Prayers for a Job at Trader Joe's - Fingers Crossed!

[Stephaniecafe]

Wow, Ann, that does sound like a fun job.

I'm also with you on the "not knowing what to do". I have lots of ideas of what I might like to do once my kids are in school (I'm fortunate enough to be able to stay home right now).

It really is so important to find a job that you really love. I can sympathise with you not wanting to get back into IT - I actually have a PhD in chemistry which I have never used!! (I post-doced until about 3 weeks before my DD was due, and was so un-happy the last few years of grad school). And I can't really imagine ever going into a job that would use it. I'm also not sure I will have the confidence and courage to step out on a limb and try some of the things I things I think I might enjoy (how will I know if I'll be good at it?! And I'm also not sure which I would really want to do (train as a civil engineer, become a teacher, become a science writer...). I guess the main thing is to learn what you love about each job you do, and what you can't stand. What you're good at, and what you're not so... (At least I know from grad school that I really don't want to work in a university setting, but I loved explaining my research to people in a way they could understand). Now obviously I don't know you, but from reading your posts (thanks for all the info, BTW!) you seem like such a hands-on people person!! And you seem to love helping people to learn and getting them the info they need. And of course you love PC and cooking . The TJ position looks like such a good fit. Maybe that would just be a springboard to something bigger with regard to a career in "cooking". And it certainly wouldn't hurt your PC business .

Anyway, I hope this is at least a little bit helpful and doesn't sound preachy. I just wanted you to know that I can sympathise! I'm thankful that my DH is so encouraging and a real "cheer-leader" for me (Although that sounds a bit girly!! LOL!). He is supportive of me starting PC, and also encourages me to believe in myself and my abilities and to have confidence in myself. I do hope your DH will come around and understand your passion for cooking and lack of for IT... I know money issues are always stressfull, but I'm sure that he does really want most of all for you to be happy.

I will certainly pray for both that and the job oppportunity.

Oh, and finally, about the age thing... I'm all of 32 and my friend Ali, after talking about how hard it is to lose weight after my youngest DD said "well, you've got to admit it, you're not in your 20's anymore..." Yikes !! I didn't realise I being in my 30's was so old!

Wow!!! That's quite the Phd Annie! I'm in my early 30's and I am not not not not not not old... Am I?

Ann, I am with you on the prayers of support. If you can find a job that doesn't feel like work (I feel guilty for taking home a paycheck I love cooking so much!) then you will find success. I hope things work out for you and will pray for the future.

 

[AnnieBee]

Steph, it's really not as impressive as it sounds ! There are a few people with PhD's who are total genius', the rest of us just have perseverance (and I came really close to quitting, but I needed my student visa to stay in the country and get married! And no, I don't have a green card marriage, LOL!) It's really not something I even mention that much - most people who know me don't have a clue I have it (obviously my closer friends do). I don't like feeling that people are going to be overly impressed by it, I want them just to know me as me... Does that make any sense?

Anyway, baking is really just chemistry, so you can call yourself a chemist too, if you want to

PS Still praying you Ann!

 

[chefann]

Thanks, everyone! At this point, I'm hoping to hear soon from the store, as I'm starting to book May and the last thing I need is a fight with the scheduler as soon as I'm hired.

 

[janetupnorth]

Steph, it's really not as impressive as it sounds ! There are a few people with PhD's who are total genius', the rest of us just have perseverance (and I came really close to quitting, but I needed my student visa to stay in the country and get married! And no, I don't have a green card marriage, LOL!) It's really not something I even mention that much - most people who know me don't have a clue I have it (obviously my closer friends do). I don't like feeling that people are going to be overly impressed by it, I want them just to know me as me... Does that make any sense?

Anyway, baking is really just chemistry, so you can call yourself a chemist too, if you want to

PS Still praying you Ann!

I originally wanted to go into Chemical Engineering!!!! ...but ended up in Industrial Engineer because my dad said there was NO WAY I was going to UW-Madison. Later, I wondered why I listened because I paid for school anyway, but had to realize, God had other plans for me. Where I life, not too many even have Bachelors degrees so you don't talk about education because they get really threatened really fast. I got two undergrads, started a Master's Degree then moved up north and had kids. I finally restarted in 2004 and finished in 2006 the month before my oldest started Kindergarten. My DH says I can't get a doctorate until he gets a masters (if you know him that ISN'T going to happen!). Besides, I could never afford it or would use it up here. I always joke that someday I will go get it when my daughter is getting hers. Probably why my life is filled with one thing after another...firefighting...medical training...teaching Red Cross courses...sports...music...you name it.

Basically, life RARELY turns out to be what WE planned.

Annie - be thankful and blessed that you can stay home with your kids and use your education to teach them! That's awesome!

 

[raebates]

Ann, you'll be in my prayers. I know you are a Trader Joe's fan, so it seems like a perfect fit. Just be sure to resist the temptation to spend your entire paycheck at the store.

 

[janetupnorth]

Thanks, everyone!

At this point, I'm hoping to hear soon from the store, as I'm starting to book May and the last thing I need is a fight with the scheduler as soon as I'm hired.

Let us know as soon as you hear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :thumbup:

 

[Cookin Kristen]

I can totally relate. I was a Corporate Travel agent for almost 7 years and hated it! My Hubby loves his job and I thought I should too! What a concept! I prayed about it and thought...what would I do if I volunteered? I decided I wanted to work with elderly. So I applied for a job doing Home Health Care. Now I am a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) and helping elderly people stay in their own homes! I absolutely love it! I did take a huge paycut, but I am a happier person. Now I have the best of both worlds. I do the CNA stuff during the day and PC at night and weekends! I can't believe I love both my jobs! I hope you find a job you love and works with your schedule Ann! Good luck!

 

[AnnieBee]

Besides, I could never afford it or would use it up here.
Basically, life RARELY turns out to be what WE planned.

Annie - be thankful and blessed that you can stay home with your kids and use your education to teach them! That's awesome!

Janet, I was so fortunate to get through grad school completely for free - and I actually I got a stipend for TA and RA-ing, so I even had living expenses covered. My field gets so much more research money than many others, so I was lucky - I even made enough to take yearly trips home to England. Of course we're still paying off DH's student loans... And he graduated in '99. I also do realise how blessed I am to be able to stay home right now (although I am looking forward to starting PC to have something that is a bit more for me!). And you are so right about our plans not always turning out. Thank goodness God's has his plans for us. I had intended to return home to England after finishing grad school, but here I am in Ohio with my amazing DH and 3 kids!

Oh, I keep meaning to mention to you that I just LOVE Madison. My family lived there for 2 years when I was 3-5yrs old, and I spent a Summer there when I was 17. It's such a great town and fun campus, I'd love to spend more time there. We just loved the Art Fair and the Lakes... It also sounds so beautiful where you are now (I've checked out your blog ).

 

[DebbieJ]

That position would be great for you Ann. I hope you get it.

 

[AnnieBee]

Sorry, double post - not sure how that happened as there is even a post in between... Oh well, deleted it now...

 

[Jean DeVries]

It's not that I'm old, it's that I never really wanted to get past 18. Ever. At all. I'm just too chicken to do anything about it. (I apologize if that was TMI for anyone.)

OMG! I know exactly what you mean! I'm completely freaking out because I'm, well, old and don't know what I want to do with my life and I think I'm just wasting my days and my time to make an impact on the world is fading.....

I didn't want to grow up. Still don't.

Maybe we could form a group....

 

[chefann]

It's not that I don't want to grow up. I'm not supposed to be here at all. (My parents have mentioned that my sister and I were completely unplanned.) I figured out several years ago that I volunteer to do things as a survival mechanism so that I don't let other people down.

 

[Jean DeVries]

It's not that I don't want to grow up. I'm not supposed to be here at all. (My parents have mentioned that my sister and I were completely unplanned.) I figured out several years ago that I volunteer to do things as a survival mechanism so that I don't let other people down.

Oh. Well, that's an entirely different group

The fact that you are here means that you were supposed to be here. Planned or not, it doesn't matter now. You're here. Do what you love. Life's too short not to.

 

[jbdowd0798]

Threadjack~ Jean is your pic suppose to be upside down???
And your location is where I have a customer. ha ha Small world!

 

[pamperedlinda]

It's not that I don't want to grow up. I'm not supposed to be here at all. (My parents have mentioned that my sister and I were completely unplanned.) I figured out several years ago that I volunteer to do things as a survival mechanism so that I don't let other people down.

Ha Ha! Unplanned twins - God does have a sense of humor! LOL

 

[pamperedbecky]

Ann,
I'm finally catching up on some of these threads and I'm seeing this one about your possible job at Trader Joe's. I hope you hear back soon and that you get the job!! How fun would that be?! Keep us posted. I'm rooting for you!

 

[rennea]

I don't know how I missed this thread in the beginning. But anyways good luck Ann and I sure hope you get the job, they would be lucky to have you!!

 

[kathijenkins]

Wishing you LOTS of luck on getting the job! As for your DH...don't they all have selective hearing? I think it's imprinted on their DNA or something.

 

[ChefEileen]

Wishing you lots of luck with your job hunt. Sounds like a good fit for you

Eileen Houpt
Independent Consultant

 

[dianevill]

Bumping...any news, Ann?

 

[Joyful]

Hey, I have a new customer in Wyoming, MI, too! Never heard of it before today...

 

[chefann]

Bumping...any news, Ann?

Nope. No news.

 

[Kitchen Diva]

Want us to make a couple of calls on your behalf? Not calls that would say, oh, I don't know...threaten them for not choosing you or anything like that, but just calls touting your praises?

hee-hee...

 

[raebates]

Ann, your parents may not have planned you, but that doesn't mean you weren't supposed to be here. The world would be much less interesting without you. You have nothing to prove. Of course, I say that as someone who spent waaaay too much of her life trying to please others and failing miserably. It wasn't until I was in my 30's that I discovered that I was the reason my parents "had" to get married. (We always knew the date of our parents' anniversary, but never the year. Duh!) It was then that I realized that the not-so-subtle disapproval and disappointment from my mom had very little to do with what I did and everything to do with the fact that I was born a source of embarrassment. I found that oddly freeing.

 

[etteluap70PC]

Of course, I say that as someone who spent waaaay too much of her life trying to please others and failing miserably. It wasn't until I was in my 30's that I discovered that I was the reason my parents "had" to get married. (We always knew the date of our parents' anniversary, but never the year. Duh!) It was then that I realized that the not-so-subtle disapproval and disappointment from my mom had very little to do with what I did and everything to do with the fact that I was born a source of embarrassment. I found that oddly freeing.

You know Rae this statement gave me a bit of insight.... I wonder if this is why my mom was so uptight about always wanting everything to look perfect? For me to be perfect? (which lord knows I am the furthest thing from!!!) For a long time I felt that the less "perfect" I was the more dissapointed she was in me. She did one "out of the norm/embarrasing" thing in her life, but... it's not about me really now is it? Hmmmmm something to ponder...


Sorry about the hijack... but who knew I would have an epiphany on CS?

 

[raebates]

First, it wouldn't truly be a CS thread if it didn't get hijacked. Second, I often receive epiphanies on CS. Epiphanies and laughter that makes stuff shoot out of my mouth and nose.Finally, I realized a few years ago that most people are dealing with their own issues, including parents. After all, I have issues, and I'm a parent. I have plenty on my plate to just deal with my own struggles, move on, and grow.