New York, Day One

After a long day of travel,

I have arrived! 

It has been a long day, full of emotions

so my view is a bit skewed. 

Tears fell freely as I kissed Adam goodbye at the airport this morning. 

The first day is over!

We ate delicious pizza tonight at Patsy's Pizzeria, and walked the streets a bit.

This is where I call home:

View from the door:

bed on right,

desk on left,

window behind-only form of air-no air conditioning.

 

View from the bed:

Closet on right

Shelf on left

I am a bit tired, but excited for the adventure that lies ahead!!

I start work on Monday morning and can't wait!

RefLecTion

It feels like these past two weeks

have been a whirlwind,

and I am slowly drowning in my to-do list.

I have not had a moment to sit and think,

and really enjoy the moment.

I am trying to box up our house,

finish school, and spend as much time as possible

with my dear husband.

Today was our presentation 

to Volkswagen,

our final advertising pitch as members of the BYU Ad Lab, 

and as BYU students. 

Living on little sleep,

we were the last group to present to them, 

and it was amazing.

The creatives did an amazing job with the ads, and execution

and our strategy was right on.

It hit me this afternoon,

once the presentation and lunch were over

that this was it.

Another chapter in my life is closing.

All too often it feels like I am counting down to the next mile marker

without actually stopping to enjoy everything in between.

I have always said that I couldn't wait to graduate

and now that the day is approaching,

I feel a bit weird,  a bit lost as I leave the comfort of being a "student"

I feel so blessed that I have my best friend next to me,

that seems to make each new change easier.

I feel less afraid to start a new "adventure

when I know that Adam is right beside me.

New York, New York

Now that is official, 

I thought I would share,

On April 27, at 7:30 am I will board an airplane and fly to 

the JFK airport in New York!!

I got accepted to do an internship at Y&R Advertising Agency, 

and will be there for 6 weeks.

I am excited, nervous, happy, thrilled and very grateful.

It is going to be an incredible 6 weeks and I am going to learn so much

The downside?

I will be missing this guy:

Here's To Life

The Tap Project was started by UNICEF and a big New York agency three years ago.

For one week in March, they collaborated with all major restaurants in the city,

During that week restaurants asked their customers

 to pay $1 for the tap water they usually get for free.

That $1 provides 40 days of clean water 

for children across the world.

This year, Utah was invited to participate in this now global water week. 

The BYU AD Lab was asked to be the state's advertising agency.

This has been a huge opportunity for us to show off our skills,

and use those skills for an amazing cause. 

We have recruited restaurants like crazy,

and created some amazing television and radio spots, and billboards. 

Water Week begins on March 22 and goes till March 28

Please go out to a participating restaurant and donate $1 to help a child. 

Find participating restaurants here

Utah Tap :: Here's to the World from Mike Morris on Vimeo.


Utah Tap :: Here's to Doing from Mike Morris on Vimeo.

Deserve

While I was climbing into bed this evening,

after a long day, 

my ulcers acting up because of stress

I checked in with Seth Godin's blog and I came across a post titled "Deserve,"

and I started to think.

Yeah, life is currently stressful:

Working 35 hours a week, and making enough to cover our bills,

Taking 17 credits at school

Seeing Adam for the first time each day at 11:00 at night

Getting ready to join the job market

The current economy

. . . . . . . . . . . . 

But after reading that article I began to think

Do I deserve to be attending such a great University?

Do I deserve to be married to such an incredible man?

Do I deserve to be part of the BYU AD Lab and have so many incredible experiences?

Do I deserve to have the opportunity to be a part of such a fantastic internship program?

Do I deserve to live in such a nice condo that provides a roof over our heads?

Do I deserve clean water, and a daily meal?

My list could continue. . . . .

Who knows who really deserves what, but like Seth said,

What am I going to do with all that I have been blessed with. 

Things That I Do Care About

In Response to Previous Post:

Things That I Have Passion For:

• Beginning each day on my knees in prayer
• Successfully following through with every commitment I make
• Training hard to beat my previous race time
• My education-doing all that I can to make myself an valuable asset in the Advertising industry
• Keeping my New Year's resolutions (week two and still going strong)
• Trying to do something out of my comfort zone each day.
• Biggest Loser-give it a try, you will get hooked
• Clean Sheets
• Realizing my true potential
• See the positive through the trials-sometimes it is more blurry than other times
• Being grateful
• Seeing others' potential and talents
• Soft Hands
• Being organized-take a look at our closet and you will see how OCD I really am

Confession

Things I Don't Care About

- Making the bed

- Folding the clothes in the dryer

- Blogging (my therapist and I are working on this)

- My cereal addiction

- Cleaning out my car

- Repeating outfits weekly

- Cooking dinner (sorry Adam)

- Getting ready in the mornings

- Mopping the floor (is there a pattern here?. . . . .  Yeah lost that cleaning feeling a long time ago

- Socializing-it's not you, it's us

- Sleeping

Let's hear your dark confessions,

what is on your don't care list?