Well - I sit here in my office chair knowing that I only have 2 days of work left. What a crazy feeling I have! I can't imagine how people feel when they retire at the age of 65!
I have been working since I was 15 years old. It started off in a little place called (sniffle) Snack Haven!! There I made 2 of my very best friendships in the world! What great memories!
Then I moved on to Target - this was my first "real job" - and not near as much fun as Snack! I did have fun in the end - b/c my co-workers were a bit crazy. Tricycle races down the aisles after closing time and small pranks on Stan were just a few of the highlights!
Then I moved to college - and it all went down hill! ha-ha! Let's see...where DIDN't I work!? MCI - telemarketing (made some serious cash though)...Auto Magic (detailing people's cars)...PS: vacuuming vomit...did me in on the 4th day of that job! :) Also worked at Golden Corral for 2 days...ick! Applebees...that was a good job...and then I referreed basketball at the Boys and Girls Club. Let me tell you how rude parents can be..."My kid didn't touch HIM!!!!"....um yeah then why is the kid over there with a nose bleed...seriously. :)
After college came a time of wondering what the heck I was going to do! I worked for Chili's, Target again, and then went to work at what was formerly known as Bethlehem Baptist Church/Christian Academy. That was a HUGE learning experience...both with friends and the job. I'd never go back...but I learned a lot of good things and hard lessons about what a healthy friendship is supposed to be like and how to earn respect!!
Then I landed an incredible job with Kaiser Permanente! This job was a gift from God...seriously! I started out as an administrative assistant - and within months promoted to higher and higher positions. I worked for wonderful bosses named Debbie Royalty and Dr. Waylan Ables. They gave me confidence in who I am - and my abilities. They both hold a special place in my heart. I think I would have stayed with Kaiser for many many more years...but I found Jon! :) (This is not a bad thing!)
2 days after I got engaged - I found out that we were being transferred to West Virginia. It was a hard thing to swallow - because I had pictured our life in DC forever! Everything Jon and I knew was in DC - we had a great church, wonderful jobs, awesome friends...now to start over!? No way!
But God had other plans for us! I started working at Roark-Sullivan Lifeway Center as an administrative assistant. I took a $50,000 PAY CUT! Being that it's a homeless shelter and in West Virginia - I wasn't making a very decent salary! About a month after I started - I was moved into the Development Specialist position and then promoted to Director of PR/Marketing and Development. It's been a wild ride. Looking back - I don't think I would ever work in non-profit again - but it has been a great experience and one that diversifies my resume' coming from the corporate world!
And now...I have an incredible new role! I get to stay at home and teach my beautiful daughter everything! I have the responsibility of making sure she learns to brush her teeth, comb her hair, eat right, and learns to walk and communicate! I have to teach her right from wrong - and that Jesus loves her. I have the responsibility of shaping the kind of woman she will become when she is grown! This job - is going to be the most challenging one yet. Add this to my resume' - because if I can get this parenting thing down - I can take on the world in any role!
So while I said, just 2 years ago,..."I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO STAY AT HOME WITH MY KIDS...I love working and the extra money"....I am now embarking on that very thing!! It's amazing what having children will do to you! It forces you to become selfless - to put your agenda aside and focus on the needs of your family. This is a good thing because we are all born so selfish! :)
I'll bring this to a close...but I am so ready to begin this new adventure!!
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
End of a new Era...beginning of a new one...
Monday, August 20, 2007
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
She-Devil on Wheels
I'm warning all you "new parents" out there...and scolding all you "experienced parents" about walkers! My goodness...what a GREAT concept! Let's buy our 6 month old child a tool that he/she can use to navigate throughout the house...get from place to place - explore the world around him/her. Yeah..not so much. Kennedy is a crazy little machine on that thing! She goes about 60 mph zooming from room to room. Jon and I are like jumping around trying to dodge her and keep her from running over our toes! And...if anyone has ever been "rammed" by a shopping cart in the back of the heels - you can understand the PAIN associated with getting rammed in the back of your heels by the walker! It brings tears to your eyes b/c it hurts so bad...and all she does is smile. :) I think my mom talked me into getting one as paybacks for all the roughhousing I caused her when I was little...who knows
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