Monday, September 08, 2008

The Newest Kid on the Block

In the last month, I have moved house, changed jobs and my daughter has changed school. For that reason, I deserve and award myself the newest kid on the block award.

In order to get my daughter to school and myself to work efficiently, I had to move to a new neighbourhood. This is a big deal for me, having lived in the same old place with my folks for 20-odd years. The faces are new. Although to be truthful there are no faces. Just the sound of a neighbour’s stand-by generator starting up once there is a power outage or the occasional sighting of the same car entering a compound twice in a row. That is the most interaction I have had with my neighbours and judging by the look of things, that is the most interaction there will be. Not that I mind. I am quite anti-social so it suits me just fine.

I had been at the same job for years and had always wanted to do something different. It is difficult to break into a totally different field after a certain amount of years in another especially when it is a technical field. Lord knows I tried for about 4 years. I even put in the time in getting qualified educationally. Finally, break-through. Plus it is in a totally awesome place and yes, more pay. I almost took a whole lot less money to do about the same work earlier this year. They did not give me the job because they felt I was overqualified judging by my current position and my educational background. I thank The Lord for it now although at the time, it all looked bleak.

Our first day at my daughter’s new school reminded me of all the movies I had seen about being the new kid in school. She is just a kid so she did not really notice. However, I stood awkwardly on the sidelines as parents ( especially mothers) screamed with joy as they spotted old friends. I knew only one parent from before and watched as she hugged and air-kissed several people. No matter, 2 days later a fellow newbie and I who have our children in the same class said hi. No air-kissing on both cheeks yet, but maybe soon. Lol!

Who else thinks I deserve the award?

23 comments:

  1. Wow..congrats on all the "newness". Life can only get better abi..

    U deserve award..infact u suppose give testimony in church sef..lol

    so r u back for real???

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  2. Yep you do deserve the award...newest kid on the block! may newness never cease from your life...i mean good newness :-)

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  3. You deserve it girl but so do I. I just moved countries and I do not know a soul in my neighbourhood. My 3 year old is also starting Pre-K tomorrow and I am mega excited!
    Enjoy the newness while it lasts.. and also congrats on the job!

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  4. Congrats!!! Change can be so hard. And to make so many within such a short space of time? Double congrats!!!

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  5. @ writefreak: AMEN!

    @ standtall: Thanks.

    @ a'dele: Thank you. Moving countries is a big deal! I willingly share my award with you, or better yet offer you one of your own ;)

    @ ore: Thanks! It really can be hard but I was/am determined to change my stars....(reference to a Knight's tale)

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  6. Yaay, congrats! So glad to hear things are going well with you - new job, new home, new school....gosh, that's huge! Hope you and yours are settling into your respective environments nicely. What field is the new job in?

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  7. You deserve the award, 3 NEWNESSES (permit my English).

    CONGRATS!

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  8. Good for you! Congratulations on the move, new job and everything!!! Onwards and upwards! Hope you celebrated properly.

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  9. Let me be the first to say that you do not deserve an award. NOPE!!! Girl please, after what you have done and in a timely matter to make that transition, honey, you deserve a TROPHY!!! And place it where everyone can see it, so you can tell your victory story!

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  10. @ theafrobeat: Hey you!!! Yep, everything is well, thanks. Its an engineering job in oil and gas.

    @ 30+: Lol at the English. Very appropriate actually. Thanks.

    @ Noni Moss: Noni hon, how are you? Thank you, thank you. Could not celebrate, it all happened in quick succession and left no room for celebrations. Maybe later.

    @ lady a: LOL! Thank you. And thank you for stopping by. Going to check out your blog.

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  11. Congrats, Didn't realise you had updated. You deserve the best.

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  12. Congrats on the new job & place. A we o.

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  13. if u dont deserve the award, who else does? no one. i have a vision of air kissing between you and the other new mum at the school. very soon.

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  14. knock knock..where at thou?
    hope u are good

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  15. U r a very strong woman. A survivor and a good mom. Congrats on ur new job.

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  16. well done. the only constant is change.

    now let me go listen to your intro (i'm surprised i never listened to it before)

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