Rain and Work. With Some Blood Thrown In.
I am someone who loves my job. Seriously and passionately loves it. So much that I am sad when monsoons and freezing temperatures closes work and I have an uninvited day off.
This whole summer I am going to be asking myself why I am choosing to have this summer be my last when I love it so much. My heart aches when I think about not coming back here and the season hasn't even started. My job is perfect. I get to unleash my creative side often, I get to push people to grow, to grow myself and find ways to make us better as a team. I get to make the public happy and learn ways to handle them when they aren't. I get to learn about how our park is run and what goes into its operation. I get to observe some interesting things. I get to work with some of the most entertaining and fantastic people I have ever met. I spend most of every day laughing.
Today I helped rescue a stuffed animal that was thrown into a gutter. I got sprayed with gutter water but the boys excitement was worth it, and it was quite an adventure trying to get it free.
Also, today I got complimented on something that I implemented within our team. Knowing my efforts has helped make us better makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.
Some one asked me a few days ago what my hours were. I told them open to close. Then they asked me again, like open to close were just my hours for that day. No, I told them, my hours are always open to close. We don't have a schedule, we live here.
And I love that.
Especially because I never feel like I have worked for as long as I have and I rarely want to leave. And I get very sad when work is closed due to weather. Like it was on Saturday. Who is sad when they have a day off?! Only us.
I am going to make this summer the most amazing and memorable summer of my life. I already know it will be without much effort just because my job and the people I get to work with everyday will make it so.
I am somehow going to have to accept my decision to not return in 2014. It will be very, very difficult. But I know that greatness can not be repeated forever. Sometimes you need to move on to bigger and better things. I just hope that those things are just as fun. That I love them just as much.
On a brighter note, I went shopping with my mom on my spontaneous Saturday off. The pouring down rain made this our only option of something to do.
I got stuck by a pin in a shirt in a Macy's dressing room and started spurting blood. The shirt I was trying on was, of course, all white. Somehow I managed to not get blood on it even though it was running down my arm. And as I was waiting for a lady to bring me a first aid kit I got a bunch of compliments on the shirt. So I bought it.
It has been an interesting week.
Here's to many more.
This whole summer I am going to be asking myself why I am choosing to have this summer be my last when I love it so much. My heart aches when I think about not coming back here and the season hasn't even started. My job is perfect. I get to unleash my creative side often, I get to push people to grow, to grow myself and find ways to make us better as a team. I get to make the public happy and learn ways to handle them when they aren't. I get to learn about how our park is run and what goes into its operation. I get to observe some interesting things. I get to work with some of the most entertaining and fantastic people I have ever met. I spend most of every day laughing.
Today I helped rescue a stuffed animal that was thrown into a gutter. I got sprayed with gutter water but the boys excitement was worth it, and it was quite an adventure trying to get it free.
Also, today I got complimented on something that I implemented within our team. Knowing my efforts has helped make us better makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.
Some one asked me a few days ago what my hours were. I told them open to close. Then they asked me again, like open to close were just my hours for that day. No, I told them, my hours are always open to close. We don't have a schedule, we live here.
And I love that.
Especially because I never feel like I have worked for as long as I have and I rarely want to leave. And I get very sad when work is closed due to weather. Like it was on Saturday. Who is sad when they have a day off?! Only us.
I am going to make this summer the most amazing and memorable summer of my life. I already know it will be without much effort just because my job and the people I get to work with everyday will make it so.
I am somehow going to have to accept my decision to not return in 2014. It will be very, very difficult. But I know that greatness can not be repeated forever. Sometimes you need to move on to bigger and better things. I just hope that those things are just as fun. That I love them just as much.
On a brighter note, I went shopping with my mom on my spontaneous Saturday off. The pouring down rain made this our only option of something to do.
I got stuck by a pin in a shirt in a Macy's dressing room and started spurting blood. The shirt I was trying on was, of course, all white. Somehow I managed to not get blood on it even though it was running down my arm. And as I was waiting for a lady to bring me a first aid kit I got a bunch of compliments on the shirt. So I bought it.
It has been an interesting week.
Here's to many more.
