Job Hunt

JOHN HAD AN INTERVIEW YESTERDAY SO THAT MEANS HIS RESUMES ARE BEING READ AND NOT JUST TOSSED IN A GROWING PILE OF OTHER RESUMES FROM OTHER HOPEFUL JOB SEEKERS. THE JOB IS FOR A THIRD SHIFT MECHANIC FOR CINTAS THE UNIFORM COMPANY IN ST. LOUIS.  

I KNOW I AM BEING A DRAMA QUEEN IN THIS EPISODE OF MY FAMILY LIFE BUT I HAVE BEEN THROUGH THESE ECONOMIC DOWN TURNS BEFORE AND I KNOW THE DEVASTATION THAT CAN COME OUT OF IT. I KNOW MY SON COULD BE HOMELESS IN A HEARTBEAT AND ONCE THAT HAPPENS, IT'S ALL OVER. CAN'T SEND OUT RESUMES WITHOUT A COMPUTER TO WRITE THEM UP AND AN INTERNET CONNECTION TO SEND THEM OUT. CAN'T GO ON AN INTERVIEW WITHOUT A PLACE TO TAKE A SHOWER, NOR (AND THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT) HE CAN'T CALL ME TO LET ME KNOW HE IS OKAY. OKAY OKAY DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA BUT IT CAN HAPPEN. HOWEVER WHILE I STILL HAVE SOME 401K MONEY LEFT IN SAVINGS, IT WON'T. 

WHEN I WAS SELLING REAL ESTATE IN DALLAS DURING THE 70s AND 80s  INTEREST RATES WENT TO DOUBLE DIGIT AND 'CREATIVE' FINANCING BECAME A COMMON WAY TO GET A HOUSE TO CLOSING. THAT'S ABOUT THE TIME I SOLD MY LAST DALLAS HOUSE AND MOVED TO A SMALL TOWN IN MISSOURI. THERE WERE OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LED TO THAT EVENT, THE WORST WAS THAT THE POT MY SONS HAD PUFFED ON AT AN UPSCALE 'GOOD SCHOOL' IN RICHARDSON TEXAS HAD LED TO WORSE DRUGS WHICH LED TO DANNY'S DEATH. DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT TRYING TO CONVINCE ME THAT POT SHOULD BE LEGAL AND THAT IT IS HARMLESS. 

DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA, SORRY. ANYWAY I AM MORE HOPEFUL THIS MORNING ABOUT JOHN'S FUTURE. HE IS IN A GOOD PLACE TO WAIT IT OUT, HIS RENT IN ST. LOUIS IS ONLY $500 AND HIS UNEMPLOYMENT WILL LAST ANOTHER 4 MONTHS AND MAYBE THAT WILL BE EXTENDED IF HE NEEDS IT. HE WAS LAID OFF LAST JULY. CHARLIE, JOHN'S BROTHER, TOLD HIM HE IS WELCOME TO MOVE OUT HERE TO CALIFORNIA AND SHARE SPACE WITH HIM. THAT MAY HAPPEN BUT JOHN ALSO FEELS THAT EVEN AT 44 HE MAY FIND SOMEONE TO START A FAMILY WITH AND THAT WOULD BE MUCH BETTER IN ST. LOUIS. 

SO FOR ONE WEEK IN DECEMBER I WILL LEAVE ALL THESE WORRIES BEHIND AND FLY OFF TO CUBA WITH MY OLD FAULTY CAMERA AND MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE PEOPLE. I CAN'T SOLVE THE POLITICAL SITUATION AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT NEEDS TO BE 'SOLVED.' AFTER ALL WE HAVE FREE ELECTIONS AND LOOK WHAT NUMB SKULLS WE END UP WITH. AND NO I AM NOT A 'COMMIE' I LOVE THIS COUNTRY AND WANT SO MUCH FOR THE LEADERS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT THEY DO AND REALIZE THE MONEY THEY SPEND IS OUR MONEY.  

THAT'S ALL FOR NOW FOLKS. HAVE A GREAT DAY AND BE GOOD TO EACH OTHER.

JUDYK LA QUE QUIERES UN MILAGRO