We've got lots of changes going on around our house. The husband and I have been looking for gainful employment since the first of the year. And even though we are surrounded by some of the largest corporate companies in the country, it's been a tough road. I had to finally give up on finding something 'creative' to do. There just aren't that many kinds of positions where I live and with the economy being as bad as it is, anything related to the creative-type jobs seem to be on 'cutback' mode so I finally decided that I was going to have to compromise and widen my job search to include experience that I have on my resume that is 10 yrs old.
I took a job yesterday with a Bank as a Financial Services Specialist. Great title, eh? I'm doing basically exactly what I was doing before I had my first son, a new accounts/customer service type person at a bank. At the dinner table last night I told the boys that I had a new job and told them what I'd be doing. I've never had a '9-5' type job since they've been born so I think it's hard for them to see me as 'corporate mom'. And then I know they know me well when my oldest says 'Mom, don't you have to be good at math to work at a bank?" Ha. Ha. Very Funny little boy. OK so I'm not great with math, it was never a strong subject for me in school but I do know how to add, subtract, multiply, divide and figure percentages thank-you-very-much-smarty-pants. I passed a bank assessment test before I ever even interviewed so my new employers think I know enough math to do the job even if my 10 yr old doesn't. :P
SO...that's the update around here. And here's a little early Halloween sentiment from Chief...who is not so fond of his "I'm a Dinosaur" hat that is his costume :)
