A Work in Progress...

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Melissa, however feel free to refer to me as Liss, Lissa...Meowlissa..Pookie. Which ever you feel might make you get better acquainted with me.

Hi.

I am new to the blogging world, so bear with me. I am going to need to establish a "blogging groove"...and I am not sure how long that will take. Like I said, bear with me.

I suppose whenever people start a blog, they have a certain "overall theme" or "goal" they'd like to cover through out each post of theirs. Let me just tell you all right now, that is NOT the case with me. I happen to be starting a blog for the simple reason that I enjoy blogs, I enjoy writing, and I tend to have hilarious events occur in my life that I feel is necessary to share with complete strangers...? No but really, I have been meaning to start a blog for a while now. I recently had a friend of mine leave this post on my Facebook wall:

So everyone, thank Casi for kicking this blog off!

My best friend Darcy  also started one a few months back, (who was inspired by her sister, Alyssa, blogger genius), and I find myself getting almost too excited every time she posts. This may be because she fills her blog posts of pictures of her crazy adorable 5.5 month old son, Harrison. But in all seriousness, her blog is hilarious and gives a nice dose of reality to the concept of motherhood, which I know I'll be even more thankful for when I hit my motherhood days.

But lets not get ahead of ourselves people...I am far from motherhood. Infact, first things first, Melissa needs a boyfriend..first step. This contributes to the title of my blog and my first post. I am a work in progress all around. I graduated college in 2011 with a BFA degree in Graphic Design. I am a Graphic Designer. However, before you all start "oo-ing and ahh-ing", I should inform you all, I have yet to land a full time job as a Graphic Designer. Living in Rochester, New York kinda puts a damper on the whole "job search" when it comes to my field of expertise. Unfortunately there isn't a whole lot of opportunity for me in this lovely city of mine. So in the mean time, I refer to myself as a free-lance Graphic Designer/Coffee Barista.  Yes that's right folks. I work in a coffee shop...in a grocery store.

So the job situation is one contribution to the title of my blog "A Work in Progress", however, my whole life seems to be a work in progress. Like I said, I am single....have been for about a year and 4 months? Sure. I mean, I've dated here and there, but have not had a serious relationship for over a year now. I should mention my last relationship lasted almost 4 years...And while I was in love with my x for most of those 4 years, towards the end I realized I wasn't being shown the love that I deserved, in fact I wasn't being shown any love for the last year or so of that relationship. So when it finally came to an end, it was almost a relief to just catch some me time for a while. Four years is a long time to be defined by someone else. You know what I mean? When you establish yourself in a long term, serious relationship, people start to define YOU as you and your significant other. For instance...

"Are you guys coming to the party tonight?" 

"What did you two do for the holidays?" 

"You two are just too cute!!"

So all I am saying is that after 4 years of that,  it's nice to be asked "Are you coming to the party tonight?"  and be told  "You are just too cute!!". Okay, so I don't get the cute comment as much..I feel like I'd start to question if I was 5 years old if I got that comment on a regular basis....But you get my point.

okay...maybe I am 5 years old.

But yes, I am single, have been mingling...and I am getting to the point where I really would like to be loved again. I am getting sick of the dating games. And I am at the point in my life where I have my friends getting engaged left and right...So silly boy drama is getting old, and I want to find "the guy", I'm ready to find him. I'm sure I'll have some dating mishaps to share with you all before I find prince charming, I'm just hoping it won't take another year and a half. A work in progress.

One last detail of my life that I'll include in this epic first post of mine: I recently have become a big girl and have moved out of my parent's house this past November. I live in downtown Rochester with 3 absolutely hilarious roommates, Kelan, Becca and Tom. I should let you know that we were all great friends before moving in together, and so far it has been one of the best decisions I've made ever to move in with them. I am constantly saying that our life is a sitcom or we need to get a camera crew to follow us for the next hit Mtv reality show. Just you all wait, I will have some very comical stories to share involving the four of us and possibly some guest stars. And through out my blog posts, I'll try to recall some stories from the past to entertain you all. Who knows, they might just be funny to me...but I'll give it a go and see what you all think. For now I will leave you with some photos of me and the roomies, to give sort of a preview for whats ahead:

Left to right- Tom, Becca, Kelan, and myself.

Thanks so much for reading my incredibly random first post. Like I said, I still need to find my "blogging groove"...I guess its...a work in progress? Hah, see what I did there? (yeah, I enjoy corny jokes, brace yourselves.)

ps. I should mention: Starting a blog was my 2013 New Years resolution...I'm only 16 days behind...not too shabby right? Have you followed through with your New Years resolution yet?