Cassandra Johnson:  

Ok, where to start... Well, first of all, if you look at my Q&A, you might notice that (at times) I only give simple answers when neccesary, otherwise I like to give 10 answers, ex: to answer the question, "What type of person were you in high school?" I had to answer: Misfit, Nerd (includes Dork and Geek), Popular, and "Unique". Most people might think that 3/4 would go together, but not popular. That may be true for many people, but I'm special that way. While I didn't hang out with the most popular people in school, some of my friends seemed to think that I knew everybody, so I guess in that way, I might be able to call myself popular. What can I say? I'm a people person. Oh, and I'll warn you now: When I'm in a typing mood (that doesn't happen very often) like I am now, whatever I write isn't going to be very short. (Be prepared for my life story) Onto the the next topic: My occupation. For several years I was all across the board, mostly lifeguarding, teaching swimming lessons, watching kids in the church nursery, caring for my elderly grandpa after a stroke took his vision and short term memory, peer tutoring, working in a group home for developmentally disabled, teaching skin care, (did I miss anything in there?) and finally, my absolute least favorite: a desk job at Ameriprise Financial. Yes, it was a full time job with decent pay (but not nearly what it should have been), and benefits, and I even needed to get 2 licenses to do my job which must mean that my job had at least a little bit of status, right? But it didn't take me too long to figure out that I didn't want to sit at a desk staring at a computer for the rest of my life (or even a couple years for that matter.) Some of my coworkers had joked that I was going to be a lifer there, and I let them know that the only way that was going to happen was if I died suddenly in the next few months, or if I dove out our 7th story window to my death. As much as I liked most of the people, it wasn't my favorite job I've ever had. (I can't sit on my butt for 40 hours a week) So, I got out of there last April (2008), and helped my friend with her in home day care, and I was a nanny for the summer for 2 kids ages 6 and 8. And now I'm doing childcare full time, working with several families (mostly with kids 3 and under, my favorite ages) on a weekly basis. You know, for the first time in my life I can smile and talk about what I do at the same time. I also discovered Mary Kay several years ago and so far I've only worked it very part time. But now is my time to shine. While I was in Dallas in July for our Mary Kay seminar I decided that I'm earning my free Chevy Malibu, then moving up to my pink Cadillac CTS (or there's a very slight chance that I'll take the DTS instead). Also throughout the year I'm working on earning several gorgeous rings. I don't remember the size off the top of my head, but let's just say they're not small. All of this is laying the foundation for my future National area. I'm sure most of you have no idea what that means, so I'll help you out a bit. My National Sales Director Emeritus, Arlene Lenarz, just retired in January 2005. Since then, as part of her Family Security Program, she has been getting over $47,000.00 every month. Yes you read it right, it's not a typo. Arlene will be getting these checks for 15 years, and even if anything happens to her, the money ge...Expand for more