On with the show...

I thought I would be posting a lot more frequently, but do to the business with work and my social life lately, I've been away a lot longer than I'd like.

A few highlights of the past couple weeks: opening the Las Vegas Springs Preserve - a client of my team, that received excellent feedback from the community and media, working the amazing VEGAS Magazine annual party, and lots and lots of free tickets to shows.

The VEGAS Magazine party was something unreal.. It was on a Saturday night at Mandalay Beach (a pool area but with sand bordering it at Mandalay Bay), and I must admit it was insane. They had a dj and Katherin McPhee perform on this stage over the water, people of every sort running around for free drinks and food, people getting to paint graffitti on a wall, motorcyclists driving around in this sphere cage, go go dancers all over the place, and over 3000 invited guests. The newbies and I worked check-in so checking names and putting wrist bands on those 3000 people took up most of the 4 hours we were working, but we got to go in for the last hour. Once we left at 1, we all decided to go out to Tangerine which is a club that's also a client of our company's so we got into VIP free with no problems with the help of a coworker. It ended up being a true "Vegas night" where we stayed out dancing until the sun was coming up over the mountains. I hadn't done that in a long time, but it was so much fun to get to know the girls I'm working with and meet new friends.

This last week the American Theatre Critics were in town for a convention so of course - all of the shows that we do PR for wanted to fill their audiences to show how well they're doing. This equaled free tickets to Stomp Out Loud on Monday, Blue Man Group on Tuesday, and Phantom of the Opera on Thursday. I had seen BMG and Phantom before, but Stomp Out Loud was seriously amazing. I had an idea of what I was getting based on clips I'd seen from the Stomp tour but this was so much different and seriously insanely creative. BMG, I of course love because they are a client I get to work on, and going with my coworker and friend, Tiffany, was a lot of fun b/c she hadn't seen it and laughed the whole way through. Phantom was amazing b/c we were in the second row.. The Venetian just really did that show right - the theater is impeccable.

I was supposed to see Ragtime tonight with my roommate, but she took off for a last minute vaca to Phoenix, and I was ready for a night off. Tomorrow I think I am going to a show at Golden Nugget with my friends Ashley and Matt. It's non-stop out here right now, and I guess that's a good thing :)

Last night I went to the Rock 'n Roll Wine event with Rusty. I was supposed to interview with them for a job back in March, but by the time they were ready to set it up, I had already gotten my job offer from Kirvin Doak. I met one of the partners last weekend at the VEGAS mag party, introduced myself since I had only spoken with him on the phone/via email, and he asked me to come as his guest. If there's one thing my dad taught me - it's to always keep your contacts in check - so I, of course, went and had a decent time.

My boss had her last day on Thursday b/c she will be gone for three months for her maternity leave. This is going to be interesting, but I'm definitely hoping to rise to the occassion. I have an account that is my own now - Nevada Cancer Institute - with help from one of the partners. I feel that this is a huge responsibilty and I definitely want to go above and beyond. It's weird to think that once my boss returns - I will have worked there longer with her gone than with her there though.

The other girls on my team kept implying next week would be insane so I thought it wise to stay in one night this weekend and just get some R&R after last weekends minimal amount of sleep.

Nothing much else to report. Mom is all moved into her new house and ecstatic. My uncle came through his heart surgery - so far, so good. And Dad is busy bouncing from visiting him to baseball games to golf outings to everywhere it seems.

My birthday is quickly approaching, and I can't help but think this time last year, my roommates in San Diego were trying to talk me out of this move. I still sometimes wonder what my life would have been like if I'd waited to see if I got the offer at PRA and stayed there. But I know, once again, in the end, I'm where I'm supposed to be right now. I just can't believe I'm coming up on a year of living in Las Vegas.. It has seriously flown by.