What's Goin' On?

Well, a few weeks ago I passed the insurance exam, which required that I study my brains out. Apparently only 50% of people pass the first time, go figure, but I received a 91%. Owned it. I'm pretty happy about this, as it was a difficult exam, however, I'm used to hard tests (I did passed a DD class after all), and so I wasn't too worried about it. Now this means I can legally transact and produce insurance policies, property and casualty only at this point, which is great for my job. I've been surprised at how interesting my job has been the past few weeks because of this.

I'm learning TONS of new facts and procedures, and my job is actually requiring brain power to complete. I really feel like I can help people solve problems some days, and that is a good feeling. Recently, I've had customers tell my boss that I'm doing a great job and that I've been very helpful. Hooray! That's good news. I like helping people, and that's what my job is about. I'm okay with that. It's not my dream job, by any means, but it's paying the bills, I get medical insurance on top of that, an easy and flexible schedule, AND I feel accomplished at the end of most days. I have room to learn, and to move up eventually. It's different every day, too, so not too much boredom either.

I've also been going on auditions again, pretty regularly, after my last show ended, and I have another one lined up for tomorrow. After my last audition, I was offered two parts, but decided to turn them down after all. This is the first I've ever done that, and they were pretty big parts. It was a tough choice, but it turned out that it was less professional than I expected, the rehearsal schedules were too intensive (too many), lots of children were involved (don't get me wrong, I love kids, but I just don't feel like doing that right now - it's rough), and it didn't seem like the parts would challenge me in any way. So, all of that added up to saying, "thanks-but-no-thanks." Strange feeling. That frees me up to go to more auditions (one tomorrow for some film work), take some extra relaxing time, and maybe save up money for some nice headshots soon. Hopefully.

My boss has been gone this entire week on a cruise, and that's been a little hectic as well, but I think I held down the office alright. We'll see. :)

Well, it is strange not having classes, but at the same time, I love it. I really feel free to pursue acting now, and that is what I've wanted to do for the past fifteen years of my life. Yay! We'll see what happens.