20 days

Time is winding down. We have 20 days left before we leave. That means:
- 19 days to get my work visa & residence permit
- 13 days until my current contract ends
- 9 days off school to complete my bucket list (I left out a few items on the first post... oops.)
- 5 class sessions remaining
- 3 exams

K24.

- 2 weekends & 2 papers
- 1 Behavioral Analysis extra credit opportunity & 1 Shabbat
remaining.

And here I am blogging ;) I've managed to cross off most of my foodies from my bucket list (Chipotle, Cheesecake Factory, Kitchen24) as well as a couple non-foodies (Shabbat, seeing my bf's family, hanging out with friends).

+3 for adulthood! (-.5 for duckface)

I've started my position as a PT Social Media Marketer for a medical consulting firm in Dubai (Balsam For Health Promotions JLT) and will be moving into a FT role upon my arrival. Along the way, I learned some much-needed skills on how to write an offer letter, proposal, and contract.




I'm looking forward to the move. Nervous as hell, but excited nonetheless. My bf made a great point about how people generally spend their whole lives inside of a happy 10-mile-wide bubble with occasional vacations, road trips with friends, or visiting relatives; and here we are with the opportunity to burst outside that bubble and travel the world while developing our professional profiles. I'm still not 100% sure what I want to do with my life, or what constitutes a life-well-lived, but I am certain that capitalizing on this opportunity will bring me one step closer.

Bonus shot of my bf capitalizing on eating as much bacon as he can before moving to a halal country

The First Step

It's begun. Or rather, it began back in November when my boyfriend Chris talked about us traveling and leaving the country. Now our flights are booked for August 23rd, literally 30 days from departure. While we'll be back to visit, I have a few to-do items on my LA bucket list:

* Finish Arrested Development
* Play on the swings at Roxbury Park
* Another themed party (wine, cheese, and crackers anyone?!)
* Shabbat
* The Getty
* Shul/temple
* Write a really mean Yelp review ;)
* Play soccer at La Cienega Park
* In n Out
* Diddy Reise in Westwood
* Kitchen 24 (they have the. best. black coffee)
* Jinky's Cafe
* CHIPOTLE
* Cheesecake Factory

What do you think? Is there anything else I forgot that I should add to the list? Reply in comments! I'd like to update my blog regularly as a way of staying connected with everyone but can only really do that if y'all participate. Since this is my first post, I'll end with this Internet image: