Ever go to school for two or more years, get a degree and then not work in the field you have the degree in? That's me in a way. I am schooled to be an early childhood educator and instead I am working in a storage facility office answering phones. I answered phones when I worked at a childcare center, however the reasons for the calls were very different.
I love working with kids, but I just can't do it anymore...it's exhausting. I have a crushed disk in my neck that makes lifting the little ones difficult. Do you know how many ECE teachers have bad backs? Most of them!
I was the curriculum coordinator, a big name for the person who puts together what the teachers and kids do everyday (that includes craft projects too). Oh, I guess that is a big job when it's in writing. Program coordinator, curriculum coordinator, food program coordinator and break giver. Those were my jobs...all at once too. It was a lot of responsibility. I did like working in the office and especially the kitchen. Paperwork and cooking...that's for me.
Since that job two years ago, I've had hand surgery, lost twins at 4 1/2 months along and had a hysterectomy and found out I have ITP, a blood disorder that I have to keep an eye on. That's all. Oh wait, I moved in with my dad when we found out his heart was only working at 15% and I was his sole caregiver with the help of hospice until he passed. That was a little over a month, 24 hrs a day, only leaving the house twice for a total of two hours. Man, how crazy is that? I wouldn't have had it any other way. I could've used more visitors though...enough of that....
This was all about doing a job you were trained for. I have been and am being trained for life. It's as simple as that.The universe said, "Hey we want you to work in a storage facility office" and so here I am.
I have a dizzy headache now. Better post this.
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