Work Family

You see the people you work with more than your family. I have been TOTALY blessed that while at LLS I have found some great family members. Sure, there were a lot of people I hated and didn't get along with but the friends / family I have made waaaay make up for that. I have come to love the people I've worked with at LLS for several years now.... They are awesome and I am totally going to miss them. I sincerely love them like family.

Very Fitting

As I was cleaning out my office and desk I found this poem which I found fitting for many reasons...

A Definition of Success:
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a little better place than we found it, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or redeemed social condition; to know even one life breathed easier because you lived, This is to have succeeded.

So... the reason I have been MIA for awhile is this. I'm getting a new job. The process started back in September. I had been applying for jobs at random at OSU just to see what would happen. It's hard to get in and so I figured I would just try and apply and after awhile hope something would stick. Well, it did. Right around the time of our Zanesville & Columbus LTN Walks I went a met with a woman at the OSU Vet Med School. Over the next few weeks of waiting and going back a few times to talk to other faculty and folks, I finally got the news that I got the job. In the mean time I had a ton going on at my LLS job and the stress of it all about killed me. I wasn't sure if I got the job, when I would hear, and had to keep going at LLS as if nothing was going on. It sucked, big time.

Finally I went in one last time and at the end of our conversation was offered the job. Totally unexpeted and not the way I was told the process would go or end. I was shocked. Then came the hard part of telling folks at LLS and starting to say goodbye. It has been so hard. Eight years of memories and people to say bye to? While I really hope I keep in touch with folks I also realize that life has a way of getting in the way of your best intentions. It's happened with so many friends from HS and college already....:(

I start at OSU on Monday the 16th. I will be raising money for the Vet School. I'm pumped but so scared. It's been awhile since I've had to learn new stuff. I like learning new things but right now it is overwhelming. I'm going from a fish bowl to the ocean but I think it will be great. I know it's the next step logically in my career but at the same time saying goodbye to your first job out of school, the job that gave you so much is very hard....

I'll try not to be as MIA. I'm sorry.