Wednesday Fun! : New Job Update - 6 Months

I have now officially reached my 6 month milestone at my new job.  Update on how I am feeling about it today... I Still Love It!!!   This is the first time in a long time that I have felt that my input and opinions are so wanted, encouraged, heard and appreciated.  Good or bad.  My department of 30 people continue to amaze me with how well we can all work together in such small quarters.  No childish actions, or talking behind any one's back.  No high school games and nobody acting like they are better than anyone else.  I have worked in much smaller groups that I can't say the same thing about. Everyone is always eager to help each other even if the work is out of their Division. 
The only thing I find to be an obstacle is not gaining weight with the amount of food that is in this office every week.  These guys REALLY like food and there is ALWAYS something for everyone to munch on.  Donuts are brought in every single Friday rain or shine,  cookies and cobblers are made almost weekly,  chips and crackers and brought in all the time,  candy, nuts and even fruit are supplied everyday.  This doesn't take into account the birthday food every month, the holiday BBQ's and potlucks, the catered lunches, and the welcome and farewell buffets that are organized on our back tables or conference rooms.  Food Food Food.  And great food,  often homemade food.  It's always delicious and plentiful.  So I do get a lot of walking in around the complex to try to burn off all of these extra calories. 

I will be honest though.  As much as I LOVE this new job, new chapter and new adventure, There are a couple of things from my last job that I really miss.  I miss my old boss.  He has always been a great friend and working with him was a great experience.  I will miss knowing a lot about what I am doing.  This learning from ground up again is showing to be a bit more difficult at my age than it used to be.  LOL.

New Job Update - Month One

So tomorrow will officially be 4 full weeks at the new job.  One month down.  Wow!!!  I can't believe it's already been that long. It has really flown by. I LOVE my new job!  My department is in one large office with 4 divisions and 29 people.  Each and every one of them are amazing and kind and friendly... oh... and adults!!!  Not only physically but mentally as well.  This has been such a fantastic change and improvement.  My team consists of myself and 2 ladies that I supervise and they are really wonderful and incredibly smart.  I feel so blessed to work with them and everyone else there. My boss is great.  She is hilarious and so much fun.

I am learning so much already.  There is a lot to learn and I'm not there yet but so far I have taken over about 6 daily tasks from the schedule to do everyday for the repetitive practice and I feel pretty confident in it now.  Time to start rotating some new things in for practice.

I truly look forward to going to work every day and before I know it the day is already over.  I haven't felt this happy about going to work in a very long time.  I am sure that will increase even more once I actually know what I am doing.  The entire learning process is what kills me.  I just want to hurry up and know it all.  Isn't there a pill or something for that?  There should be. LOL

My only downfall is every single Friday one of the managers brings in 2 dozen donuts for everyone.  Every Single Friday! Well, of course I can never turn down or walk away from a donut so that makes my dieting a bit tough.  Of course I make it work.  since I know the routine I plan the rest of my Friday meals accordingly to accommodate for the donut points.  Seriously though.  What a great thing for him to do for the whole office every week.  They really know how to keep everyone happy here.  I LOVE it!  Have I mentioned how much I LOVE my new job?!?!  Hahaha.

Well I will try to make another update and let you know how Month Two is.  If  month One is any inclination, I think it will be great!

Oh, I'm pretty sure these two things make me official now.  ;)

My Washoe County Employee Badge.  They let me have access to the building and the office.  That's gotta be a good sign. :)

Business card order has been sent to the printers! :)

Fabulous Friday - Bittersweet Goodbyes

So yesterday was the end of an era for me.  It was my last day of my job, life and daily family interactions with a great bunch of people.  I am heart broken to have said my goodbyes and ready, and and willing to step forward into my new life, world and chapter to a great adventure.

As I have described to many, yesterday felt like the day you first move out of your parents home, into the unknown, the new, the scary and the exciting world out there.

In the morning they brought me donuts, my favorite!  I may have had more than my share but they sure were yummy!

For lunch my wonderful boss took me out to lunch.  It was great to sit and BS about all of the fun things we used to chat about when we carpooled together to work.  I'm gonna miss those fun chats. It's hare to believe that my morning routine of putting my lunch in the fridge by his desk and sitting and chatting for a few minutes waiting for 7am to start are now over.  I stood there yesterday morning thinking, this is it.  This the last time for many things I've come to enjoy and have gotten so used to be my normal daily habits here.

I continued to work like a normal day up until the last hour.  I wasn't sure how to handle it being the end so I just kept doing what was normal.  Worked and processed cases till they told me to stop.

At 3pm my boss sent out an email to all of us asking us to meet for a quick meeting in our cave.  Our cave being an empty filing room that is right next to our area, where we would go for private unit meetings. We all piled in there and sat around waiting for my boss to join us.

When he walked in he was carrying an over flowing gift bag.  Oh my god!  This meeting is for me!  I really wasn't sure if they were going to say or do much.  The bag was full of wonderful goodies.  On the very top was a mini "Nothing Bundt Cake". Yum!!  White White Chocolate.  I can't wait to dig into that later. Next were some random joke item that my boss is famous for giving out.  A packet of Wet Ones Wipes and a key chain that said Jamaica.  LOL  OK Sir. It wouldn't have felt right if i hadn't gotten these item. They go well with my Secret Santa gift I got from him a few years ago. A toothbrush. Lol. Next was something large wrapped up in tissue paper.  When I open it my eyes get big!  It's a 49ers Fleece Blanket!  Yes!!!  This Niner Girl can NEVER have enough 49ers blankets or 49ers Anything!  and as they all know my cubicle has ALWAYS been full of 49ers stuff.  Perfect gift guys!

Next were two more items wrapped in tissue paper.  Victoria Secret "Dreams" lotion and scented mist.  It smells incredible and I am excited to use it!

Of course in the bag was a card.  A lovely card signed by everyone in the unit and a photo of our group.  The photo was only about 2 months old but there have already been so many changes made to the group.  3 have also left over the past couple of months and 3 new arrivals that didn't make it to the photo.  But the photo was of a group that I have come to love and cherish over the years.  It was a beautiful addition.

My boss then made a small speech. Of the long amount of time I have been in the unit both as a contracted worker from another agency as well as the recent time as a full fledged member.  I was the person with the most seniority in the unit right below him.  Now the next in line gets to move up.  He mentioned my time in the agency even before coming to our unit and the total combined 13 years I have been there and the vast amount of knowledge I brought with me that will be so very missed.

The words he said were extremely touching. It was great to hear that my knowledge and hard work have not gone unnoticed all of these years. I'll be honest. There were several times I had felt that they were. 

When we were finished and i started heading back to my desk to finish some last case files before the end of my work day at 4pm I hear my boss start laughing.
Evidently when he submitting the request for my access and accounts to be terminated at 4pm he made an error in typing. He received an email stating my access was turned off at 3pm. I still had a case ending and incomplete. Still had emails to respond to. I wanted to send put a goodbye email to those who weren't in our building. I wanted to complete the exit interview survey they  emailed to me. Nope. Nope. And nope. None of that was getting done now. I'm officially done. But with 45 minutes to sit  around and wait. I guess it was a good time top make my rounds and say some goodbyes. 

I loved my job more than anything.  I love what I did and enjoyed every day that I was there doing it. I, of course also had some issues with some individuals but I have already touched on that so I don't want to get into that here.  This post is about the good.  The things I will miss. 

I will miss the jokester of a boss I had. I will miss the dry, quick witted sarcasm and sense of humor from my investigators. I will miss the sweet faces of some of the kindest most living people I have had the pleasure of meeting. 

Now, I prepare for Monday. Monday begins a whole new world. New adventures. New duties. New responsibilities and some new faces. I'm up for the challenge and I'm ready for everything coming my way. 

Bring it on, World! 

Wednesday Fun - Nails

So today I did something for myself that I haven't done in a very long time.  I pampered myself and got nails put back on.  It's been at least 5 or 6 years since I had nail extensions and I have missed them so much.  I have missed they way they feel when I grab for things, type and run my fingers through my hair.  I have missed how much more feminine they make my hand look an dhow much nice and more slender my fingers look with them.  I have just missed them so much.

Now I am not going to lie, it has been so long that I am having to re-learn how to do EVERYTHING! Typing is a bit of a challenge but oh my god, typing on my phone is crazy!  It's like I have no idea what I am doing and have never use a touch screen before in my life. But it's fun giving it a whirl.

I thought that if I am starting a new chapter in my life with this new job then I should start with a bang.  I have a hair appointment tomorrow night and had my nail appointment tonight.  I like to go bold with  my nails normally but I thought that for my first day and my first impression of being someone to take seriously I should go a little more conservative.  I got a beautiful deep red with some glitter on accent nails.

I love, love, love them!  I spent a almost 20 straight years with nails on until I needed to take a break financially from them.  I am so glad to have this opportunity to pamper myself again and to do something that makes me feel pretty.  I hope I can continue to keep them on  because I enjoy this feeling. :)

New Job!!

So I have some really exciting news.  I'm starting a new job!! Woo Hoo!! I am  beyond happy and excited!

So it's no secret that there have been some serious issues that I have been dealing with at work for about the past year.  Issues that have been building and building every day.  It's time for me to close this chapter in my life and move on to opening a new chapter.  It's time to walk away from all their negativity.

Now don't get me wrong.  I LOVE my current job.  I love what I do, I love actual hand on of the work, I feel great about my self and what I accomplish every day and I love my boss.  I am extremely sad to be leaving that behind and the decision to move on has not been an easy one because of those things. I will miss the work and the great boss that I have had for almost 8 years.  The atmosphere just wasn't a healthy place for me to be anymore and it was time to move on.

This new job is with Washoe County Comptroller's Office.  I will be the Collections Supervisor and I am extremely excited about it.  I have vast experience in collections and small claims court and government funds recovery as well as investigations experience for locating people and supervisory experience so this new position is right up my alley.  I feel that I was made for it. New challenges coming my way which excite me and new responsibilities which I am embracing the opportunity for. I am going from one local government (State of Nevada) to another local government (Washoe County) so my PERS will transfer with me, meaning I will keep my government pension.

My first day of work will be this Monday, May 20, 2016.  I'm ready for this!  I've been ready for this for a very long time and it's finally happening.  Hello New Chapter, New Adventure and New Life!!! Watch out! Here I come!

Wish me luck!