A Fresh Start: Apple

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Happy Birthday.... TO ME!

So this past Monday October 3, I turned 27. Do I feel 27? Nope. Do I care? Nope. I still feel young so that must mean 27 is still young! :-) Last year on my birthday Mike took me up in a hot air balloon ride. Nothing can top that yet since that is something I had been wanting to do for a VERY long time. But this year was still pretty awesome. Since my birthday was on a Monday and because Desi had cheerleading that she couldn't miss on that Monday we decided to do the celebrating over the weekend. So, on Saturday, Mike got my nails and a pedicure done for me. I LOVE getting pampered! He took Desi for me so I could just relax and not be rushed or stressing about what kinda stuff she's getting into at the nail place or the fact that she doesn't shut her mouth for 2 seconds(LOL). So since they were out doing their thing still when I got done I went and did a little shopping at Kohls. I happen to get some awesome deals. I got a pair of jean shorts(which I haven't worn in probably 8 or 9 years because I usually can't find any that work with my legs..) which cost me all of $2.80. I also got 2 tops at less than $4 a piece, and OF COURSE a pair of shoes, which cost me $24(they were originally $60 shoes). I couldn't complain! So,then that night Mike and Desi took me to our favorite cajun restaurant in Phoenix, Baby Kay's. Had some yummy Etouffe and Green Olive Coleslaw. A nommy birthday dinner.

Sunday Mike took me to get my hair done. It had been about 6 or 7 months since the last color. The girl I had at Beauty Brands did a great job. Love my cut and color.While I was getting my hair done Mike and Desi went to Trader Joes... They brought me flowers while there.

Then on Monday I had to work all day and then take Desi to cheerleading. Afterwards Mike made dinner and he had brought home my favorite cupcakes: Sprinkles!!!
All in all I must say I had a great birthday. And I have the best boyfriend and daughter ever.

Ohhhhh... and I forgot to mention that I bought myself a birthday present:
a MacBook Air! I <3 it!!!

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Apple

Sooo... about a monthish ago I decided it would be a good idea for me to go back to work since Desi is in school and all. And plus having the extra income would be good to have again. I've loved being a stay at home mom. It's been a blast. But with Desi in school it gets a little boring. Plus, things haven't worked out the way we wanted them to with getting Isaac more often unfortunately. Hopefully that will change in the near future. And at that point we will figure something else out. So anyway... I decided that I would just use my career searching website that I used when I was previously trying to find a job:

My tactic: Find jobs I'm qualified for and apply. The nice thing about that website is that most of the jobs you search for will just go with your resume. So all you do is submit resume and you've applied for the job... Kinda nice and easy... I admittingly(is that a word??) applied to over 30 jobs. I figured it couldn't hurt anything. Well, every now and then i would come across some that I actually would be redirected to the company website and have to fill out all their application plus submit my resume... I admit, I was feeling lazy a few of the days and anytime I would come across one of those I would just say, nah.. and click out of it. Well this one Sunday I saw the 2 jobs that were for a stay at home position for Apple. When I clicked to apply I was redirected to apply on their site... At first I was going to continue to be lazy and not do it. But I figured, eh it's a stay at home job...maybe I should at least try for this one. So I applied... one of the jobs was for a Apple Service Expert and the other was an Apple Adviser. Honestly, I didn't think I would get either but figured, what can I loose by applying. Well probably about a week or so later I received an email from one of the Apple recruiters saying that they wanted to set up a time for a phone interview.. So I set it up for the next day. That phone interview went well and the guy told me he wanted to move me forward with another phone interview. That was set up for 2 days later. That went well and from that point I was set up for an in person interview (since their people were flying here to Phoenix). That was set up for a couple days later. I was so nervous... I'm never nervous for interviews. But the interview went well. And within a few days I received the email to start my background check... I started to get my hopes up and a little excited... But then when I didn't hear anything for over a week and half I began to doubt. So today I received a call from one of the guys offering me the job!!!! So I will be an Apple Service Expert and the best part is I get to work from home!!!! I will be making almost a dollar more than I was when I left my old job. And the best part-I won't have to be using up tons of gas and mileage on my car!! WOOO HOOO!!! I'm sooooo excited! This totally made my crappy week that I have had so much better! I can't wait to be able to still be at home and actually be working! :-)