jobs and careers...

My latte making days are now numbered. This afternoon I gave a letter to my manager explaining not only my reasons for leaving Starbuck but also offering my sincere thanks for everything I have learned. I know a surprising amount about coffee and teas. Funny part about all this is I am truly proud of my new found knowledge and maybe had the enviroment had been different and the store a little closer to my new addy I would have stuck it out longer. It's no where nearly my passion for hockey but it's a real interest now. I have recently had some good offers in scouting come along and that in part worked it's way in my decision to leave Starbucks. The new job is for a call center and has flexible hours. They are willing to work with my hockey schedule and that is really important to me. I know when I first started with my silly note taking people laughed. I heard the chuckles coming from my own living room as a ill 16yr old kid with nothing else to do. I hope I have proved to everyone however that I am VERY serious about making a career out of my passion for this Nations favorite game. I have written in magazines, scouted, and worked with other scouts. My name has been dropped to people who are very big in the hockey world. This winter I will be working very closely with a well known QMJHL scout. Though he has a couple years experiance on me we met working for the same online scouting service/magazine and while he's moved on to another scouting service we have stayed good friends. His connections outside of my current magazine will help me in a huge way. I have the heart, skills and knowledge to be a pro scout it's down to making sure the right people continue to hear my name. I know when I first started this blog I kinda said I wouldn't go on and on about hockey. There is more to life and I spend lots of time writing about other things but it's really important to me that everyone close to me, especially my family understands how much this all means to me. I may ramble on and sometimes you may only understand a word or 2 out of a whole conversation but please support me in my silly rants. Everyone in the world could tell me I'm too young or that girls are hardly ever seen in a mens hockey scouting position, I wouldn't listen to any of them. Dreams are not just for dreaming, they are to motivate you to change your reality. I am motivated and working in the direction to make my reality more the way I want it to be.

After all that...Happy Canada Day Everyone!!!! We all are so lucky to live in a country that is free and open, with free (well sorta) healthcare.