Yup, that’s pretty much what’s on my mind tonight! I’m really excited, because this is a growing position, and they’re looking for someone with experience and ideas that can run with it. Um, hello, that is so me! And I really love positions that give me some freedom to have ideas and thoughts. That definitely started when I worked at Digi for Kristi. I know, that means nothing to most of you, but it was hands down my favorite job (most days) and Kristi was hands down the best boss I’ve ever had. She loved learning, and encouraged me to learn anything and everything within our company. If I was interested in projects, she’d park me with a project manager for the day. Curious about debugging, she’d turn me loose on the logging program to familiarize myself with the bugs, their fixes, and how they were found. She also encouraged ideas and growth. She didn’t believe that you should stay in one position forever, she felt like everyone should think for themselves and grow into whatever fit them. I haven’t had a job or boss like that since, and it really seems like this place is going to. Let’s hope I’m not writing on here tomorrow saying the exact opposite!
We’ve decided to part ways with a couple of our scaley friends. We had an Albino Tiger Oscar, about 6 inches long, and we adopted a regular Tiger Oscar from a neighbor that hated him, about 7 inches long. Shockingly, the two oscars hate each other, so Husband had to build a partition in their tank to keep them separated. That’s all well and good, but a 45 gallon tank isn’t big enough for them being separated, and if you know oscars, you know they are DIRTY fish, so the partition is already super nasty, even with a pleco, and it’s only been in there a week. No bueno. So I’m going to get some good pictures of them and post them on Craigslist. Find them a home with someone that is head over heels in love with oscars and wants to care for their messy ways.
As I type this, I’m chugging some EmergenC. As luck would have it, the new job also brings with it a new cold. Trust me, it’s totally how my body rolls. I could be a house wife for 17 years and have 1 cold. Tell my body it’s going back to work time, and it instantly rebels. But it’s cool. I have a fridge full of oranges, and more will power than a 2 year old with a sucker. I give this cold a day to back off! As I was saying though, EmergenC…it’s not bad tasting. I think I mixed it with too much water last time, ’cause this time I was too lazy to fill up my water bottle, and mixed it with about 4 ounces. WAY better tasting than when I followed the directions!! May have to drink this stuff more often now!
Christmas has officially left our house. It does look a tad bare. I need Ariel to paint some more so I can hang them up around the house (she got an easel and art stuff for Christmas). Today, I leave you with her first two paintings.
