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journaling reads: this is my first blog entry--ever. i just wanted to write because i am having to deal with something that is hard for me...my favorite aunt, who i am very close to, is moving. she'll be 10 1/2 hours away! it's somewhere near niagara falls (US side, in NY).
i am used to seeing her at least twice a week, and before she was offered this great new job that she is taking, we worked at the same place...it was nice being the boss' niece :) now it is just awkward at work. i am constantly asked to give her messages and best wishes at her new job. no one she worked with really had a chance to say goodbye. you see, we work for Trump @ one of his casinos. usually when you hand in your resignation (if you are in a high position) they have security escort you off the property! so it was a big deal that she was allowed to come back to work for two days after she resigned, but no one i worked with knew she was resigning... EVERYONE found out when it was in the papers. she only told us (my grandparents[her parents], my brother & i) the night before it was going to be printed in the papers. and only then because she knew we would find out the next day anyway.
all these feelings are coming up because we are having a going away party for her in about an hour (and i still have to make her card--YIKES!). it has been exactly 2 weeks since she told us she was taking a better job & moving, and she will be leaving this thursday! everything happened so quickly...in reality, i really am happy for her, this job is a great opportunity for her. she will be chief operating officer & vice president for 3 casinos, instead of general manager & vp for 1 casino. and while i am happy for her, i am very selfish and do not want her to leave, especially if she is going to be so far away!
aunt cathy, aslan, & i used to go for walks around the cranberry bogs and kayak on the river together. on sunday nights we would have tea at her house and i would tell her how school is going and about the graduate schools i'm applying to. she would always be supportive and she gave great advice!
i guess this is harder for me than the other nieces or nephew because aunt cathy & i are so similar in so many ways. we both are very hard workers; we both do well in academic endeavors; we both love animals; and the list could go on and on...but i think the most interesting similarity is how much we look alike. for most of my life i have been accidentally called cathy! (mostly by her parents, my grandparents) i have gotten so used to it that if she is not around i automatically answer to cathy :)
there is nothing i can do to change the fact that she is leaving, but i hope this time is different from the last time she moved away for a better job. i was a lot younger then, but i never had a chance to go visit her (she was in louisiana). this time i hope i will be able to go to NY to see her, particularly because i will be going to graduate school at who knows where and will not necessarily get to see her when she comes back to NJ (you know, the whole 3 or 4 weekends a year that she visits).
ok, i am going to stop moaning now. besides i have the opportunity to turn this into a great mini scrapbook! i'll have to take lots of pictures today. now i am going to work on her card, and i still have 35 minutes to do it! procrastinate, who me?
well, i wasn't sure i would, but i like this blog thing. it is almost like a journal or diary, except that it is posted on the internet for anyone to read...i'm going to try this again, maybe even later today after the party!
and if you have arrived at the end of this blog post, then i commend you for persevering and reaching the bottom! i am very impressed that you could read through all my rambling without falling asleep. and i am also very appreciative that you took the time from your own busy life, with its' own problems, to read about my issues (and believe me i have a lot!) stop by again sometime; send me a message; or you could become my friend, i'm not quite sure how to invite people, but i tried it today and i'll see if it worked...however, i do know how to accept invitations to be friends.
i love this community!
in peace and love,
~megan
link to article in local paper:
http://pubsys.pressofatlanticcity.com/186/story/75177.html
press release from seneca gaming corp:
http://www.senecagamingcorporation.com/news_pdfs/WALKER_COO.pdf
yahoo business article:
http://biz.yahoo.com/e/080207/12967858-k.html
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