"Oh the Places you will Go"
How many of you have read that Dr. Seuss book? It's one of what seems like the hundreds of books my son owns, that are scattered about our house. Tonight for some odd reason my insomnia has kicked in and when I laid down to go to sleep instead of drifting off into a nice peaceful slumber this book popped into my head... go figure. And that got me to thinking about how thankful I am to be where I am in my life, which came from me thinking about the places I've been in my life. Not so much geographically speaking but more careerically speaking (not sure if that is even a word but just roll with me... this is my blog after all). So tonight my Internet friends we are going to take a stroll back down memory lane thru all of the careers I've had before becoming what now seems to be a part time mommy and part time Fed-Ex hottie :) (again my blog my terms, take it or leave it:) This list is pretty long so settle in and get comfy, it's going to take a while to get to the end.
First job I ever had I think I was a Sophomore in high school.....
#1 - Chiquitas Mexican Restaurant -
I must say that as far as first jobs go, this was a GREAT one to have.. I still to this day eat there ANY and EVERY time I am in Mena and a word to the wise, if you are ever passing thru Po-Dunk Nowhere and find yourself smack dab in the middle of Mena, AR take a drive thru the old Wal-Mart parking lot and stop in at Chiquitas and say hello to Martin and all of his teenage workers for me... They make good grub!!
#2 - Rick's Prime Time Movie Rentals .... I honestly don't know anyone back home in good 'ol Mena that didn't work there. I swear if you are from Mena you worked for Rick and George Davis either renting movies or repo'ing the movie equipment that they had on a "rent to own" basis in their store. I'm almost positive that to be a citizen of the city it's somewhere in black and white that you HAVE to work for the Davis boys at one time or another to be able to maintain citizenship in Polk county!
#3 - United Country Four Seasons Real Estate (HIGHLY urge you NOT to work here) this was my very first experience with a boss that was shall we say "not so pleasant" and I am sorry to say it will not be the last boss that I feel this way about... SL was one of the trickiest to work for in a sense that every day was like walking on egg shells you never knew what to expect. This is where I decided at the ripe ol age of 18 or 19 that my career should I chose to accept it should be none other than real estate... to damn bad I couldn't pass the licensing test! This was one job I was glad to leave!
#4 - Family Fun Pools and Spas - not much to say about this except that my bosses were nice there (it was owned by a family that had about as many kids as the Duggar's do) I tested people's pool and spa water and told them what chemicals they needed to add in or take out! Not exactly career material.
#5 - Kid's First Daycare - this place was a blast, made me sure that I one day wanted kids of my own (as if I needed convincing) but also made me sure that I didn't want to take care of other peoples kids for a living
#6 - Goodner Aircraft - (damn are you starting to see that I was having a really hard time nailing down a profession yet????) This company painted air planes for crying out loud.... I was the receptionist and our customers that came from all around the world were charmed by my hick .. I mean Southern accent!
#7 - OK Food's - I dispatched chicken feed trucks for crying out loud.... what can be said about this other than I met some REALLY shady characters in this line of work, in this stage in my life
#8 - Paris Jr. College - this is one of my most favorite jobs and if it hadn't been in TX I might still to this day be working there. But damn I was just not cut out to be a TX girl and all those LongHorn Lovin Fans kept messing with all my Razorback shit... this girl had to move back across the Red River into familiar territory!
#9 - Offensive Line Coach Secretary - University of Arkansas Fayetteville Men's Athletic Department - damn that is a mouth full! I was serious when I said I was tired of all those LongHorn fans! DAMN IT every time I think about this job I get sooo pissed off. Long story short I had this job for all of about 2 months before things took an ugly turn and I was fired! Yes you read that right, maybe one day I will blog about why exactly I was let go, shit canned, or dissolved of my employment but not today. Today I will say that I worked for and met Houston Nutt (when he was still popular) I saw every Arkansas Razorback football player come in and out for practice and I LOVED every minute of this job... all except for one of the secretary's which just happened to be Houston's personal secretary! She my friends was nothing short of a bitch!!
#10 - Jaeger + Haines Commercial Underwriting Dept. - my very first job in the wonderful world of insurance (little did I know that this would be the beginning of a love hate relationship with what has become, and will one day become again my career) I hand typed, as in a typewriter ... commercial or business insurance policies... it sucked!!
#11 - Rogers Insurance Agency - this is where I became licensed in insurance and that is about the best thing I can say about this place. Other than that WOW what a freakin joke this establishment was!!
#12 - Village Insurance, Inc. - this is where I have been for the past 5 years :) My home away from home, the place I love and at the same time the place I hate!! The women I worked with here (and have promised to return to work with, once Caleb starts school) are more like a family to me than some of my own flesh and blood. This was the job where I grew up and began to take responsibilities as just that, something I was honestly responsible for. In turn (and I don't say this to make myself sound conceited) I made this business a LOT of money and they LOVE me!! Ha
#13 - Caleb's mom - on a good day I'm all about loving this job, on a bad day well... I want a paycheck, a raise and a vacation! This has been my life long dream job, it was something I always knew I wanted, scratch that, I needed to do. And while most days are great we have our fare share of days where I'd rather be anywhere else in the world but stuck in this house with my own 3 year old (what I can't be alone in this feeling, I'm sure most of you have at least thought it before, maybe you just aren't as honest about it as I am)
which leads to the final job as of my now 28 years
#14 - Fed-Ex Ground driver - the best and worst thing about this job is that I get to sleep with my boss! Ha (for those of you who don't know the back story, my husband is my boss, I'm not a company whore although that might make for a more exciting job ha ha) I really wasn't sure when I took this job on if I would A) like it or B) be able to stand the fact that Danny and I worked together, lived together and seemed to be inseprable in every aspect of our lives but as it turns out I think I like this job... I'll let you know once I've decided for sure (i.e. when I get my bonus)!
So what about you if you could name two jobs, your best, most favorite job and your worst most hated job what would they be? Seriously you don't have to list them all out like I did (damn it I've had a LOT of jobs haven't I??? Is that odd??? Cause I'm really feeling like a bit of a lush on the whole job scene tonight!!!)
Don't leave me hangin!!
First job I ever had I think I was a Sophomore in high school.....
#1 - Chiquitas Mexican Restaurant -
I must say that as far as first jobs go, this was a GREAT one to have.. I still to this day eat there ANY and EVERY time I am in Mena and a word to the wise, if you are ever passing thru Po-Dunk Nowhere and find yourself smack dab in the middle of Mena, AR take a drive thru the old Wal-Mart parking lot and stop in at Chiquitas and say hello to Martin and all of his teenage workers for me... They make good grub!!
#2 - Rick's Prime Time Movie Rentals .... I honestly don't know anyone back home in good 'ol Mena that didn't work there. I swear if you are from Mena you worked for Rick and George Davis either renting movies or repo'ing the movie equipment that they had on a "rent to own" basis in their store. I'm almost positive that to be a citizen of the city it's somewhere in black and white that you HAVE to work for the Davis boys at one time or another to be able to maintain citizenship in Polk county!
#3 - United Country Four Seasons Real Estate (HIGHLY urge you NOT to work here) this was my very first experience with a boss that was shall we say "not so pleasant" and I am sorry to say it will not be the last boss that I feel this way about... SL was one of the trickiest to work for in a sense that every day was like walking on egg shells you never knew what to expect. This is where I decided at the ripe ol age of 18 or 19 that my career should I chose to accept it should be none other than real estate... to damn bad I couldn't pass the licensing test! This was one job I was glad to leave!
#4 - Family Fun Pools and Spas - not much to say about this except that my bosses were nice there (it was owned by a family that had about as many kids as the Duggar's do) I tested people's pool and spa water and told them what chemicals they needed to add in or take out! Not exactly career material.
#5 - Kid's First Daycare - this place was a blast, made me sure that I one day wanted kids of my own (as if I needed convincing) but also made me sure that I didn't want to take care of other peoples kids for a living
#6 - Goodner Aircraft - (damn are you starting to see that I was having a really hard time nailing down a profession yet????) This company painted air planes for crying out loud.... I was the receptionist and our customers that came from all around the world were charmed by my hick .. I mean Southern accent!
#7 - OK Food's - I dispatched chicken feed trucks for crying out loud.... what can be said about this other than I met some REALLY shady characters in this line of work, in this stage in my life
#8 - Paris Jr. College - this is one of my most favorite jobs and if it hadn't been in TX I might still to this day be working there. But damn I was just not cut out to be a TX girl and all those LongHorn Lovin Fans kept messing with all my Razorback shit... this girl had to move back across the Red River into familiar territory!
#9 - Offensive Line Coach Secretary - University of Arkansas Fayetteville Men's Athletic Department - damn that is a mouth full! I was serious when I said I was tired of all those LongHorn fans! DAMN IT every time I think about this job I get sooo pissed off. Long story short I had this job for all of about 2 months before things took an ugly turn and I was fired! Yes you read that right, maybe one day I will blog about why exactly I was let go, shit canned, or dissolved of my employment but not today. Today I will say that I worked for and met Houston Nutt (when he was still popular) I saw every Arkansas Razorback football player come in and out for practice and I LOVED every minute of this job... all except for one of the secretary's which just happened to be Houston's personal secretary! She my friends was nothing short of a bitch!!
#10 - Jaeger + Haines Commercial Underwriting Dept. - my very first job in the wonderful world of insurance (little did I know that this would be the beginning of a love hate relationship with what has become, and will one day become again my career) I hand typed, as in a typewriter ... commercial or business insurance policies... it sucked!!
#11 - Rogers Insurance Agency - this is where I became licensed in insurance and that is about the best thing I can say about this place. Other than that WOW what a freakin joke this establishment was!!
#12 - Village Insurance, Inc. - this is where I have been for the past 5 years :) My home away from home, the place I love and at the same time the place I hate!! The women I worked with here (and have promised to return to work with, once Caleb starts school) are more like a family to me than some of my own flesh and blood. This was the job where I grew up and began to take responsibilities as just that, something I was honestly responsible for. In turn (and I don't say this to make myself sound conceited) I made this business a LOT of money and they LOVE me!! Ha
#13 - Caleb's mom - on a good day I'm all about loving this job, on a bad day well... I want a paycheck, a raise and a vacation! This has been my life long dream job, it was something I always knew I wanted, scratch that, I needed to do. And while most days are great we have our fare share of days where I'd rather be anywhere else in the world but stuck in this house with my own 3 year old (what I can't be alone in this feeling, I'm sure most of you have at least thought it before, maybe you just aren't as honest about it as I am)
which leads to the final job as of my now 28 years
#14 - Fed-Ex Ground driver - the best and worst thing about this job is that I get to sleep with my boss! Ha (for those of you who don't know the back story, my husband is my boss, I'm not a company whore although that might make for a more exciting job ha ha) I really wasn't sure when I took this job on if I would A) like it or B) be able to stand the fact that Danny and I worked together, lived together and seemed to be inseprable in every aspect of our lives but as it turns out I think I like this job... I'll let you know once I've decided for sure (i.e. when I get my bonus)!
So what about you if you could name two jobs, your best, most favorite job and your worst most hated job what would they be? Seriously you don't have to list them all out like I did (damn it I've had a LOT of jobs haven't I??? Is that odd??? Cause I'm really feeling like a bit of a lush on the whole job scene tonight!!!)
Don't leave me hangin!!
posted by Krissi at
11:58 PM
2 Comments:
I have had 2 jobs out side of being a mom. In high school and college I was a waitress and now I am a nurse. Some days I would love to be a waitress and not hold ppl's lives in my hands.
First of all, I never knew you had half of those jobs, lol, especially the one for SL, my mom has worked for her for years...and Paris, TX, how exactly did you end up there? The most recent ex is from there, just made me smirk a little when I read it. As far as the list of jobs I have had, OMG, it would take me 3 days to compile a list, so don't feel bad at all!!
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