February 22, 2008

• Woot

  So, I think my IT department must have slept in this morning because usually Xanga is a blocked site that I can't get to.  I was talking to Chun this morning and just happened to give it a try again and ta-da... here I am!

  Holy cow... where do I even begin?  My last real post was June of 2007 where I stated I was updating my resume, well, I started a new job 3 weeks later.  I've been here since the end of June of last year and boy howdy is this a handful.  Way back when, when I was 19 or so, I thought I wanted to be in Human Resources when I grew up.  I actually had a job recruiting for a large law firm in DC and lasted all of a year before deciding that the politics involved in HR was way more than I was willing to handle.  I made the decision to change my focus to accounting.  That's when I got the job working for the company where I met Chun nearly 8 years ago.  I stuck it out there for 5-1/2 years before moving onto a position that offered more growth and responsibilities.  While in that position, the company I worked for make some major internal changes and I was volunteered to be in HR all over again... when they told me, I cried.  I didn't want anything to do with HR, but I grabbed my deck of cards and my straw and sucked it up and dealt.  Low and behold, I'm actually kinda good at HR, not to mention the fact that in the right environment, I even enjoy it.

  So, last June I took the opportunity to join a mortgage company as the HR Manager.  I've been here nearly 9 months now and we've had 3 lay-offs that I've had to carry out and now that the industry is showing some signs of rebound we've had a major influx of hiring.  I've nearly caught up with 6 months of work that wasn't completed prior to my arrival and it looks as though I may have found myself a pretty good gig.  It's stressful and there is a ton of responsibility involved, but I seem to be handling it well, and my CFO is great about letting me know how much faith she has in me to get all this stuff corrected and taken care of.  Whodathunkit?

  Family is fantastic.  Itty Bitty isn't so Itty Bitty anymore.  She's 3-1/2 and smart as a whip.  She's in preschool with a bunch of 4-year olds and is holding her own quite well.  She's sensitive, so she doesn't like it when the boys are mean, but I explained to her that sometimes, boys are mean because they like you.  Just imagine trying to have THAT conversation with a 3-1/2 year old!

  We've taken to calling Allison Uh-oh and/or Patience.  Uh-oh is her favorite saying... and she has the patience of a badger.  She just turned 1 in January... I can hardly believe it.  She's been walking since about Christmas time and she's just her own little person, whom I happen to adore.

  Husband is looking for a job that will relocate us closer to my family, and I couldn't be more supportive!  I'm thrilled, but there's no telling how soon (or not) that could happen.

  Crud, just as I get going my second interview on the day arrives.  Must run.  I'll try back later if they haven't reinitiated our filter

  • 12:34 pm
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