Okay, I'm all situated. I find that I work better in coffee shops or other locales that offer upright sitting furniture and/or a desk. At home I just don't seem to be productive. Does anyone else have this issue? I just left Paradise Bakery who has failed me now a second time with their supposed wifi ability. I do so love their fresh salad/soup/sandwich combo options, now if they could just get their internet in order! I had to relocate to the ol' standby Starbucks. A giant corporate monopoly, and yet, they are consistent and dependable. What can ya do.
So I've been itching to write and post again, but wasn't quite sure how often you are supposed to blog before people get tired of you. Once a week? Twice a week? I think once a week is a healthy goal, and then every once in a while if I'm just bursting at the seams there might be a bonus post here and there :) Today I am supposed to be packing and getting organized since I totally blew it off yesterday at the pool enjoying this amazing weather that AZ seems to be able to offer just about every day :) Just as soon as I get some stuff done here I'll get back to it. I think.
Oh yes, did I mention I'm moving? Let's back up a bit. Before I moved to AZ, I had kind of put the word out that I was coming back to the US and was looking to live somewhere warm and any known job openings would be most helpful. I had a few people respond, one of my good friends Katie in particular was the one who got me all set up working with her at a remodeling company. And so I set out and drove from Michigan to Arizona. That was a long drive let me tell you. I am so glad I'm part of a generation that flies. It's so much more affordable to hop a plane than it used to be. If and when I am ever a parent with a bunch of hooligans running around let me tell you, unless it is 5 hours or less in the car, we will be flying. I am just not the road trip kind of gal. I just sit there while I'm driving thinking about how I might be getting muscular atrophy and what is happening with my circulation right now? Plus you just want to get to wherever you are going without stopping much, so you eat like crap and stop at fast food all the way. Ugh, its just not a good cycle for me. Oops I detoured off subject. Anyway, Katie was a doll and basically had the job waiting for me when I got here. What a blessing. It really made moving seamless for me. I stayed with her for a bit in Tempe while I was figuring out where to live. The job was working out in Peoria (West Valley Phoenix) at the design center. It was a good hour drive every morning each way to get to work from Tempe, and I made the decision to not commute that every day. Katie warned me my social life would take a toll if I lived in the west valley, but I stubbornly insisted on it. She was right. Wow do I drive alot to hang out with friends. (No offense to my current westie friends ;) However, I don't think I would have done it differently though. Being from Michigan, I had never commuted more than 20 minutes to a job, so an hour each way was just out of the question. I think about things like the statistics and odds of my being in an accident that come with being on the road for more hours out of the day. My snowboard instructor once told me that I think too much. It's probably be true, but it's what I do.
Anyway, that's all about to change now! I officially gave my two weeks notice to my current job on Friday, and I'll begin a new job in sales in Mesa (East Vally Phoenix) on July 9th. I'm pretty psyched. My first job out of college was working as a custom vacation planner, ie sales, while I was living in Costa Rica. My sales manager during my first review told me that if/when I ever moved on to bigger and better things that I should definitely still work in sales and that it was just my personality. It was a compliment I didn't really know what to do with at the time. I continued on for a couple years down there, but in the end I started to get burnt out. (You must think I'm crazy to have gotten burnt out living in paradise right, lol. Another blog post for the future). I felt like I was just repeating myself every day like a broken record. I knew Costa Rica like the back of my hand, and no longer felt challenged. And that's when I realized, it was time to come back. When I first moved to CR, people had asked me, well for how long do you plan to be down there? And I didn't really know. I had just said, for as long as I'm happy and feel challenged/am learning new things. I think that goes to say for anything really.
So now I'll be entering the world of sales again. I like it. I am a naturally competitive person. I am looking forward to the team environment and positive work culture this new company seems to offer. We will have different types of clients as well, so it won't be as repetitive, awesome. From what I can tell, my hours will be somewhat flexible as well, and I'll have more freedom again. Oh glory be :) (In Costa Rica we had the leisure of taking vacation time pretty much whenever we wanted). (When I moved back to the US it and started to work here, the lack of vacation time was a bit of a shock to my system). My current job does not offer PTO until after a year of employment, and they are set hours of 10-6. If you love to sleep in, it's perfect, but I like to get alot out of my days and I'd much rather start in the morning. With this new position my day will start between 5:30am and 7:30am, so I guess I got my wish lol. Time to start changing that bed time. But I'll be out so much earlier and off to evening volleyball I'll go :)
I'll be moving to Scottsdale on June 30th with a friend from the volleyball circle, hooray :) I'm such a happy camper right now. So many fun things to do in that area. (Scottsdale is where alot of the vball goes down.) For a while I was playing vball 3-4x a wk, but I've recently cut that back in an effort to not drive/spend so much on gas. It won't be an obstacle much longer. And there's more than vball! I'll be closer to the cactus and chapparal lap pools. I have also been googling adult hip hip dance class, we'll see if I can find something. Hillary if you're reading this, I so miss our dance days. I've also researched those pole dance classes. (Is it bad to post that online?) I think they look like so much fun haha. Pure barre is another one I've had my eye on. And then there's yoga too. Oh so much I want to do!!
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