No longer a Pop!

Wow! It has been a really long time since I have posted anything on here, but today I am feeling inspired. I just finished my second day on my new job and it is so funny to me how being a newbie feels. First of all, my days are soooo slow because I am just sitting with people with no access to email or internet and not really knowing what the hell anyone is talking about. I think this must be what it feels like to go to a Country where you don't speak the language. Everyone is so confident and seem to go through their jobs with such ease and I feel like the dork at the popular table at lunch. Everyone is really nice but you know you are getting judged as I always did to new people at my old job. In school, my friends and I had formed a group called The Pops which stood for Popular. Yes, that is how conceited I was back then. But shit, we were!! We ruled that damn school and every day was just a continuation of the previous day which was filled with good friends, fun and talking about the weekend. Now maybe this kept me from going to a really great college because my grades werent up to snuff and maybe I am a little on the dumb side for it because I never really cared about learning per say, but the point is- I had fun, I felt confident in who I was and I had power. Being a newbie strips you of all of those feelings. I am a complete outsider to these people and I feel like I have a big sign on my back that says "Kick Me!" I know that I am just being dramatic for the most part and in 2 months or so, I will feel completely differently but I think everyone can relate to how good it feels to know what you are doing every day at your job and being good at it. I do however find great pleasure in the fact that I am no longer working for the devil who stripped away at my soul every day and that I have a challange in front of me to learn a whole new industry that I have no knowledge of and GUESS WHAT?? I obviously STILL got the job! So even if I am no longer a pop, I still have the know how and will to present myself in a confident manner and land a better position than I had before. People skills can actually pay off....literally, and for that; I am damn proud to be a past Pop!

"I'm so happy!"

My cousin JJS said this phrase one day last summer when we were swimming and having a great time. It was one of those moments where you don't have a care in the world and you just simply feel HAPPY! I am feeling that way today.

- My dad who has been fighting cancer feels great and he is beating it!
- My cousing JJS is getting married at the end of April to a great guy! Also- Happy B-day!
- Due to the wedding, I get to see my oldest sister and my mom...YEA!!!!
- I have a great boyfriend and he ROCKS!!
- Financially I am doing much better since I got a raise and promotion
- I am embarking on my 31st birthday and although that makes me panic a little bit, I always felt like my 30's would be one of my best decades.

As the eight ball would say.."Outlook good!"

They say the neon lights are bright....at Curves?

I work out at Curves, yeah Curves. For fat women over 30. That would be me! Anyway, for the past 2 days in there, they have had a Broadway musical remix playing to pump, pump, pump us up. I find it irritating! I don't find any joy in bouncing around to the theme song of Oklahoma with bad synthizer sounds and beats in the background. The sad fact is, I know every word to every song played on this Muzak. I am a self proclaimed choir dork and actually LOVE musicals. I just don't think working out to these songs has the same effect as watching it live on stage. Plus, I have been singing O.K.L.A.H.O.M.A. , OKLAHOMA! for an hour and a half now. Ugh!

Goodbye 2006

On the Eve of this New Year, I have to say that I am very excited to say goodbye to 2006 and welcome 2007 with open arms! I just saw my mom and sisters in Florida and had the best time ever! I feel satisfied at my job currently, love my apartment, finally feel settled here in Columbus, I still have a fantastic group of old friends and have met some new ones this year that I know will be a special part of my life and am dating a great guy who I am looking forward to ringing in the New Year with! Life is good and I am happy and after the last few years and a lot of changes, that is saying something! Happy New Year everyone and may 2007 bring you all what your heart desires.

The Missing Link

I think I may have found it!

I'm not making this up

The following is a cover letter to a resume that was sent to me from someone applying for a position with my company. It made me laugh so hard, I had to share. I did take out the name to protect the not so innocent, but otherwise it is in its orginal form. Needless to say, she did not get the position.


My name is ( ) and I am interested in the receptionist position that you have available. I am a very outgoing and friendly person. I think that I would benifit your company. I have taked several computer classes in high school as well as college. My major is English, so my grammer and spelling is great! I have taken design and advertising courses, which it might be an added bonus. I believe that I would be a great person for this position.

Win, Lose or Draw

I had a friend visit me this weekend and I enjoy his company because he is very smart and always keeps me laughing, but he also brings out my competitive nature because he is the type that is good at everything. This guy is the type that gets a 300 score at bowling consistently (who does that?), wins golf trophies every year and is amazing at cards. He just recently won over $1500 dollars at poker. While he was here, we got ourselves into a very looooong game of Rummy. Suprisingly, I was winning the entire game. Of course I started a lot of smack talk and was enjoying my continuous success at every hand. At one time, he only had 5 points and I had 260. I figured it was a shoe in. I figured wrong. He came back with a vengeance and it came down to the last hand. I started that hand with 965 points and he had 935. With it being that close, I figured it would be a bust anyway as it would be very easy to go over 1000 at this point. Wrong again. I ended that hand with 35 and he beat me with 65, putting both of our scores at an even 1000! First of all, the chances of that happening are slim regardless but what happened next was even more so. I of course did not want to consider this a tie as I had been playing very well and wanted to WIN, so we decided to each pick a card randomly out of the deck and the highest card would be considered the winner. The end result? We both picked a 7. We had a good laugh but I of course had to surrender to the fact that yet again, he could not be beat. Oh well. I guess I will just follow the motto that it's not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game. That is until next time!