Back To Work At Darden Restaurants Support Center

Today is my last day of being solely an entrepreneur.  I'll be heading back to the corporate jungle in the morning as a senior tax analyst for Darden Restaurants.  This job kind of fell into my lap and it's an offer too good to refuse.  Actually it's a position that I had interviewed for about 5 years ago and I was not selected at the time.

Well as fate would have it I left Ernst & Young last year and was plugging along happily working at selling on-line and providing bookkeeping services to a few clients, although I admit, not really making a good living.  I had high hopes and aspirations of growing my business and living a bohemian life, spending my days searching the far corners of the world (or at least Central Florida) for baubles and bangles to delight my customers.

Central Florida is a relatively small community when it comes to tax accountants.  Most of us either have worked together sometime in the past or at least know of each other.  Word travels fast and one of my former colleagues from back in the day at EY found out I wasn't working and called me up with a proposition at Darden.  Within a week I had interveiwed, taken a bunch of evaluations, and had accepted an offer.  It's very exciting and although I'm sad that I didn't give my business a fair shot, I'm happy to be going back to work, especially at Darden.

I'm not throwing in the towel with respect to my ebay, Bonanzle, and Ruby Lane vintage jewelry web stores though.  That is what I truly love to do and I'm going to continue to stock my sites with the most unique and desirable treasures I'm able to scout.  I'll be scaling back a bit at first, until I get adjusted in my new routine, but I'll still be around in the evenings and on weekends to answer emails, and pack orders & such.  I'm looking forward to this new adventure in my life.  Cheers to full time employment and a full time paycheck!

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