During my application process for the assistant manager position at the credit union, I was asked to come up with a promotional poster for one of our visa cards. Here is mine. I only had 24 hours to whip it out. You should see the others.

the tony awards excite me every year. neil patrick harris was the host of last night's Tony's and he said something that i feel i can relate to. he described his memory of growing up in new mexico as a child and loving to sit around the television to watch the tony awards every year. it offered him a glimpse into the exciting life of entertainment that he desired. granted, he moved west to play a kid doctor. but still -- i think a lot of us enjoy the Tony's for that very same reason. I've been to NYC several times now, and I still get that goosebumpy feeling when I think about broadway. Love it! Theater runs in my blood.

on a side note -- the audio from last night's awards was horrible. during the beginning number, one of the lady's mics was not muted when it should have been and we heard her warming up off stage. awesome. someone lost their job last night.

broken record

i think i am going to be a broken record about this job situation for a while.

but on a good note...i am interviewing for the assistant branch manager position at my branch in lindon. a promotion i would LOVE to get! cross your fingers and live the secret.

i feel like i'm in a stump. i'm living in utah as i wait for cort to finish school, and I"m realizing quite quickly that when it comes to work, there isn't much here for me. and i get frustrated because mainly i am/will be a college graduate school and I don't feel like i have that much to show for it. if i could go back and do my undergrad degree again, i would probably try to do it in a different spirit rather than "get in/get out." that's how i have been feeling -- especially this last few years as I have been getting older.

and it's not like it's too late for me to start or be what i want to be. but i think that when i go to graduate school i want to go because i'm passionate about the area of study rather than "it's a degree. that's what you do to be successful."

right now, i can count on more than one hand, friends and acquaintances who are in better paying, more rewarding careers and who haven't spent a day in college. some are rewarded by working in the "industry" while others have found jobs where they can travel pretty much wherever they want for the cheapest price ever (300 round trip to austrailia, and that's not a sale. that is just the company discount for working at jet blue.) when is all my hard work and devotion to my craft going to pay off? i really don't think it is going to happen here in utah.

so for now. i will remain patient. and i will remain level headed. and so that when the day comes that we are ready to leave i will be as ready as possible. having ample time to be very confident in the decision made rather than it being spontaneous. and i think that that will be the moment where all of this hard work of school and saving (money that it) will pay off.

so for all of you who think i am wasting my time or "not living up to my full potential" to you i say -- "just wait. my day will come soon enough."