Hummm...

Well, I finished my refresher manager training on Friday. I also had a job interview that very same day at 3 pm. I felt ok about the interview. As ok as one can feel when surrounded by all of the other people who were also applying for the very same job. At all of the other times I have ever applied there had been maybe one other person there. This time there were at least 6 or 7 other people there. All applying for one of two positions. Needless to say I did NOT get the job. However on a possibly positive note, I do get to start subing for managers who take more than just a few days off. Such as this next three weeks I will be filling in for another manager that will be filling in for a manager that will be filling in for another manager that is off for having knee surgery...Confused? So am I...sort of...

At any rate, I will be getting more hours than I would have otherwise. That is the good news. The bad news is that if I mess up it will be on someone else's head and I may never get a job after this.

It will be a good experience and will give me the opportunity to show then that I really do know what I am doing, and that I am capable of taking care of my own kitchen in a full time basis.

Learning is always a great opportunity! I hope I can learn much from this experience. I am grateful for the chance.

Learning...

There really is nothing new and exciting in my life, however; I did start taking the manager training, once again, just this week in hopes of being able to better help Chet financially care for our family.

I can say though that the early mornings and the below freezing temps have really made me question if this job is really the one for me! I do think though, that I would be able to do this job well and I know already that I love the kids. It doesn't seem to matter if they are high school, junior high, or elementary age. They are just fun to be around!

Right now I am training at an elementary school and I have had more compliments for these little ones. It is really good for and ego, if i wasn't focusing on trying not to mess things up! If I was the only one who had to deal with the mess up, that would be one thing, but I know when I leave, the manager of the school may well have to clean up any mess I might have left behind. Hence the stressing to try not to leave any kind of mess for her. I hate cleaning up someone else's mess!

I can also say that I am truly ready for it to start warming up! This year the cold has seemed to bit so much deeper than ever before and I am really not liking it. I am grateful though that there hasn't seemed to be as much snow! (Now that I say that watch it dump on us...) Sorry Dad, a moment of negative thought....

Life is good! I am learning new things that are making me stretch and grow. Hopefully in a direction that will be the best first for me and secondly for my family!

2010....

So this year in retrospect, there are a good many things that I am proud to have accomplished or in at least witnessed or maintained.

First and foremost, I have to say that I am so glad that my marriage and family have survived another year, and have grown stronger for it. Sometimes that sounds like such a simple thing to say, but sometimes it means much more than words could ever express.

Ford found a job, lost a job and found another one.

Chet is still employed and still making a little bit of money on the side with his tractor.

Megan got graduated from high school and is still working for Subway. Trying to decide which direction her life should take now. (I remember this period in life)

One of my biggest personal accomplishments of the year is becoming more active and getting physically fit. I didn't take the "proper" before and after pictures but in this last year I stressed and worked off 40 pounds! These pictures are the only ones I thought showed the change the best. A huge personal success. One I hope I never have to accomplish again! Maintaining is now the name of the game. I do have to say that it feels fantastic to be in better shape than I have been in years. It is also appropriate to say that it was nice to lose 40 pounds in the same year as I turned 40!

It will be most interesting to see what 2011 we bring our way. Here's hoping there is a lot of Family and outdoor time in the near and warmer future. Happy New Year!