What an awesome couple of weeks

It has been an exciting couple of weeks. I started working at AE on the 11th and since then I think I've had a total of three days off? Maybe four? Lol. I went into my second weekend shift this past weekend and the store manager told me to come into work an hour early and to be ready to learn because I was starting keyholder training on Monday the 21st. I should officially become the keyholder about the second week of Aprilish. And I'm finding that, especially when given a project, that I enjoy the job and time goes by quickly. I'm approved for taking off a couple weeks to go see everyone in FL and four day weekends occasionally in the summer.

We also received all of our household goods!!! So I'm actually typing this while sitting on our wonderfully huge, soft couch that my husband fixed up and is amazing. I also created an eyesore of an entertainment center into something really pretty I think. We also rearranged the bedroom and opened up enough space for one of the recliners too and my lingerie chest. All of which is wonderfully placed. Today I'm going to clean the house and fold the laundry and spend more time with Shawn.

Friday I'm getting on the phone with my enrollment advisor so we can get me set-up to begin classes in less then a week. I glanced over the website and I think I'm going to be able to navigate the sites pretty well. I also went ahead and did one of the assignments. Which was super easy; just a 200-300 word auto biography so I can introduce myself to my classmates.

We also celebrated my 21st birthday over the last couple of days. Sunday before my birthday Shawn took me out to one of the nicest restaurants in town and we split a yummy, but different, appetizer of coconut shrimp, then he had the NY Strip and I had the best filet mignon of my life with a rice pilaf type pancake which was to die for!! Then we split a frozen (purposefully) black mousse cake with was just perrrfect. Monday I opened at work and then came home curled up on the couch and finished reading an awesome book. Last night we went out with a couple and had a few drinks, played pool, and cards all of which was a blast. Today is my day off and I am going to enjoy my birthday present from a girlfriend of mine which is all new nail polishes, a foot spa, and nail polish pens for little details.

So basically its been an awesome couple of weeks and I'm getting more and more excited about everything going on right now, and what's in store for school and work. Hope everything is going well for all of you, remember to leave me a couple comments on how you're doing and what you think about my writing. :)

Job, school, and more fun stuff

So I am super duper pooper scooper excited!! I've been holding off updating the blog because I haven't had any really great news happen until today! Two weeks ago I applied to American Eagle and it has been a phone tag event between the hiring manager at AE and my old manager at Red Lobster. But alas! the managers at AE were able to get a hold of my references and I have officially been hired. But the good news doesn't stop there. In my first interview I was asked what I would like to accomplish at the store and I said that I would eventually like to become a manager. Well apparently I made quite an impression because yesterday when I received a call from the manager to ask if I was available for a second interview. She continued and said that she had mentioned to the store manager that I was interested in a management position and that he wanted to meet me. So today I went and met and interviewed with him and it went fantastic. He told me to "expect to move up quickly." Which I was so freaking excited over. I couldn't believe it, and still have a little bit of curiosity as to why they're so excited about me. I'm even slated to meet the District Manager to make a good first impression. So what I wonder is why would they want this for me? A 20-yr-old who has no retail experience, haven't worked for them at all, and I haven't even been a manager anywhere! But I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth and I thank God that I've been given such an awesome job offering and opportunity.

Another opportunity that I am getting really pumped for is starting school on the 28th. I'm taking two classes towards my AA in the foundations of business; cultural diversity and learning in an information age. I'm hoping to have my AA in a little less than a year. In about two years, give or take, I plan on having my BA in Business Management. I'm taking all of my classes online through the University of Phoenix.

Other than that I'm looking forward to turning 21 in 12 days on the 21st, which means it's my star birthday. Which apparently means that it's just that more special. So I think Shawn and I plan to have a really fun/nice day to celebrate my new job and turning 21. I also know that a couple of my girlfriends and I are planning on going out and having a good time. So pretty much I'm having a really good couple of days and I'm really looking forward to my orientation at work on Friday and beginning classes in a couple of weeks. So I hope everything is going well with everyone else!