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Heather, Good luck with the interview and I am sure having the questions beforehand will definately give you a hand up. At least you will know what they are looking for so you can get to the next level. With all your experience once you can get to the next step you should be a shoe in!
Heather and many for a safe travel and move to Orlando and for the job interview, keeping my fingers crossed that you get the job. Looking forward to hearing about your new adventure in Florida.
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Good luck Heather! Looking forward to hearing about your new adventure!
I so understand your statement...too much heartache for too little pay. I left teaching for pretty much the same reasons...I miss the kids, but not the head and heart aches.
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Heather, hope your interview went well today. Said a little prayer for you as you embark on this new career path! I am so inspired by your positive attitude and putting your plans into action.
Hope to get to see you when DH and I are there in November. Will contact when it gets closer.
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Well here it is today, and I hope everything's going well for you.
It may have been said before, but I think you are incredibly brave. I wish when I was "younger", I'd had the courage to branch out and do something out of my comfort zone (not that I'm not happy with where I am, but I was always held back by my fears). You have the courage to go out there and do it. My hat's off to you and I hope you find everything you're looking for and then some!
And I look forward to reading more about your new adventures as they happen.
I dropped off two of the kittens to their new Mommy on the Westbank and then I did some shopping.
I ordered a Mattress to be delivered on 6/1. I went into the store on Monday just to test drive some mattresses. Then I found about that they were willing to extend the Memorial Day sale that hadn't started yet for me. They must not have made their sale quota for the week. It also turns out Mattress Firm has locations everywhere and you can order from one store and have a delivery made to another area. I got a great Memorial Day sale deal on a Queen size Serta Memory Foam. I think the original list price was $1500 for the set and it was on clearance, plus $200 off for the Memorial Day sale--so I spent just about $600 plus free delivery!
Since I was in the area, I decided to check out World Market and Pier One for inspiration for my interior decorating project. My bedroom is currently loosely themed after Alice in Wonderland and Disney Princesses. I have Snow White and Sleeping Beauty Lithos on the wall. My bedspread is the old Alice in Wonderland spread FROM the Grand Floridian, and the Mad Hatter is prominently featured around the room--from the Johnny Depp Version poster to a Disney prop designer's version of his hat.
I decided that I wanted my Orlando Bedroom to be slightly less Disney forward. I'd rather have it be inspired. My favorite ride is Expedition Everest, my favorite restaurant is Sanaa. So I'm going to go with an Indian/Tibetan theme. I'm thinking lots of bold colors/patterns in a what you would think of when looking at saris and such. I found two great pieces to start from.
I normally wouldn't be shopping before moving but there was only one of each at each store--so I was worried I wouldn't be able to find them after my move. They are safely wrapped up and already packed in the front seat of the car.
I think I'll be doing a lot of shopping at World Market and Overstock.com. I'd really like all of the pieces to come from India, but the reality is that my bookcases and dresser will likely be unfinished pieces from Ikea--which I'll paint to fit the theme.
I came home from my little shoppind excursion and got to work. I completely emptied Brandon's room--including his full size bed set and the rest of the trash.
Then I got working on my kitchen cabinets. I was taking out the trash and started talking to some of my neighbors and gave away my microwave and my rice cooker as well as my olive oil, two bottles of organic balsamic vinegar and some sea salt. It felt good to give my neighbors things I was just going to toss.
Tuesday morning I had my interview and I feel pretty good about it. Several things helped me make a personal connection with the woman interviewing me. She had worked for and eventually replaced one of my former bosses at a different Marriott property here in town and she was from New Jersey. We also talked about how crazy it was in Orlando during the NBA All Star Weekend. I think I impressed her by knowing that the Princess 1/2 marathon and the Daytona 500 were the same weekend and that I had checked in at WDW right after those events ended this year. I should hear from her by Friday!
After my interview I putzed around on the computer for awhile, but I was really tired from the previous day--I basically crawled back into bed and stayed there.
I got up early this morning and started cleaning/ packing my room and moving some things that I thought might be snapped up by my neighbors out to the street. I didn't pay close attention when I came home, but I think they are all gone.
When I got to work today the Banquet Chef told me he had a buyer for my fridge if I was willing to take $350 for it--somehow $350 is better than the $0 I was going to get leaving it behind in the apartment--so of course I said yes. He's going to pick it up on Friday.
I still have a lot of things to move out to the street--hopefully I'll be able to get that done in the next few days!
More updates will come in the following days!
Lots of Love coming everyone's way--thanks for being so supportive guys!
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