{"id":6176,"date":"2013-10-28T07:00:01","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T12:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/?p=6176"},"modified":"2013-10-28T11:56:06","modified_gmt":"2013-10-28T16:56:06","slug":"did-i-miss-my-true-calling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/did-i-miss-my-true-calling\/","title":{"rendered":"Did I Miss My True Calling?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ID-10058490.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6177\" alt=\"ID-10058490\" src=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ID-10058490.jpg\" width=\"325\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ID-10058490.jpg 325w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ID-10058490-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, I was asked to prepare meals for small crowds over the next couple weekends. Fifteen minutes after saying yes, I had already assembled:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>current sale flyers for our local grocery stores<\/li>\n<li>menus consisting of enough food for a cast of thousands for two weeks<\/li>\n<li>shopping lists<\/li>\n<li>a time table for cooking and freezing everything ahead of time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s when I began wondering if I&#8217;d missed my true calling. Instead of majoring in elementary education and taking every English and theater class available during college, I should have considered a career in one of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>food service<\/li>\n<li>event planning<\/li>\n<li>drill sergeant<\/li>\n<li>army cook<\/li>\n<li>making lists with bullet points<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Upon further reflection, my unintentional second career may have been field testing other career options because:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My first high school job consisted of 3 months at the Hy-Vee deli in my home town, followed by 5 years as a dishwasher and cook at a nursing home.<\/li>\n<li>My kids would tell you the 1 birthday\/slumber party they were each allowed during their childhoods were top caliber events, even though the title &#8220;event planner&#8221; came into vogue after they were a bit older.<\/li>\n<li>They would also gladly give testimony concerning their mother, the drill sergeant.<\/li>\n<li>Dozens of M.A.S.H. episodes later, the army cook option no longer looks attractive unless it includes a few of Klinger&#8217;s outfits, complete with hats and gloves.<\/li>\n<li>Mission accomplished.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Maybe I didn&#8217;t miss my true calling.<br \/>\nMaybe it came calling and found me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, I was asked to prepare meals for small crowds over the next couple weekends. 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