Resolve to Involve

Welcome friends!!

I've been living in Providence, Rhode Island for 5 months now, and I have finally decided to blog this new venture.

In August, I moved to Providence to start a new job and move in with the love of my life, Sarah Coghlan (www.sarahmastersbrown.blogspot.com). These past few months have been such an exciting time of my life and I am so glad to be sharing it. Before we get into some current affairs, let's get up to speed.

I met Sarah pretty much 4 years ago when we were both first year students at Saint Michael's College. We immediately became friends. Our friendship became stronger and stronger over the course of our time at Saint Mike's and during the summer before our senior year I did something I had wanted to do for a long, long time: I kissed her. With that kiss, a relationship began and I soon realized just how much I loved this beautiful woman. During our senior year our relationship grew stronger and I found my best friend in the world.

In the Spring Sarah received exciting news- She was accepted into Brown University!!!! I know, I know, she's amazing. I sat in wonderment, imagining my life with a far greater separation from Sarah than the small group of town houses served at the time, and became very sad. I looked up Brown Universty and pinpointed its location like a pizza delivery man on an order route- Providence, Rhode Island!!!

So, with no definite plans and being in the life boat of unemployment with thousands of my fellow college graduates around the country, I began to row towards the Ocean State. And did I row!! I applied to over 25 jobs in three months, hearing back from only two- one in Maine and one in Rhode Island. I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and almost instantly became aware of the right decision.

And here I am!!!

I am currently a residential case manager at a group home for adults with severe and persistent mental illness. Given the nature of my job, much is confidential and won't be shared on this blog. What I will say is I am very happy to be using my degree to help improve other people's lives. It's very hard work, but I am rewarded every day.

This blog will be about my life in Providence. I want to share with you my joys and saddnesses, my frustrations and elations. But most of all, I want to share with you the complexities that go into being 22 years old, recently out of college, and away from home. I made a new years resolution to write a blog, so here I am, resolving to be more involving. I'm ready to share this new part of my life and I hope you're ready to join me!

Peace,

rob