Dormant talent

Do you ever feel like the talents you used to posses back in the day have been dormant for years? I feel like every now and then because I am surrounded by friends who have these amazing talents and hobbies that are enriching their lives. Maybe it's a little jealousy too, who knows. I used to draw all the time and not a day went by when I didn't have the sketch book out. I used to sew a lot too and invent new accesories for my clothes or just enhance my current wardrobe with a snazzy piece of material sewn on a pocket. There was a time for about a year my friends and I went crazy with the iron-ons. We would print out pictures from the internet to iron-on paper then stick them on t-shirts, hee hee, we were so dorky. O.K. well those piddally things are not the enriching things I am speaking of. I'm talking about people who play instruments and are in bands or promoting bands. People who are involved in their communities organizing events so people can enjoy their hometown. Hell even a person who likes trains, antiques. Camera talents too I have a friend who is fascinated by cameras, old new, film, digital. These are the people who engross themselves in their hobbies and I look up to them because I have always started one hobby gotten bored then moved on to another. I haven't really found anything to engross myself in and for that I am a little jealous of those people who have. Should I feel more fullfilled with a "hobby" or is my life fine the way I am living it? I wish I had a "craft" room that way I could have all my hobbies accessible in 2 seconds. "Sigh" maybe one day I'll find what I'm looking for.

Pretty Feet

Look at those pretty feet. I love summer and this is just one of the reasons. I got my first pedicure last summer and now I have become a junkie. As soon as I see a chip in the paint I feel like I have to go back right away to get it fixed but it gets expensive @ $25.00 a session on top of a $5.00 tip. Suprisingly I have only gotton 3 pedicures this summer. This picture was taken at The Taste of Chicago, Jesse and I had just sat down in Grant Park to eat dinner and I just couldn't resist this shot. My top weakness is buying shoes and with these pretty feet I have been buying sandles left and right starting with my favorite pair I found back in January visiting my mom in California. When Jesse and I go shopping I tell him to remind me I have too many shoes so I don't go crazy when I see new ones I just have to have. Let those feet breathe and be free!

Promotion

Well, as of June 19th 2006 my new job title is...Member Relationship Representative. This is the promotion I was waiting for since last December. I didn't want to talk about it too much so I wouldn't jinx it. I have been training and learning the responsibilities of this particular position since February and patience, as always with me, paid off. I was really nervous in the interview and just for the record I am a terrible person to interview. When I am assisting members and helping co-workers I can do the job and do it well. Once you put me in a room with two people asking me questions that could have an impact on my future I clam up. I pictured the interview like this...my manager, new director and I are sitting in an office drinking martinis and I am talking as casual and confident as I could be, when suddenly their is a knock on the door and before my manager could say "Come on in" our VP opens the door and I am at the tail end of a joke, "So, I said, my cat did it!" and we all burst out laughing and are in tears. However, it went nothing like that. I got real shy and timid. I took my time answering questions but too carefull and ending my answers with, "Was that what you were looking for?" How dumb was that, you are supposed to show confidence and that you can handle anything that is thrown at you. Like I said before I can show you that I can handle 99% of situations at work without supervision but I interview like a deer in the headlights. Aside from that I am very happy with the way things are going at work, I am very busy, still learning new things everyday and the best part is that my days just fly by so I am certainly not bored. Promoted and loving it!