Retirement Party

On August 27^th I retired that’s right I didn’t quite I didn’t leave my job I decided that instead of having a big fancy title at work the only titles I wanted more than anything were the title of wife and mother. I have been working since I was 14 in fact I had to lie about my age in order to get my first job. I decided that since I didn’t really have to work and since Nate’s company has been doing extremely well and he had to take on a lot when it came to Avery that I would just stop working. That’s why I “retired”

  I had worked for Pinnacle for almost four years, I had worked on two different properties and when I left I was at one of the largest apartment communities in Las Vegas.  I joked that I wasn’t a Leasing Manager that I was on the city council!  This property is HUGE!!!! While at Renaissance Villas I have had the opportunity to work with people that I loved. I feel as if by working with Pinnacle it allowed me to really come out of my shell and blossom.  I had the same boss , Troy Perkins the entire time I have worked with Pinnacle and he has really taught me so much about life and about myself. He became more than a boss he has become a great friend and confidant.  I think I will miss him and our “therapy“ talks the most.

So, on my last day of work my coworkers threw me a little party! How cute is that? They brought in donuts, the  gave me flowers and a balloon, and then topped if off with a sweet going away card. In return   I found these really cute mugs with a mustache on them and then I took a sharpie marker and wrote their names on it along with a personalized quote or a saying on each of them. I had so much fun trying to come up with what to put on them.

This is Evy with her Angry Eyebrow cup.

This is JJ his cup said,: “I tried to be normal once… longest two minutes of my life.”

This is Ron, his cup said: “At least my kids think I’m cool.”  

 

This was April’s cup. I think you can actually read this one.

This is Nellie her cup said: “My brain is giving me the silent treatment today.”

 

This is Troy’s cup with an original quote from him.

 

This is Carries cup,  our go to girl when it came to any form of letter.

This is Ms. Betty’s cup: “Great things come in small packages.”

By request the office asked me to make Natella cupcakes one last time.

I really loved each of the people that I worked with and have really missed hearing their silly stories about the weird things that happened while over the weekend. Since I know that they read this blog I just wanted to give them a shout out that they are the best office staff any girl could have worked with.

 I am not going to lie since I have stopped working I have struggled more than a little bit with trying to figure out what my “job” is now as a stay at home mom. You see at work I had confidence people looked up to me, my ideas always appreciated, I got to tell people to do things for me,  and I got to dress up and wear heels every day.  It really mattered to people that I was there every day I was someone important in others everyday life. Well, being at home is not the same as being at work, work is much easier. Avery doesn’t care how clean the house is or if I make her a gourmet meal. She doesn’t care that I spent all afternoon ironing Nate’s shirts. Or even if her hair is done every day before we go somewhere.  So I have had to revaluate what is important and ya’ know what I have come to realize? All the things I thought were important… there not. What’s important is that I love my daughter, and I get to spend every second of the day with her. I get to sit down every day and read every book in the house with her if she wants. I get to watch Avery learn and grow and that’s what’s really important. So, I may have been an important person at work that people looked up to but the only person that I really want to look up to me is Avery.