I was looking over this blog.  2013 last post, 2018 now.  WHAT??

2013 was what I like to call the “Year of Cath.”  I quit my job of 13 years with the idea that I would indeed return to the work force after a year.

That was pretty much what I did. I return now to this blog and things are WILDY different!  I will not bore you with 5 years of what I have been doing.

Let’s do the Readers Digest version:

I found myself in the office of a Temp Agency. I had worked at the same job for 13 years.  Dude told me I had no real skill.  He was going to have a hard time placing me.  Asked me why I did not finish my degree, why I did not try to move up, on, anything.  He kept shaking his head.  Well like, I was raising kids?  Being a mom, wife, homemaker, and anything in-between?  I am still not sure why women have to explain that.   We do though.  It is very infuriating.  Anyway, he did place me in a Corporate Office for a local grocery chain, doing all things clerical.  I could do an entire blog post and possible novel just about my experiences there. Long story/feature film short, I worked there for a few years, and then transferred into a position with the promotions department of this chain.  Oh my land.  Not FOR ME.  AT ALL.  I thought it was though.  I ended up being the sample girl.  The “hey would you like to try these cheese balls?” girl. I thought I would be out promoting the store, advertising the store, maybe even doing small demos in the store.  Nope, “hey would you like some of this sushi?” girl.  I worked with a few tremendous people though!  As an example of how bad this was, one of my assignments was to drive to a store in the chain that was in a small college town about an hour – 30 minutes from my house.  On college move in day, and have a corn hole tournament in the parking lot.  Showing the college age kids how it’s done I guess?   They could NOT have sent a more wrong person.  I am a Mom of kids that age, first of all. Second, I truly looked the part of the mom carrying in the bedding for the dorm.  Third, I wanted to tell some of them they really did not need that case of beer, just because Mom and Dad just left!  It was a disaster, and my boss at the time knew it.

Shortly thereafter, I received a job offer to go back and do all things clerical, and be the administrative assistant at a local Chamber of Commerce. Thank GOD. I did not desire to ask one more human if they wanted to try the smoked turkey jerky.  I love what I do now.  Sometimes it is a tad stressful, but over the last couple of years I am learning, I clock out at 5.  This is my job, not my life.  Do the very best I can while I am in the 9-5, and then leave it there.  I do not actually do that very well every day, but I sure am learning.

So much has happened to me personally during the last 5 years too.  I think I wont get into all that.  As inspiration strikes, I will use that energy to write about it all.

I am over 50 now.  OMG, when you type that out it gets ya right in the –wasn’t I just 30?- heart.  I think that women over 50 are FABULOUS!  I am just 51.  We grew up in the 70’s.  We went to High school in the early 80’s.  We had the best hair, music, and we were on the very edge of technology.  They put computers in my High school the year after I graduated. The first CD I ever listened to was Purple Rain.  We had Prince, so I think we win right there! Women over 50 do not have to be wearing Alfred Dunner sets; we do not have to have Mom hair, mom jeans, or mom make up!  We do however; need to take care of our skin.  We need to dress with our personality, not exactly our age.  What exactly IS “age appropriate?”  I know I am not a fan of that term at all anyway.  Most of us have raised kids, husbands, and friends.  We have a few grays, wrinkles, and curves.  All of that makes us beautiful, perceptive, fabulous women.

Let’s GO!!!

peace👐