Four days and counting

Tick Tock, Tick Tock... The clock is counting down and within four days I will be officially off of the propellerhead island. Well, what I mean to say is that my contract with the company I am at will be over and they are going to ship me out into the pond on a canoe with half a paddle. I have learned that is very wise for me to be sure and NOT name my employer(s) just in case they might be reading my blog. I have heard that employers do read blogs and they use the Internet to research future candidates for employment. Therefore it is very important that I keep all of my significant others as anonymous as possible. Every since May I have been looking high and low for a new place for my propeller to spin but thus far everything that I have found has seemed to vaporize into thin air. I guess that I have not stumbled upon the right opportunity. Contracting my skills out to the highest bidder sort of feels like sales. I am selling myself and my skills to the highest bidder. The only way that I can hear the YES I am waiting for is for me to hear all of the NO's that I should listen to. There are always more NO's than there are yes's. Of course, if I had STAR quality then maybe I would not hear as many no's. Star quality means that I have everything that employers are looking for. Those qualities include a four year degree in computer science and every vendor certification from every vendor that I would ever need to support. On top of those shingles I would also need to top that off with the type of personality that would allow me to SHINE above the rest of the crowd and make me popular with both the boss and my peers. The ability to shine above the rest also means that you have to thrive in the political arena and you have to be a good YES man or woman to your superiors. Last but not least it is not always what you know but who you know. Once upon a time employers rewarded people upon their merit. I want employers to hire me because I am a hard worker that has proven myself time and time again and not because of my popularity measurements. On the current island that I am on you must have a four year degree to even get into the starting gate and be considered for a mid level position. Without that degree I am the grand winner of a canoe and half a paddle. LOL...

I am already working security at night to supliment our income. I am so thankful that Katy does have her degree and is well on the way to establishing herself in her chosen career path as a teacher.
Hopefully I wont have to wear the gorilla suit for too long before some recruiter lands me a decent paying job. Until then I will do what I can to keep my sanity and keep the bucks trickling into our magically shrinking budget.

On a more positive and uplifting note my life changes have been slowly but surely taking hold. As I say in my accountability log on one of the forums I am starting over. My girth did not happen over night and I know that it wont go away over night. So, every day, I start over and make the right choices with what I stick in my mouth. I have been starting over since the last week of May and even though I have not lost a LOT of weight I have taken off a few pounds here and there. I am averaging around 2000 calories a day and I am working out and getting exercise four days a week. Every other day I go to the recreation center in Duck Ditch USA and I get on the elliptical trainer and quack my way through 30 minutes of fun filled excitement. Then I go downstairs and do light reps with the nautilus machines. Even though I am not seeing a lot of pounds melting off of the body I am feeling much much better. I have more energy, sleep better at night and can handle stress better during the day.
Slowly but surely I am learning how to eat less and better food. I am also living healthier by exercising my heart and hopefully making it stronger every day. A healthy heart is always a very good thing.

While I have been making healthy decisions about what I am going to put in my mouth my friend Chuck across the street has been taking on birds of a different feather. Speaking of birds my friend Paul Bunyon and his entire featherless clan has lifted off in starship one and blasted off to Yankee land. Paul Bunyon was very wise by leaving Chuck in charge of the feathered fowl across the street in the chicken coop because had he not it would have been a short lived chapter for one very worn out rooster. Chuck shared with me that one of Paul Bunyon's older sons has been complaining about the mighty rooster with a BAD ATTITUDE. Chuck told me that he figured that the featherless sibling was stretching the severity of the mighty roosters attitude. Chuck told me that he found out first hand how much truth there is with regards to the little bird with a bad attitude. Chuck had no sooner stepped into the chicken coop than when out of no where the big bad rooster fluffed up his feathers and charged at him for all he was worth. Having been forewarned about the nasty attitude Chuck was smart enough to bring along an equalizer. This equalizer enabled Chuck to enhance and reduce the attitude and altitude of the flying feathers on two legs. Chuck told me that he was able to teach this bird several aerobic positions and aeronautical maneuvers. Chuck also told me that the bird, no matter what position he found himself would shake his head, clear his bird brain and charge again and again. Luckily enough both the bird and Chuck are still alive and they are both sore because of the experience. The hens have been tended to each day , eggs gathered and feed spread. The rooster has decided to give Chuck a free pass to the chicken coop and has decided to watch him from behind the coop as Chuck goes about his duties. I told Chuck to keep his eyes open because the rooster is surely plotting on him and will find away to even the odds when he recruits some other feathered friends from up the street to gang up on him.