No net-here I go
Well, the deed was done the other day. The deed-I can’t talk about it. I don’t want to say out loud how things went down.
It was all kind of strange. I work hard doing a good job. Then I get the worst news possible; L-O. And that is OK because the company is still doing fine. Right. I have learned to not get so upset about not knowing what the next thing will be. I know there will be something for me. I am capable of doing the job put before me. I am not allowing for myself to be upset or depressed. Many people are losing their jobs all over.
I have learned that some pages on the website are not working. Sure wish I could help. Oh Well.
The difference for me is that I will be persistent. I also have many skills. I mean, I worked as a reporter writing stories. Then I took over management of a branch office of the paper.
One of the big accomplishments in my life was starting the newspaper program at the high school. I have to say, again, many people have done the same thing. But, this is something. This is something with the help of many people I helped get done. The work could not have gotten done without the help of the students. I really enjoyed that job.
Well, I gotta go get the movie ready. Denise and I have put the kids to bed and it is movie night. Later I will expand about how my super powers will help me see the future. HA. Just kidding, I mean hey, if if I’m going on about myself, why not.
Next read- Harmonic Wealth
James Arthur Ray’s book Harmonic Wealth is my next read.
Another recent read
I have recently read The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I picked up the book at Barnes and Noble not knowing anything about it. The name sounded familiar to me. Obviously, the other movie.
The book, good, interesting, different, and simply the way it is. McCarthy takes a lot of courage in his way of writing the spoken word. The fact that there are no quotation marks throughout the whole book surprised me at first. As I read I wondered if there might be some quotations to show new characters or a group of people talking, no. That did not happen.
The other new convention was the omission of chapters. Wow, I like that. To me, the book just flows from beginning to end because there is not interruptions. The reader does have to pay attention more. When I put the book down I had to pause shortly. The adventure never ended. The adventure just continued, as it does in real life.
I hope that this does not spoil the discovery for other readers. It would actually be strange for me to get a book before many people and spoil it. I am usually the last to read something the rest of the world has read. I haven’t read the Eckhart Tolle book Oprah raved about.
The Road. I wanted a different ending. I wanted answers. I wanted to know why. I wanted to know that if that same thing ever happened the outcome would be different. I wanted to have hope past from my eyes to the characters.
But that doesn’t make sense. McCarthy wrote a realistic story that ended exactly the way it should. And I felt it. I felt the emotion.
Can’t wait for the movie.
another ice day.
Well, today was another day of being at home. This morning was actually worse than yesterday. The roads were so slick school had to be canceled.
Devri wanted to check out the cold and see what the outside looked like. I took her outside onto the front sidewalk. She grabbed my arms as I pulled and made her slide. The was about the extent of the ice excitement.
The ice started to melt off the roof. The water overflowed the gutter because it was full of ice. The water flowed over the gutter and into the yard making a muddy mess. That is actually opposite of what a gutter should do.
A snow day – ice???
Today was a snow day. Yeah. The kids did not have to go to school today. The fear was that the roads would be bad. The goods news is that they were not as bad as first thought.
We went to the hospital to see Annie-Laurie and Steve’s new baby. Rock on. Beautiful little thing. David and Devri were so cute looking at Claudia Abigal. David told Denise to be careful with the baby. When Denise went to pick Claudia up he told Denise to put the baby back. What a funny little boy.
Now I continue doing some work here at the house since I can’t go into the office because the weather is so bad. Update a page or two on the website. Post a blog for the company, also on WordPress.
The dogs are bringing in muddy paws. I have lots of random thoughts today. Play on Illustrator for a bit.
I guess I need to submit the resume more.
Day #5
Today I started out by going to a corporate office a place I would like to work. I know that I make a great fit for the company. I just hope the company sees what an asset I am.
Of course, I kept applying on-line to other places when I got home. It is amazing how time can just get away from you. And I still have some homework that I need to get to. Class is tomorrow.
Put the kids to bed and did loads of laundry. I still have so many things to do.
Journey day #1
Or maybe they will come crawling to me.
Well, I don’t know anything yet, officially, but I will need to look for another job. And do it now. This is not exciting time for anyone, I get that. I do not know exactly what I will do yet. The only thing I have done so far is update my resume. I then posted that resume on Monster and Career builder. There are more job search sites now that I will try.
What I do know is that I want to be able to talk to people face to face about opportunities. I find the search online to be limiting. I think the face to face contact is better. I know that my network of people is limited. I hope my network can grow.
I guess this is the start and I will be updating as things change.
The kids and I working
The kids and I worked together on the gate I built for the fence-to keep the dogs out. They went all the way with me to the store to get the stuff. Here are just a few of the good picks, there are more on Flickr.
What can I say. He is really loving the paint.
New, yeah
Well, this has been a slow start to the new year.
Things are good. I have come to better grips of the person inside this body. I know better what I have to do. The past year was eye opening.
Hey, this life is not easy. It can be fun and should be enjoyed fully. Sometimes we have to work at enjoying all the possibilities.
There are so many inspiring people in the world that we just have to take a look at and know they are the way to go with life.
My head is just spinning with stuff from the morning session. The mantra is ‘progress in life not perfection.’ I went by myself this morning. Oh the craziness of life. When can we finally grab hold of our own lives?
