Jim had a phone interview today. He’s been dealing with JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo and CitiGroup. He’s had several phone interviews over the past several weeks; I just don’t report each of them. After a while, it obviously becomes depressing for us – especially him when he doesn’t get the job he really wants. I’ve felt that way and am bummed about a couple of my prospects too. No one likes rejection, especially when it becomes more frequent. The banking industry has been very shaky. There’s a lot of people in Jim’s field who are unemployed. There’s a lot of competition. It will happen for us. It’s important to be positive. Positively. I’m positive it’s important. OK, now I’m just being silly. I know, it’s rare.
I was itchin’ to get out of the RV. The other day the Verizon support dude said my air card needed to be in a PC to get updates. We went to Grandma’s. It wouldn’t fit. Then to Jim’s Mom’s. No fit. Then to my Mom’s. It fit jussssssst right. I didn’t see anyway to update the card so I called Verizon. The guy says only the software is updateable not the card. Huh? So why did I run all over town to find a PC? All for nothing. They simply don’t support router usage. Funny, Alltel used to sell this router. The guy says he sees no record that they sold them. How convenient. I was very angry and since I’m typing this a day later, I don’t wanna get all angry again, so I’ll just end this with we’ll live with the occasional ups and downs.
After dinner we loaded ourselves into the BMW and headed to a thrift store for 1/2 after 6pm clothes. Yeah, you can reread that if you’d like. We bought a bunch of stuff though! Jim figured we should get some pants before the weather gets too cold and then the “winter clothes” are picked clean.
Above: Jim holds up an International Male shirt and ponders how many meals he’ll have to skip to fit into that.
SHEESH! You scared me. I thought Jim got an offer to work in Nigeria with all the other reputable business people and then I panicked. So glad that whole thing didn't go through. I'd have missed you.
ReplyDeleteBy the way... loved the irony of the BMW/Thrift Store experience. You guys! So funny. Such a dichotomy of wealth and frugality. Love it.
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LOL @ Alix. :-)
ReplyDeleteI thought it was a woman's shirt with those little cap sleeves. Shows you what I know about fashion. that's what happens when you go to Catholic school for 12 years, then get jobs in the service industry that require uniforms. No fashion sense.
ReplyDeleteI spent nine years (1992-2001) in Las Vegas in the mortgage industry as a loan processor/loan officer. Had a great run, but knew I didn't want to do that for the rest of my life. I tried retail banking for a few months when I moved back to FL in 2005, but that wasn't much better - still all about selling somebody something. I went back to school in 2006 (at the age of 44) and just graduated this year as a Registered Nurse. It wasn't easy, but I'm glad I did it. I said I was just getting ready for the second half of my life :)
ReplyDeleteWow Wolffie! So what do you want to be when you grow up. :-) By the way, on our RVing journey, we've heard of nurses who relocate to where there is a higher demand. They jump around to different hospitals.
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