Happy Wednesday & Happy Pepperoni Pizza Day! A good slice of pepperoni pizza seems like a great way to end a hard day at work. Stop by and pick up your favorite pizza as you head home & enjoy! 🍕
In This Issue: Celebrating Milestones and Embracing the Journey of Motherhood | Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switch | Zero Trust Explained | News to Start Your Day
The CK Daily – Celebrating Milestones and Embracing the Journey of Motherhood
Good morning & Happy Wednesday!
I hope everyone is having a great week. Last week, my husband started a new job. He’s loving the job so far and is learning a ton, which I’m grateful for, but it’s a big change from him being home all the time since having Carter. We truly felt so blessed that the timeline of him leaving his last job and starting his new job allowed him to spend almost six weeks at home with our sweet new baby. It was so helpful to have him around to help out with the day-to-day things that come with caring for a newborn and also myself. But now, it’s me and Carter – which is always an adventure!
This week, we’ve welcomed the newfound ability to smile and boy does it just melt my heart when he does. We’re slowly getting on more of a routine of eating, sleeping, and occasionally playing. I’m looking forward to the days when playtime is a little more interactive than it is now, but certainly don’t want to wish these early days away.
All this to say – I’m learning quite a bit in this process of being a new mom. It’s certainly not easy and there are days when the tears flow, but there are many more days when the smiles are big and the amazement at the fact that he’s my kid and I get the joy of spending the next several years walking through life with him watching him grow sets in.
To be totally transparent, I didn’t grow up ever really wanting a kid or desiring to have a kid. I know so many gals I grew up with always dreamed of being a mom, which is amazing but I always felt like the oddball since I didn’t feel that way. I grew up around babies and always helped take care of them and I guess I just felt like that was enough for me. Of course after many conversations with my husband, prayer, and preparation of my heart – here we have Carter and I’m so grateful! Nowadays, it’s just shocking to me that I have a kid who will, when he can talk, call me mom. What a sweet day that will be!
Anyway, I hope you have a wonderful week and a great weekend ahead. If I can be praying for you in any way this week, let me know!
Ashley
Product Spotlights & Updates
Design a network for the future of hybrid work with the Cisco Catalyst 9300 series of switches. This switch comes with a power supply and 9300 Series Accessory kit including a rack mount kit, power cord, and console cable.
Learning Center Article – Zero Trust Explained
Network and cyber security are concepts that only grow more difficult with time. For every genius security measure, there’s a brilliant attack, and the escalation never ends.
How can you hope to stay ahead of the game?
Your best bet is to adopt security design philosophies that prevent many problems while dramatically mitigating issues even in the event of security failure. One such philosophy is zero trust, and it’s essential for any high-value or large-scale network.
Today’s News to Start Your Day:
- The Food and Drug Administration did not approve an epinephrine nasal spray that would have been the first needle-free alternative to epinephrine autoinjectors, including EpiPens. The agency told drugmaker ARS Pharmaceuticals that it needed to conduct another study on the drug.
- Amazon announced they are hiring 250,000 employees in the U.S. to help manage the holiday rush. It’s also bumping the average hourly pay for warehouse and delivery workers.
- A real-life bear found itself a few paw steps away from the Country Bear Jamboree at Walt Disney World. Disney World delayed the opening of Magic Kingdom’s Frontierland, Liberty Square, and Adventureland. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission safely captured and removed the bear from the park.
- Mark Thompson, a former New York Times CEO, will begin as CNN’s CEO on October 9th. He reports that he will be focusing on turning CNN into a sustainable business.