I before Y

No offense to anyone but I really like being the only Robin .

Are you Lucky?

Luck. I believe it is when hard work meets opportunity. My opportunity has arrived. Amazing, dreamlike, incredible. You know what I mean, right? Last March I NEVER would have imagined that we would be here now. I worked VERY hard at McD's for 20 years. I don't regret it. I did not get a college degree and took the hard road. I learned SO much about running a business at McD's. They have a excellent training program that I was fortunate enough to be a part of. I could have learned a lot of it in school but there is something to be said for hands-on experience. I worked with people from all walks of life in various stages in their lives. I had plenty of the stereo-typed teenagers at the first "real" job. Lots of lower income folks struggling to make it. Some seniors and school age moms who worked part time to fill in for whatever reason. Challenged adults who were living independently (or not). Once, even am Olympic athlete! I am observer by nature and I have found one thing to be almost consistently true of all of these no matter where on the road of life. What happens to you in life is pretty much a result of the choices you make and how you respond to the things that happen to you. I have been through some very dark times in my life. I wasn't sure what was going to happen but I kept making choices then dealing with the consequences. Very little of what happened was a result of my decisions. I had no control of those events. I tried to control what I could. My behavior was ONE thing I COULD control. I just kept choosing to go to work and do the best that I could. I could have very easily blamed my situation for my poor performance. I chose not perform poorly not matter what happened. I had responsibilities both at work and at home that need to be taken care of. Every person in the world has issues and problems of some sort to varying degrees. It is easy to assume from someone's behavior and attitude that they have an easy life. No worries, no troubles. No such things. It's not that they are "hiding" anything but rather that they have mastered the art of separation. A valuable life skill that will help you succeed. It has helped me. Because of my hard work and strong work ethic (Thank you George Cornell!), I have landed my dream job! It is satisfying to reap the rewards. It took a LOT of blood, sweat and tears but I have arrived.

I am a Scrappy Gurl!

This will be my place to chronicle my new life in the strange world of Kansas. So far so good. I have dropped out of the rat race to start my life at age 41 years old. I managed a McDonald's restaurant for the last twenty years. My husband got a job offer last spring in Kansas City and here we are. I have successfully made the transition from food service to retail. I work at a great place called Archiver's. It is an awesome place to work. The girls I work with are for the most part simply amazing. I think the thing that I like best is now I REALLY have something in common with my customers. Before at McD's, I never felt like I had anything in common with the customers just because they had to eat and so did I. Now I automatically I have something in common with most people that just walk through the doors.

I love my life.