The first day of the rest of my life

Hi Bloggers! This is my very first post! Lol! And no, this is not the reason that it's the first day of the rest of my life. I went to California last week. It was a wonderful week off from work before school started up again. So naturally I want to take a lil vaca right? Well it seems that my boss didn't miss me at all and decided that I wasn't needed at the office anymore. What!?! Yeah, I was thinking the same thing!

Here's a little background info so that you can understand what's going on:

So for the past 6 years I have been trying to get an interior design degree. After searching and working waitressing gigs that would not move me up in my career goals, my roommate told me of a recent job opening. It was a receptionist/administrative assistant position at the architecture firm where her friend works. Perfect! I'm getting ready to go to the Fashion Institute of Technology for Interior Design! So I get the job and the whole office loves me! Even the tenant architects renting space from us say that I'm so professional and just plain nice! The nicest receptionist they've had in years! Really!?! Wow, I'm not even doing anything different than I normally do when interacting with people. Lol! I'm working at an architecture firm in Soho! Deciding to network with people, I starting making business cards that say I'm an artist/photographer, check out my work etc. I had to let them know that I'm not a life administrative assistant. This is just a job til I get all my ducks lines up in a row.

So back to the firing. Basically, they want to add more responsibility to my position and they don't feel like I have the time, with school, photography, and other things going on in my "real life". They said that they always have a good recommendation for me and if they need part time help they would consider me. So by noon on Tuesday, September 1, 2009, I became a proud owner of my very own pink slip! This is the first time that I've ever been fired! Wow... The good thing is that I was a temp/independent contractor, I didn't work for that long therefore I won't have to pay a lot in taxes at the end of the year. The bad news is that since being an independent contractor I get no unemployment :( But they paid me for the rest of the week so September rent is covered! Lol!

Also in the wake of this reality I decided that getting a second degree right now is not as important as eating and having a dry place to sleep.

So as of September 1, 2009 I am officially a self employed artist/photographer/small business owner! My lifelong dream has finally come true a little sooner than expected! I know that it's not going to be easy or always fun but for the first time in my life I can say that I have full confidence in my OWN capabilities! :) My family would be so proud! Lol!

Thanks for listening and I look forward to our future conversations!

Peace!

~Bri aka LilMixeDiVA