Hump Day Ramblings

I just returned home on this bright sunny Wednesday from a meeting with my Career Management Consultant, which I will from here on out refer to as my CMC. Hopefully everyone will be able to follow. As I was driving home I thought to myself, "So this is what a morning looks like!" Just kidding, sort of, as I do get up around 8am these days to head to the gym. And of course its easier to get up earlier when the weather is nice...so got up at 7am today, showered, shaved, threw on a suit and headed out the door. Now I've been told a suit is not necessary for these meetings, after all I've hired them, however I put on a suit to make me feel like I'm actually doing something, like I'm going off to interview, and eventually to work. Baby steps, my friends, baby steps.

I may have mentioned that I have assignments to complete as homework before each of these meetings. For today's meeting, I had to complete about 40 common interview questions and compose 2 different forms of cover letters, the first based on a job board ad and the second based on a "dream" company, for lack of a better term. I put some decent time into these assignments and I believe it showed. Together my CMC and I went through both the good and bad answers, and he gave me the "right" answers for the tricky questions. I will say I am learning things and feel I will be very prepared when I do start to interview. I f'n hope so, right?! And throughout this process I believe I will start/continue to build confidence, which should be very helpful when this sh*t takes off. I have these type of meetings through the first week of June, then we have what is called "The Launch", which is when I am ready for interviewing, sending out correspondence, etc; In the mean time I can slowly but surely ramp up for this monumental occasion. Boy, do I hope this works! But I am very confident it will. However, hopefully my good spirits/patience/ability to hold out for the right job will outlast my cash money...actually I think I meant to say the opposite...anyway I think you smell what I'm steppin in here.

So my days are mixed with doing a little work, a little research, and a little leisure. For example yesterday I woke, hit the gym, did work on these assignments, went outside, had lunch, caught a few rays, read a bit, then went in and did some work in the afternoon. Did I mention I have a killer tan left over from St. Croix and I'm doing everything in my power to preserve it. Yeah...

So, I just spoke to a friend on the phone and proposed a beach day tomorrow. He told me I sounded like I was trying to sell him something. I am thinking that is a good thing, for I need to start speaking in the business lingo again, sound like I'm confident in whatever point I'm trying to convey. So I'll take that as I sounded professional. Yes, 2 kona coffees deep on the day and I'm sounding professional...

To digress slightly, the book I am now reading is AC Weisbecker's third, Can't You Get Along with Anyone? (remember I read his first two books, muy rapido, down in St. Croix: Cosmic Banditos and In Search of Captain Zero). I'm telling you, go out and get these books and read them in order. Or contact your man Utley and perhaps I'll let you borrow them one by one. But go buy them, support AC...

And what a dramatic episode of 90210 last night! What will those cats at West Bev think of next?

It's now time to hit the links for 18...wish me luck, I'm struggling terribly with this new p wedge I have...

In the words of Eric the Midget, bye for now...