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September 26, 2006: The past week has been a whirlwind of epic proportions! Ok, I'm exaggerating but for someone like me who has been a stay-at-home mom for the past 9 1/2 years, (yes, almost a DECADE devoted to loving and caring for my chibbles and cherishing every single minute of it, except for the time that Patrick was 1 1/2 yrs old and spilled my Calligraphy India Ink all over the Master bedroom carpet, permanent ink, mind you, argh, or when Jarod was 2 yrs old and turned our kitchen into Christmas in July by dumping an industrial size canister of glitter all over the floor in gleeful revelry, but I digress, hehe...) anyhoo, after doing stay-at-home Mom duty for 10 years, I will now be re-classified as a "Working Mom". Hehe, it felt funny typing it. Yes, folks, I am now officially employed as a Licensed Massage Therapist!!! Woo-hoo! Go Me! It's a fairly new massage clinic out in Beaverton OR and it just opened last December 2005. There are about 7 LMT's working there right now and I'll be working the 9-3pm morning/afternoon shift. It's been so crazy! I found out about the position on Tuesday. I applied to the job on Wednesday. I got a call on Thursday (while I was picking up Tina at the airport, oh, she went for a 3 week vacation to Italy, so wicked cool!) and on Friday I went for an informal interview meeting and fill out a job application. I get a call that same day saying that they want to do a formal interview on Monday which includes performing four 15 minute test massages on other LMTs as well as regular clients. By Monday afternoon, I was offered the job. On Tuesday morning (today) I accepted the job offer. And I start my official 1st day of work tomorrow. ----WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2006.---- I'm still trying to hammer out the final details right now but everything looks too good to be true. I get to pick and choose my own hours, days and weekends, too. I can also customize my work schedule to fit into the kids' school schedules (holidays, teacher in-service days, parent-teacher conferences, etc). This was the #1 priority when I was looking at different job offers. They say third time's a charm and this 3rd place seems so perfect for me. I really like my co-workers and the whole work environment. Everyone is super friendly, relaxed, easy-going and very professional. I think I'm going to like working here. I have three massage clients tomorrow, so wish me luck!!! :-)
September 20, 2006: I went on my second job interview today. This particular salon had a few negative reviews on this massage newsgroup that I frequent. Not to be deterred by other's opinions, I decided to go ahead and interview anyway. Bottom line, I wasn't too impressed with their company work policy and job ethics. Apparently, they require all licensed massage therapists to sign a no compete clause agreement (a fancy way of saying, hey, don't steal my clients when you leave/quit/resign). I can understand that but then they also say that you are not allowed to work anywhere within a 3 mile radius of their other locations for 18 months or face breach of contract and other legal mumbo-jumbo. The woman who interviewed me was pleasant enough. (off-topic: when I shook her hand, she had _the_ coldest, boniest skeleton hands I've ever touched...almost like a cadaver. kinda. ick.) Her questions were very predictable. It was almost like she was reading off this mental check-list in her head. Apparently, I passed most of her inquiries. When the interview progressed to a discussion of time availability I told her that at this time I am available mornings and early afternoons (when the boys were in school) as well as one weekend day (Sat or Sun). You could tell instantly that she wasn't too pleased with my response. She said, "Hm, I see." <pause> Then she goes on to tell me that she requires all her LMT's to work both morning and evening shifts. No negotiations on this point. And so, that was pretty much the end of the interview. I thanked her for her time and she gave me her business card in case my schedule opens up. Then I left. Oh well. My initial gut feeling upon entering this salon was correct. It was a over-priced, pretentious "high-end" salon that caters to upper-crusty people. I honestly can't see myself working here. At any rate, it was a good experience nonetheless. I got a chance to practice my interviewing skills and I received some nice feedback on the massage industry in general. Plus, it helped me narrow my job/work preferences to more holistic/health related places like health clubs and wellness centers. Also I should be hearing back from a couple of other places soon. Anyhoo, more later...
September 14, 2006: It's raining cat's n dogs right now. So much for the sunny week we just had. Kinda depressing. No more sunny days, just months of rain to look forward to... bah. Green Day's "September" song is stuck in my head now...
September 5, 2006: The first day of school for Jarod and Patrick! Woo-hoo!!! :-) It's gonna be a good year!!!
September 1, 2006: The boys have their annual check-ups and physicals this week right before the start of school. It's gonna be another exciting school year for them. Jarod will be starting 4th grade and Patrick will be starting 3rd grade. Patrick will be "looping" up with his 2nd grade teacher and so the transition to 3rd will be seamless for him. As for Jarod, he will be starting the year with a new teacher. Jarod's been with the same teacher for the past two years (he also did the "looping" thing from 2nd to 3rd.) When I was a kid, I did the looping thing from 2nd to 3rd as well @ Browne School, eons ago. It was great 'cuz you already know all your classmates and your teacher already knows all your academic strengths and weaknesses. Hopefully, they'll have a great year! What else? Oh, we might be going up to Action Park this weekend. It'll be our last final adventure before the end of summer. I can't believe how fast the summer flew by. While the kids are in school, I'm going to update my resume and start looking for a job as a LMT. I'm still kinda bummed that the position at "my" spa was filled last weekend. I wanted it so bad. Oh, well. Onward and upward. :)
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