Stuff from the last couple days

Here are some tidbits on the last couple days:

• It's amazing how busy one can be when unemployed! Craig Hufford told me yesterday that searching for a full time job can be a full time job. On some of these days, that is soooo true! Yesterday definitely felt that way. I had meetings with a few people - all regarding pursuing the near future. I won't go into all the details but I feel much better regarding at least setting a direction. I am setting short and long term goals. I am anticipating following up on a couple leads that have popped up my way the last week or so. We will see how things develop. Hopefully an interview or two in the next week or so. One thing about a future job that is important to me is the environment that exists within it. How postitive and upbeat is it? How is it with regards to encouraging it's workforce to improve themselves and even think outside the box? How are their employees being treated?
• I am, at least for this semester, taking on more guitar lessons. Hopefully many on the waiting list will come on board. If any of you know of anyone (or maybe you?) who is interested, I am still going through school for the arts at CCC. Let them know. I have many spots available at the CAC. As far as summer and beyond, that will depend a lot on where I end up with employment.
• I had a funny reveleation during my lesson at 6:30 on Monday (with my "A" student, Mike). Well, I should say "bitterly" funny. You see he was the last lesson before I had my brief meeting at 7 on "black Monday" in that rehearsal room (when I was let go). Naturally during that lesson I wasn't thinking straight. However, we had planned on working on strumming to a Led Zepplin song that day, which we did. Last Monday was a follow up to that lesson and here was where we both got a bit weirded out. The song we were working on was "Ramble On". If you know the song, think of the lyrics and content. Then think of the next thing that happened after that lesson when I was let go. Now the song is really about leaving a girl. Despite that, the analogy is real close, it does center on "leaving". So, read some of this. Kind of weird with the timing:

Leaves are falling all around, its time I was on my way.

Thanks to you, I'm much obliged for such a pleasant stay.

But now its time for me to go, the autumn moon lights my way.

For now I smell the rain, and with it pain, and its headed my way.

Ah, sometimes I grow so tired, but I know Ive got one thing I got to do,

Ramble on, and nows the time, the time is now to sing my song.

Im goin round the world, I got to find my girl, on my way.

Ive been this way ten years to the day, ramble on,Gotta find the queen of all my dreams.

Got no time to for spreadin roots, the time has come to be gone.

And tho our health we drank a thousand times, it's time to ramble on.

There's more to it but you get the idea. It's all about leaving. Weird, huh?

• And one other thing, I had a GREAT time last Monday with the other 3 from the "Outta Here Club" (Sue, Sue, and Steve). We had lunch before our outplacement session at McKinley Group. It was great to talk to all of them and share our experiences and feelings. We had many similarities. To be honest, I felt so much better after that. The session was good. I won't talk the details but just to say that it was helpful.