Let it be

Things I like

Lately, I've been thinking I should write down some of the things I run into that I enjoy. SO here goes:

1. Sweet Caroline on Glee

2. The ending bus scene in the movie Traitor (without spoiling it, rent it!)


3. Halloween and pumpkins

4. Twitter because of the nice people and the ability to interact with "stars" directly. Bonus: nobody rambles when you only get 140 characters to talk

5. My daughter's experience running track. She is really having fun!

6. My son's experience playing with superheroes like Spiderman.

7. Reruns of Las Vegas and Angel. One of the perks of being unemployed, though I'd rather be working.

8. Facebook - nice to be back in touch with people I no longer see or work with.

Monster Mash

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Home Schooling

If I home schooled Nicotine Jr, I'd make sure he knows all the important things. Like super hero secret identities.

Job searching again

Job didn't pan out after all. Worked for two months and made $0 before I realized that it was more of a volunteer thing. So, back to looking. Oh well. Made some good contacts.

Nicotine Jr counting (loudly)

Don't have your volume up too loud for this one. He'll blow out your speakers.

I am now employed again

Well, it took awhile and I decided I absolutely hate interviewing, but I found a job. I took a position as a Regional Manager for a commission only sales oriented company that produces internet solutions for physician practices. We sell comprehensive web portals that allow patients to request online appointments, get physician referrals online, ask doctors questions, get Rx refills, pay bills online, download and fill out forms online (pre visit so there's less of a wait at the office), and a ton of other cool things. So, I work out of my home office and manage reps all over the country. I'm still hiring people and interviewing some almost every day. I cover Florida, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York city, parts of Texas, Arkansas, Colorado and will most likely pick up some other areas before it's all done. So far, I really like it and I have 10 reps in place so far (with about 8 more to hire). When the sales start coming in (and they already have a little), it will be far more lucrative than what I did before. Just have to get there since I've worked for a few weeks so far and won't get any pay until at least next month. But, I wanted my few readers that I have left to hear the good news. I've been very busy with my job search and have used LinkedIn.com, Facebook and other sites to network as I was looking. I'm most amazed at how rude people can be that are in the hiring position and I hope to not be that way. I went through the hiring process with two companies over a period of almost 3 months and for one - had to find out by emailing someone that they had gone with someone else - and for the second, I'm still waiting (a month after they told me they'd call me the next day). SOOO glad the search is over. Thanks for all the support along the way.

Nicotine