Licensed to Live in Happy Valley

Well, it's official...I am now a Utah resident. After three years of living here, I finally got a new driver's license. Apparently, I'm an actual Utah citizen now. I would have kept the TN one (I still have the plates!) but it was expiring. (It's just as well...like all driver's license pictures, mine really sucked so it was definitely time for a new one.) I also just got a lease renewal notice for my apartment, and for the first time in three years, I'm not moving again! I will sign it and stay comfortably put in my hip little red-and-black-bedecked place.

All these residency issues have made me think about how long I've lived here and how my life is going. My horoscope on my birthday said: "Regardless of what you may be thinking at the moment, you actually do have a terrific life." And while I'm in desperate need of a vacation on a beach, things are going pretty well. With summer just around the corner, I'm heading into the best season...work is busy, therefore lucrative...summer in Utah is beautiful...I have a fun opportunity possibly coming up that would keep me out in the sun doing something I love.

While I'm semi-introspective about the fact that the last three years of my life have been hectic and life-changing, I'm also super-optimistic about what the future holds. "The rest is still unwritten...."

Birchie, Out!

I definitely like my job as an ad salesperson, but, as it turns out, I have a few more skills besides sales and amazing blog-writing. I spent the weekend talking on a very loud speaker at the local basketball arena, doing two days worth of announcements and giveaways at one of the expos my company hosts. Evidently, I now have the awesome duty of "Mic-girl"at these events.

I seriously dig this job, which is no surprise since, according to my mom, I have dug being in the spotlight since birth! As it turns out, I have a knack for voice-commercial work ("Visit the Preserve, where the living is sweet."), announcements ("Our next seminar will be start in five minutes in the northeast corner of the main floor."), and exciting giveaways ("We are just about to draw for this wi-fi security surveillence camera/$500 cash prize/giant trampoline...let me hear some noise!"). I had multiple people stop me during the show and tell me I should be in radio or, more appropriately, TV (apparently, radio is reserved for ugly people with good voices...guess the TV thing is a compliment!). Check out the plug from a friend/client of mine on his blog (http://utahvalleybusinessblog.com/). He actually describes my announcing voice as a "confidently casual style," and now he wants me to look into podcasting. One lady even told me I should travel around to other shows and pursue a career in voice work. How awesome is that?!!

What are the odds I could get Ryan Seacrest's job?