priorities

Now that I have finally got my career issues solved... my housing issues solved... Next on the list is the Social life!!! I'm about to get things poppin!!! I'm soo excited for my Miami trip!!! Its unreal how stoked I am so go lay on the beach see all my love muffins and just party like its 1999!!

I'm loving New York more and more as the Sun comes out to play. As it gets nicer outside I get more excited ... I know this is going to be the best summer ever!!

on the money

Anxiety could get the Best of you, Its important to remember your fears are imaginary. They are based on the assumption that only bad things will happen. By adopting a more positive attitude you'll attract the love, luck and money you desire. Signing up for a course could be one of the smartest tings you'll do all month. People will see you have a hidden talent for playing music, fixing gadgets or mastering complicated concepts.

This was my horoscope today. Lately they have been right on the money. This one on the right path

I have been super nervous about my financial situation as my phone rings every morning at 8:18 am and its Sallie Mae asking for part of the 50K i borrowed for college. No I don't have more then I paid yesterday!! Please take a number and wait in line till I call you back with some dollars! I've been paying her what I can when I can... Be patient I'll be paying you for the next 15 years!!!!

Today my concerns were slightly solved I got hired at adidas Originals again at a higher rate then SLVR. So I am excited but hope that I did not exhaust my adidas connection too early as the other mysterious job I have yet to disclose called me back today for the phone interview. I am awaiting my background check ( please don't ask Sallie Mae about me) and after the check is the offer... then I sign on the line!!!!!

I've really got my fingers crossed I am pleased with my adidas pay increase but I'm looking more long term salaried here at the other position. But I have been sitting positive and I have been awaiting and my every prayer has been answered lately!!

As for the signing up for a school course not just yet I can't afford the 5 years I just finished. But I have been looking into taking spanish lessons. ( its about time)

53 and rising

The sun is shinning and I've already received the emails i was awaiting..... Despite the misfortune of my Blow Dryer Blowing up on me!!!! This is going to be a wonderful day and I know that tomorrow brings great fortune!!! i can't wait.....

The weather is warming up and so is my NYC cahpter!!!

I can't stress enough how ultimatly blessed I am and Thankful for my amazing opportunities day in and day out. I'll take the bad even when it seems as I have reached rock bottom because when I am on TOP I AM SOARING THROUGH THE CLOUDS!!!!

possibilities

I have always had big dreams growing up I wanted to be the first woman president of the United States. Well.... I still have time but till I get there

maybe i can

Teach?

I do love to teach people and well I don't dislike kids as much as I pretend so I am going to research more about the opportunities here in New York

ahhh the career path will continue until the hunger is satisfied I'm not going to be dissapointed since my first career didn't work the way I expected My first day of college the first thing I learned was that our generation is expected to have complete career changes by the time we retire so this is change numbero 1!!!

dog eat dog

Today I found myself being very selfish with my future and suggesting to my cousin Marla that she do the same. We both work for adidas and both have a love affair with the company strange to others I know. I think it comes with the passion of really living the way that the brand was created to live by. However in these economic times the money situation can play a huge part on your love affair with anything.
There are tough struggles out there for people I am much better off then most and am greatful everyday for my blessings. I feel at times I deserve more because I feel I want and have earned more. I am ashamed to say that I saw the hardship of someone else's world colapsing I saw for myself opportunity. I by no means was throwing anyone under the bus but was sitting like a voulcher ready to scoop up the left overs. What can I say though its corporate America its rough out here in these streets. If I don't play this game properly someone else might beat me to the top! I am getting there by good hard honest work. However, I had to stop myself from seeking a moment of excitment off someone else's hardship. I then encouraged Marla to follow the best financial path that would stimulate her future. I didn't tell her about my greedy excitment its the wrong message to send.

confused as usual

I use to feel at times that I was so confused and so unsure and that everyone around me knew what they wanted. Im glad that NO-ONE seems to be completely certain of their moment or there future. I've struggled lately as I do not have the job I always thought I would have by this point in myself. Come to realize that I'm not even sure what that job is!!

I already did the 9-5 job desk all day computer, same people say after day... sitting around getting fat cause in an office theres nothing to do but work and eat at your desk. The jet company was great but NOT what i ultimatly want right now. I'm blessed with this new opportunity at SLVR that I have been crying and bitching about for over a month now and I got it. The job is soo much work and I don't get paid what I should be getting paid. But Im starting to feel like thats life. I really want this job to work because I feel like it might be my spot! The small staff is great all 3 others ahaha. The free clothes are great always! The hours are simple 10:30-7:30! I'm a manager always a plus.

I just don't know if managing a retail store is what I really want for myself. But this is paying the millions of dollars in bills I owe for that education i recieved! The one Im using well sort of using

Im a star!!

I am the luckiest girl in the world and I try to make it a point to remind myself that and to let my friends and family know how imparative they are to my everyday well being. I think so much in this mind of mine all the time The wheels are turning random thoughts. Im a Sag baby what can i say DECEMBER 7th wooohooo. But I have been so blessed to have all of the positive energy I have surrounding me all the time I can't express it enough. Today was the first say at the job I shinned I felt the magic I knew it! I took what i had learned through the years and it paid off. Now on my second day Im going to meet the CEO of adidas!!!!!! Its huge and Im a manager so I actually have to talk and be intune with the shit show that needs to occur. Tommorow is my first big chance to make a lasting impression. Im excited Im nervous I want this!! i deserve this!!! IM loosing my mind!! work is a huge part of mylife its always been a positive escape from my reality of life. Sometimes its consumed me in a negative ways but most the times its positive and tommorow is the first time Im going to feel important in this huge company I work for..... eeek

taking over the world

My status today was Im ready to take over the world! My thought of world domination was fueled by the energy of my 2nd interview with SLVR! Today at 4 it went down in Soho... The process lasted a grueling 45 minutes and was mostly positive. I was scared the whole time remembering the things Eirelan had coached me on. I was seated with 2 gentleman one Dean a few years my senior and Mike the German power house of the adidas brand! They asked me all of the usual questions strengths... communication...weaknesses...taking on more then I can handle..... Asking me about my visual merchandising and training experiences. AHHHH the interview lasted a lifetime and all I kept thinking about was I hope this is the job to fuel my career.
They eneded the inerview by telling me they had only a part time sales position with a low pay rate I was honest said I wanted the job but the Pay was terriable.I went home very upset wondering why I had put all my eggs in 1 basket. What was I thinking this isn't the job for me... this isn't what i spent 5 years in college to work as. I might as well have stayed in Miami for that job...... My honesty later paid off ( the questions still on remain and will work out for me I know they will)

I GOT OFFERED THE JOB... Not the exact full time position I was looking for ( those dont exist in todays economy) But I got offered more money and a better position. I shined I executed I CONQURED!!! I start Monday as a part time Key and Im really pleased just to have a job in these tough times seems like an honor. Now Im gonna go in on them and work my little ass off till Im at the TOP!!!

the saga continues

I love to work I feel lost when I have no job because for me that is scary the parents don't pay the rent and the car the girl pays for all her own. (independence is a drag at times)

The night we left for Panama I checked my voicemail and there it was the message requesting a 2nd interview . One i missed I jumped quickly onto my G1 phone got her email from Vikki and emailed her about the confusion. In Panama I went online once ( 50cents it cost lol) to check to see she hadn't responded. The unfocused unmotivated bad communicative Helen would have not called her back upon my return. Today i stand driven and motivated knocking down doors in my way.

I CALLED!!!!!! I explained I WON!!!!! I recieved a second interview wooohoooo ( for the second time) I know most companies wouldn't have cared! and the second chance at that this is because Im a product of E Manning but Im okay with that. ILL TAKE IT!!! its going down at the end of the week Im nervous Im excited I hope I say the right things!!!!

CV sent

its done! today E and I did my resume over and sent it to the Head of hiring for the SLVR brand! She fixed only a few things on my resume mainly elabroating on my adidas position and responsiablities! She was even impressed with how well written my Jetcard Plus portion was. I gave myself a pat on the back!
She sent it and she was so encouraging and has been a fabulous mentor through this process! Lets cross our fingers I get this one guys i really really want it!!! If i was a 5 year old spoiled brat I would jump up and down till they gave it to me! for now Ill sit by the phone awaiting the response!

fingers crossed

last night i worked an over night at the store with my favorite leading lady E! I really love my boss so much. Its safe to say we all have a great deal of respect for her since she instills the fear of god in anyone who is late! Im going to miss that store so much when its all in the past but im so greatful shes been helping me with my future!!! She hasn't sent my resume out for me yet shes still making changes... SO OUR FINGERS are still crossed on the job!
IM going to be positive about this job It should be mine, Im great at what I do .I can manage just fine people listen to me and respond well, I would be like a mini E if you will..... Im passionate about doing well at this and im committed to work... GIVE ME THE JOB!!!! I know I deserve it I have put in two years with this company awaiting my opportunity to grow this is MY STORE!!!! ( sorry my nervousness makes me a lil crazy) and to answer you Tish I think the clothes are going to be the style you have been seeking.... that more sleek grown and sexy look.... but clothes that make sense to wear everyday. It too is hard for me to trade in my top tens and metro attitudes for high heels on a regular basis. But Im ready for a major swagga swap when I get the to big apple!

adidas SLVR

found this on my hopefully new job! Im really hoping this follows through for me!

According to WWD, adidas is launching a new line and retail concept for spring. The adidas SLVR collection “will include sportswear (not performance activewear), accessories and footwear for women and men. The line will be introduced in February during New York Fashion Week with its first stand-alone store in SoHo, and a second store will open in Paris during fashion week there. Two more stand-alone stores in Los Angeles and Miami will bow during the first quarter of 2009. Each store will be between 1,000 and 1,500 square feet, and fashion week events to fete the New York and Paris shows are expected. Additionally, in Paris and Beijing, SLVR will be sold at the new Adidas Brand Centres, and in Moscow and Berlin, the collection will be sold in existing Sport Performance Centre stores. E-commerce will also launch in February.”
The collection was created for the customer in between adidas Originals and Y-3 and “consists of simple black, white and the signature gunmetal gray pieces, accented with solid-colored items in maroon, orange and blue. T-shirts, with designed details but simple concepts, and nylon jackets are key items in the “pure” collection.” As everyone is talking about going green, this line also encapsulates eco-concious aspects like using materials that are sustainable organic cotton and soybean fabric including the “zero waste T” which is made of one piece of fabric cut just once and sewn wiht a single seam and the “seven-piece shoe” made with seven pieces stitched together. The line will retail from $45 to $190

new location

Its finally been delivered the new adidas store in aventura mall!!! We opened it today and we rocked it! It was interesting to see how people outside of our store recieved the information and feed back we gave them! I was digging the vibe and personally working on my presentation skills!
Ive come along way in this 2 years that I've been involved with the company and I have to say Im pleased with where I am for the most part! Lets cross our fingers everything goes through with my hopes of managing at the new SLVR store opening in SOHO in FEB!

recognition

It seems like just when I know I'm ready to move and take on the big city since there isn't much left for me to conquer in Miami a speed bump is added to the mix! I work for adidas and I love it! I strongly believe in what the company values are but maybe don't agree with the corporate hooopla! I have the most amazing boss ever...shes a true inspiration of a woman in so many ways! Everyone at our store has their own relationship with her. I refer to her as my fairy-god mother. She asked me if I would be interested in becoming a team lead at the new store opening! The fact that she thought of me was great! It took me two weeks to make the decision to turn it down. Then the day i did our DM comes to town. A man I've never met and infact never even spoken with. He tells me that he heard I turned down the position and was disappointed. WHOA! i just told her like 20 mins before he got there. Chris was humorous about the situation. But he spoke so highly of my leadership skills and how he was looking forward to having me be at this store ( the soon to be busiest store in the company) and it was a little moving. More so because all of my hard work paid off and was recognized by someone not in my store! For him to know everything he knew he really pays attention to details in the reports and my fairy god mother really went to work letting him know I'd be great! You never really get that at jobs where someone has your better interests in mind. But its a great feeling to know that my hard work was noticed and appreciated!