I DO NOT MISS High School

So I'm working an event tonight and I show up to find out it's a high school formal, worse. Can I just say, I swear dresses have gotten uglier and uglier and these poor high schoolers' attempts at cool and sexy have just fallen flat. Girls with guts are wearing tight dresses, girls with WAY too much boobs are wearing dresses that I'm sure they think are making their boobs look bigger but its simply making them look like blobs of fat falling out of a YUCK! Dress and tiny girls that could pull some of the above mentioned dresses off have chosen dresses that are so short they can't really dance without flashing, so instead they're tabing their just tapping their feet and swishing their hips to some beat other than the one I hear coming through the sound system.

The bad attempts at dancing sexy (I don't know what they're doing but it's definitely not cute), their failed attempts at sneaking in alchohol, the look on every guys face that says, "I hope I get some later" coupled by the girls looks that say, "I hope I don't get so inebriated that I hook up with him," are completely cracking me up. And I only have to sit back and watch the events unfold.

This is the most entertaining event I've witnessed to date. Oh well, at least I'll get a few laughs and the need for partying will get them all out in time for me to be home before or shortly after midnight.

I FEEL....

While researching blogs today, I came across this quick, fun test and the result, from 4 easy questions, pretty closely matches my feelings right now.

I've recently had some additional stresses thrown at me (more on that later...when I'm not at work), along with a few financial issues, but I'm still very happy and content because one thing is definitely going right- I'm on a career path that makes me feel like I'm definitely doing what I know best and because of that I feel valued...and this simple truth eases the pain of the other stresses....so there :)

New Year- New EVERYTHING!

So wow! What a miserable end 2008 but it has definitely turned around in 2009. While home for the holidays Jarrad's step-dad suggested I try something- writing down a date and setting a deadline for when I had to have a job. So I decided, OK, I'm going to set the bar high. I gave myself a deadline of January 15th which meant that with the new year holiday not being over until the 5th, I really had to get cracking. Not to mention, the 4.5 hours I drove in silence with my hubby in the back seat really gave me so time to be with God, to pray to God, to BEG God for help and he knew it was time. So I went for it. I pushed those people that I was must interested in working for and on January 7th I had an interview with this awesome new social media agency- Ignite Social Media.

Will they like me, does my blogging know-how and the fact that I taught myself the ins and outs...but is that enough, there's so much more to social media and I have a lot to learn...but I had to try. So I left the interviewing knowing they liked me(only because they told me) but who knew what that meant. Luckily I didn't have to wait too long to find out. By 9:00 that night I received a phone call while standing in the produce section at Walmart. "Why don't you come give us a try?" Oh those glorious words. My persistence paid off- did I mentioned I'd applied for a position there earlier and didn't get it? They gave it to someone within the agency, but I'm so glad I decided to continue pursuing.

I started work the next day and what can I say about the individuals I work with? They all have unique personalities, they're all hilarious, they're all so very creative, they're all geeks and nerds (not the socially awkward kind)- so in other words, they're MY KIND OF PEOPLE! I love it, I'll fit right in!

So for now I've got a dinner to cook and I hope to get the postings going again. Until then...HAPPY NEW YEAR!