Sylvan Lake

Heya everybody. Sorry it's been a little bit, working hard at the new job and getting a bit forgetful at times. So the scoop about Sylvan Lake; got a call Friday afternoon at approx 2:30 pm asking to go out to a cabin there for the long weekend with a friend and her family. So I rushed home, packed up my life for the next 4 days and took off to the lake. Friday night we drove out - passed a HORRIBLE accident on the way - and 4 hours later arrived (keep in mind this trip should have only taken us an hour and a half but due to traffic delays from the accident we got a little bogged down for time). The cabin we stayed in was nice and quaint, it actually felt a little like home. Bunk beds for me and Nina :) Back to the good ole' days of being 10 and having our weekly sleepovers. Saturday we awoke to piss pouring rain and cloudy skies. We stayed inside moping around until the rain subsided a little, then decided to take a wander down the beach. We met up with some boys from Victoria and played a little football in the sand and then all went for ice cream at "The Big Moo" (if any of you have ever been to Sylvan Lake, you know this place well, best ice cream in town). Went back to the cabin, found some more boys and had a drinking fest that night, which involved swinging on the kiddies park swings, playing on the monkey bars and rolling around in wet sand. We had a blast though, no matter how dirty we were :) Sunday was absolutely beautiful all day long and the Victoria boys came and joined us on the beach. More beach/water football and some BBQ burgers and we were all looking like fried tomatoes, literally. Monday was packing and heading home (so sad) but at least there were no crazy traffic delays on the way home so we actually made it in about the hour and a half it should take. Now I'm sitting here on my lunch break wondering why I wasn't a smarter person and actually listen to my Mother when she said, "Don't forget the sunscreen"! What a burn I have. It is so bad that I wore a tube top under my work shirt today so that I didn't have to go through the pain of wearing bra straps. What a weekend, what a blast!

The Job

So in response to my job offer, I ended up taking the job. I start Monday so my last day at this job now is tomorrow, I can't wait. Funny story about my resignation here though, I must tell you all. I took in my letter with only on weeks notice to my boss (I was only required to give them 1 week as I have not been employed here for over 2 years) and sat down on his couch to give him the news. I told his I was resigning, that I had another broker offer me a position that was appealing to me and that I was no longer getting satisfaction at this position. I also mentioned that this new broker had a lot more flexibility in the hours I would be working and that I really needed that right now in my personal life. At this reason, he proceeded to argue with me and say that was not a good enough reason. Now excuse me, BUT, isn't it up to me to decide what I quit for or not, is it really up to someone else (my ex-boss mind you) to argue with my reasons. Did he think it was going to change my mind as to whether I was quitting or staying? If anything, it pushed me farther away. Another thing, the arrogance that showed in his response to me being unhappy here and not getting the job satisfaction I crave nearly sent me packing right then and there. Needless to say tomorrow will be quite a day; getting to say goodbye to that place. Onto my new position now though. I will be the personal assistant, receptionist, office manager, pretty much every position available in this office. That thought really excites me though as I get freedom in my position; no one saying when I need to do things, how I need to get them done, and picking through everything so that I get no say in anything I do day in, day out. My only worry about this new position is that I will be getting licensed to sell RRSPs, mutual funds stocks, etc. And the exam is pretty harsh. As CEBS was, it's a correspondence course and I am aiming to have it complete for December. So I have a lot of work ahead of me, but something to look forward to. The best thing about this new position is that I may someday be part owner/operator of the company. My new boss told me that he has no intentions of handing his company down to his son's (nothing against his sons of course) and that it would be a much smoother transition if I could get licensed, learn the trade and just someday take over. I nearly fell off my chair when I heard this in my interview and knew then and there that this was a once in a lifetime opportunity that I couldn't turn down and that I would never see again.