Pizza

And so began the evening of the 25th...

Tawny, Sabrina, Sarah, Laura and myself had a wonderfully chatty evening with pizza and bread sticks followed by a teary viewing of the movie "A Walk to Remember". I just love these girls. Living here just gets better and better. We've designated girls night for Thursdays and I know they are just going to get better. When all is said and done there is nothing better than losing sleep because you are thoroughly enjoying the company of those around you. I went to bed with the smell of fingernail polish in the air and was completely content having been surrounded by giggles and girlfriends. I am blessed.

Music...Beautiful Music

Last night indeed falls under the category of fun. I can't get over how much I enjoy Tawny and Sabrina's company. We all hung out talking and listening to music. We did one of my favorite things...music sharing; sitting down in front of the computer, going through a music library and just enjoying different songs. I like seeing where tastes are similar and where they're different. It brings me a lot of joy and stress relief.

Music is so amazing. It has so many abilities. It can inspire and encourage. It can bring people together. It can help us express ourselves in ways we otherwise wouldn't be able to. It can pump us up or settle us down. It can lull us to sleep or wake us up in the morning. It can bring the spirit and flood your heart with emotion. It can paint a picture. It can tell a story. Music is a master of apathy and a advocate of sympathy. It is a fighter for freedom and an encourager of individuality. It is ageless. It is timeless. It is and forever will be. I'm grateful for my passion for music and the blessing of sound and that Heavenly Father aloud me to hear it all.

Roomies!!

I've moved into another new phase of life. It has been an adventure and I feel so blessed, grateful and excited for it. I moved into the cutest little house with Tawny Parker and Sabrina Sandry. I am FINALLY going to be able to have a good roommate experience. They are wonderful examples and Tawny and I are becoming better and better friends every day. I love it.

Yumm...

I don't know what got into me today but I just felt like baking up some goodness in the kitchen and ended up quite proud of myself. I baked homemade oreos and banana bread...and they turned out FANTASTIC!! I was surprised. I don't consider myself much of a cook at all and I mentally prepared myself for failure when I started my two projects, but to my satisfaction I happened upon two tasty creations that were the opposite of fail. My family devoured them. I was fun. I'm hoping to keep practicing and get better at cooking and baking. Hopefully it will be fun!

New Job

I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!!!!

:)

Today was a GREAT day!! I went to work for Brian this morning and an hour or so before I got off, I received a phone call from Jim Joy, the head of HR at WSCU. He said "Kelsee, this is Jim. How are you?... So, are you ready to start working for Weber State Credit Union?"

I about screamed!! I was sooo excited!! A real, full time job with full benefits and tons of room for growth. I start training tomorrow morning. They are giving me a crash coarse in training since I just came from a teller position elsewhere so I'll be out working at the North Branch starting next Monday.

Man, I can not even believe this!! I feel so immensely blessed. I was only out of a job for...well I suppose I never was. Who gets laid off and doesn't have a day of outage? that is incredible. Getting laid off was really a blessing in disguise because I got an even better job out of it. Amazing.

January Playlist

These are my top twelve tunes for January:

Recently favorited:
This is the New Year-Ian Axel

Most liked in new genre:
Kings and Queens-30 Seconds to Mars

Sung most times in my car:
Say Goodbye-Katharine McPhee

Made me get up and dance:
What is Love?-Haddaway

Made me think most of someone else:
Baby It's Fact-Hellogoodbye

Most inspiring:
Good Life-OneRepublic

For my Best friend:
Winterlove-Parachute

All around goodness:
All This Time-OneRepublic

Deepest emotional:
Death of Dumbledore-Jon Schmidt

Inspired spunk and attitude:
Cowboy Casanova-Carrie Underwood

Old favorite resurface:
Dark Blue-Jack's Mannequin

Heard the most on the radio:
Fireflies-Owl City

Had to add one more because I'm in love...
Home-Ian Axel

What a day...

Emotionally exhausted today. I can't believe how much happened today. I hit lowest low and flew pretty high within a 12 hour period.



The day started like a normal workday, except that when I showed up at work my boss called me into her office. Come to find out the credit union wasn't doing so well and they were doing cut backs...I was one of the unfortunate in the 20% of staff that lost there jobs that day. What an awful feeling. They told me I was a great employee but that they just had to eliminate every position that wasn't crucial. They gave me my last paycheck and I walked out the door. Knot in my stomach, I drove straight to my parents house to see my mom. Through the tears I told her what happened and we had a very good talk. She then gave me some advise that saved me at this point. She said that she knew it was hard, but that I needed to try really hard to shake it off and just jump right into finding a new job. She said not to wait till tomorrow or the start of a new week, but to take a few minutes to collect myself and go right out, that very afternoon, and get a job.



Of course I didn't like the sound of that, but after quite the internal battle I decided to take her advise. I called around to all the credit unions in the area to see who might be hiring. I found out that Weber State Credit Union, ironically, was looking to hire a full time Teller/Loan Processor which was exactly what I was looking for. I may have been a little too excited, but I borrowed some business looking attire from my mom, printed off an application and marched right down to the main branch. When I got there a number of people wanted to take my application for me but I said no and insisted I talk with either their manager or HR rep. I finally got to talk to their manager, who I hit it off with really well, and she sent me right out to the North Ogden branch to meet the manager out there. Since that was where the position was open, that was where I needed to have an interview. As luck would have it, the HR manager was also out to the North branch so I was able to meet him and talk with him about my situation. We connected instantly as well and set me up with an interview for Monday.

I came home and contacted a guy in my parents ward that I knew had been looking for help with his business and he was kind enough to allow me to come in and work for him. I start Monday morning making phone calls for $10/hr. Not too shabby. However, he only needs help for another week or so, so this is just a tide me over and save to pay next months car payment type deal.

I got in touch with a few other places but nothing felt as good as WSCU. I went home, relieved I had taken my mom's advise and decided that I was probably going to move back home. Kylee and Greg are selling the house we're in now and with losing my job and other family things going on I feel like moving home would be optimal. So now I have to start thinking about that as well and when where they're going to fit me into the house and yadayada. But that is for another day. My family had tickets to go see a movie that night so I decided I would take a load off and enjoy a movie night with them. Well...contention hit as we pulled into the theater and my parents ended up taking Taylor home so it was just Jayce and I enjoying a movie together. We saw "Extraordinary Measures" which is a very inspiring movie.

After the movie, Landon text me and asked if I'd like to go do something with him. We decided to go to another movie that evening. This is when where the highlight of my day is inserted. He was so cute during the movie. We went and saw "When in Rome", a romantic comedy, and he was enjoying himself throughout the whole show. He even held my hand and made me feel slightly special. I love it when he does those little things. It makes all the difference in the world. It got me to thinking maybe there is still hope for us...

What started as a terrible day, ended with a note of happy satisfaction. Now it's on to the next steps. Find a new job, move out of Kylee and Greg's, decided what kind of relationship I am looking for...

I just keep telling myself that I already decided this was going to be a good year and I'm not going to let the happenings of today keep me from my "Good Year, 2010".