Incoming! Peppy!

I am starting to come out of my funk. This can be attributed to the fact that today was my last day of work for the week and that Monday is a holiday, this is true. It could be attributed to the Queen getting her beloved Eddie Izzard DVD and laptop power supply.

More than likely, it could be the fact that the entire household anxiously awaits the arrival of PeppyAnnie from Kentucky. Woohooo! The entire Warrior/SuchandSuch household is brimming with the anticipation of taking her to see the Bean. You know, the item Chicago is know for, the giant stainless steel bean at Millennium Park. We had a ticket to Wicked for her, but that fell through.

I love doing this. I love taking people to somewhere they have never been and watch their faces as they discover a place that has only been dreamed. For me, PeppyAnnie will be in Chicago tomorrow night to watch a dream. Granted it may have to change to the Blue Man Group instead of Wicked…or we may end up buying seats at face value, but it will be a dream nonetheless.

I cannot wait to see the awe on her face when she has lunch on the 95th floor of the John Hancock building. I can’t wait for her to squeak in child-like excitement when we drive under McCormick place and she has her first good view of the Chicago skyline and further down Lake Shore Drive, Navy Pier.

I thrive on providing experiences for people who haven’t had them. I live for my own experiences. PeppyAnnie’s arrival is especially fun because it is also means for the first time, we are meeting a fellow blogger. I promise to take photos.

Other things have been happening to me since I have been non-existent in Xangaland…I have decided I am ready to change careers. Twenty one years in the same extremely high pressure IT industry as an Operations Manager is enough. I am going to start looking at my options. Maybe I will move into real estate or underwater welding. I have actually taken one of those career options tests and it said I should be, get this…an IT Operations Manager. What do they know…

This brings me to my point (as I almost always have one). How does someone go about picking a new career? I have seen books and CDs and online tests all telling me to do what I want to do. Problem is, the career I want is really Wal-Mart greeter or movie watcher. I don’t think either pay well. Someone needs to invent something that scans your brain and says, you are made to be a horse stall cleaner. Think about how many people would be happy and suitable for their jobs.

Just think about the machine that tell all of those managers and up that they were meant to be plumbers. Of course, with my luck, this perfect career machine would tell me to be…an IT Operations Manager. If you could change your career right now, what would it be?

Comments

Mickey said…
A media critic, or more specifically a media ethics analyst. I don't know if that's really even a job, but that's what I'd like to do. I'm only 2 years removed from college, but i really wish they DID have brain scans, so i would know how to go about being a media ethics analyst!! :) Currently i harass radiologists and try to convince them to be recruited and put into jobs at other hospitals.. Good Times. :)
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