A Resume for a New Journey and a Can of RAID!

Today was all about searching for a new job...a new journey...a new passion...a new reason to run back and forth to the bathroom if you let it get to you. But, hey...that's what I did for the month of July....14 days of it in the hospital. So much to do, so much to think about...and never allow the word "worry" to slip out of your mouth. So it's best to think of a new job...a new journey...a new passion...


I spent a month taking my resume down from 6 pages to 2....why? I have 22 years of experience, but as a manager I can't remember reading every word of a long resume so I guess I have answered my own question. It takes a lot to use all of the correct words to get 22 years on 2 pages. After this process is complete....what happens....writer's block for a cover letter. I've always been the Queen of cover letters. As you see, I'm never at a loss for words. Good or bad, the words are always there and yes, I can change topics in mid sentence so you have to pay close attention when I am speaking. I don't do this in business presentations, but in personal conversation...anything can happen. Shane and Katie both wonder and ponder all the time when I'm finally going to make a point. LOL! It's a gift, they just don't recognize it yet.


So the resume is finished, the cover letter is coming tonight or early morning. So what happens after you are deep in this process? You have to spend the time setting yourself up on Monster and Career Builder and searching for jobs that fit the criteria you are looking for in job. At this crossroads in my life it's taking 22 years of television sales management and advertising sales and using all of my experience to find a new journey...the television advertising sales passion and journey are coming to a conclusion. A fabulous career that requires a bottle of chilled Maalox to be in one hand while you're shaking hands on a multi-million dollar deal with the other...caffeine overdoses, endless paperwork, lots of math and a few idiots crossing your pathway now and again. And the sweetest to the meanest media "queens" or buyers the world has ever crossed. I have only 2 in my past that I never cracked the smile on...if they are still around, I pity the new guy they are breaking in right now.


More to the point...see, I can wander, especially when so many years of ideas and memories are flooding my brain. But I'm ready for a new adventure...I'm ready for the fire to start that burns the passion to new heights...I'm ready for all of it...I purged the old (ask my nurse, doctor and mostly my assistant who remains a constant support and someone that I can't figure out how I will work through the day without....she's the best!).....


So how did I reach this point tonight? Proofing pages over and over of my resume...my hoops and yoyo panic button, popcorn flavored jelly bellies, kleenex and my lap top that has stolen my eyesight as I read every word of 154 jobs that fit my criteria....15 of which are great leads. Oh, and a can a Raid for household use only... that warned if used in any other way was punishable...we used it in the office...is that household use? There was no expiration date, but a phone number for Helen that we could call if necessary. Now there's a job...be the woman whose name is on the side of the Raid can with your number listed. And just for grins...did you know the website for Raid is http://www.killsbugsdead.com/.? Any hoo....this is how it looks at the end of the day. And, yes my faithful assistant killed the bug, dead.

No Farm for "The Deuce"....Gotta Run!!!

This entire weekend has mostly been about rest and recovery. I didn't want to over do and end up at the start of the work week exhausted. Sunday rolled around this morning and while Shane drove, (Yes, he can drive again by himself...YaY!) to see his family in Magazine, I stayed here and enjoyed a visit with my brother, David. It's always nice when he comes up from Texarkana. He and Deuce, my four legged nephew come see me a lot. It's also fun, because he always takes me to Sam's Club for some major savings on shopping. I only needed one thing this weekend and that is the Neutragena Rainbath Shower Gel. It's 40 oz and lasts me 4 months. Best deal in town!


Today, we took David's new Honda Accord and it is very, very nice. It's always a butt puckering experience to ride with David, but I'm still a little medicated from being sick, so I made it ok. LOL! We stopped at Sonic for Happy Hour for a Diet Cherry Dr Pepper for $1. It hit the spot. He has a 6 cd changer and we were cruising to my Favorite, George Strait. You can never go wrong if George is playing....we were listening to the "lastest greatest straitest hits"!





Once we got home David had to load up and leave. My nephew was really barking and making sure he was not going to be left behind. On one of the previous trips, David left one of his weimarieners to relocate with my sister-in-laws in NWA, since they live on a farm. I guess Deuce was making sure that he was not going to the farm as well. This is his farewell to me before loading up in the car and hitting the highway....to the tune of George singing "Carrying Your Love with Me". It's their favorite song on the cd. He's moving so fast here, he's a little blurry, but he wasn't about to be left behind....it was "see ya, Aunt Tabby, wouldn't want to be ya!"