New job

I started a new job in Oct, working at an Eating Disorder clinic. So far I have overall loved it. Working in the mental health field is so different than any other job I have had. You truly feel like your co-workers care about you and your family.

So last week when it was announced that due to decline in clients we could drop some hours to help out, I at first freaked out. Because, I am use to "you are just a number" type company, but after long talks with my boss, I am at peace with it.

And truly enjoying an afternoon off, especially when this one is home on spring break.  

Then today, she accompanied me to work. Yes, they are ok with that too. It seriously is a great place. Her and I have a dinner date and night at the Children's Theatre.

 

So thankful for a job that understands the importance of family.

~Cassi

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Falling

Fridays I fluctuate between Five Minute Fridays and InstaFriday. But we are all community here, right? They can be combined into one post.
So I write for Five minute, no edits, no re dos and at the end I will see if there are pictures from this week that match the words of this week.

Topic: Fall
This week we were hit with bad news. The kind that hooks you by the knees like an old vaudeville act, dropping you the floor. Steve's job has been out-sourced. What does this mean? He is needing to find a new job.

My first reaction was a mix of anger and sadness. All of our plans...falling through. You see when I was looking to change careers I specifically applied to the University so we could work together and car pool. Well I got that job last Oct. and now....
As my Dad said the saying goes "Best laid plans of mice and men.."

That's when it hit me. It was our plan. It was the plans of mere men. Now we are falling to our knees. In prayer we seek God's wisdom for this change. We wait and watch for the new window to open as this door closes. Because we sometimes need to learn the hard way that there is a God infinitely more wiser than mice and men.

~ Cassi
The pictures are just ones I took this week that are all better than the news from this week.


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The Dial

I received my first cassette as a pre-teen. Whitesnake from 1987. Never heard of the band but put it in the player and was hooked on music and radio. It is amazing how listening habits can change, yet remain the same.

Example 1

As a youngster I remember seeing the big cloth tapestry of Led Zeppelin. I made up my mind that they were the worst band ever because of the ugly tapestry. Then years later I bought a Led Zeppelin CD, then another and another - best band ever. In my late teens, in need of money, like every teenager, I sold all my Zeppelin discs. I missed them. Few years ago I found a greatest hits collection and whew, my small collection is back.

Example 2
I went through a country phase in the late 90s. It helps when you work at the number one country station in town. Do I listen to country now? No is the quick answer. Rock is where I live. Classic, alternative, americano.

Example 3

Talk Radio. My dad listened to it all the time and on Saturday mornings there was (is) this show on AM radio called Saturday Morning Sportstalk. Hated it, these guys were boring with their old stories and seeming laziness to the local sports scene. These days I try to listen to Saturday Morning Sportstalk as much as I can. Why, because the guys are not boring, they are old sports writers, old drunks, old storytellers. Stories that make a person laugh and in site to sports that ESPN can't give.

Work in radio???

After high school everyone needs to figure out "what I am going to do" Back in the late 90s for some unknown reason I called up the local broadcasting school and signed up. 18 months later I was looking for a job as a radio news reporter. Why not spin music -because it was easier to get a job doing news. Interviewed in Iowa, chased bunnies (story for a different day) and interviewed for my first real job.

"Do you play golf?" "no" "thanks for the time"

No job in Iowa but that was fine because Southern Minnesota was my next stop. Got the job with one interview -must have been my 20 year old pipes! Worked at an AM station doing the news, chasing the news, and making roughly $3.24 and hour. I figured it out one day and decided to move on from radio.

It is amazing when I mention that I worked in radio, people perk up and start asking questions. I got a job in computer support in part because I once worked in radio. My manager thought that was cool.

Radio and music still are a big part of my day. Long drive to work gets time with local morning shows and afternoon is filled with sports talk.

I have many old tapes from my radio days. Me reading news, obits, community events. Some day I will put them in a player for Mouse and Cassi to listen to. Do we have a cassette player in the house????