DAY 91 - COMING TO THE END

Ok... so how do I gracefully ease out of this blog? I committed to it until I found gainful unemployment and guess what I did. I have officially crossed all pre employment hurdles and that means that I am off to Harrisburg next weekend to start chapter (too many to count) or my life. So we are going to head into the final countdown of this blog. It will come to an end on Friday with the last post DAY 93.

You can anxiously await my next project which is night night chat with Isabelle. I am going to start recording funny conversations that occur from my daughter when she should be sleeping. She always seems to have the weight of the world on her shoulders at the bewitching hour of 8:45p.m. when she should be fast asleep.

FORMS
Part of a new employees on boarding experience is the endless amount of forms that come your way. It would not be so bad but it always seems that each form asks for the same information in a different format. I think I have filled out 4 variations of direct deposit requests.

It is interesting to really pay attention to each detail of this experience because I am in fact going to be in charge of it. Any opportunities to streamline operations is now my charter. All and all, I have actually been impressed with CANDYLAND. I mean when I started the pre employment process I filled everything out on line. Now that I am further into it, I am filling in the paper version of the same thing. I guess I need to be thankful for low hanging fruit.

EAR PIERCINGS
I decided to cave in and let my daughter get her ears pierced. I was trying to hold out till age 10 but noticed that almost all the gals had them pierced. I also felt that she has been handling the impending move in very good spirits. Because of all these factors, we decided to let her get her ears pierced. It was so cute because she had that nervous excitement over the course of the last two days. She wanted to know how it felt, she consulted her girlfriends and of course she could not wait to wear dangling earrings.

During my many visits to various jewelry establishments, I saw a woman getting her ears pierced at this particular store. I thought this location would work out better than the dreaded visit to Claire's in the mall. Besides Isabelle's friend Lauren said that the girls at Claire's (small cheap trinket store) gets trained for only 30 minutes how to pierce ears. The man who works at this jewelry store, was the master piercer. He held this honor with high self esteem. Also he had instead street credibility because Lauren from school said that he pierces everyone's ear. How could you go wrong?

When it was time to pierce, the master piercer emerged from the salon style doors in the back of the store. He looked like Rob Schneider (Deuce Bigalow) with longer curly hair a lot of piercings and way too many Pandora braces. I mean I guess he believes in his product. He performed the piercing with ease and grace and he was done before Isabelle even knew what happened. What a pro.. I am not worthy...

POD UPDATE
The POD sits empty on our driveway as it heads into Day 3. It does however become a big hit for the kids. They are all playing in it like it is a big clubhouse. This personally freaks me out as I think my husband is being a little loose with the lock and key. I have this feeling that we go to load it tomorrow and when we unlock it, a small child that we do not know will come running out. It is kind of freaking me out - like how old refrigerators that have been discarded for the trash. Remember the stories of how dead children are found in them after an innocent game of hide and go seek gone wrong.

REALIZATION
I am really super excited now that I have passed the background check. I hope that I can make strong contributions to my new company. Realization 2- I am starting to dread the final post where I need to sum up this whole experience with a wise yet kitchy ending. Realization 3 - Savor those who enjoy and master their job. It may not be a position that solves cancer but this guy knew how to use a piercing gun and he took pride in what he did which made him excellent. Both holes were perfectly aligned and no tears were shed. Realization 4 - The POD needs to get filled and get off our driveway. I will make it a priority to finish this task up by Friday.