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Note to self …

Note to self…

Let me start off by saying this really did happen … At work a few weeks ago I told my bosses boss in a candid conversation that I wouldn’t be working here to much longer. In that conversation it was stated that this information would stay between us and the only reason why I was sharing it in the first place was I thought I could be honest with him. A few days passed and another weekend gone and on that following Tuesday I got called into the office and asked “What’s going on?” I must have had a pretty funny look on my face since I had no idea what she was talk about. She then continued to say that she talked to Mike. Well I guess the cat is out of the bag … The not so private conversation with Mike is now public knowledge? During the course of that meeting I think I was more in shock than anything else. I didn’t know what to do other than give my notice and be done with the whole thing. The next day Mike came back from his vacation and asked to speak with me. I’m thinking what on earth could you want? You already told Ashley that I was thinking about quitting. This is the part in the story where everything starts to come together. I was talking to Mike and I said “I thought our conversation was supposed to be between us?” He looks at me and says what do you mean? I didn’t tell any one. I then explained how everything had progressed in the meeting. Mike looks at me very seriously and says Victoria … You put it on your blog! Oh crap! I did, and when I did I didn’t think about the fact that anyone from work would be reading it. I love writing my blog and I feel like I need to be honest even if sometimes people won’t like it. So the moral of this story … If you are fellow blogger like me and you are thinking of quitting your job … Don’t write about until you have done it or are sure that’s what you are going to do.

I do believe everything works out for a reason and now that I do not have something holding me here in Key West I am able to fly home and take care of my grandma while my parents are in Hawaii. I also get to attend my friend Jamie’s wedding and be home for my Mothers birthday too! I think I also needed this extra push to continue my consulting company down here and this has been really good at motivating me to finally do it.

* Some of the names may have been changed … 😉

Online Dating …

Online Dating …

Have you ever been on an online dating site? After I broke up with my ex I decided I need to try something new since I didn’t really want to meet a guy in a bar. When I moved to Key West I thought this would be a great way to meet some new people as well. So far I have been on 3 dates and the third is by far the best. We met at a local restaurant to have some dinner. Things were going well, he seems nice doesn’t have a serial killer vibe and his car isn’t the Unabomber van. We talked for over an hour and then made our way to the parking lot where the conversation didn’t end we just kept talking about everything! In 1 date we covered Politics, Hometowns, Religion and even past relationships. We also both live in Key West and we soon discovered we lived almost across the street from each other. We decided to drop my car off and goto another bar to continue our conversation. On the way to the bar we get pulled over … YES pulled over! The possible things that could happen are racing through my head … I don’t really know this person, I am in the car with them and OMG what if he has a body in the back seat … This couldn’t get any worse! The officer comes to the window asks for some ID and informs him that his headlight is out. Mind you I am in the passenger seat freaking out thinking I just ruined my squeaky clean reputation and that I am going to jail for the rest of my life since we had the windows open and one of my hairs could have blown onto the body in the back! The officer comes back to the car and says here you go sir just make sure to get that fixed soon. Ok well at least the possible fake ID that he gave to the police checks out …

I will have to report back after date #2

What am I doing?

Who wouldn't love this view?
Who wouldn’t love this view?

What am I doing? I ask myself that question a lot and I am surprised with the answer. I moved to Key West to in some ways find myself, but I feel like all I did was just get myself trapped in the corporate world all over again and not spend enough time at the beach. There has to be a breaking point and I think I hit mine. Sometimes all that money isn’t really what makes you happy. I have been working 6 days a week and getting even more overtime everyday and that’s not what I want to be doing down here. I wish I ditched work today but now I am out a Fort Zach sitting at my favorite picnic table. It’s another one of those picture perfect days that I could sit here for what feels like forever and enjoy the beauty! I think I need to stick to my guns, believe in myself and quit my job … AGAIN. I already did that once this year and moved down here in the first place. I would like to have a part time job that I can have some kind of human interaction but still be able to take my laptop to the beach and work there.

I guess its settled … now the hard part actually doing it! I will let you know how it goes!