All American Rejects

I would just like to state that I love this band. First I fell in love with "Dirty Little Secret" and now there is "Move Along". What great music to keep me going throughout the day :)

The Job Offer

Well good news today!! I received a call from a gal I used to work with at the insurance company saying that one of the brokers I used to deal with there was looking for a personal assistant and was wondering if I was interested. The reason this is good - despite just starting this job back in December - is that once again - like this job I have now - the people are coming to me. I'm not having to apply for the job, or arrange interviews, I just get a call saying 'hey how are ya, do you want a cjob?'. I LOVE IT

Life has it's ways

You know it's amazing how the world can just continue going along with everyday when a tragedy happens. I feel almost selfish thinking that as I write this there is someone dying, someone having a child, someone being diagnosed with a disease..........We all live our lives not knowing these people who are brought into the world and taken out. We all live days in and out like they were never-ending and that this is all life has to offer. I have learned now that there is so much more to live for and reasons we are put here on earth. Whether we know the people who are lost, or ever meet the people that are put here on earth, we have a purpose and we can chose to live with knowing we have a purpose or we can chose to live without a purpose. I now know that I have a purpose here and I am going to fulfill my life knowing that and keeping that in mind with every decision I make, every corner I turn, every time I speak. May you enjoy the same in everything you do in your life. I hope it does not take a tragedy as I have experienced to realize there is more meaning to life than going to work everyday, than paying taxes or mortgages and than waking up just for the sake of being awake. May you be blessed with a husband/wife, children, grandchildren, pets, and may you love every moment in your life as much as I have learned to today. I am writing today to help myself get over the loss of my Grandfather who passed away suddenly yesterday morning in England. Feeling the sadness we are feeling, seeing the anguish and despair that my family is going through has made me realize how selfish we are as a society everyday and how much life can be taken for granted. The moment I found out about my Grandpa, time stood still, like there was nothing else at that moment that mattered. I sat and contemplated what I could do, what I could say, where I could go to bring light to the situation. I couldn't do anything, I could do absolutely nothing as life had already taken it's tole on my Grandfather. I have always said and still believe that everything happens for a reason and that God above always has a reason for his actions. This has lead me to be sitting here today telling you all that there is something out there for you, whether we see it now at 21 years of age or whether we see it down the road when we are 90 years old, it is still there..... somewhere, you just have to find it when you are ready. This passage was written in loving memory of my Grandfather: Sidney James Clarke. I would also like to send my condolences to friends who lost someone yesterdayas I did: Diana - God Bless you and your family in this time of need. My prayers are with you and your family during the loss of your Father. And Teagan - my prayers are with you and your family for the loss of your Uncle. God Bless xoxoxoxoxo

First Interview

OK so I wrote last about figuring out what I wanted to do as a career and this is the tale of the 1st interview. I arrived at 4:30 pm and was greeted by the admissions man I was meeting with. We started off by exploring the courses I could take and the courses I wanted to take. We ended up at 'Hospitality Management'. This is the course that will get me a Bachelor's degree in Business and allow me to do the event/wedding planning that I am thriving to do. We then went over the course in much detail and decided that this was the course I wanted to be taking. 1st problem - the course had a few classes that I could take part-time or online. By a few I mean about 30%. The rest would require full-time schooling that I am not in the position to take as I NEED to keep my full-time job to pay my mortgage. 2nd problem - the cost for these courses was out of this world. This school has 3 semesters a year and each costing an arm and a leg. Let's put it this way: the total cost for my 3 year program would cost more than a brand new high-end vehicle! I nearly fell off the chair when showed the price tag. This lovely man was convinced that with student loans and scholarships I could afford to attend this school. Is it that expensive at every post-secondary school? If so, my chances of going back to school are slowly being blown out of the water. How can people say that your financial situation shouldn't stop you from getting an education, think again people! Do you have $45,000 you can cough up for me to go to school?!?!

I did it...I figured it out

So I wrote a little while back about there being no path in sight for my future career. Well someone must have heard me because just this past week I had a epiphany about what I want out of my life and what career I could see myself doing with joy and determination. Here it comes.........I want to become a wedding planner or special events planner for clients at a big company!!! This type of job for me would be a blast. I can just imagine getting to deal with clients to plan weddings, parties, special events, whatever they want. I am a social butterfly as you all know and this would just be where my 'niche' is I believe. What do you all think?