Work?

I have been doing some work in the industry I swore off. I think I swore it off because I had a couple of horrible bosses, and I never understood how to draw the line between what I despised about PR work and who I did it for. Now that I have been away from it for a while, I am understanding that it wasn't the *work* that completely made me a nut job as much as it was the atmosphere I was doing that work in. I am grateful for my experiences, and I guess for the lessons I learned about life and business...even though it hurt like hell emotionally, and sometimes still does.

I decided, well always had a passion for it, to teach. I'd get that warm fuzzy feeling when I'd go into my mom's classroom and help with the kids. She'd let me read in circle to them and help them with their drawings and what not. I always felt safe, creative, warm, and loved in that atmosphere. There was something calming about it....even though there were kids everywhere under the age of 7. I love the young ones, but after much soul searching I felt that my calling was for middle grades. I love that 6 - 9 grade level of kids - quirky, trying to fit in, hormonally messed up, unsure of themselves, and truly not liking coming to school. hahah! yes, I do - they are challenging, and I like that. I still have student teaching to do before I can go out and apply for jobs - getting super excited about it, though. Just need to work it out financially.

Which brings me to what I am doing now. I figure that I will stay home with the kids for one or two more years. It is too much of a financial burden to have two children in a daycare/nanny/home daycare situation....and pay out the big bucks for field experience and student teaching. Just doesn't make sense, so I decided to wait on my teaching career and work with some small business owners.

My first gig was with AmyD - getting her into Whole Foods. She is a fun talent. She designs quirky clothing fashion and aprons. She kind of nudged me into helping her...and if it wasn't for her nudging, I wouldn't have done it. And - it was a success! It was funny - I told her she should be in Whole Foods when I bought an apron from her. She was a little apprehensive and said she didn't really know how to go about it. I said - it is easy. She said, okay, let's make that that first thing you do for me. I said okay...and now there she is. We set up her display yesterday. Crazy. She says to me that she couldn't have done it without me. I tell her she's crazy. She's awesome - all around. Anyhow, here is her blog post about the experience: AmyD in Whole Foods.