...It's July 3rd and the anticipation is killing me...
...because I have to work on July 4th! But that isn't even the best part. I don't get any special holiday pay. On the day that we celebrate the extremely important day upon which our great country found its independence I am supposed to work for normal wages and like it...
...for those of you who don't know me, I am currently seeking a new career in something other than mortgages, and in the interim I have gone back to working the same job I left 8 years ago when I graduated college with the future in front of me and the world by its balls, parking cars...
...now don't get me wrong, valet parking is not that bad, you get to drive almost every type of car out there (which would be even more informational and exciting if not for the fact that anyone working as a valet has very little chance of owning an Aston Martin), the hours are flexible enough that I can still interview for jobs, and it keeps the people skills sharp...
...as for job hunting, I am struck by one simple fact that is extremely frustrating and yet at the same time gives me great hope that I can pick myself up off of the hotel driveway and pave a path to employment greatness, and that fact is that no one seems to grasp the concept of following up and/or returning emails/phone calls!
...call me and tell me I am completely disillusioned to think I could ever work for your company, call me and tell me I am just not what you are looking for, call me and tell me that my experience or qualifications don't fit your needs, email me a generic denial letter with my name inserted in the introduction, but don't just let me twist in the wind!
...frustrating, yes. But it gives me hope, because I call people back, I follow up, I understand the concept that when someone leaves you a message or shoots you an email or text message, you reply. It is ok if it takes you a few days, everyone is busy and we all have to prioritize based on our most pressing matters, just do it, acknowledgment is ok, it doesn't hurt, even if what you have to say is not what I want to hear, I'll get over it...
...in yet another indication that "The Year of Humility" will be the title of this chapter in my autobiography, my fantasy baseball team is in dead last place in the only for-money league I am in, and also the only one of which I am commissioner...
...so, while I blast Nothing Else Matters and wait for the fireworks, here's the last word...
Grammy's advice for July 3rd:
"To reach the port of heaven, we must sail, sometimes with the wind & sometimes against it...but we must sail, not drift or lie at anchor."
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
...LCV
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