown-ups with our own homes.
2. i'm not working at the irving old navy store anymore. yesterday was my last day. i'll be the ASM in denton until august 23rd, then the remodel coordinator for denton for 10 weeks. i'll be landing as the ASM in the southlake training store around the beginning of november - just in time for holiday! i was in san francisco last week for training for the remodel gig - super excited, and it was so amazing to see headquarters. now i know where i want to go with my career, really.
3. i'm getting a puppy! i'll be bringing him home (to my new place) next sunday. his name is jackson mark cullen... after my three favorite fictional characters.

that's the big stuff. i'm going to be better with the whole blog thing, really i swear. but i've got to admit, facebook and twitter are so much more user friendly on my blackberry which is where i spend most of my free time these days. :)

i'll let you know when i've had enough. (not yet.)

a little more...

insert happy face here.

so the broadway tour of RENT is here in dallas. and of course, i had to go. so i got the best ticket available for myself - thank you, third row center. ahhhhh, yes. it was amazing.

i'm just so excited that i can scratch one off my bucket list: see RENT with original cast members!!!


and then... after the show... i waited outside the stage door, you know, just in case...



and who came out and signed autographs? oh, just a few cast members. can you say, "ANTHONY RAPP"?!?!

so hey, another 'list' item can be knocked off the list - MEET a member of the original broadway cast. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yes!!





of course, i ended up going back the next night to see it again with my friend aibi. another great show, and something i'll always ALWAYS remember.


I also got to meet nicolette hart (who played maureen) both nights and lexi lawson (who played mimi) after the second show.


don't you LOVE her yellow bag?!?! don't worry, i asked and it's NINE WEST. super cute.