1. First four days on the new job went well. The people are very friendly and so many have offered assistance. On Monday the HR rep took me by the cafeteria on the way to Facilities to get my badge. She introduced me to the clerk. Today I went to the cafeteria for lunch for the first time. After not seeing me since Monday, the clerk came up and spoke to me by name! I was impressed.
2. The drive to work is doable. Road construction over the next few years may be a killer but I think there are multiple ways to get there.
3. Lots of nice e-mails, phone calls, texts, etc. from family and friends this week.
4. My nephew arrived at his international destination. What a great adventure he is on--excellent experience for his future.
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Prayer for the Job Seeker
I haven't said much about my job search. Sometimes it's just too overwhelming, sometimes there is just nothing to say, but mostly I don't tell people because if I don't get something I don't like telling people that. In addition to the negativity of not being chosen it's additionally degrading to have to tell multiple people that I didn't get it.
Most people have had the right mix of knowing when to ask about the job search to show concern and care but not be overbearing.
Yesterday someone dear to me asked about the job hunt so I told her that I had a second interview today. Mid-day she sent a text saying she was praying which is very encouraging. Then she added this to her message:
Well. . .praying you dress right. Look right. Talk right. Sit right. Impress the right people. And THEN praying that we believe that none of that matters and that the job outcome will be a gift of God's will. . . yes if it's the right job for you or no if it would be a thorn in your life. Yes if the thorn would be meant to stretch and grow you. No if it would end up bringing out the worst in you. So in the end just praying for you to do your best and then God's will be done!
Yes, yes, and yes. How perfect.
Most people have had the right mix of knowing when to ask about the job search to show concern and care but not be overbearing.
Yesterday someone dear to me asked about the job hunt so I told her that I had a second interview today. Mid-day she sent a text saying she was praying which is very encouraging. Then she added this to her message:
Well. . .praying you dress right. Look right. Talk right. Sit right. Impress the right people. And THEN praying that we believe that none of that matters and that the job outcome will be a gift of God's will. . . yes if it's the right job for you or no if it would be a thorn in your life. Yes if the thorn would be meant to stretch and grow you. No if it would end up bringing out the worst in you. So in the end just praying for you to do your best and then God's will be done!
Yes, yes, and yes. How perfect.
Time
I just read a post on Facebook about how fast July has gone by. I'm sitting in my recliner looking at a family picture taken in 2007. The niece on the end is married and in a job she loves, the next is ready to apply to med school, the next is married and finishing a program for a job she loves, the next is ready to start her final year of college before teaching elementary school because she loves kids and kids love her, the nephew is about to leave on a two-year international teaching assignment, the next little guy is a great young man going into (gulp!) 7th grade, the next nephew is in Great Britain in a golfing competition, the next niece is ready to begin her college career and the last niece is starting her last year of college.
And I don't ask where has July gone, I ask where have the years gone?
And I don't ask where has July gone, I ask where have the years gone?
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Funny Thing from This Week
Funniest comment I heard this week when a group member told a leader that it was good to see him after the leader returned from vacation.
The group leader said, "Well it's good to be seen rather than viewed."
The group leader said, "Well it's good to be seen rather than viewed."
Thursday, June 27, 2013
My Take on Paula Deen and Her Sponsors
I have never been a Paula Deen fan. In fact when visiting Savannah last fall with my mother I really had no desire to go to her restaurant which apparently is like going to NYC and not wanting to see the Empire State Building or the Statue of Liberty.
I think she has said some stupid things in her career. We all have. However, she marketed herself as a big character and wanted a big stage so her mistakes and wrongs play out there as well.
My bigger question is to her sponsors who are dropping her so quickly. Has the Food Network vetted all of its personalities for their past comments? Does Target, who is "assessing" their relationship with Deen, sell any music or movies with the "n" word included? Both questions apply to QVC.
When one makes themselves big, they fall hard. However, a fall always has a path to redemption. Maybe Deen needs to be out of the public eye, but so do the musicians and actors who say exactly what she has said.
I think she has said some stupid things in her career. We all have. However, she marketed herself as a big character and wanted a big stage so her mistakes and wrongs play out there as well.
My bigger question is to her sponsors who are dropping her so quickly. Has the Food Network vetted all of its personalities for their past comments? Does Target, who is "assessing" their relationship with Deen, sell any music or movies with the "n" word included? Both questions apply to QVC.
When one makes themselves big, they fall hard. However, a fall always has a path to redemption. Maybe Deen needs to be out of the public eye, but so do the musicians and actors who say exactly what she has said.
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Thankful Thursday
1. Attending a local church's early Friday morning prayer support group for those looking for work the last two weeks has been very good for me.
2. The first week one of the leader's gave me a contact at a local organization that I was going to later in the day to turn in an application. I was able to meet her and get some information about the position and school.
3. The next week a participant wanted to introduce me to a contact at a different organization. I went to his ABF on Sunday morning and met another lady who knew the contact. Then the contact from #2 was in the same class and came to talk to me.
4. Several participants have been in touch this week, and I know they are praying for me.
5. Big cookout plans for several neighbors on Saturday night.
6. Air conditioning at home and in the car. I was in college before I found out not everyone has air in their car and almost 20 years ago found out not everyone in MI has a/c in their homes. I was shocked when I moved to MI how many people still don't have a/c and don't want it.
7. New dishwasher installed on Saturday.
2. The first week one of the leader's gave me a contact at a local organization that I was going to later in the day to turn in an application. I was able to meet her and get some information about the position and school.
3. The next week a participant wanted to introduce me to a contact at a different organization. I went to his ABF on Sunday morning and met another lady who knew the contact. Then the contact from #2 was in the same class and came to talk to me.
4. Several participants have been in touch this week, and I know they are praying for me.
5. Big cookout plans for several neighbors on Saturday night.
6. Air conditioning at home and in the car. I was in college before I found out not everyone has air in their car and almost 20 years ago found out not everyone in MI has a/c in their homes. I was shocked when I moved to MI how many people still don't have a/c and don't want it.
7. New dishwasher installed on Saturday.
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