I saw the final Harry Potter today. Sad.
I don't even know what to make of it. I will say, though, that they FINALLY made a HP movie I actually liked. Usually I am very disappointed in the acting, the way they portrayed the book, something.... All along I have said that every movie since at least 5 should have been in two parts. There is just too much information to cover it all in 2 hours. Finally, they listened to my advice. Learn from this people, I'm always right.
Next subject, because the more I think about that one, the more depressed I'll be. This morning was super amazing, primarily because we have had incredible weather for the past week or so. This morning Zach and I went on a great bike ride and bought an apple pie at Mom's Pie Shop in Leesburg. People at work were talking about how amazing that place is on Thursday, so I've been craving it ever since. Plus, I had chinese food before I ate the pie. Awesome.
Back to the work subject though... everything is still ridiculously great. We are now done with the first part of training and are actually taking customer's calls with a mentor sitting next to us. It was pretty nerve wracking to take our first few calls, but by the end of the day I was loving it. It gets so much easier over time, but its still tough because there is just so much information.
Not much else is new though. Things are good, but time is flying. Oh and I'm plotting a way to get Mitch and Donna to move to the east coast. I never lose my battles, but I'm scared this will change that. But I'm trying anyways..
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Friday, July 1, 2011
What a Difference a Month Makes
...Or however long its been since I last updated this thing.
First off, I think I need to do a new blog because now that this wedding is on hold for quite some time, the name doesn't really make a lot of sense. Most of my postings will be completely unrelated to wedding stuff for a while.
Instead, I have other exciting stuff to talk about! First off, its been a crazy awesome week/month for many people in my life, including myself. It started with Isabella's graduation from high school, and just yesterday she got married (on paper, didn't have her going-to-be-gorgeous wedding yet). Very happy and excited for her. Also exciting is that I got a new job! Not just any job, the best job ever. More on that to come. Because of that, Zach took my place at the country club, so he is working now too (almost full time). Dual income will be wonderful. Zach's mom's boyfriend also got a job the same week Zach and I found out we would be at new jobs, so it was an exciting week. Plus, Zach has decided to go back to school and started classes this past Wednesday. Oh, and I got my hair cut. Like, really cut. I loooooove it. Ch-ch-ch-changessssss.
Onto my wonderful, fabulous, amazing job. I got a job at CustomInk.com, a customized t-shirt website. It's kind of funny how it happened. I was training a new girl at work (CCF) as a family came in that I really like. I went over just to say hi to them as they walked in, even though I don't usually do that. I usually would wait until someone sat down, and then maybe only go over if they were my table or I could tell they were trying to talk to me, because I'm always concerned about annoying people. But I went over anyways just because I wanted to say hi to her, and right before she was about to go to her seat she like pulled back to tell me that the company her daughter works for is hiring and gave me all of her information so I could apply. This type of thing is SUPER rare at the club, I've had a few people talk to me about jobs, so I wasn't sure how into it I would be. Butttt she had said they were listed in Washingtonian as a top place to work in DC and had won other accolades, so I looked up the website. Loved the company from the second I got on their website. Not only is it an awesome concept, but then when I read about their work environment and beliefs on everything related to that, I knew it was the perfect place for me. Everything they believe in is what I've been saying for years - and a lot of that comes from my experience at the country club as compared to jobs that I hated and didn't feel like they treated me well. Anyways, to make this slightly shorter, I'll just say that I became more and more obsessed with how awesome this place is when I went on my interviews. I was super nervous by the third interview because it was with the owner of the company. Intimidating. The whole time I felt pretty confident though, which is hind sight I just don't understand. I think I just really knew I would be a good fit for what their looking for, and believed they would be able to tell.
In hind sight, that was CRAZY of me. Now that I've gotten my first week in (btw I found out I had the job last Wednesday and started on Monday.. crazy week) I realize just how competitive it is to get a job here. Hundreds upon hundreds (I know its at least 600) applied for this job. Then I started thinking it was because I had a referral from someone within the company that I was able to get the job, but then I heard that a lot of people who have climbed the ranks within the company (which is common there) have referred multiple people and NONE of them have gotten the job. So obviously the referral isn't even close to a guarantee. Today I found out that they had several people interviewing daily for the past 2 months plus. That's what really blew my mind, because only 4 of us were hired for this training session. They planned on hiring just a few more after us, but today we found out they were going to hire another 12. The company is growing so quickly, so its an exciting time to join their ranks.
Why is this job so awesome?? There are too many reasons to list, so I'll just mention the first few that cross my mind.... First off, it pays really well for an entry level job. They train us for the first like 2 months of the job or so, so they are really setting you up to succeed and take their time shaping every one of us. Then, they really just focus on making the customer happy, so its not like we will ever have to argue with a customer or deal with unhappy customers really. We can make them happy, so that makes it that much better. On Monday mornings they put out breakfast. On Tuesday they get boxes of fresh fruit delivered to the office that sits out in the eating area until its all gone (as of today, a Friday, there was still a little left). Every Friday they have lunch and dinner catered. At the end of every month they put out cake for the birthdays. The office is a circle, with windows everywhere, and the center of the circle is a courtyard that has picnic tables, benches, an arbor with Xmas lights, trees... its gorgeous. People eat out there and hang out out there during the summer. During the winter, there is a room with comfy chairs and couches and a fireplace, complete with iPads for people to use. There is also food like Nature Valley bars, popcorn, etc. always out, as well as a Starbucks machine.... that's free. Oh, and the average age is like 28, which is cool in itself.. but what makes it even better is how awesome each and every person there is. They all want to be friends with you, they are all nice and interesting (we employ professional artists for redraws of designs, just to give you an idea of the kind of people), and despite how awesome they are, everyone is still a hard worker so it isn't frustrating. Last thing I'll mention so I can go have cheese and crackers with my fam... we can wear whatever we want. I mean whatever. Jeans and flip flops are encouraged. Many guys wear basketball shorts and a t-shirt. But you can also wear dresses, skirts, whatever. Essentially its like walking onto a college campus, because they're all your age and your friends, and they're all wearing what they would wear to hang out or go to class. Ugh I love it.
BBQ time!
First off, I think I need to do a new blog because now that this wedding is on hold for quite some time, the name doesn't really make a lot of sense. Most of my postings will be completely unrelated to wedding stuff for a while.
Instead, I have other exciting stuff to talk about! First off, its been a crazy awesome week/month for many people in my life, including myself. It started with Isabella's graduation from high school, and just yesterday she got married (on paper, didn't have her going-to-be-gorgeous wedding yet). Very happy and excited for her. Also exciting is that I got a new job! Not just any job, the best job ever. More on that to come. Because of that, Zach took my place at the country club, so he is working now too (almost full time). Dual income will be wonderful. Zach's mom's boyfriend also got a job the same week Zach and I found out we would be at new jobs, so it was an exciting week. Plus, Zach has decided to go back to school and started classes this past Wednesday. Oh, and I got my hair cut. Like, really cut. I loooooove it. Ch-ch-ch-changessssss.
Onto my wonderful, fabulous, amazing job. I got a job at CustomInk.com, a customized t-shirt website. It's kind of funny how it happened. I was training a new girl at work (CCF) as a family came in that I really like. I went over just to say hi to them as they walked in, even though I don't usually do that. I usually would wait until someone sat down, and then maybe only go over if they were my table or I could tell they were trying to talk to me, because I'm always concerned about annoying people. But I went over anyways just because I wanted to say hi to her, and right before she was about to go to her seat she like pulled back to tell me that the company her daughter works for is hiring and gave me all of her information so I could apply. This type of thing is SUPER rare at the club, I've had a few people talk to me about jobs, so I wasn't sure how into it I would be. Butttt she had said they were listed in Washingtonian as a top place to work in DC and had won other accolades, so I looked up the website. Loved the company from the second I got on their website. Not only is it an awesome concept, but then when I read about their work environment and beliefs on everything related to that, I knew it was the perfect place for me. Everything they believe in is what I've been saying for years - and a lot of that comes from my experience at the country club as compared to jobs that I hated and didn't feel like they treated me well. Anyways, to make this slightly shorter, I'll just say that I became more and more obsessed with how awesome this place is when I went on my interviews. I was super nervous by the third interview because it was with the owner of the company. Intimidating. The whole time I felt pretty confident though, which is hind sight I just don't understand. I think I just really knew I would be a good fit for what their looking for, and believed they would be able to tell.
In hind sight, that was CRAZY of me. Now that I've gotten my first week in (btw I found out I had the job last Wednesday and started on Monday.. crazy week) I realize just how competitive it is to get a job here. Hundreds upon hundreds (I know its at least 600) applied for this job. Then I started thinking it was because I had a referral from someone within the company that I was able to get the job, but then I heard that a lot of people who have climbed the ranks within the company (which is common there) have referred multiple people and NONE of them have gotten the job. So obviously the referral isn't even close to a guarantee. Today I found out that they had several people interviewing daily for the past 2 months plus. That's what really blew my mind, because only 4 of us were hired for this training session. They planned on hiring just a few more after us, but today we found out they were going to hire another 12. The company is growing so quickly, so its an exciting time to join their ranks.
Why is this job so awesome?? There are too many reasons to list, so I'll just mention the first few that cross my mind.... First off, it pays really well for an entry level job. They train us for the first like 2 months of the job or so, so they are really setting you up to succeed and take their time shaping every one of us. Then, they really just focus on making the customer happy, so its not like we will ever have to argue with a customer or deal with unhappy customers really. We can make them happy, so that makes it that much better. On Monday mornings they put out breakfast. On Tuesday they get boxes of fresh fruit delivered to the office that sits out in the eating area until its all gone (as of today, a Friday, there was still a little left). Every Friday they have lunch and dinner catered. At the end of every month they put out cake for the birthdays. The office is a circle, with windows everywhere, and the center of the circle is a courtyard that has picnic tables, benches, an arbor with Xmas lights, trees... its gorgeous. People eat out there and hang out out there during the summer. During the winter, there is a room with comfy chairs and couches and a fireplace, complete with iPads for people to use. There is also food like Nature Valley bars, popcorn, etc. always out, as well as a Starbucks machine.... that's free. Oh, and the average age is like 28, which is cool in itself.. but what makes it even better is how awesome each and every person there is. They all want to be friends with you, they are all nice and interesting (we employ professional artists for redraws of designs, just to give you an idea of the kind of people), and despite how awesome they are, everyone is still a hard worker so it isn't frustrating. Last thing I'll mention so I can go have cheese and crackers with my fam... we can wear whatever we want. I mean whatever. Jeans and flip flops are encouraged. Many guys wear basketball shorts and a t-shirt. But you can also wear dresses, skirts, whatever. Essentially its like walking onto a college campus, because they're all your age and your friends, and they're all wearing what they would wear to hang out or go to class. Ugh I love it.
BBQ time!
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