Wonderful Weekend

The beginning of my weekend started off well. I had my property and casualty licensing exam bright and early at 8 a.m. I finished within an hour and a half with flying colors. That's right, I am licensed to sell insurance now.

After working the whole day, Jenny and I headed out for a four hour excursion to Little Rock, Arkansas. We went to visit our friend Ashley who now lives and works in accounting in LR. It was a great girly-girl weekend filled with shopping, eating, and catching up. So often I wish that we didn't have to grow up and could stay in the college-age where we didn't have a ton of responsibility. We could stay up late spending time with people and then skip class if we were still tired. Too bad we do grow up...well, kind of grow up. I may have a more adult job now, but I don't think I am really that grown up. It was wonderful to spend the weekend not having to worry about anything except having fun!

Deliciousness

One of the things I love about Fall...candy corn and candy pumpkins!!

Insurance Capabilities

As I sit here at Kaldi's reading my property and casualty insurance book, I am overwhelmed by the idea of insurance and the thought of taking my licensing test. I'm not sure I know what I'm doing. Am I capable of selling insurance? I feel like I've stumbled into this and haven't taken the time to process.

This has really had me thinking about all of the things I do either out of habit or without much thought. How often do I drive somewhere and when I get there not remember using my turn signal or watching stoplights? One of the worst things I do (some would consider it not such a good thing) is getting on my computer and automatically logging into Facebook. Why has it become such an obsession to know what other people are doing 24/7? Or who has been writing on so-in-so's wall? Or seeing if anyone has commented on my own wall?

Habits are hard to break...

Young Professional?

Yesterday morning I, along with fellow new employees, had breakfast with the executives of our company, AG Financial. The breakfast consisted of chatting with the executives while munching on bagels and fruit. It made me feel grown up and professional. I had a good time and even made a couple of the execs laugh.

After breakfast, I left AGF and headed to the office. On the way I decided to make a stop at the Mudhouse because I had not been there in a long time and it was on my way. While I was waiting in line, a girl behind me started talking to me. She began by asking me which drink I preferred. Being the friendly person that I am, I obliged her and answered. I went on to say that the Mudhouse is one of my favorite places and since I was on my way to work I thought I would stop. This girl continued asking me questions about my job and I, of course, answered. I thought it was a bit strange, but continued in the conversation. She then asked if I had a business card. Unfortunately, I do not and was weirded out by the question. To this she went on to say that there is a young professionals banquet coming up and asked if I might want to attend. Apparently, there will be young people, such as myself (she said), who are looking to network with others.

I hadn't thought of myself as a young professional until this incident. I guess being a twenty-something with a full-time job in insurance would make me a 'young professional.'

Maybe I'm growing up...

Start of something new

Hello friends, new and old.

This is my first post on this blog. I cannot make any promises that it will stay up to date, but I will surely try. This is all I am going to write for now until I have more time and am not working :).