One thing that came out of the time I spent doing the temp job was the chance to step out of our own office and to step back to analyze the next phase of my life as the mom of 2 college girls who will be spreading their own wings and getting on with the next steps of their lives. So, with that job of raising them nearing it's end it's time to enhance my future with Randy and the work that we do, so I decided to head back to college myself to get certified as a Kitchen and Bath Designer. During my first phone call to Harper College to sign up for this, the head of their Interior Design program said, upon finding out that I am a Certified Remodeler, "Well, let me take a look at your work, and we can clep you out of some of the beginning classes" to which I chuckled and said, "Oh, no, you don't understand, I know absolutely NOTHING about design, I need those beginning design classes". My giftedness in being a Certified Remodeler is in running the company/office in general. I am not at all in charge of any of our design work. That would either be Randy or we utilize the talents of designers are our cabinet suppliers. But, I do have a creative side to me and a HUGE passion for people getting the absolute most out of the use of their kitchens, so to be able to use that creativity and passion in doing our own designs is exciting beyond words to me!
So, I'd love to take you along on this journey with me. I am anticipating some humorous stories to come out of this along with some realizations of who I am and who I hope to become. Already, it has, well, I'm going to be honest here, annoyed me greatly that the majority of the people I have dealt with getting registered, getting my financial aid in line (have I mentioned that because of Chelsea being at Judson and Kylie now going to college, I qualified for a Pell Grant and, tada! get to embark on at least the first semester of this adventure for free - weeeeee!), getting my books, etc., have been people more than half my age who I have to say, are sorely lacking in the customer service department. Come on younger generation, act like you are grateful to have a job; that you do, indeed, have a brain in those pretty little heads of your's and that you are happy to even be alive. Seriously, if this is what our future generations think is acceptable at their jobs, we're all in HUGE trouble!!! I have also come to the conclusion that the thermostats at colleges are not at all set for the comfort of premenopausal women. I was so hot the other day that I seriously wanted to run outside and throw myself, face down into the snow. I was SOOOOOOOOOOOOO hot!!! Note to self, dress lightly or in layers (though, I have yet to find layers that I can wear that as I peel away, don't show off my unfortunately overweight body - but I am working on that, a story for another time).
So, come along on this new journey of mine, would you? And, let's experience this middle-aged college adventure together. It starts on Tuesday, so here we go . . .
