Last night during Friday evening cocktails, amongst the laughter, cheek kisses and tinking glasses, all of the sudden, KABOOM!!!!
Fireworks!
Beautiful, bursting, colorful fireworks.
We all stood in the cool, night air looking to the sky with child-like grins.
What a nice surprise on such a lovely evening.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Season of change
It's hard to believe that it is mid-September. Soon, the trees will take center stage, displaying their brilliant color palate and produce crisp, crinkling sounds as the wind dances their leaves through the air. The season of change is upon us.
Perhaps the pending season has been an inspiration to me or perhaps it's just the natural progression of life. Either way, change has been in the air and it is a wondrous time.
Changes seem to have begun in June. They are sometimes unsettling in the beginning but I feel change is what happens when one grows, develops, learns and becomes more certain of how one wants to shape their life.
On July 31, I was layed off from my job. While I had a hunch it was coming, something like that is always a shock. I assure you though, the door did NOT hit me in the behind on my way out. Had I had my full wits about me, I would have skipped out of there singing a happy song. Three hours and a bottle of Pinot Noir later (straight from the bottle) I brushed up my resume and the search began.
Change. It's funny how things happen.
I have never been a fan of staffing agencies but in my mass applications I applied for a position with a legal firm which required a "good, business appropriate phone voice. After sending my resume I dialed the contact number with the thought that it would be a good idea for the contact to hear my voice. It was a staffing agency. Ugh! They called the next morning requesting an interview. Reluctantly I agreed. After a two hour interview I was told there was a position with a local engineering, construction firm they thought I would be a great fit for. Two girls were interviewing that day but they wanted to forward my resume anyhow. The next morning the call came asking if I could make a Friday interview.
It was the most wonderful interview I'd ever been on. The chemistry couldn't have been better. Monday morning, in the middle of my three hour wait at the unemployment office, I got the job offer.
So, 16 working days after my layoff, I began my new career with The Bristol Group. Change. I love love love my job. Who would have thought?
I've been decorating my loft. I love that when my friends come, they curl into my couch as if they were home. I love that they laugh and stay and chat and tell me that "It is cozy here." I love how it smells (thank you Pier One) and I love that I finally purchased a table where we can gather, eat, drink and tell stories for hours. I love my home. And still I say, "I have the best friends, the best friends, the best friends."
Forward to last Monday night. I was laying on my couch, watching football (of course) when it all completely came over me. This is the happiest I have ever been. Purely happy. THIS is MY life.
I called my mother that night, as I do every night and said to her,
"You know how you always tell me that your greatest wish in life is for your children to be happy?
Well, your wish has come true."
Perhaps the pending season has been an inspiration to me or perhaps it's just the natural progression of life. Either way, change has been in the air and it is a wondrous time.
Changes seem to have begun in June. They are sometimes unsettling in the beginning but I feel change is what happens when one grows, develops, learns and becomes more certain of how one wants to shape their life.
On July 31, I was layed off from my job. While I had a hunch it was coming, something like that is always a shock. I assure you though, the door did NOT hit me in the behind on my way out. Had I had my full wits about me, I would have skipped out of there singing a happy song. Three hours and a bottle of Pinot Noir later (straight from the bottle) I brushed up my resume and the search began.
Change. It's funny how things happen.
I have never been a fan of staffing agencies but in my mass applications I applied for a position with a legal firm which required a "good, business appropriate phone voice. After sending my resume I dialed the contact number with the thought that it would be a good idea for the contact to hear my voice. It was a staffing agency. Ugh! They called the next morning requesting an interview. Reluctantly I agreed. After a two hour interview I was told there was a position with a local engineering, construction firm they thought I would be a great fit for. Two girls were interviewing that day but they wanted to forward my resume anyhow. The next morning the call came asking if I could make a Friday interview.
It was the most wonderful interview I'd ever been on. The chemistry couldn't have been better. Monday morning, in the middle of my three hour wait at the unemployment office, I got the job offer.
So, 16 working days after my layoff, I began my new career with The Bristol Group. Change. I love love love my job. Who would have thought?
I've been decorating my loft. I love that when my friends come, they curl into my couch as if they were home. I love that they laugh and stay and chat and tell me that "It is cozy here." I love how it smells (thank you Pier One) and I love that I finally purchased a table where we can gather, eat, drink and tell stories for hours. I love my home. And still I say, "I have the best friends, the best friends, the best friends."
Forward to last Monday night. I was laying on my couch, watching football (of course) when it all completely came over me. This is the happiest I have ever been. Purely happy. THIS is MY life.
I called my mother that night, as I do every night and said to her,
"You know how you always tell me that your greatest wish in life is for your children to be happy?
Well, your wish has come true."
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