Heidi Lorch-Silva:  

Well it earned me some money. And taught me that there are people out there that really are challenged mentally, but not "retarded". I never want to squeeze a bag of microwave popcorn again! Ah-h-h-h but the fond memory of the dirty popcorn fiasco. Shut the line down for 2 days, just to be told that the dirt was within limits. Ick! At least the micrwaves would have killed any germs that might have been there. Never will forget Ryt-Way thanks to a repetitive motion injury to my right shoulder that flairs up anytime I spend more than an hour writing or doing anything repetitive with the right arm! Green Giant - Summer Jobs 1989-1992 - What great memories. Miss hanging out with the boys on the combine crews & the samplers in Montgomery. Running through the fields in the wee hours of the morning as a sampler. Fighting with know-it-all Kurt Schutte on the combine crew. Driving the touchiest of the combines and getting stuck with it all summer, cause I was the only one with the patience to nurse it along, and clean out the header every 30 minutes. Do they do Green Giant Reunions? U.S. Peace Corps in Ecuador Aug 1992-Aug 1994 - Livestock Extension/Sheep. Peace Corps was truly the "Toughest Job You'll Ever Love. " What they didn't tell you is the tough part is not the work or the physical stuff, but the emotional stuff. I will never look at the world the same again! Kraus Anderson Insurance - Gave me a great start in the working world. I left for better pay and new opportunities, but if I could do it all over I would go back and stay for a couple more years. Diversified - I never want to do call center again. Aside from getting sick from allergies every time I set foot in the building, I hated not being able to really help people when they called. Wells Fargo - I loved you WF. A great company. I miss the diversity and the bus ride downtown was fun. Worked in Bank Accounting with Carol Olausen. Left only because of the commute after my first son was born. I'd go back in a heartbeat, though I want to do something different. Westra Construction - The dream opportunity turned sour. Shows that all people are not meant to be managers. Tony Haddad was a nice guy, and super smart, but never should have gone into management. Maybe if HQ in WI had figured that out the branch wouldn't have closed. I will always wonder if the company went out of business because of losses by the MN Branch. Ahhh, but the experience taught me that even if I am good with numbers, I am not a black and white person, and accounting will probably never be a GOOD fit for my personality. Spherion - Staffing and Supervisory/HR. Finally a job that showed me what I am good at. Too bad the contract was so severely reduced in the negotiations. I would have liked to stay with you a few more years.