I just got offered a job!!

[lastlib]

Finally, after two F*cking years with exactly ONE interview, a long-time friend with a landscaping business called and asked me to come drive a truck for him! Pay is only $14/hr, no bennies (except he did offer health insurance if I pay for it myself), but it beats hell out of zero.... And it's a LO-O-O-ONG way from the statistical analysis/financial/computer stuff I'm trained for and did for years for lots better money, but that's life in sucko-land these days, I guess..... I meet with him tomorrow to get started!

WOOT!! WOOT!! WOOT!!

. . . (happy dance!) . . . (happy dance!)

[In_The_Wind]

1. That's wonderful!

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Enjoy the change of pace!

[lastlib]

4. Thanks!

I'll be enjoying the paycheck more than anything! after almost two years of living on savings/relatives, that is the best part so far. I really don't anticipate staying in it any longer than necessary to get back into something more up my alley. (It's not that I think it's demeaning work--it's just that I go nuts when I'm not stimulating my intellect in some way, and I don't expect to get that kind of challenge by driving a truck.) But I do need the money, and it doesn't seem to be coming in from anywhere else.

[In_The_Wind]

6. The most challenging thing about driving a truck is avoiding the knuckleheads on the road.

DU will continue to stimulate your brain.

Don't hit any bridges like someone I know did recently. [img][/img]

I believe it'll be easier for you to find the right thing for you when you aren't so worried about making ends meet.

[lastlib]

8. I do worry about those knuckleheads and bridges!

I don't claim to be the best driver on earth, and the friend who hired me just recently bought the truck, so I would hate to have an accident of any kind in his new truck. Especially if it would put him in any kind of a bind--I've been friends with this guy since I was a teen-ager, and we've been through a lot together; I certainly don't want to jeopardize a good friendhip like that in any way.

[In_The_Wind]

9. If you expect cars and trucks to screw-up ... you'll be fine.

I'm a nervous wreck when I come home after some of these jobs. Just because you're big doesn't mean people will give you the right-of-way even when they should.

You'll feel better after a week of driving.

It's the overconfident drivers who make the biggest mistakes.

[lastlib]

10. I really appreciate the encouragement!

I've had a lot of discouragement the last three years or so, and it gets old in a hurry!

[In_The_Wind]

11. I believe in you!

[Bertha Venation]

2. Congratulations, lastlib!

You must be so relieved. In fact, I just sighed a sigh of relief for you.

[lastlib]

5. HUGE relief to see an income again, instead of just out-go!

Thanks! But I'm still going to be looking for something else I can sink my teeth into and get some intellectual stimulation from. That's what I'm about, not so much driving a truck and getting no mental exercise from it.

[Wounded Bear]

3. Congrats! Best of luck! nt

[lastlib]

7. Thanks! It feels good to once again be among the working!

Long time overdue!

[jeff47]

12. Suggestion:

Put a general location and desired job in your sig. You never know who around here might be hiring.

[tavalon]

13. This should be in GD so that more can celebrate with you!!!!

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

14. Congratulations, but 'just drive a truck?' No digging ditches or holes for plants?

Do you just deliver materials for job sites? I've done some landscape work, it great to be outdoors most of the year.

Keep looking for the dream job.

[lastlib]

15. That's basically it, although I don't know all the details yet....

Stay tuned. I like being outdoors, too, for relaxation, but my heart is wherever my brain can do what it does best! That's why I got a math major along with my poli-sci degree in college. So I'm still lookin' (out of one corner of my eye)!

[IrishEyes]

16. Congratulations!

Speaking as someone who has been there, getting the paycheck will be a great feeling even if it is a small amount.