What Have You Done For Us Lately?

Frankly, I’ve done nothing of import. I haven’t found a job yet (but aren’t those phone calls going to come in at any moment? -ed Yes! On top of that, I’m going to get the inside skinny on the new G6 iPod with cellphone and integrated color movie player!), so my choices are limited. Sure, the calls are out there, but I’ve only heard from a couple of people, and their “good news” ends with “just be patient.” I’ve been patient (in the extreme), My Beautiful and Talented Bride™ has been less than patient, but patient nonetheless. Until now.

The waiting has to end, so in lieu of receiving a credible job offer, I think I’ll be heading to the desert for a couple weeks to help my Dad finish a couple of pools he has in the works. He has more work than he can handle, and the talent available in the desert is a little thin, at least honest talent.

So I’m going to do for him what I would do for anybody, which is basically, anything he asks. What I won’t do, if I am to actually go, is write a Question for two weeks, see the pups or the love of my life, or, I fear, regain any sort of confidence that I can actually get hired again in my chosen profession.

I tasted the fruit of white-collar work and I fancied it. Soldering pipes and pulling wire is a worthwhile pursuit, but I don’t want to end up there. That wasn’t part of the plan, and certainly wasn’t where I wanted to be at this point in my life.

BTW, call me, won’t you? I think you know who you are.

Your best pal in the whole wide world—bar none,

bob