My dream has come true

beyond what I can imagine, even though I didn't know it was my dream until tonight. I signed up to volunteer at the special olympics for the san diego county region and they asked me to be the official hugger!!! I think this is the coolest gig I've ever had. I can't really tell my famlily or especially my friends because they won't 'get it' so you are all offcially the first people I have told. eeeeeeeeeee
just had to get it out
*hugs* (gotta practice ya know d

 

awww, thats great. really really great!!!

when are the special olympics there?

 

That sounds like about the happiest and most fulfilling job in the world.

Congrats!

 

thanks
June are the county but I wanna be the hugger year round they're only once a month and I just get to hug people at the end and congratulate them so it will be a really nice and easy going thing especially since I miss working with adults with disabilities so much
I used to volunteer for our local chapter years ago but did the set up and clean up and flyer distribution so it's nice to get to do the fun part now!

 

oooooh, you can practice hugging me too!

That sounds awesome Lynsey, I'm really glad you found another something that you're passionate about

 

For a minute there i though you got a state, county, or federal job were is almost imposible to get fired along with all kinds benefits regular americans dont get.

 

or the State Lotto.

 

hah I have the best benefits out of anyone I know actually and I work for a non-profit...I get 25 vacation days a year and I've only been there a year. My mom's an engineer for the city, has been there for 15 years and she gets 20 days a year. I have better medical and dental than her too. But I get really upset at times at work so maybe they give us all those days off so we don't drop dead from a drama overdose...

 

that does sound like a very fufilling job.

do you get paid?

 

German workers get a 4 week vacation and work under 40 hours per week.

 

So what events are you going to try to medal in?

 

Oh wow, that's absolutely fantastic lyns! Congratulations!

 

then watch out, you might get to hug me and not even know it.

 

*spits out coffee*

 

no it's volunteer I have a normal full time salaried job and I just picked up a few very nicely paying freelance jobs the past few days where I can work a little bit less now and have more time to volunteer as I really haven't been doing much in terms of volunteering these past few months so it's nice to be fortunate enough right now to be able to again.

 

d: ...that's exactly what my mom joked about this morning hah!!! I'm like okay I'm in a better mood i can take the jokes now so I'm going to tell her and sure enough she just busts out laughing...she's proud of me she tells me all the time but we're just VERY different people

 

I get 5 weeks ie-25 days = five weeks so I am so lucky compared to American standards. I was offered a wonderful on going freelance position yesterday that will allow me to travel and speak about what I do to others who are interested in setting up inclusion programs in their communities and to do some policy work over in DC next year, which I so miss doing So I'm cutting down my hours at my full-time job to 32 hours a week...I just started freelancing 2 years ago and pretty soon I will have enough contracts to work for myself...which is just a beyond words awesome feeling to be living that American dream in my early twenties. I am so blessed and lucky and I just can't believe all that happened to me at this conference the past few days. I feel like I'm on fire professionally speaking...I'm like hmmmm...have these people seen how messy my car is? do they know I still live at home? that I accidentally pour orange juice in my cereal on a weekly basis at least? I feel like my life right now is a mistake and it should belong to somone else who's I don't know 'better' than me, who's a real grown-up or something.

 

Wow, that's really nice Lynsey. That's really really great that you'd reach out to the disabled like that and help give them more convidence.

They really need carring people like you. That's really great.

 

thanks a bunch!

and no I'm seriously lucky. I'm a slacker and have a tendency to take things for granted and the people I work with make me feel ashamed of how easy life is for me and inspire me to work harder and appreciatte things. So I am selfish in my efforts because they are not alturistic. i love working with 'my people' but I love the feeling it gives me and the values it reminds me of even more...so I'm the lucky one

 

that does sound like a good job. how fulfilling. you will leave there with way more than you gave. thats the magic of giving.....congrats