The Past Few Months

As my Poetry teacher says every time he enters the room;

Howdy Y'all!!

It's been quite some time since I've written, hence the title of the post :-)

So I decided that for those of you who haven't seen me or a picture of me lately, here's an update; I've gone back to my roots :)



It's been four years since I've been a brunette, but I decided it was time for a change. This is a picture of me and my friend Meegan at OPiO's formal. OPiO is Michael's Fraternity house in Potsdam. It was a great night and a bunch of us went to a nice dinner at La Casbah before hand. I had Paella, which I had last time when mom and I went there for dinner and Michael had some squid over linguine, I'm pretty sure?! The night gets a little hazy after that, so don't take my word for it. lol

We didn't get any real pictures of him and I together, but here's one that turned out to be pretty cute:




I know, I'm adorable right?!!

Yea, yea, he is too. ;-)


As for things; they're hectic and peaceful.. I guess that's what you would call life. Every day adventures that develop who you are and how you view the world. Well my world is about to change greatly. This semester went by fast; I guess that's what happens when you're busy and having a great time. I took 22 credits this semester, the most I've ever taken, kept a job all semester that requires me to take another 2 credit online class in crisis intervention from Penn State University, yes that's right, 24 credits total, as well as being Chief Justice for the Greek Judicial Board and having already finished reading 6 leisure books, still reading 8 at the moment and writing daily, WHHHEEEEWWW I've been BUSY! It's now hitting me that in less than 3 weeks I will have completed my Bachelor of Arts in Communication with a minor in Business Administration. Holy Shit, YAYY!!!!

A couple years ago when I left Potsdam to follow my dreams to the city, I couldn't have told you where I would be in a year, two years, five years; and even now I don't know if I could make an accurate assumption about life after college, but I sure am glad that with love, support, and careful deliberation, life has turned out WONDERFUL and I went back and finished my degree.

I couldn't ask for anything more right now. I have so much to be grateful for. A loving family with big hearts and gracious spirits, great friends who offer supportive advice, fun times, and inspirational insight, a great man who I enjoy spending a large part of my time with, we are two very different peas who fit perfectly in our own little pod, challenging me and making me think, I admire him and love every moment that passes. I have paid off my car and worked this entire semester. Met a lot of people through many experiences and am grateful for all that I have learned both in and out of my schooling. I guess it all comes down to the fact that I am grateful, blessed, and pleasantly surprised by a life that I never could have dreamed of being so magnificent, so simple and yet so complex.

All that I do and all that I am is a culmination of everything and everyone in my life. The good, the bad, and everything in between. Here's to the future, wherever it leads me! (If you have a drink by your side, now is the time to take a sip!)

I have made the decision to pursue my Masters. My chosen field of study is Psychology with a concentration in Organizational Leadership from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, the largest Psychology university in the country. I have researched the good and bad of the job field and feel that it will fit me the best. I have been struggling with deciding on what to do upon graduation. Immediately, there was no confusion, I am going to visit my AMAZING Grandparents in Florida! Relaxing, fishing, enjoying their love and company. And from there I will go on a 2+ week writing escape with one of my best friends in the world, published writer Michelle Longo-Bloom! I am too excited for this trip to begin that I must calm myself to focus on my studies! But after that I was unsure of what I was going to do... there are just too many opportunities, too many choices, and in the world we live in today this over-stimulation leads to a type of paralysis or lack of choice due to fear of the wrong choice. I have researched so many jobs, masters, MBA, GRE's, Law School, Brandeis, American, St. Lawrence, but after researching some good choices, and never feeling like any were the right choice, never getting that 'this feels so right I can barely contain myself' kind-of feeling, I felt incomplete, like I wasn't going to be happy with any of the choices or jobs, that I would grow old stuck with a decision that would not make me happy. That I would get up every day and dread going to work and never feel the joys of success, happiness, never reaching my full potential. But now I am sure that I have made the right decision. This is a step in the right direction, it gave me that feeling, my intuition says trust yourself, and I am so pumped to start!

The jobs offered to a person with this type of schooling incorporate all the aspects of a career that I have been seeking. A job in which I can inspire and motivate others to do their best. A job that allows me to incorporate the business, communication, and social sides of all the training and schooling I have received. I looked up jobs such as Personnel and Organizational Consultant for Microsoft that would require this type of education and pays $95,000. The range for this market is $60-110,000; and although I do not believe that money is all that matters and I definitely believe that job satisfaction should be number one, from my understanding of the job and the potential from it, it satisfies number one and will surely help with paying back my college loans! The two things that are of high importance to me. So this is my reasonable and specific goal AND I AM EXCITED.

I have previously wanted to get into conflict resolution and economic development, but those types of jobs take many years of experience before you can get into the exact jobs that I had wanted-- jobs that make real differences in the world, this is not to say that I will not be an active non-profit and leader of positive change-- because that is most definitely what I plan on doing, however, the job aspect will either have to wait until I have some experience under my belt and made enough money to go back to school for a Doctorate, or will just fall into place one day if its meant to be... we shall see. Life has a funny way of working out and if I hadn't returned to Potsdam from NYC I would surely be missing out on a lot of amazing things and I am glad that I am no longer that unhealthy weight.

Things change lives every day. From the extraordinary, the drastic, to the smallest shift, but embracing change and making the most of it is what keeps us going on our path to excellence, in my opinion that is being a good human being, with morals and values that promote positivity for all, helping others, and finding joy in all of life and love.

Another thing I want to mention is how proud I am of my Mother for the lasting changes that she has made in her life, for trying to make herself a better person each and every day, and for the fact that she is trying to include everyone she knows in the positive transformation. Kudos to you for finding light in your life, I have said for many years now that life is about the way we look at the world, the way we react and interact with others and a positive outlook while maintaining rationale is most certainly the best way to be!

Oh how life has turned out... divine.


Love you All,
Always & Forever, A Million X'S A Hundred
Amy Lynn

PS>> one final note and I'm done I swear! SORRY, ITS BEEN SO LONG & I JUST HAVE SO MUCH TO TELL YOU ALL!! A bunch of which I may have already told you, but hey maybe you'll learn something from hearing it again, that is my greatest wish, to teach and inspire... so that is why I am organizing my poetry. I have been typing it all up so I have a hard copy and keeping it on a Poetry only Zip Drive, a wonderful business investment, because when all is said and done; I am a writer, an artist of creativity, a lover of language and metaphor, a connoisseur of the arts, and I wish there were a way to make a better and guaranteed living at writing, but I need to establish myself first, this I know, and more education is what I dream of at night, so I'd still want to go to school even if I knew I was the next J.R. Tolkien or Stephanie Meyer (maybe I'm on the verge of my greatest dreams too). BUT ANYWAY ENOUGH RAMBLING; this purpose of this entire paragraph was to simply say, I'm putting my poetry together to make a book!