YooooooHoooo - It's Me Again

Wow - here I am again, and it only took me 22 months or so to get back!  Life happened, and I got a little sidetracked....with that being a pretty big understatement. 

Last year - well, as a matter of fact one year ago this week  - I was still unemployed, while gratefully using the connections of Office Team to still feel semi-productive, wondering what I was going to do if I couldn't find a job - and, truthfully, feeling like I was never going to.  One day I received an email saying "I saw your resume, and would like to talk to you" or words to that effect.  There are SO many scam emails that you receive when you're throwing resumes and job applications at the wall, hoping one will stick, and I figured this fit into the "send me $$$$$ and I'll make sure that your resume goes right to our company president" category.  But this sender had included his cell number, his company's name and website so I could check them out, and I decided it was worth a try.

Thus began a very short but breathtaking fall into the kind of job that most of us dream of but know we're never going to find!  I work for two amazing guys, each with a great sense of humor, great respect for their employees and great love for their families and this country.  They appreciate everything I do, our work is all "on the cloud" so I can work from home if I need to, I love the work that I'm doing and get to talk to people all over the country - and they actually pay me too!!!!  Woooohooooooo!! 

This has been an amazing year for me - (giggling to myself as I type) - and it's so sweet to be able to say that.  I am also fulfilling a lifelong dream - I'm learning to play the piano!!  One of my daughter's coworkers had a piano for sale, so it now sits in my living room and lets me play with it whenever I want to.  Sooooooo much fun!

Another big thing for me this year - I'm going to go to Ireland.  If I have to go by myself, I'm going to Ireland!!  I have dreamed about it for years, and actually had started to look at tour options, prices, etc., and about the same time read something that cinched it for me:  There is no Someday on the calendar.  Pretty simple sentence, a different way of saying "don't put things off", "who knows when you'll get another chance", "the hardest thing to live with is regrets", etc., etc.  But that particular sentence slammed me right between the eyes, so - I'm actually planning the trip, and have talked it over with my bosses.  Don't have the exact date yet, but I'm going.  As I told my daughter,  "Heck, I'll just go myself, meet a handsome Irishman, and fall in love".  Sounds like a plan, right? 

Stay well, say I Love You every day, hug your friends every time you see them, and look up at the stars every chance you get.