Thankful!
As I reflect on this wonderful Thanksgiving Day, I can't help but smile. This holiday was different for us this year. I'm so thankful Travis wasn't on duty and we were able to spend it as a family together! This morning was a "late" day for me work-wise and I didn't have to start until 8 am, so we even got to sleep in! That was great even though Sophie woke us up at 6:30 am to tell us she felt better after a night of nausea and just feeling bad. Of course, I couldn't go back to sleep, so I ended up getting out of bed around 7:20 and starting work a little early. To my delight, I was out of work around 9:00 am so I managed to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with my crew. Usually our Thanksgiving mornings when Travis is home are filled with rushing around trying to get a few dishes made to take to his family's for dinner. This year his parents went out of state to spend the holiday with his younger brother, so our day was left open and dedicated to whatever we decided to do! I guess a few days ago Travis suggested we go out and eat and that sounded like a good idea. Apparently a lot of other people thought the same thing because at 3:45 pm Ryans was packed full! It was nice, though, to just sit down and eat without having to prepare any of it and not have to wait around to clean up or any of that stuff that comes along with a huge family dinner. When we were done, we just got up and left! It was great! For the girls we picked up a Redbox movie (Brave) and then we headed home. Now that the girls are showered and comfy, myself included, we're preparing to watch the movie and relax. We did manage to put the tree up this afternoon, too, and that just kind of sets the mood. It feels more like Christmas now.
So I'm 29 days away from saying adios to my job. It's bittersweet, actually. A few days ago Travis cousin, who was also named Kim Langley, passed in a car accident and people thought it was me. I had calls, messages, and all kinds of contacts from people I haven't talked to in years. Words can't really describe how it felt to have people tell me they thought I'd died. Some cried when we talked, some told me they were physically sick until they heard from me...it put a lot of things into perspective. My friend, Sara, who I hadn't talked to in at least 4 years called and we talked over an hour. After she told me how upset she'd been all day wondering how she would talk to Travis about me we started sharing our current thoughts on transcription. We both work for the same company now and I shared with her my plans to leave and it kind of hit me that wow...I'm leaving a career I've done for almost 17 years, almost 14 of those years worked for my current company. Most of the time I feel like I don't even belong in the field of transcription, but it's hard to imagine me doing anything else! I've hesitated to mention what I'm going to be doing yet since I haven't given any notice to my current comany, but I'm gonna spill the beans here. I'm going to be working at the Mother's Day Out program at my church, Valley Baptist Church, here in Searcy. It's gonna be so different from what I've done for almost half my life, but I think the change is needed at this point. The chances of me going back to transcription after I leave are so slim, but if the right company came along and would let me do as few hours as I wanted and on the days I wanted, I would likely say yes, but sadly these days companies like that just don't exist. Anyway...
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving today with your family. I can certainly say without a doubt that mine has been wonderful. I'm with the people I love most doing one of the things I love most (yep, watching TV)...what more could a girl ask for?
So I'm 29 days away from saying adios to my job. It's bittersweet, actually. A few days ago Travis cousin, who was also named Kim Langley, passed in a car accident and people thought it was me. I had calls, messages, and all kinds of contacts from people I haven't talked to in years. Words can't really describe how it felt to have people tell me they thought I'd died. Some cried when we talked, some told me they were physically sick until they heard from me...it put a lot of things into perspective. My friend, Sara, who I hadn't talked to in at least 4 years called and we talked over an hour. After she told me how upset she'd been all day wondering how she would talk to Travis about me we started sharing our current thoughts on transcription. We both work for the same company now and I shared with her my plans to leave and it kind of hit me that wow...I'm leaving a career I've done for almost 17 years, almost 14 of those years worked for my current company. Most of the time I feel like I don't even belong in the field of transcription, but it's hard to imagine me doing anything else! I've hesitated to mention what I'm going to be doing yet since I haven't given any notice to my current comany, but I'm gonna spill the beans here. I'm going to be working at the Mother's Day Out program at my church, Valley Baptist Church, here in Searcy. It's gonna be so different from what I've done for almost half my life, but I think the change is needed at this point. The chances of me going back to transcription after I leave are so slim, but if the right company came along and would let me do as few hours as I wanted and on the days I wanted, I would likely say yes, but sadly these days companies like that just don't exist. Anyway...
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving today with your family. I can certainly say without a doubt that mine has been wonderful. I'm with the people I love most doing one of the things I love most (yep, watching TV)...what more could a girl ask for?
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