Eric Bailey's

I have been applying for jobs, I have applied for a research job (not that does not mean that I have been used for testing) and for a tow truck job. I have had an interview for the tow truck job already. Now I have found a government job that looks like fun as well, so I'm going to apply for that one. Fun, fun. It is kind of like my cousins who have just finished school, I get to look at all these different "options"! I finished University twelve years ago. I should already know what I'm doing shouldn't I? Hopefully whatever job I find (eventually) I will be able to work around taking a class each term in Winnipeg. If I got the government job, though, I could do that for thirty years and retire peacefully at the age of 67. I'm not too young anymore to be dreaming about retirement, and since I still have the use of my legs (although one is a little wonky still), which I was never sure that I would in my mid to late 30s, I can dream of travel whne I retire.

Speaking of wonky legs, for all you knee experts, how long should I expect to have that clicking sound in my knee?

My dad called the other day and was talking to me about some reading he was doing. He was reading the beattitudes and was thinking about poor in spirit. His thought on that, which I like right now, was that poor in spirit may be talking to those who are spent in spirit. In this idea, you are poor because you have been spending, giving, helping, and it leaves you tired, and burnt. Interesting idea.

I'm still missing hockey and football. There is not much in the way of activity, besides going to the gym. I get bored to easily at the gym. We were looking at properties the other day. Erica found a house by the lake, with 4 bedrooms for under $100, 000. It also has an amazing view of the railroad tracks (extremely close actually. I wonder why it's priced so cheap? The only problem with property here is that I don't know if I'm ready to settle down yet. I would hate to buy something and not be able to build before we go, or worse, buy, build and then leave. Part of me is interested in building a house, because I've never done that before. I have worked with plumber and electricians, but that was so long ago that I no longer remember much about either job. I suspect that we would have to get a lot of experts if we tried to build ourselves. Maybe after I retire, we can build a winnebago or something.

I'm struggling with "doing up" a resume. I have never particularly liked this process, trying to explain in simple concise words the work that each job entailed. One of the the interesting things I noticed as I looked over my resume is the different jobs that I have had. It is interesting the variety of jobs, especially as I consider applying for some very different jobs. Some of my jobs include: preacher, warehouse worker, clown, janitor, bus driver, supervising developmentally delayed workers, gas jockey, and cashier. If I can learn how to package it well, I may have a shot at some of the interesting jobs that I have sitting here in front of me. The difficulty I face in applying is that I have many plans in place, for the summer, for the fall, for my life, and somehow I have to figure out how I can work around these plans. Hopefully I can get a job for this next year at least. I suppose I should go down to Excel and see if they need any spare drivers for this month.

I'm still trying to figure out what the good news is, but the bad news is that I did not get into the program I was planning to take next year. I figured that I would mess it up somehow, forget something important in the application process or something. I did not, I got everything in and they did not have room for me. I was told that I could still take some classes this next year, I can sign up for those after the regular students have signed up. With Special student status, I can take one course (if I'm lucky two) each term. Next I am going to have to find work that I can work around taking a course or two. I could have already been teaching people how to drive, but I was planning on being in school this next year. Sigh. I'm not very happy about all this...

I have been visiting blogs regularly over the last while but I have not been able to write very much. There is not a lot going on in my life to write about. I have also not been up to writing much. Well I am posting from Niagra Falls. Erica is at a conference and I have spent the day walking around the tourist area. I went into a motorcycle museum and that was cool. One floor was all Harley-Davidson, but the next floor was even cooler with some bikes from many different places in the world. There was a Russian motorcycle and an East German motorcycle and they were very different. There was even a little trike that the guy said you cannot licence for the road because of a problem in the design. A couple of the bikes in the museum were for sale. If I could just find the money ... maybe the lotto ticket I got for my birthday - no I guess that has to go into the summer trip - all $10 dollars of it (if I win that is).

I had a birthday last week. This trip is my birthday gift, a chance to get away from the regular routine of taking care of kids, cleaning the house and any of the other regular activities. The thing I have been looking forward to is at the end of the weekend I will be riding a bike to Kenora. I am looking forward to some of the riding I will be able to do in Kenora - it is a really scenic area to ride around. If you get the opportunity to visit, you should see this place.