Oh what a week it has been………….. My eldest daughter has applied to college, my middle one to secondary school and my son wants a hyper golden retriever for Christmas!

This blog post will start with the sharing of a few more of those little moments, followed by a look at what an alternative CV might look like. I will finish by talking about revelations around my strengths and weaknesses and what has led November to start being my most favourite time of year!!

BURKEES, CUBICLES & HUMPS

I certainly can’t blame my language barrier for saying the wrong thing….. at the most perfectly wrong time!! But this week I did just that. But first some other players had some wrong wording going on.

Last Sunday as my son came out of rugby training he announced that the trainer had them doing Burkees and that they were really hard. This of course led to me having to ask what on earth a burkee was? (Not all that up to date with the Rugby lingo just yet). Described perfectly I soon realised that this was not in fact a rugby term but instead my sons intention was to say that they had done burpees. When corrected (politely) he insisted that the trainer had said Burkees….. Oh he is a man in the making.

Next up was my little Bella!! She was showing me a new case she is using to keep her nail kit in. She explained she had the file, the false nails and the thing you push back your cubicles with!! I was double folded laughing. This girl is a farmers’ daughter for sure….

Then it was my turn! During lunch at work this week we had a discussion about the mumps currently going around in certain colleges. One of the girls mentioned that it probably won’t spread as college students certainly avoid rubbing off each other (sarcastically saying so of course). I hyperventilated briefly as myself and my eldest daughter had applied for her to go to college only the night before……

Over dinner that evening, with all the family seated, (which never happens) I went on to ask my daughter had she heard what illness was going around the colleges, Oblivious as she was I went onto tell her that it was in fact the humps….. yes I said the HUMPS…. To my near 17 year old daughter. Two red faces at the table, followed by long silence, followed by laughter that  is still ringing in my ears!! Talk about a slip of the tongue….

MY ME CV – A QUIRKY ALTERNATIVE

Over the past few weeks we have been discussing truths about ourselves that you would never put on a CV but possibly should. If nothing else I believe HR folks reading them would be more entertained by this version then by the one that reads similar to all others.

As a result of these discussions I decided to give it a go…… to prepare my Alternative CV, the one that best describes My Me. Here goes.

CURRICULUM VITAE

I am a hardworking, team player with excellent communication skills and……. That is what all the others wrote and I am not all the others….

I am me. Below you will find my alternative CV. The one that will demonstrate my true colours.

FIRST NAME

MALIN. I was given this name as it in Sweden didn’t rhyme with anything in particular and it had no r’s. It has nothing to do with Malin head but it a Swedish name which is taken from the Woman of Magdala (maybe a rhyme or an r would have been better).

Pronunciation: Málín

SURNAME

KELLY. Went from the most common surname in Sweden, Andersson, to the most common surname in Ireland.

TRAITS (GOOD & BAD)
Unique – There really is no one else like me. Really
Impatient – Prefer NOW
Visualiser – Yep…. Same as daydreamer but in modern terms ‘Mindfulness Practitioner’
Passionate – Borderline obsessive
Maturish – Old but I’m not that old, young but I am not that bold
Special – At least that is what my mother says
Pepsi Addict – We all have bad habits
Quick Witted  – Seeing the fun in life
Giggly – Both at the right and the wrong time
Discombobulated  – What’s going on?
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious – To good of a word to leave off the list.

WORK EXPERIENCE

A well experienced, probably one of the best, jugglers you would ever see. I juggle;

• 2 Businesses
• 3 Kids
• A Home
• A Husband
• Friends
• My Passion for Writing
• Hiking, Running & The Gym
• Reading

And if time permits…. Myself!

EDUCATION

My mainstream education is twofold;

1. School of Life – Here I probably learnt most of the things I know.
2. School of Mistakes & Failures – Has provided me with the best learnings.

HOBBIES

• Everything that drowns me makes me want to fly
• Everything that kills me makes me feel alive
• Oh and then there is that hobby that will just never be shared…. Classified information.

THE ONE THING ONLY ONE PERSON KNOWS ABOUT ME

Wouldn’t you like to know! There is a reason that only one person knows.

REFERENCES

If you want honest references please contact one of the following;

• My Mum
• My Kids
• My Accountant
• My Hairdresser
• My Local Barman

STRENGTHS -V- WEAKNESSES

As part of my MyMe journey I have been thought to reflect and turn things around on their head. This is an exceptional challenge and in particular when you learn that what you once thought was your strengths sometimes are the opposite. They are your weaknesses…..

I feel something so right doing the wrong thing and I feel something so wrong doing the right thing!!!

As this post is already long enough I won’t write more about this now. Instead I will ask you to list your S&W and try to turn them on their head! It is some learning curve….

To finish…. I think November has become one of my favourite months of the year!! It has certainly started on a high note and I believe it is set to continue as I have to do a reflection at mass (oh, oh), as I am travelling to the Big Apple, my city, with my mum and two brothers and as I can talk about and listen to Christmas every day for the next 6 weeks!!!!

So let’s go November!!

PS. Thank you to OneRepublic for some great quotes!!