New Venture

I've had a rough past few months. Life has been incrediably stressful apparently I'm such an impatient person that I couldn't be patient and wait for a mid-life crisis I had to have one in my 30's. So I'm working on my life, steering in new directions, throwing and tantrum and picking up the pieces. I'm going to finally throw myself completely into the art culture I'm creating art instead of babies at this point in my life. So as I was saying I'm venturing out on my own into the business world. I've started a business called "Fad-Tastic Traveling Murals". For those of you that don't know what that means here is a brief explanation. You have kids they love cartoon and movie characters however Little Billy loves Batman then after purchasing all of the room decor you can find at Walmart for him to decorate his room he wants a mural. However you live in an apartment or you know your little Billy all too well and instead of getting stuck with a Batman mural on your wall after Little Billy has moved on to Transformers I paint what little Billy wants on canvas and 6 months down the road you just order a new Traveling Mural and you don't have to re-paint or lose your security deposit. Fads come and go but every parent wants to make their child happy so there is my business plan. I'm diving in head first so let's hope I don't slam into the bottom of the cement pond.

Daily Bloggin'

Ok so I'm setting a goal today to try and keep up with my blog I've neglected it. So those that know me or would like to know me should know that I tend to procrasinate sometimes. My life has been extremely stressful lately the stress is neverending. I'm still going to add my usual funny life stories as much as possible however I feel I can't be creative all the time. I'm still at the same job slash career....I'm a 911 dispatcher and I love my job seriously I'm obsessed I never thought in a million years I would have a occupation that I love or that I felt like I was accepted at. Few may know that I've always wanted to be a 911 dispatcher or an artist since I was about 3 years old yes I have the memory of an elephant.. I chose 911 dispatcher I tend to sway towards the paying career....but when I was little and listening to my grandparents scanner I never actually knew what it took to do the jobs that the men and women behind the radio do I mean what they really do for a living. It's hard work It's challenging work. When I was little and listening to the scanner it always sounded so exciting. My uncle was a firefighter and paramedic and he loved his career and all of his stories were awesome he truly is a hero. I really loved listening to the scanner on a weekend when my family would get all amped up when they heard an exciting call for service go out over the air for the Creeds or Pungo area. My Nanny would always try to guess whose lived at the address going over the air waves for a Cardiac or she would try to guess who drove the blue datsun involved in the traffic accident involving an entrapment I'm not sure how accurate she actually was but the radio traffic was still fun to listen to. Now as an adult and a woman that has been a dispatcher for 8 years I know what the job really entails and yes it's still freaking AWESOME! The men and women that work at Virginia Beach 911 are some of the greatest most wonderful people. Each employee there is actually a hero in my book they work long hours and miss holidays and have to deal with ALOT of stress but still they go to work everyday to ensure that every citizen in Virginia Beach has someone to answer their calls for assistance be it a life-threatening emergency or just someone to answer their routine questions. People always ask "How do you do it the stress must be crazy?" when you tell them your occupation. We do it not just because someone has to but because we love it, we really do love helping people if someone tells you they don't they are bullshitting you they do. Yeah its stressful so is life. Remember though that when someone is having an emergency and yes the best of us freak out someone has to be there to listen and calm you down so you can get the help you need. When I first took this job I was so scared of the phone I would sit there praying that no call would drop into my ear. The calls however did and after awhile I no longer felt panicked during high priority calls I realized I really love this and I've helped alot of people in my time at 911. Sure there are everyday office issues that can be tedious or annoying to some and it's not always easy to get along with everyone all of the time but I truly respect my co-workers they are great people they are fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, artistic, creative, funny and intelligent caring people friends actually. I wouldn't give this career up for anything in the world. So next time you have to call dispatch (hopefully for a non-emergency) remember we're there to help you and sometimes a thank you goes a real long way.