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[Marlin Democrat] Column - In one year...
Jun. 22nd, 2005 04:59 pmIn one year...
Nise's Notes
by Denise Schoppe
The Marlin Democrat
June 22, 2005
As of June 21, I’ll have been here at The Democrat for one year. Time seems to have flown by and the anniversary of my employment snuck up on me.
In the last year, I’ve experienced a lot which tells me it has indeed been a full year since I pulled up for the first time at the office and got out of my truck — nervous and excited all at the same time.
My first job in my career field, I felt — and still feel — I have a lot riding on my time here. I try to give the stories I write and the things I do my all, but admittedly do fall down on that here and there. Times of fatigue, shyness or just plain distraction take me away from my giving something my all. I’m still learning how to fight that; I’ll be learning how to fight it all of my days.
In the last year, though, I’ve done and learned a lot of things. I’ve professed my love for my cell phone, frustration with drivers not using a turn signal, and paid homage to my parents. I’ve ridden in a fire truck, been “arrested for good,” and revealed my inability to be on time.
I have discovered that if you pull at the way up to the line at the stoplight at the corner of Fortune Street and Business 6, you can get usually get a green light in seconds. I’ve learned many people’s names — and forgotten them all seconds later. I’ve gotten praise and criticism from opinions stated within my column, and I’ve made my mistakes within stories and the public records.
I have been a “waitress” for a morning, guest speaker to a lunch meeting, and I’ve visited the Hobby Unit — twice. City council meetings can actually be entertaining, and there is a really fun group of women in the clerks office I enjoy visiting every week.
I have met state representatives and been in the presence of the Secretary of State. I’ve done a story about a 100 year old woman, a junior high student going to Australia, and two boys that went to Washington DC. I attended Ag Awareness day where I saw a cow milked, and then watched elementary school students hold court.
There has been Relay for Life, National Night Out, MDA Lock-up, Market on Main Street and even a movie filmed right downtown!
Marlin has a spectrum of people living within its city limits. It is a cast of characters of which I’ve had the pleasure to meet many. Some of which I’d even dare call friends now. There are many more to meet, and I look forward to that.
Personally, I’m a year older, I have a different truck than I did when I started, and I have a great “personal life” that shines with the promise of more joy in the future. Friendships have come; friendships have gone. There has been heartache; there has been pure happiness.
It’s been an eventful first year here, and I have no idea what the next year is going to bring. However, I look at it with open arms, welcoming whatever life has to send my way. I take the good with the bad, and in the end will come out stronger than ever before.
Thanks, Marlin, for letting me be a part of your community for the last year. You’ve made me feel welcome and you’ve taught me a lot.
Nise's Notes
by Denise Schoppe
The Marlin Democrat
June 22, 2005
As of June 21, I’ll have been here at The Democrat for one year. Time seems to have flown by and the anniversary of my employment snuck up on me.
In the last year, I’ve experienced a lot which tells me it has indeed been a full year since I pulled up for the first time at the office and got out of my truck — nervous and excited all at the same time.
My first job in my career field, I felt — and still feel — I have a lot riding on my time here. I try to give the stories I write and the things I do my all, but admittedly do fall down on that here and there. Times of fatigue, shyness or just plain distraction take me away from my giving something my all. I’m still learning how to fight that; I’ll be learning how to fight it all of my days.
In the last year, though, I’ve done and learned a lot of things. I’ve professed my love for my cell phone, frustration with drivers not using a turn signal, and paid homage to my parents. I’ve ridden in a fire truck, been “arrested for good,” and revealed my inability to be on time.
I have discovered that if you pull at the way up to the line at the stoplight at the corner of Fortune Street and Business 6, you can get usually get a green light in seconds. I’ve learned many people’s names — and forgotten them all seconds later. I’ve gotten praise and criticism from opinions stated within my column, and I’ve made my mistakes within stories and the public records.
I have been a “waitress” for a morning, guest speaker to a lunch meeting, and I’ve visited the Hobby Unit — twice. City council meetings can actually be entertaining, and there is a really fun group of women in the clerks office I enjoy visiting every week.
I have met state representatives and been in the presence of the Secretary of State. I’ve done a story about a 100 year old woman, a junior high student going to Australia, and two boys that went to Washington DC. I attended Ag Awareness day where I saw a cow milked, and then watched elementary school students hold court.
There has been Relay for Life, National Night Out, MDA Lock-up, Market on Main Street and even a movie filmed right downtown!
Marlin has a spectrum of people living within its city limits. It is a cast of characters of which I’ve had the pleasure to meet many. Some of which I’d even dare call friends now. There are many more to meet, and I look forward to that.
Personally, I’m a year older, I have a different truck than I did when I started, and I have a great “personal life” that shines with the promise of more joy in the future. Friendships have come; friendships have gone. There has been heartache; there has been pure happiness.
It’s been an eventful first year here, and I have no idea what the next year is going to bring. However, I look at it with open arms, welcoming whatever life has to send my way. I take the good with the bad, and in the end will come out stronger than ever before.
Thanks, Marlin, for letting me be a part of your community for the last year. You’ve made me feel welcome and you’ve taught me a lot.
