Hello Everyone!
I have been toying with the idea of starting a blog for a
while now and yet another year has come and gone and this year God put it on my
heart to start documenting my life in 2014. There is a stir in my spirit that
this year will be truly life changing and one that I will never forget.
I already know of a few changes happening within the next
two months, one that I already know I will have to keep everyone updated on so
I figured what better way to document life and keep everyone up to date than
starting a blog!
So here it is!
I decided not to do “New Years Resolutions” this year, they
really suck and I haven’t kept any to date. Instead, this year I made “Goals
for 2014” both personal goals and fitness related goals, and of course I have
rewards for myself for when I complete those goals. Gotta have something to keep
me motivated, and really what motivates a city girl more than a man/pedi, a new
outfit and a fancy dinner at Fogo de Chao?!
As most have already heard, either from me or through the
grapevine, I will be leaving my job at the Office of Personnel Management at
the end of February. I am shutting down my computer and trading in my Ann
Taylor and Banana Republic business clothes and my 3-4 inch pumps to work towards being issued a Flight Attendant Uniform
and 2 1/2 LifeStride kitten heels! Not even kidding. I leave for 8.5 weeks of
training in Dallas, Texas on March 16th and I officially start
training on March 17th and God willing I will graduate and get
pinned on on May 14th. Crazy, I know!
Back when the government shut down in October
2013 my girlfriend Rachel was just a few weeks away from leaving and told me
that I should really look into it, so I did. I filled out the application, did
the personality assessment and a few days later I was asked to do a video
interview with a computer (the most awkward situation). A week after that I received
a phone call to fly down to Dallas for an In-Person interview and a week after
that I received a tentative offer pending a medical exam. A month later I was
back in Dallas and I was being drug tested, poked, prodded, weighed, measured,
and hooked up to a machine. Two weeks later I was officially given a training
date!
The entire process has been incredible, a
whirl wind and almost not even real. I couldn’t believe I was looking anywhere
outside the government, who would leave a cushy job like the one I currently
have?! Apparently I would. But again, the process was incredible and I really
felt like the whole thing was just touched by God. The In-Person Interview didn’t
even feel like an interview. I truly felt like I was sitting and talking with a
room full of old friends, it was amazing. The interviewers were so genuine and
they all agreed that they each loved their job just as much as they did on
their first day, which for me was mind blowing. Because after five years with
OPM, 8 supervisors, 4 floor moves, and too many hours spent commuting to DC in
rush hour traffic I’m exhausted and I’m looking at my job as a means to an end.
At 22 years old, it is way too early in my career to feel the way I do about my
job. So it is time for a change.
I feel so incredibly blessed to have the
opportunity to do what I love. I get to travel, fly and work with people on a
daily basis. Now I know there will be ups and downs, such is life, however, I
am too excited to do something that I used to actually dream of doing. I was
sitting in the interview room and I was listening to what the interviewers had
to say and I had this flash back to 2000. The family was on a Delta flight to Montevideo
and I told mom that I wanted to be just like the pretty flight attendant and
travel the world. Well, come May 14th after I officially graduate I
will be employed by one of the largest airlines with the newest fleet in the
world. I am not sure where I will be living after training; I won’t have that
information till April time frame. So stay posted and I will be sure to keep
everyone up to date!
XOXO,
Cassie
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