let’s start with the good news – that way the bad news will make more sense.
THE GOOD NEWS:
i have a new job! i’m now working in the housing office on campus. i even got to spruce up my wardrobe with a few trendy office-assistant items. yay. long-term – the job will be part-time, so i will still have time for all my blogging/ministry addictions. but, temporarily – the job will be full-time… which leads me to:
THE BAD NEWS:
i’ll be working full-time this summer. this means i won’t have as much opportunity to respond to all of you here in my little blog world. and this hurts my heart, because y’all have fast become THAT important to me. we’ve worked hard to establish a chatty little community around here, but my voice will not be as chatty as in times past. i’m sorry. you are more important to me than you will feel over the next three months. and i’ll laugh at your comments more than you’ll know. and i’ll be lurking at your blogs more than i comment. i’ll be around… but not as often.
so, please be patient with me…
y’all are my favorite – don’t let anyone tell ya otherwise.
i’ll miss our day-in and day-out fun times.
Mandy I think it’s great that you’ve got a new job…congrats!
It can suck being a responsible adult sometimes!
Congrats on a new job! We will miss your chattiness with us!
It will just make the time we have with you more special 
did that sound cheesy or what?
congrats on the new job! i recommend taking advantage of lunch hours…and also non-smoking breaks (if you get those)… but in reality, you can survive the lack of “connection” during the day! maybe your vacation was preparing you for just this time?!?
Mandy, I think you need blog detoxing.
Well this just makes me very sad.
But happy for you that you got a good job!
Congratulations on the new job! Not to fear, we’ll still be hanging around. It’ll be good to let those fingers take a small break…you’ll have so much stored up for blogging later they’ll be not stopping you come fall.
Mandy:
Well, I figure if the blogsphere survived my “Hibernation” then we’ll do okay without you for a little while…
…but ONLY a little while!!!
‘Sides, everybody knows you’re cooler than I am!
i’m guessing you don’t want me to babysit again
Well that’s just quitter talk!
When the going gets tough the tough get going!
So get going ‘Missy’ … or i just might ‘miss you’ and well…
… it just would not be ‘pretty’ is all i’m saying
This means we can still say it’s all Mandy’s fault tho’ – right?
RIGHT??
This is so not good news (for the blogging comunity i have come to know and love) – i can just feel it.
Oh – and congratulations.
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(quitter);-)
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Just when I decide to get back into blogging, I lose my hero. Congrats on the new job!
Congrats on the new job… we always need a reason for new clothes!
I understand! Now that i’ve gotten used to the schedule though, I am able to get those posts in more regularly and even visit other sites. I think about what I want to blog all day and then am ready to stick it up as soon as I get the opportunity instead of staring at the blank template for an hour first. It produces more productivity, even in the blogosphere.
Jon: the vacay DEFINITELY prepared me. this is all a rather sudden transition – but if i can survive 7 days without, then i can make it 8 hours, right? besides, what are lunch breaks for!?
MrLove: its always my fault….
Travis: shush!!!
Jay: you’re my guitar hero!!!
TheEpiphany: more creativity = yay!!
^^^
that was my lunchbreak drive by.
back to work.
xxoo
By the way, Mandy. I don’t know if you’ve been to mine blog lately, but I’m starting to put my posts in podcasts now, which I decided to do for the visually impaired. But if you’re pressed for time, this just might save you some. Brent says you can download them onto your i-Pod or whatever. Or something. (I kind of don’t have an i-Pod.) Just thought I’d throw that in there.
Yay for new job! And new clothes! Although we’ll miss you being on here as much, I look forward to hearing how God is working through this new situation!!
here’s to unconditional blog love!
i miss you already…
y’all are the sweetest people i know!
let’s start a mandy mac fan club!
We can make picture pins, t-shirts, bottle rockets and everything! Who’s with me?!?!?!
i’m in!!!!
hehehehe! just kidding.
you’re nuts!
cathi — i’m in. as long as i can be VP of the club.
oh, alece, I’m good at sharing the thunder! Let’s be co-presidents!!! We can make double-headed t-shirts and all!!!
And mandy mac, great idea about the nuts!
nuts??? that wasn’t a suggestion. that was a description. of you.
i second the motion that y’all can be co-presidents. yes yes.
?? i thought this WAS the mandy mac fan club?
wasn’t that what i paid my subscription for?
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happy for YOU. i’ve always wanted to work in university admin in some capacity – it always looked fun. have a fun full-time summer! =)
Fan Club??? uuuuhhh – i want to be the treasurer!!!
wait. is there any money in this club?
You may surprise yourself to find you’ll always find time to do what you love.
hmmm…i wish i loved laundry
true dat, taminator, true dat.
Congrats on the job! I’ll be praying for your transition.
Mr.Love: i never got your check! hehehe
Sarah: i’ll let you know if it’s “fun” – i’m not sure if that’s gonna be the case! even seminary students – the future pastors of the world – can be annoying and nagging and cheap and irresponsible and and and and….
Jon2: i think you might be a wise man. its all about priorities, right?
Pete: thank you!
Tam: i’d pay you to do MY laundry these days! wanna? it’d mean a trip to the east-side
Congrats on the new gig, Mandy… and thanks for contributing to women of influence week on my site. Loved you thoughts!