Just Me...and My Thoughts For The Day

Here I sit at my trusty computer, knowing that I need to write and for some reason the words just aren't popping in my head like I thought they would. I hate to ramble, but truly felt the need to write and talk to everyone today....HELLO! Anyone out there? Last week my job sent me to Winston-Salem to take an appraisal class....yes in ONE week, I learned all about the appraisal process, took a mid-term exam AND a final exam, fought traffic on I-85, was caught up in a traffic jam that was due to a wreck that was 10 miles up the road.....ahhhh! On that night, when I finally got home and was doing some MAJOR stressing out trying to study for my mid-term....ok, let me tell ya, I have been out of school a LONG time and study habits do not come easy! Eddie told me to pack my bags and when I went to Winston the next day, I didn't come home until Friday. That worked out best for me because I rested and was able to study like I should - I think, remember, I told ya it has been a LONG time since I have studied! Anyway, I ended up making a 95 on the exam....hey, I'm not as dumb as I thought I was! However, I must say that the ONLY think I learned from this class was that I DO NOT WANT TO BE AN APPRAISER!!!!! I'm just glad it is over with and even though I will not get a promotion, raise or even an "atta boy" for taking the class, I am tickled that I made a good grade. To take this class I had to make alot of arrangements at home....with a husband that works third shift and a 7 year old child, it can be difficult to be gone at night or even leaving at the crack of dawn. I have a wonderful Mom who stepped up to the plate to assist me and Eddie and my wonderful friends Paula and Becky who came to my rescue with helping transport Cade to some of his destinations. I am so blessed! On Friday when they told us the class was over, I did NOT need to be told a second time, heck I think I broke the sound barrier flying out to my car as fast as these fat legs would take me! LOL! The weekend was a busy one because it was pageant weekend and we crowned two new young ladies to represent Stanly County in the Miss NC pageant this coming summer! I was able to see my dear friends Jeff and Jon from Asheville, they came to judge the pageant! I always enjoy spending time with them....they are "a hoot" to hang out with! Sunday, Cade and Eddie went to see the Panthers play football and I did as little as possible....enjoyed my recliner and the remote control in hand, I enjoyed a COUPLE movies as well! Sunday night only brings on a nervous stomach for me with the thoughts of coming back to work and yes, it was as bad as I expected when I walked in the door yesterday. My supvr. pretty much called me a liar. Now folks, there is one thing that I do not tolerate and that is lying and I do NOT like being called one either because pretty much I shoot straight from the hip. One of my clients owns a plant nursery that we are going to be building a road right through the middle of and I recently met with the owner and did an inventory of plants and shrubs that are in the right of way. Mr. Davis told me all about the trees and shrubs and it was pretty interesting. I spent several hours with him counting inventory and making pictures. The next day I prepare my documents and turned them in to my supvr along with the pictures. Anyway, I tell you all that to get to my day yesterday....he questioned if I had actually gone out there on location or if I had called someone and received numbers over the phone. I assured him that I had been out there and met with the owner. He said that another supvr questioned my numbers stating that they seemed to high so they thought they would have someone else to go out there and count things again! I was devastated! I came back to my office and laying in my mail tray was a letter from the nursery where he had sent me an itemized list of inventory and the numbers there and my numbers pretty much matched up....I started to carry it in to my supvr and say "here is the proof" but then the "EUDY" came out in me and I took the form, put it in a file and put it away in my file cabinet....shoot fire, let them go tramp around in the mud and count trees and shrubs....they want to call me a liar, why should I do anything for them?? I know, not a good attitude for me to have and to be honest, I am praying about really hard! Oh, I'll end up giving the form to them but maybe later....just not now ;-D Everyone needs exercise and I wouldn't want any of them to miss out on that opportunity-LOL! I am trying really hard to have a comical outlook at this point. I have cried enough! Tonight Cade will have football practice and I will probably go and sit on the sidelines with some of the other Mom's and we will discuss the worlds problems and how we would solve them -LOL and I will be happy! THAT is my life, not this place! So, I have to learn to let it go! God's grace is so wonderful. He truly has His work cut out for him with me, but He takes care of me and blesses me with so many other wonderful things to counteract the bad! God has given me the signs that "change" is in my near future....with my career! HOWEVER, like I mentioned above, I know ONE career that is NOT in my future.....being an appraiser! I'm not knocking that job, but ""it ain't for me""! So, for now, I'm looking up....keeping my chin up and thinking positive thoughts! It makes a better day!~Until Later