Tuesday, April 26, 2011

What is Beyond Basic?

I am the wierdest of all of my friends. I feel like im not normal. But just recently i realized that i wasn't basic. I am not the average 23 year old. For one, I graduated from a BIG 10 school in 4 years!!! Yes this happened after nearly flunking out my freshman year, having to attend a community college the first semester of my sophmore year just to prove i was serious about school, and not to mention the endless semesters I spend in the classroom during the hot summers. semesters of summer school!  Did i mention that i held down two jobs while in school? Yeah... and on top of all that i was trying to balance partying, a sometimey boyfriend who also had about three other girlfriends that he insisted were merely just friends, school work, and jobs!
Yeah and now i am working TWO whole states away from my hometown in the corn fields of Indiana. I now reside in Tennessee and work for a highly respected company that has nothing to do with my Telecommunications degree! I would like to personally thank that really boring Computer Applications Professor, for making labs mandatory and lectures were not! I am able to use Excel with my eyes closed, and that alone was a foot in the door.  I started off with an internship paying about $12 and hour plus overtime! (I really thought i was in HEAVEN... BALLING!!)  I proved myself in the first month to the manager but i had to wait til my internship was over before i could be offered a full time salaried position.  I studied hard to learn the systems, even staying late to work on projects.  After my three months was up, I walked around this place with my chest proud like i owned it.  Then they didn't have a title for me and that it had to be created! I was furious! Why you ask? DUH... that meant i wasn't gonna get my DOLLAS! I tried to speed up the process, even writing up my own job description to get approved by corporate. Needless to say after threats of looking for another job, i was given my papers to sign to become a Salaried Employee.  In this day and age this is big, did i say this economy sucks already? If i haven't, there you go.
So now i'm working and have been working for this company for over 7 months and i still feel like hmmmmmmm I WANT MORE $$$$$$$. But how do you get more $$ when your only experience is saving the managers butt every week? Can i document this? LOL 
Anywho, on top of having a career, i am also in the market to buy my first home! I am super excited. So when i say i am Beyond Basic... I like to think i am... I am blessed and highly favored. Beyond the Basic lifestyle... Yeah that's me

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