Cha Cha Cha Changes

This past year has been full of changes. New house, new schools, new after school activities and now I am making a big change. Last Friday was my last day at PwC. A place I spent 9 years growing, learning, gaining confidence, mentoring, coaching, and loving the people I worked with. Back in April I knew it was time for a change. Public accounting and client service is a very hard and demanding job. Tim and I discussed our family and our goals. He loves coaching and he is so amazing at it. However, it takes a lot of time. He is often busy after school and with football, basketball and golf, it is year round. Last spring we had a sitter or my sisters helping me A LOT. I mentioned to my mom last fall we might be getting an nanny and I could sense the worry in her voice. Amy may or may not have signed herself up for too much. Then there was a sermon about your family being the one unique thing to you. Only you can be the mom to your kids was the message. I started to rethink my job and the time it consumed. And with new regulations coming out year after year it was only getting harder and more time consuming. So in April I started the hunt. I fully thought it would be a week or two. Haha well not so much. In April my big thing on my mind was never taking spring break with my kids. It is such a busy time a public tax accountant rarely takes it off. As God gave me time to think through my decision and thoughts, I realized I was just tired of auditing, regulators, and needed a change. See I am really a person that likes change. I change up things in the house so much it drives Tim nuts. When I look 5 years into the future I did not see myself as a public accountant. I still am not sure what I see, but am excited to leap off the cliff and start moving towards a change. So basically, nothing happened for several months. Finally, at the beginning of September I had a company that wanted me to interview. The interview was set for after our deadline of September 15th. I had been very nervous about just having one option. I didn't want to just take the first thing that came my way. God answered my prayers. The night before my interview another company set up an interview for the afternoon, so now I had two on one day. Both of them went amazing. Both very different companies with different pros and cons, but really either would have been great. Then the next day when both were working up offers I had a client call me and say she was going to open a position for me would I be interested in taking it. This company had always been on my "want to work for someday" list. Now I had three to consider. Boy does God answer even the simplest of prayers. I wanted options and boy did he deliver. I am going to say my confidence was pretty high. Everyone wanted me, wow! I ended up going with the first company. It will be the most challenging and lots to learn. I will be the only tax person eventually building a team. Now I had to tell my team. I had been dreading and sick about this moment anytime I thought about it. I loved these people that is why I stayed so long. We are a tight group. Just the best group. There for each other and truly working together as a team. Everyone was surprised and the two weeks was so emotional for us all. However, each one told me they were happy for my happiness. My last full day they through me a going away party. We went to lunch at my favorite, In the Raw, where I was gifted pwc paraphernalia, mini binder clips (my biggest pet peeve!!), a box of wine, and a nice professional picture of my boss so he can always be with me. We could not stop laughing. Then we went back to the office and had cake with more gifts. I was ugly crying when I saw everything. I just felt so loved and lucky. These people really loved me as much as I loved them. I received more wine (apparently without them I will be drinking a lot), a cup, ice scraper and window shades (no more parking garage), gift cards to bribe new friends to eat lunch with, and a decision maker. The decision maker read, "The worst decisions make the best stories". These people are awesome.

Tommy- the best boss/mentor anyone could ask for

Chris- So incredibly smart and my perfect management partner

Melissa- My bestest friend and partner in crime

Mallary- This girl can charm any client or state official, so personable

Stevie- Always laughing

Ross- Heart of Gold

Jimmy- Rising Star

 

Thank you all for making my 9 years simply amazing. I will miss you all so much!