So many ch-ch-ch-changes...

Well, I am going to start off by saying, I've missed my blogging friends and I have been terribly negligent in not updating you on all of the big changes in my life. So, for that, I'm sorry.  I'll recap all of the good events and happenings and all of the bad ones...well, I've forgotten them anyway.  That is the great part about being so forgetful, on reflection everything always seems better than it was.

Okay, for starters:  I FOUND MY DREAM JOB!!! You are reading the daily musings of a bone-a-fied Director of Activities for a nursing facility.  I am officially a boss with one employee.  I hold the power. <= HAHA just kidding.  My employee secretly hates my guts for being so much younger and more creative...well it's probably because I got the Director position.  Anyway, I love my job.  It's a lot of stress and paperwork, but it's all worth it when I get to create activities and crafts and have a bunch of people saying how they are excited about something. 

I feel like this whole seek and find for enjoyable employment was an impossible mission, until I would be able to find a career where I was helping others and utilizing my talents.  I have found that I obtain the ability to soothe ruffled feathers and diffuse tempers faster than that of an average person.  My one and only bad experience was over flippin' lottery tickets and my lack of knowledge on the subject.  I jacked up a resident's powerball ticket (not me, the cashier--but I didn't know how they were supposed to look) and he went 10 kinds of crazy on my ass...Now I send my employee :)

Tips for being good at my job:
Keep oatmeal pies in my desk for the lady who thinks I steal hers (so I can give them back)
Keep candy in my pockets to stay in good graces with the 90 year old resident flirt
Always wear pants that don't drag the ground (Urine and bleach can ruin the bottoms)
Don't hold the same hand that they wipe with..or let them hold your wrist..(Don't even imagine this one UGH)
Never turn your back on a wily man in a wheelchair...your rear is at their eye level and is entirely irresistible
Never interfere with smoke times, this is A BIG DEAL... The world will end if they cant smoke two cigarettes every other  hour
...and heads will roll if I dare to schedule Bingo during one of those smoke times

Other news:
Went to a beautiful wedding in Gatlinburg the weekend before last and had a ball.  I didn't lose when we played glow in the dark putt-putt which is a huge accomplishment for me.  I suck royally at anything golf.  I am still awaiting my debut when I can try disc-golf (cough, cough JAL) I might be amazing at it, who knows!?

I had so much fun this weekend in Columbus thrift store shopping! I found a fresh supply of great books and also the most beautiful dress in the world, not to mention some Christmas flowers they gave me for free!  Is it wrong to start thinking of how I'm going to decorate my house? I'm thinking about all old antique Christmasy look... Any thoughts?

I think I'll fire up the old crafting blog before too long because I have finally found an old friend that is as excited about crafting as I am, and we are going to try to sell the stuff at fairs.  Yay!

Well, I am off to relax at a community cookout (my idea and I am tickled to death that it is going to happen!) I'll report back with how it turns out!

Oh, one more thing, today was Julia Child's birthday, go eat a piece of cake in her memory...My residents and I made aprons, cookies and watched the movie! Great times!!!