wellp, i'm back

I decided to take a peek at this blog since it's been inactive for months on end. 

Mistake.

I am cringing so hard at the things I wrote, and actually laughing out loud at myself. HOWEVER I miss having an outlet to ramble about my thoughts and interests, so here I am again, embarrassing myself. 

Here are a few updates since I last wrote a blog post: 

1. Yes, I went to Italy for the public relations tourism course I blogged about months and months ago. We spent Spring Break in Rome and Florence, visited international PR agencies, toured a vineyard, saw the sights and ate the eats, and I celebrated my 21st birthday in Rome. It was the best week of my life and words simply can't do it justice. 

2. I spent the summer interning at Baltz & Co, a hospitality/food/lifestyle public relations agency with offices in Denver, Los Angeles and NYC. I was working in the Denver office and living with one of my best friends, so my summer was overall amazing. During the week I worked full-time at Baltz, and on the weekends I hung out with Hanna and took advantage of the Rocky Mountains being in my (her) backyard. Working at Baltz was definitely a crash-course in PR agency life. I was given responsibilities that I never expected to receive as an intern, but I am so grateful for that because I learned so much. I pitched to the media (and secured coverage in several national publications *pat on the back*), wrote and edited press releases, developed social media campaigns, attended key client meetings, helped plan national music/food festivals and much, much more. My boss, Sarah, was and continues to be a huge inspiration to me. I loved working under a powerful, successful woman who I admire so much. 

3. I am currently working for the IU Center of Excellence for Women in Technology (CEWiT) as the Public Relations Intern. CEWiT is an organization that aims to increase participation of women in tech-related fields through education, research, mentoring and community building. I am passionate about technology and digital marketing, so this job has been a great way for me to immerse myself in the tech world even more. I handle CEWiT's social media strategy, writing needs, research and content creation. 

4. I'm now a senior in college which is both exciting and terrifying. It's hard to believe that I'll graduate in May and be shoved out of the proverbial university nest into the big, scary real world. Despite the (many) uncertainties, I'm overall very excited to graduate and start my next adventure. I've lived in the same town for 21 years, not even branching out for college, and while I don't regret that at all I'm excited to live in a bigger city soon. Someone with this much wanderlust is not meant to live in one place her whole life. I'm jumping into the job search and looking for entry-level or rotational/apprenticeship positions in public relations and digital marketing. I'm looking everywhere from Ireland to California to Canada, but if I could handpick a city I'd probably choose Chicago. I wouldn't even need to change the blog name.