Day 1

I decided it is time to start a blog.  There are lots of things that happen in my life, and I think I will share some of them.  For instance, I am looking for a job.  I have been looking since January, sometimes harder than others, most of the time hard, right now I am REALLY looking.  I have spent many years in the information services world, and I enjoy it, it is challenging, but the hours are killers!  I am getting older, and as my priorities change, and my body wears out, I want to be a great contributor, but I also want time with my family and friends.  So, I continue to look.  I may have an interview next week, that is really positive! 

I also want to buy a home, it is about time, I am not getting any younger.  The problem is,...you can't buy a home if you don't have a job, and in many cases these days, you cannot find a job if you do not have a home.  There are lots of reputable work from home opportunities if you know where to find them, but if you have no home, your in a quandry.

I have been staying with my dear friends for a couple of months, and I need to let them have their home back, and I really need my own place, and my stuff.  I miss my books, and my photos, and my bed!

I have to tell one quick job application story and then I need to hit the hay.  I was at a telemarketing office applying for their call center.  I thought it would be a good interim job, or perhaps there would be growth potential, and there is, but that isn't what shocked me and made me laugh.  I was filling out the application, and there was a form called Convictions.  The page puzzled me, I read through it and it was concerning crimes for which you have been convicted.  Well, I haven't committed any crimes, so I signed it and handed it in blank.  I was called back by the receptionist, and she said, "You didn't right anything down on the convictions page".  I said, "I haven't been convicted of anything to write down, I haven't ever been convicted of anything!"  She said, "No speeding tickets, or parking tickets?"  I said, "No."  I was thinking, is that UNUSUAL!  She said, "Well I guess you should write none, then."  Does this mean that most people applying for the job had convictions!  I was flummoxed.  After the interview, where they said they would be happy to hire me, but I am overqualified and should try for a professional position in their company, which I have by the way, I was sitting in my car, and I burst out laughing.  It was so obsurd. 

I told my friend Chris the story and she burst out laughing too, we laughed until we cried. 

Holy Cow!