Heather James:
CLASS OF 1998
Hutchinson High SchoolClass of 1998
Hutchinson, KS
Cowley County - Southside Education CenterClass of 2005
Wichita, KS
Hutchinson Community CollegeClass of 2001
Hutchinson, KS
Sherman Middle SchoolClass of 1994
Hutchinson, KS
Winans Elementary SchoolClass of 1992
Hutchinson, KS
Heather's Story
Life
Let's see what I can say about my life. :) After high school I went to HCC for about 2.5 years, I switched my major a couple times but mostly took music classes even though I never majored in music. Go figure. Since I was SERIOUSLY lacking direction I eventually quit. Before quitting though, I became involved in the schools Campus Crusade for Christ ministry which eventually led me to becoming involved at Central Community Church in Wichita. I became involved in the college aged singles group there, and started dating a guy in the group. ;) I moved here to Wichita in November of '01, and in December I had surgery to have another shunt put in, in February '02 I got married. In August of '02 I got married! :) So it's been just over three years, and we are so happy. It's such a blessing to spend each day with my best friend! I went back to school in the summer of 03 after discovering sign language and the field of interpreting, and became a sign language interpreter, which I LOVE. My husband and I live here in Wichita, with our "girls"; our dog; Brownie, and our cat; Lucy. Chris, my husband, grew up in Colorado, but moved here for college, he graduated from Friends University with a degree in Computer information systems and a minor in math. And he works at a computer consulting firm, doing computer stuff. :) We were married at Central Community Church on August 24th, 2002.
I think a lot about everyone from high school and would LOVE to hear where everyone is and what you are all up to! Message me!!
Take care!
Heather
Workplace
My work history- what fun. :) I started my first job when I was 17 working as a dietary aide at the Good Samaritan Village in Hutchinson (Where my mom has worked for 26 yrs!!). I worked there for four years, but after awhile I took a 2nd job as a Guest Service Associate at Hastings, I eventually left the nursing home and became a Guest Service Manager at Hastings. Things had gotten nasty at the nursing home. After about 2 years at Hastings I quit because I was moving to Wichita. I moved in with a friend of mine and I got a job at Perfect Peace Christian Lifestyle store- a Christian book/movie/stuff store and coffeeshop. I THOUGHT it sounded like the...Expand for more
perfect job- working with Christians, having Sundays off, etc. Unfortunately, it wasn't that way at all. I did work with "christians" and I did have Sundays off, but the management was pretty awful towards all the employees but the few chosen ones. Plus, I ended up having surgery to have another shunt put in during that time so I had to miss awhile because of the surgery and recovery from that. I started looking for another job and found out about a nursing home that offered a CNA class for free to accepted applicants and then gave them a job. Over a 100 people applied, only 12 were chosen and I was one of the 12! I had to quit my job at the store to go to the classes because they wouldn't work with my schedule- which is fine they were about to let me go anyway. I'm telling you it was awful, I still have some psychological and emotional scarring from that- and I refuse to step foot in that store. So I was unemployed for a little while during the CNA class, but eventually started working there- it was great at first. But then some things changed with management- and that really sucked. Turnover was really high all over and it was tough- I loved the old people though. A resident moved in who had been deaf her whole life and I started learning sign language- found out about the interpreting program and started school full-time in the evenings while working full-time during the day. I worked at the nursing home for just over 2 years I think, but then an opportunity for an interpreting job came up and I quit my job at the nursing home on the spot- finished out my shift and started my interpreting job the next day. I have NEVER been so happy at a job!!!! Very nearly everyone who works at the school where I work is wonderful! They are all very nice, mature and professional- things most of my other jobs lacked. I love what I am doing and I adore the little girl that I interpret for. It's been great! Since there is no school in the summer (i.e no paycheck) I also work part time for Rainbows United Inc., working in peoples homes doing respite care for special needs kids so the parents can have a break. It's pretty awesome, I've met a lot of great families and wonderful kids. :)
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