She did it!!!! Isabella is now a true, by myself bike rider. She's so confident now, Karen could barely get her into the house for dinner last night. All it took was one Chinese fortune (swear that we did not plant this one) that said "Practice makes perfect." Then one forced journey to the pool on her bike, crying halfway there, and then another insisted upon ride home from the pool and finally, some pedalling in the back and she was official. It was really cool and I'm very proud of her. My secret hope is that this success will rub off on her in other areas where she has difficulty or is reluctant because she's scared or it's "too hard." Dad's least favorite excuse. Oh, that and "I can't." Everytime they say that, I just tell them that the word 'can't' doesn't exist in our vocabulary.
Speaking of can's and can't. Things on the job front are interesting. Already spoke about last week's interview and now I j ust got a call from a major mutual fund company about a position as an account executive (since I told them I could write as well as design) in their marketing department. I'm not sure about this one. In some ways it is the perfect platform for doing more strategic work and moving in the direction of being a branding director for some firm. But I also know how much I love doing design and I don't want to give that up. I keep telling myself I could do freelance but I'm not sure that's enough. But can't hurt to talk and maybe I can become the first AE that does some of his own design work. Who knows?
As for freelance, that is going well. I'm finishing up a pro-bono job (will show the finished invite on my design site) and am working on one paying job. I'm in the running for a Capital Campaign Identity project (that's what schools call their fundraisers where there are miilions of dollars involved, for the school and not the designer) that would require about two months of work—outside my real job, of course.
Well, that's the news here. We go on vacation on Saturday, so I'm not sure how much I'll blog from the beach. But you never know. Have a good week.
Yay Izzy!!!!!
Posted by: emily at August 16, 2004 10:29 AM