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Aug. 6th, 2004 04:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
swingchickieyesterday was a fantastic work day. i'm down here in philly helping out with a class of new trainees... this is the same class i helped with a few weeks ago, but they're learning a new product so i was called in again. i always love helping out with classes, because the energy in the training center is huge... all these incredibly smart people striving to learn as much as they can in 2 short months so they can go out and change the world. *grin* plus, i love my company, and so i really enjoy being one of the first people they meet, being an example of how happy they can be in their jobs.
so anyway, by the time i left the center yesterday at 5:30, i just felt so great. many of the trainees had remembered me from a few weeks ago (there are usually about 20-30 of us old-timers that help out every month or so), and several of them actually sought me out for help. one girl told me that she used a lot of what i'd taught her in her last certification, and she'd passed with flying colors, and attributed it to my help. my heart wanted to burst. several people hugged me goodbye, and asked for my voicemail code so they could stay in touch. and this is after seeing me for only one or two days out of their 8 weeks of training. i was amazed. plus, one of the trainers, who knows i'm hoping to work there eventually, told me that i should tell him as soon as i decide to post for a job there... he told me he'll have a talk with his boss about me, because he likes what he's seen me do and wants me to work there. so, needless to say, i was flying by the end of my day yesterday. *grin*
my evening was nice, had dinner with mom and dad, my brother, and his girlfriend and her 7-year-old daughter (who's like the cutest thing ever). sitting at dinner with all of them really made me think... as all my friends on here know, my mind has been reeling over the last few months with all different relationship dynamics -- breakups, new love, strained friendships, trust, you name it. and being with my family last night added some new dimensions. first was seeing my brother with his girlfriend and her daughter -- my brother, while i love him very much, has often been very hard to get along with... quick to lash out, impatient, judgemental... but seeing him in this relationship (they've been together 9 months), i saw a new side to him. he's mellower, more patient, more loving. and he's amazing with her daughter, joking with her and looking out for her, even in little things (like making sure she got the broccoli she wanted with her chicken fingers). and she just loves him right back, watching him with these loving 7-year-old eyes. it really tugged at my heart.
then there's my parents. they divorced right after i graduated from college, and didn't speak for like 10 years... things were really strained between them. but over the last year they've become friends again, and it's really neat to see them get along. last night when dad dropped us off, he came in to hang out for a bit, and they did something i thought i'd never see -- they divvied up all their old photos. see, as a kid, we travelled all over the world because of dad's job, and got to vacation and live in places that most people only see on the news. and my dad, being an avid photographer, documented it all on film. when mom and dad divorced, mom had boxes and boxes of photos, and my dad really wanted a lot of them... but because their relationship was so strained, there was no way they could go through them without killing each other. but last night, they sat on the floor of mom's spare room, boxes of photos all over the place, and went through hundreds of pictures and laughed and reminisced. and dad walked out with several boxes for himself, that he promised he'd scan so that my mom could have copies as well.
*sigh* i'm PMSing, so i'm getting way too weepy over all of this. lots to think about, lots to process. i'll write more later... in the meantime, i have a wonderful day ahead of me. ciao.
so anyway, by the time i left the center yesterday at 5:30, i just felt so great. many of the trainees had remembered me from a few weeks ago (there are usually about 20-30 of us old-timers that help out every month or so), and several of them actually sought me out for help. one girl told me that she used a lot of what i'd taught her in her last certification, and she'd passed with flying colors, and attributed it to my help. my heart wanted to burst. several people hugged me goodbye, and asked for my voicemail code so they could stay in touch. and this is after seeing me for only one or two days out of their 8 weeks of training. i was amazed. plus, one of the trainers, who knows i'm hoping to work there eventually, told me that i should tell him as soon as i decide to post for a job there... he told me he'll have a talk with his boss about me, because he likes what he's seen me do and wants me to work there. so, needless to say, i was flying by the end of my day yesterday. *grin*
my evening was nice, had dinner with mom and dad, my brother, and his girlfriend and her 7-year-old daughter (who's like the cutest thing ever). sitting at dinner with all of them really made me think... as all my friends on here know, my mind has been reeling over the last few months with all different relationship dynamics -- breakups, new love, strained friendships, trust, you name it. and being with my family last night added some new dimensions. first was seeing my brother with his girlfriend and her daughter -- my brother, while i love him very much, has often been very hard to get along with... quick to lash out, impatient, judgemental... but seeing him in this relationship (they've been together 9 months), i saw a new side to him. he's mellower, more patient, more loving. and he's amazing with her daughter, joking with her and looking out for her, even in little things (like making sure she got the broccoli she wanted with her chicken fingers). and she just loves him right back, watching him with these loving 7-year-old eyes. it really tugged at my heart.
then there's my parents. they divorced right after i graduated from college, and didn't speak for like 10 years... things were really strained between them. but over the last year they've become friends again, and it's really neat to see them get along. last night when dad dropped us off, he came in to hang out for a bit, and they did something i thought i'd never see -- they divvied up all their old photos. see, as a kid, we travelled all over the world because of dad's job, and got to vacation and live in places that most people only see on the news. and my dad, being an avid photographer, documented it all on film. when mom and dad divorced, mom had boxes and boxes of photos, and my dad really wanted a lot of them... but because their relationship was so strained, there was no way they could go through them without killing each other. but last night, they sat on the floor of mom's spare room, boxes of photos all over the place, and went through hundreds of pictures and laughed and reminisced. and dad walked out with several boxes for himself, that he promised he'd scan so that my mom could have copies as well.
*sigh* i'm PMSing, so i'm getting way too weepy over all of this. lots to think about, lots to process. i'll write more later... in the meantime, i have a wonderful day ahead of me. ciao.
