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saravdw

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Birthday: April 1

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MOULTRIE, Georgia
United States

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Mah Jongg Garden	120020
Alu's Revenge	89940
Mahjongg Toy Chest	3764
Type Writer	1300
Mah Jongg Dimensions	1200

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I am 73 years old; I have been a widow for nearly 25 years. Although I still miss my wonderful husband I live a quiet but happy life. I have 2 daughters, 4 grandchildren and one great grand child Before I retired I was the director of a day care center with 80 children; it was a great job, very demanding but very rewarding. I keep very busy in general, I take courses in the Internet, I am always learning something, I know it is never too late to learn

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Reading, writing, poetry, taking internet course, making dolls (all kind of dolls) occasional volunteering, gardening and crafts in general,

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WRITING PROMPT - MY FIRST JOB

MY FIRST JOB.

When I was barely sixteen years old, I enrolled in a private school for a Business Administration course; which was totally bilingual, each class was in English and Spanish. Spanish is my native language and since I already had some courses in English in high school, I was looking forward to learn more.

The school had a receptionist, whom I really admired; she was very efficient and looked like a fashion doll, always looking fabulous. After several months of attending school without missing a day, I was an A+ student. One day, I noticed that the receptionist was not at her desk, and the school principal was personally handling all the calls and registrations, which kept him very busy. I was in the middle of a class when they call me to the principal’s office, that made me nervous, so I went to the office all shaky not knowing what to expect, and right then and there he offered me a part time position as receptionist, I was not going to have a salary if I accepted, but I didn’t have to pay the school tuition which was quite high in those days, plus they would arrange my classes in such a way that it wouldn’t affect my schooling.

After consulting with my parents I accepted the position. I must say that I really enjoyed that arrangement, especially because it gave me an opportunity to deal with people. It was amazing to me that all these professors treated me with respect and this also gave me the drive to do better, only one thing bothered me at the beginning, my wardrobe, it was not bad, but modest, my mother told me not to worry about that, she said “just be yourself, do you best and gradually you will build your wardrobe”. This was a little part time job that lasted three years until my graduation. I really liked it.

Saravdw 01-17-2010.